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1. 100th?   1 2

   By JoeyH, February 28, 2013
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   • March 3, 2013

2. Books and videos  

   By CrazyIvan, November 14, 2002
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   • Iflyme
   • November 17, 2002

3. When you didn't cutaway and should have...   1 2

   By Glitch, May 9, 2007
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   • stuntedflyer
   • May 11, 2007

4. unstable exits (large man meets small door)  

   By point-break, August 20, 2015
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   • WV177RG
   • August 25, 2015

5. Closing loop knot  

   By Push, January 20, 2003
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   • riggerrob
   • January 22, 2003

6. Judge Course  

   By ppbcrrachile, February 9, 2018
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   • LeeroyJenkins
   • February 24, 2018

7. CYPRESS???   1 2

   By freeflyit, May 4, 2007
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   • freeflyit
   • May 5, 2007

8. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders go skydiving!  

   By scottmyers, June 5, 2007
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   • Kynan1
   • June 8, 2007

9. have you ever had to choose between your 'job' and skydiving? (i.e. stop diving or get fired)   1 2

   By gimpboogie, February 8, 2008
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   • riggerrob
   • February 11, 2008

10. uspa membership  

    By JumpRu, September 13, 2013
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    • JumpRu
    • September 15, 2013

11. Has anyone else noticed.........  

    By superwoman8433, October 1, 2008
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    • grimmie
    • October 5, 2008

12. what would you get?   1 2

    By caspar, October 31, 2006
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    • egghead_87us
    • November 2, 2006

13. logbook software  

    By JustinR, June 15, 2009
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    • danielcroft
    • September 28, 2009

14. Fake Perris on NBC's "Life" show  

    By padu, February 16, 2009
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    • quade
    • February 18, 2009

15. Golden Knights 2006 Tryouts   1 2

    By armydiver21, February 1, 2006
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    • matthewcline
    • February 3, 2006

16. Car drops?  

    By Groundbound, March 18, 2005
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    • billvon
    • March 21, 2005

17. Lake Wales and Collegiate Nationals  

    By katseyes, August 29, 2006
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    • matthewcline
    • September 6, 2006

18. What approach for getting my "A"  

    By paparker21, February 16, 2016
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    • Di0
    • February 23, 2016

19. PLF?  

    By Sheenster303, December 27, 2003
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    • MichaelBess
    • December 28, 2003

20. Before The Box Position  

    By WooHoo, February 23, 2009
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    • Krip
    • February 26, 2009

21. Any dropzone in Europe using Cessna 402 airplane?  

    By hjortur, February 7, 2011
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    • hjortur
    • February 14, 2011

22. Any DZs that lowered their jump ticket cost?  

    By stayhigh, December 4, 2014
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    • voilsb
    • December 5, 2014

23. wind   1 2

    By degarmo, May 5, 2006
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    • degarmo
    • May 15, 2006

24. Pregnant women and skydiving?  

    By adrenalinejunki, April 13, 2005
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    • adrenalinejunki
    • April 21, 2005

25. Is PLF still relevant?  

    By mbohu, October 25, 2020   

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    • johnmatrix
    • October 27, 2020

26. What location in the world for the cheapest ticket to altitude?   1 2

    By freeflyfree, September 21, 2004
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    • skykittykat
    • November 1, 2004

27. Skydiving vs. life priorities   1 2

    By npgraphicdesign, September 23, 2008
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    • skittles_of_SDC
    • September 24, 2008

28. Where Do You Wear Your Alti   1 2

    By WayneRATS, August 28, 2003
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    • tbrown
    • August 30, 2003

29. who has actually made serious $$$ from skydiving?   1 2 3

    By Newbie, November 7, 2003
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    • bshl
    • November 9, 2003

30. Cessna IO-550 engine questions  

    By goobersnuftda, May 24, 2012
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    • vpjr
    • May 25, 2012

31. PD PULSE  

    By riguy00, March 17, 2014
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    • jumpwally
    • March 20, 2014

32. Skydive memes facebook page  

    By joelgibson, January 4, 2015
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    • joelgibson
    • January 9, 2015

33. Is this dangerous?  

    By SkyMako, February 29, 2016
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    • keithbar
    • February 29, 2016

34. Wings/Sunrise Rigging International  

    By mwolfe, July 16, 2003
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    • towerrat
    • July 17, 2003

35. Average Salary of a 'Skydiver', 'Fun Jumper', 'Part time staff'  

    By clint, December 22, 2005
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    • kallend
    • December 28, 2005

36. Does watching youtube make you a better skydiver??   1 2

    By Stearny, July 20, 2011
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    • pinkfairy
    • July 22, 2011

37. Empuriabrava  

    By Stumpy, December 17, 2003
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    • Stumpy
    • December 19, 2003

38. How many of the military people on here learned to skydive in the civilian world?   1 2 3

    By jaffo, July 31, 2010
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    • dninness
    • August 17, 2010

39. Injury stories  

    By bkoch, April 26, 2005
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    • DanglesOZQld
    • May 2, 2005

40. Texas State Record?  

    By kallend, August 21, 2004
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    • mrhoop
    • August 25, 2004

41. BlueBook 2004?  

    By melstarr, March 30, 2004
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    • dippymoo
    • August 19, 2004

42. Laundry list of screw-ups (long)   1 2

    By masterblaster72, August 9, 2005
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    • mdrejhon
    • August 14, 2005

43. I keep spraining my thumb on landing  

    By ACMESkydiver, May 20, 2004
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    • ACMESkydiver
    • May 26, 2004

44. support the newbies!  

    By bales, April 28, 2005
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    • Frenchy68
    • April 29, 2005

45. Buy coach jumps or first canopy?   1 2

    By windcatcher, October 25, 2004
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    • SkydiveNFlorida
    • October 26, 2004

46. turning while pulling   1 2

    By spence09, December 29, 2006
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    • spence09
    • January 11, 2007

47. other people's views on coach jumps   1 2

    By aero04, July 31, 2003
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    • billvon
    • August 3, 2003

48. Senior Project for Highschool  

    By Dmoney, June 1, 2005
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    • jumpsisters
    • June 2, 2005

49. Low wing loading (Newbie question)   1 2

    By jeepers, August 25, 2011
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    • Trae
    • August 31, 2011

50. Exit Altitude.  

    By g3ninfinite, October 17, 2005
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    • MB38
    • October 18, 2005

51. Does your DZ offer "Discounts"?   1 2

    By Craig, January 31, 2003
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    • Iflyme
    • February 25, 2003

52. Packing economy   1 2

    By RandomLemming, February 19, 2007
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    • RandomLemming
    • February 26, 2007

53. 200th  

    By bbrodes, September 23, 2014
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    • wicodefly
    • October 1, 2014

54. What are the names of the skydive licenses at the world?  

    By michelribeiro, July 28, 2016
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    • piisfish
    • August 5, 2016

55. Whuffo they say that anyhow?   1 2

    By patworks, January 25, 2012
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    • TriGirl
    • January 29, 2012

56. Got my A after an embaressingly long time  

    By RUN_FMX, November 21, 2010
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    • Baksteen
    • November 29, 2010

57. Olympic Skydiving   1 2

    By skipro101, June 1, 2004
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    • Douva
    • June 3, 2004

58. First FreeFall   1 2

    By bluegremlin, November 19, 2003
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    • bluegremlin
    • November 23, 2003

59. Attention Gamers! (and non gamers!)  

    By twodarhythm, March 31, 2010
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    • Teigen
    • April 1, 2010

60. Re: [JohnSherman] The Z-hills Double Fatal Speculation Thread  

    By robinheid, April 3, 2013
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    • pchapman
    • April 4, 2013

61. Learning experience..  

    By Koric101, September 29, 2013
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    • jurgencamps
    • October 2, 2013

62. Medical Question (Not asking for advice, just curious)  

    By ianyapxw, March 9, 2014
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    • ianyapxw
    • March 11, 2014

63. Am I nuts or what??   1 2

    By az_wolf_lover, September 2, 2006
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    • chutem
    • September 4, 2006

64. Question....   1 2

    By FTP_07, December 27, 2008
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    • FTP_07
    • December 30, 2008

65. I'm tired of hearing complaints about USPA   1 2 3

    By Auryn, December 12, 2007
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    • Krip
    • December 19, 2007

66. Should the SIM be rewritten?  

    By JSE, October 12, 2010
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    • pirana
    • October 13, 2010

67. EG Suits  

    By motomike, June 9, 2010
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    • Unstable
    • November 29, 2010

68. Cool Freefall Pic from Ground  

    By Coasterbrad, May 17, 2010
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    • dragon2
    • May 18, 2010

69. Do you let him jump it?   1 2

    By speedy, December 18, 2005
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    • Falko
    • December 21, 2005

70. Body Board Flying  

    By Carver, January 29, 2008
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    • AUSkyguy
    • January 30, 2008

71. Having Trouble with IAD progression... Thinking of Switching to AFF???  

    By lookatmeimchris, September 6, 2017
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    • lookatmeimchris
    • September 7, 2017

72. Young Skydiver   1 2

    By MarkTL, November 19, 2008
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    • AliMac
    • November 23, 2008

73. Getting Sponsorships  

    By BlindBrick, March 30, 2003
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    • motherhucker
    • April 1, 2003

74. Standup vs Buttslide tandem landings  

    By sartre, June 15, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • June 16, 2006

75. What does the term "lay base" mean?  

    By mikepetrucci, July 22, 2010
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    • stitch
    • July 26, 2010

76. Zach Effron AFF  

    By kawisixer01, July 4, 2016
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    • JohnMitchell
    • July 5, 2016

77. Live camera monitoring  

    By divadgagnon, April 1, 2012
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    • divadgagnon
    • April 4, 2012

78. Customer Service   1 2

    By packerboy, June 2, 2006
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    • EDYDO
    • June 3, 2006

79. short guys TALL guys ??  

    By freeheelbillie, February 12, 2009
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    • Chubba
    • February 14, 2009

80. St Louis MO  

    By heavision, August 18, 2017
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    • heavision
    • August 27, 2017

81. How I became a vertical elite. My road to the 170 way record.  

    By CarlosDanger, July 30, 2015
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    • linestretch
    • July 31, 2015

82. 2nd Jump (AFF) - Hard Opening?  

    By corpkid, December 6, 2013
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    • corpkid
    • December 16, 2013

83. Found a new hobby?  

    By Caipirinha, June 13, 2013
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    • billeisele
    • June 18, 2013

84. Questionnaire 4 Skydiverz!   1 2

    By KollegeKay, November 16, 2011
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    • Plover
    • May 27, 2013

85. Students that quit, or just push harder.   1 2

    By azureriders, January 25, 2006
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    • hexadecimal
    • January 27, 2006

86. Confidence in you instructor?   1 2

    By Squeak, November 5, 2003
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    • Tonto
    • November 10, 2003

87. Old Debate: Canopies with no input, *will* fly downwind?   1 2

    By mdrejhon, November 13, 2009
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 21, 2010

88. Do not cross runway under 1000ft/300m, how to decide?  

    By phoenixlpr, May 24, 2006
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    • Dolph
    • May 26, 2006

89. Transportation from LAX to Skydive Perris?  

    By npng, February 9, 2013
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    • MakeItHappen
    • February 12, 2013

90. FOUR jumpers under ONE parachute: Video  

    By skydiverek, September 23, 2015
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    • skydiverek
    • September 28, 2015

91. Helicopter at Skydive Houston  

    By Jethers203, December 7, 2003
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    • Chute
    • December 9, 2003

92. Considering the sport, but have concerns after reading 2004 ncident post   1 2 3

    By Feeblemind, January 12, 2005
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    • kelpdiver
    • January 24, 2005

93. 206 roll-up door info needed  

    By davelepka, January 19, 2010
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    • totter
    • January 19, 2010

94. question about uspa regulation to follow a tandem  

    By ofer4, July 28, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • July 30, 2011

95. The Purpose of DZ.com's Incidents Forum   1 2

    By lifewithoutanet, October 18, 2005
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    • tso-d_chris
    • October 21, 2005

96. Skydiving in the UK - BPA membership mandatory?  

    By Uriel2728, November 11, 2014
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    • freekflyguy
    • November 14, 2014

97. Have you discussed skydiving with your family/friends in the event of an accident?   1 2

    By Chris-Ottawa, August 3, 2006
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    • brianfry713
    • August 7, 2006

98. canopy sizes  

    By GaryRay, May 25, 2007
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    • GaryRay
    • May 26, 2007

99. Cold -> wear jacket -> jump = not fun  

    By vonSanta, December 31, 2003
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    • kyros1
    • January 5, 2004

100. Am I To Crap To Continue?  

     By arni999, May 1, 2006
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     • arni999
     • May 2, 2006