Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Ways to modify dive loops...   1 2

   By JohnnyZ, November 17, 2006
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   • piisfish
   • November 20, 2006

2. WCCP daily updates?  

   By freeflyn, February 7, 2005
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   • superstu
   • February 9, 2005

3. We have a pond at Skydive Venezuela now!  

   By jerry81, June 4, 2006
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   • jerry81
   • June 6, 2006

4. Weapon of choice  

   By mchamp, September 7, 2010
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   • JohanW
   • September 16, 2010

5. Weather and openings  

   By Pablo.Moreno, May 27, 2015
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   • Pablo.Moreno
   • August 17, 2015

6. Wednesday canopy theroy  

   By stateofnature, March 30, 2004
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   • stateofnature
   • March 31, 2004

7. Weekend Swoop stories  

   By Samurai136, May 20, 2003
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   • MrHixxx
   • May 21, 2003

8. weight belt for swooping and formation skydiving  

   By rhys, April 28, 2009
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   • lilchief
   • April 29, 2009

9. Weight Vest  

   By Hooknswoop, November 30, 2005
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   • jumperconway
   • December 8, 2005

10. Welcome to Denver!   1 2

    By teamhypoxia, September 11, 2005
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    • marks
    • September 15, 2005

11. Welcome!  

    By sangiro, December 9, 2001
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    • mountainman
    • December 10, 2001

12. Well, I did my first intentional downwinder with the new canopy  

    By grue, February 1, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • February 2, 2007

13. Well, I'm hooked  

    By StevePhelps, October 18, 2005
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    • twnsnd
    • October 23, 2005

14. Went too big and got it on video? Broke a leg swooping and its on video?  

    By PhreeZone, September 14, 2004
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    • PhreeZone
    • September 25, 2004

15. Wet canopy at a pond swoop comp  

    By CanEHdian, April 21, 2004
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    • Cloggy
    • May 7, 2004

16. wet swoopcomp  

    By dragon2, July 5, 2004
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    • dragon2
    • July 5, 2004

17. wet/dry  

    By shunkka, May 6, 2004
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    • shunkka
    • May 6, 2004

18. WFFC 2004 Swoop Results  

    By sunnydee123, August 24, 2004
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • August 26, 2004

19. WFFC 2006 AirZoneXtreme Games ~ swoop  

    By AirZoneXtreme, October 10, 2005
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • October 10, 2005

20. WFFC Pond Swooping Organizer's Event  

    By AirZoneXtreme, July 5, 2005
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • July 11, 2005

21. What a rush!  

    By Yoshi, October 25, 2004
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    • psuCory
    • October 26, 2004

22. What are funjumps,..  

    By Bartje, January 5, 2005
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    • chrisgr
    • January 5, 2005

23. What are the Dangers of underloading a HP Canopy?   1 2

    By Viking, January 4, 2003
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    • billvon
    • January 20, 2003

24. What can i expect  

    By Squeak, October 24, 2007
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    • ORANGENBLUE
    • October 29, 2007

25. What canopy after no jumping for 16 months ?  

    By jad_ben, April 21, 2014
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    • Kurbe105
    • May 8, 2014

26. What canopy is this?   1 2

    By FreeFlyFridge, October 25, 2003
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    • proswoopingtour
    • October 31, 2003

27. What canopy next for a swooper?  

    By RichM, July 11, 2003
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    • CanEHdian
    • July 16, 2003

28. What canopy to try next??  

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

29. What color jello shots?  

    By chayes12, August 9, 2005
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    • marks
    • August 9, 2005

30. What colour would you choose for a pondliner?  

    By morris, April 6, 2011
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    • raymod2
    • April 9, 2011

31. What container for a Xaos?  

    By chileanXaos, December 10, 2003
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    • mischo
    • December 12, 2003

32. What differences should I expect going down 20sqft on the same canopy model? (Fusion 210 -> 190)  

    By grue, July 31, 2006
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    • Pendragon
    • July 31, 2006

33. What do you all think of Robin Head's article in Skydiving?   1 2

    By Remster, January 5, 2005
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    • LukeOliver
    • January 27, 2005

34. What do you do before learning to swoop?   1 2 3

    By hackish, October 10, 2007
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    • hackish
    • October 30, 2007

35. What do you do when you can't read the windsock properly?   1 2

    By NicoNYC, October 7, 2002
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    • NicoNYC
    • October 16, 2002

36. what do you fly?   1 2 3 4

    By axe96bam, March 21, 2002
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    • Watcher
    • March 26, 2002

37. What do you learn from kites?  

    By DJL, February 24, 2006
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    • DJL
    • February 25, 2006

38. What do you think about canopies not publicly available being allowed in competition?  

    By LoudDan, December 11, 2011
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    • hparrish
    • December 16, 2011

39. What do you think about the demon from performance variable??  

    By flip2, March 31, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 31, 2004

40. What do you want to see in a Comp  

    By dsbbreck, March 24, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 24, 2006

41. What does "right hand pattern" mean to swoopers?   1 2

    By 78RATS, June 4, 2007
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    • breadhead
    • June 7, 2007

42. What does riser length have to do with it?  

    By airdrew20012001, April 8, 2002
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    • riggerrob
    • April 10, 2002

43. What efforts has your DZ made?  

    By Bolas, July 16, 2007
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    • diablopilot
    • August 3, 2007

44. What else can I do to learn about flying a canopy?  

    By windcatcher, August 3, 2005
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    • flyhi
    • August 9, 2005

45. What first Crossbraced from a crossfire2?  

    By CKSCUBA, August 6, 2007
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    • Spizzzarko
    • August 7, 2007

46. What gets you better glide?   1 2

    By Viking, December 2, 2005
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    • BMFin
    • December 15, 2005

47. What happened to Z-bracing?  

    By MarsGirl, February 8, 2013
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    • MarsGirl
    • February 8, 2013

48. What happens at the end of the Scott Miller Nav220 video?  

    By obadz, April 12, 2007
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    • crazydiver
    • April 19, 2007

49. what happens when a stearing line brakes??  

    By Unutsch, April 26, 2003
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    • Unutsch
    • April 29, 2003

50. What has swooping come to?   1 2

    By AggieDave, December 15, 2006
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    • GQ_jumper
    • December 17, 2006

51. What if they had different canopies at the NASCAR event?  

    By cheneyneel, February 24, 2003
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    • Zenister
    • February 25, 2003

52. What is 'in the corner'?  

    By freeflyit, October 7, 2015
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    • raymod2
    • October 17, 2015

53. What is a swoop anyway?   1 2

    By hackish, July 23, 2008
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    • masterrigger1
    • August 11, 2008

54. What is a Swoop?  

    By PhreeZone, July 5, 2002
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    • arlo
    • July 25, 2002

55. What is it called?  

    By speedy, June 5, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • June 23, 2005

56. what is next....   1 2

    By D22369, January 3, 2005
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    • Joyner
    • January 5, 2005

57. What is optimal wing loading on a Xaos27 for distance & speed  

    By rhino, July 12, 2005
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    • rhino
    • July 13, 2005

58. What is the name of this freestyle trick  

    By CanuckInUSA, February 26, 2008
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    • Spizzzarko
    • February 26, 2008

59. What is the truth about Icarus & Precision  

    By NewClearSports, July 19, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • July 20, 2004

60. What is your velo's control line length???  

    By stayhigh, April 23, 2012
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    • jjudd
    • May 8, 2012

61. What keeps the canopy in a dive?  

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

62. What kind of forward speeds to swoopers reach?  

    By lawrocket, April 23, 2005
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    • kelpdiver
    • April 26, 2005

63. What lines do you use on your cross-braced  

    By Travman, July 30, 2019
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    • 28337
    • November 3, 2019

64. What makes a canopy swoop?  

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

65. What my family vacation looks like...  

    By YISkyDive, November 30, 2005
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    • YISkyDive
    • November 30, 2005

66. What shoes do you wear...   1 2

    By Amanduh, July 28, 2005
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    • Amanduh
    • August 1, 2005

67. What should i Buy???  

    By lowpullin1, November 22, 2004
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    • rsein
    • November 23, 2004

68. What should my next canopy be?   1 2

    By AndyMan, November 10, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • November 12, 2004

69. What size HMA do you fly?   1 2 3

    By Cacophony, November 28, 2006
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    • AggieDave
    • December 19, 2006

70. What sizes does Comp Cobalt come in?  

    By andrewstewart, April 19, 2003
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    • cobaltdan
    • April 21, 2003

71. What to do about ignorance.  

    By pairashooter, July 2, 2008
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    • jimoke1
    • July 9, 2008

72. What to do next?  

    By Deimian, August 24, 2016
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    • Deimian
    • August 30, 2016

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

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

74. what type of turn if you are to low to swoop   1 2

    By jtfreefly, June 3, 2012
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    • danielcroft
    • March 31, 2013

75. What underwear do you wear?  

    By Spizzzarko, July 29, 2005
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    • Tonto
    • July 29, 2005

76. What visual/audible aids do you use for high performance landings?  

    By frost, April 28, 2008
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    • frost
    • April 30, 2008

77. What was your turn progression?  

    By Blink, August 30, 2009
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • September 4, 2009

78. What wind?!  

    By dragon2, April 8, 2004
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    • Brains
    • April 8, 2004

79. What WLing did you start swooping at?   1 2 3

    By superstu, June 23, 2005
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    • packing_jarrett
    • July 11, 2005

80. What would happen if you were going for a swoop landing...  

    By autoset, April 21, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • April 25, 2007

81. What would you change too  

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

82. What would you choose?   1 2

    By grega, October 21, 2003
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    • FreeFlyFridge
    • October 23, 2003

83. what xbraced canopy do you fly?   1 2

    By superstu, February 6, 2005
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    • mgattini
    • February 21, 2005

84. What you don't know  

    By davelepka, July 22, 2010
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    • theonlyski
    • July 24, 2010

85. What's it called when...  

    By grue, September 28, 2005
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    • mattjw916
    • October 11, 2005

86. What's the "best" setup for a 270/450 turn?  

    By bofh, December 21, 2010
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    • ianmdrennan
    • December 22, 2010

87. What's the farthest you know you have swooped?  

    By Spizzzarko, November 10, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • December 5, 2003

88. What's the latest on First Swoop Canopies?  

    By mbondvegas, February 6, 2011
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    • Rugby82
    • February 7, 2011

89. What's the single thing you've learned that has improved your swoop?  

    By DaVinciflies, June 25, 2012
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    • Mr_Polite
    • August 2, 2012

90. what's the smallest canopy out there right now?  

    By Newbie, October 30, 2003
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    • darkvapor
    • November 4, 2003

91. What's up with Icarus?  

    By namdrib, July 7, 2004
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    • johnny1488
    • July 22, 2004

92. What's up with this new Onyx ad?  

    By ManBird, April 23, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • May 5, 2004

93. What's your 270 set up  

    By Sadcat, August 25, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • August 27, 2007

94. what's your favorite hook turn  

    By skygod7777, October 8, 2002
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    • skygod7777
    • November 22, 2002

95. What's your favorite HP 9 cell?   1 2

    By Professor, October 17, 2003
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    • bobsled92
    • October 28, 2003

96. whats a dead man?  

    By rhys, August 2, 2006
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    • rhys
    • August 2, 2006

97. Whats the best advice you have ever received regarding Canopy Control.   1 2 3

    By trigger, November 2, 2012
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    • DocPop
    • August 5, 2013

98. Whats the logic behind the mini risers for swooping??  

    By BETO74, January 11, 2015
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    • justme12001
    • January 15, 2015

99. When and where did swooping originate? Who was the first swooper?  

    By Newbie, August 22, 2005
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    • Trae
    • August 30, 2005

100. When did you go X-brace?  

     By Peej, February 27, 2007
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     • freeflyn
     • March 3, 2007