Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Drive to another Dz just because they have a Pond?  

   By Rdutch, March 1, 2004
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   • proswoopingtour
   • March 12, 2004

2. First Flight-1 camp  

   By Torso, March 1, 2004
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   • isaiah85
   • March 2, 2004

3. New Swoop Pond in Skydive Lillo Central Spain. Need help please  

   By bogwarrior, March 1, 2004
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   • proswoopingtour
   • March 5, 2004

4. Flaring and Canopy control for students  

   By bertusgeert, February 29, 2004
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   • bertusgeert
   • March 2, 2004

5. swoop competitions for this upcoming year?  

   By superstu, February 29, 2004
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • March 5, 2004

6. the new swoop pst video  

   By superstu, February 28, 2004
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   • deurich2003
   • March 3, 2004

7. Where to buy a wind blade??  

   By buckleme, February 27, 2004
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • March 1, 2004

8. Whys the limit on the 360?   1 2

   By jeremyneas, February 26, 2004
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   • ChasingBlueSky
   • March 23, 2004

9. I did a seach and cant find it  

   By popeyefireman, February 24, 2004
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   • Samurai136
   • February 24, 2004

10. Practicing rear riser manoeuvres at altitude  

    By conor, February 24, 2004
    • 17 replies
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 1, 2004

11. had my first "cliffswoop" this weekend  

    By Niklasp, February 23, 2004
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    • Niklasp
    • February 26, 2004

12. for us swoopers here in the great northwest  

    By superstu, February 23, 2004
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    • superstu
    • February 26, 2004

13. Velo openings pissin me off   1 2

    By Velopilot, February 22, 2004
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    • lewmonst
    • August 30, 2011

14. Finally New Canopy  

    By frankiebrina, February 21, 2004
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    • piisfish
    • March 15, 2004

15. Crossfire2 vs Katana  

    By Bryan2, February 20, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • February 20, 2004

16. Samurai Vs. Katana  

    By BrianSGermain, February 20, 2004
    • 21 replies
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    • tonyhays
    • October 31, 2004

17. learn to swoop in steps  

    By handyploy, February 19, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 20, 2004

18. swooping in perris  

    By superstu, February 18, 2004
    • 3 replies
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    • PurpleBadger
    • February 19, 2004

19. Vengeance vs. Velocity - Round two  

    By mfrese, February 18, 2004
    • 8 replies
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    • cessna54tango
    • July 18, 2006

20. Katana flight test by Pete Allum  

    By cpoxon, February 18, 2004
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    • piisfish
    • February 18, 2004

21. Anyone go to PSt's Quest flight school?  

    By LawnDart21, February 17, 2004
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    • proswoopingtour
    • February 24, 2004

22. Brian Germain Canopy Seminar March 13-14th  

    By crawford, February 16, 2004
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    • crawford
    • February 16, 2004

23. Opening High for Bad Spots   1 2 3

    By BrianSGermain, February 16, 2004
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    • mnischalke
    • February 20, 2004

24. when is the right time to learn to use rear risers for surfing a landing?  

    By yoink, February 16, 2004
    • 13 replies
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 17, 2004

25. PST DVD "Two Thousand Three" is out!  

    By proswoopingtour, February 16, 2004
    • 5 replies
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    • diablopilot
    • February 19, 2004

26. Lotus Revision  

    By BrianSGermain, February 16, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 16, 2004

27. control lines  

    By yurbai, February 15, 2004
    • 11 replies
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    • ccowden
    • February 18, 2004

28. I hear Katana's Swooping  

    By jeremyneas, February 15, 2004
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • February 16, 2004

29. for those with xbraced canopies  

    By superstu, February 13, 2004
    • 21 replies
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    • kaerock
    • February 16, 2004

30. Katana Reviews  

    By sangiro, February 13, 2004
    • 6 replies
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    • Designer
    • February 18, 2004

31. any risk of dynamic stall ?  

    By lazyfrog, February 13, 2004
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    • xheadrasta
    • February 17, 2004

32. Swoop Competition **Lake Mottski** ZHills  

    By flynhi, February 13, 2004
    • 14 replies
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    • flynhi
    • February 23, 2004

33. teaching an old dog a new trick  

    By skygod7777, February 13, 2004
    • 9 replies
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    • iowa
    • February 13, 2004

34. How to sink in a X-braced wing?   1 2

    By Swoopthereitis, February 12, 2004
    • 43 replies
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    • alan
    • February 19, 2004

35. in order to swoop do you need to do a hook turn?  

    By zahiv, February 12, 2004
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    • Designer
    • February 18, 2004

36. doesn't come better than this  

    By zahiv, February 10, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 16, 2004

37. Riser Length-Effects on Opening Characteristics?  

    By Velopilot, February 10, 2004
    • 19 replies
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    • Velopilot
    • February 14, 2004

38. What keeps the canopy in a dive?  

    By yurbai, February 10, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • superstu
    • February 17, 2004

39. What type of altimeter do you use for swooping?   1 2

    By SkydiveNFlorida, February 9, 2004
    • 36 replies
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    • DaMan
    • February 12, 2004

40. It has been a week........  

    By frankiebrina, February 9, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • diablopilot
    • February 11, 2004

41. Best Wing Loading for a Velocity  

    By Velocity84, February 7, 2004
    • 8 replies
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    • jdhill
    • February 10, 2004

42. chest strap question  

    By superstu, February 6, 2004
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    • gus
    • February 7, 2004

43. short vs long recovery arc  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, February 6, 2004
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    • johnny1488
    • February 9, 2004

44. Combining BASE and Swooping together!! IDEAS??  

    By clint, February 6, 2004
    • 11 replies
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    • dsbbreck
    • February 14, 2004

45. Katana in the house!  

    By dgskydive, February 6, 2004
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    • Joyner
    • February 20, 2004

46. RDS QUESTION  

    By SHARKY, February 6, 2004
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    • prost
    • February 10, 2004

47. Crossfire2 Questions  

    By Jiggs, February 5, 2004
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    • bendywendy
    • February 7, 2004

48. Vengeance vs. Velocity - Need info from the field!  

    By mfrese, February 4, 2004
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    • dsbbreck
    • February 5, 2004

49. Carving Question!  

    By crawford, February 3, 2004
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    • HCnorway
    • February 11, 2004

50. What canopy to try next??  

    By WrongWay, February 2, 2004
    • 22 replies
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    • dgskydive
    • February 6, 2004

51. Rear risers without "negative" recovery arc?  

    By Skypup, January 31, 2004
    • 4 replies
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    • monkeyKam
    • February 5, 2004

52. PD WEBSITE IS UPDATED WITH THE KATANA  

    By frankiebrina, January 30, 2004
    • 16 replies
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    • hkf
    • January 31, 2004

53. Walking With Airlocks  

    By BrianSGermain, January 30, 2004
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    • totalbodypilot
    • January 31, 2004

54. How often do you replace your Vectran lines.  

    By dsbbreck, January 28, 2004
    • 9 replies
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    • ianmdrennan
    • January 29, 2004

55. Xfire2 169! It will be mine, Oh yes, it will be mine!  

    By meatbomb, January 27, 2004
    • 10 replies
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    • meatbomb
    • February 5, 2004

56. Flight-1 Canopy Skills Camps  

    By flight-1, January 27, 2004
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    • flight-1
    • January 27, 2004

57. VX 109   1 2

    By mischo, January 27, 2004
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    • jumperconway
    • February 6, 2004

58. Canopy Control Speaker Needed!  

    By crawford, January 26, 2004
    • 14 replies
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    • freeflycracker
    • February 6, 2004

59. The "Quest"...  

    By proswoopingtour, January 26, 2004
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    • proswoopingtour
    • January 26, 2004

60. Information on Swooping competitions  

    By dsbbreck, January 26, 2004
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    • dsbbreck
    • January 27, 2004

61. XF2 against Airlocked canopies....  

    By rhino, January 25, 2004
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    • monkeyKam
    • February 1, 2004

62. 2004 PST Schedule is posted...  

    By proswoopingtour, January 25, 2004
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    • proswoopingtour
    • January 26, 2004

63. Katana - Flight Characteristics-   1 2 3

    By frankiebrina, January 25, 2004
    • 67 replies
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    • AggieDave
    • February 5, 2004

64. Question about Slider  

    By pccoder, January 24, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 28, 2004

65. Samurai   1 2 3 4

    By lippy, January 23, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • January 30, 2004

66. Do we do enough to deter incidents?   1 2

    By diablopilot, January 21, 2004
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    • VectorBoy
    • January 28, 2004

67. extreme swoop video  

    By shunkka, January 21, 2004
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    • YM4
    • January 25, 2004

68. DeLand Swoop Comp 3   1 2

    By chayes12, January 20, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • February 11, 2004

69. Safety in High-Performance Canopy Piloting   1 2

    By conor, January 20, 2004
    • 27 replies
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • January 22, 2004

70. Swooping the Moab Cliffs Video  

    By clint, January 18, 2004
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    • clint
    • February 23, 2004

71. Leaning forward in harness  

    By RTB, January 17, 2004
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    • freeflydrew
    • January 19, 2004

72. Swoop training weekends  

    By ZoneRat, January 16, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 19, 2004

73. 1st swoop canopy?  

    By AirMan, January 15, 2004
    • 19 replies
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    • ZoneRat
    • January 16, 2004

74. Royal Gorge Bridge  

    By jumpnaked69, January 15, 2004
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    • skygod7777
    • January 16, 2004

75. What would you change too  

    By Jumpmunki, January 14, 2004
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    • freakydiver
    • January 14, 2004

76. More opinions on the Demon, anyone?  

    By jerry81, January 13, 2004
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    • welder
    • October 30, 2012

77. Wingtips vs. Scott Miller Essential Skills  

    By SpinDoctor, January 12, 2004
    • 4 replies
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    • cpoxon
    • January 15, 2004

78. If your home DZ banned swooping...  

    By gus, January 9, 2004
    • 18 replies
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    • tspillers
    • January 13, 2004

79. DZO Bans Hook Turns-advice?  

    By blair700, January 8, 2004
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    • craddock
    • January 9, 2004

80. Any idea why I was spiraling like that?  

    By jerry81, January 8, 2004
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    • gus
    • April 19, 2004

81. What makes a canopy swoop?  

    By Hubsu, January 8, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 21, 2004

82. front riser turns  

    By skydivingchad, January 7, 2004
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    • hookitt
    • January 8, 2004

83. Sabre 2 Front Risers  

    By MarkFoster, January 7, 2004
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    • darkside212
    • January 9, 2004

84. Katana or Stilleto  

    By frankiebrina, January 4, 2004
    • 16 replies
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    • fool
    • January 8, 2004

85. European / Dutch Swoooping Tour 2004  

    By ParaShoot, January 1, 2004
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    • dragon2
    • January 7, 2004

86. Wish to Downsize  

    By frankiebrina, January 1, 2004
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    • exwhuffo
    • January 3, 2004

87. Xaos-21 loading  

    By chileanXaos, December 30, 2003
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    • koz2000
    • January 3, 2004

88. Can't believe what a difference 2 inch longer risers made!  

    By ccowden, December 30, 2003
    • 22 replies
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    • ManBird
    • January 7, 2004

89. help sliding on final?  

    By fstz28, December 27, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • January 6, 2004

90. why was Shannon Pilcher not allowed to compete in the World Cup?  

    By Newbie, December 25, 2003
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    • Newbie
    • December 26, 2003

91. Re: [billvon] Crash Landing at Spaceland - Broken Femur  

    By murps2000, December 24, 2003
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    • murps2000
    • December 24, 2003

92. Place for Swoop camp in Europe?  

    By conor, December 23, 2003
    • 7 replies
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    • voidlizard
    • January 13, 2004

93. Xaos-27 Pack Volume ???  

    By Swoopthereitis, December 21, 2003
    • 2 replies
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    • aarco
    • December 22, 2003

94. Sabre2 107 or Faqtor 110  

    By Supergeil1, December 20, 2003
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    • meatbomb
    • January 2, 2004

95. swoop ponds  

    By skygod7777, December 20, 2003
    • 14 replies
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    • ManBird
    • January 13, 2004

96. Maxing out the performance of a given canopy (W/L vs aerodynamics)  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, December 19, 2003
    • 11 replies
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    • SkydiveNFlorida
    • December 19, 2003

97. Starting hookturns in full flight or a braked aproach   1 2

    By eugeneskydiver, December 19, 2003
    • 36 replies
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • February 1, 2004

98. Skipping sizes when downsizing  

    By gmac324, December 18, 2003
    • 10 replies
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    • gmac324
    • December 19, 2003

99. Rolling the nose of a crossed brace canopy  

    By hookitt, December 18, 2003
    • 12 replies
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    • jumperconway
    • December 21, 2003

100. accuracy   1 2

     By The111, December 15, 2003
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     • quade
     • December 17, 2003