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1. Fun skydive story!  

   By canopycandy, July 5, 2003
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   • groovychic
   • July 6, 2003

2. My new altitrack  

   By edge04, May 23, 2011
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   • bofh
   • May 24, 2011

3. what is jumping to you  

   By justchrisdsp, October 11, 2004
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   • BlindBrick
   • October 12, 2004

4. State's deadliest skydiving operation  

   By brettpobastad, February 25, 2003
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   • hooked
   • February 27, 2003

5. 182 P model pig with a capital P  

   By baronn, June 6, 2016
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   • CVeikkoEinari
   • July 20, 2016

6. Skydiving/Dropzone related jobs  

   By binaryfinary, March 24, 2014
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   • grimmie
   • March 24, 2014

7. New to skydiving!  

   By piepiepie, December 19, 2006
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   • RandomLemming
   • December 20, 2006

8. Oh where, oh where has my helmet gone...  

   By wmw999, February 5, 2006
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   • Trae
   • February 10, 2006

9. Groupon endorses Skyride!  

   By alabamaskydiver, July 29, 2011
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   • jshiloh
   • July 31, 2011

10. TSA rig travel link  

    By SimonBones, August 8, 2008
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    • ltdiver
    • September 22, 2010

11. HALO - Freefall Warriors TV Show  

    By tdog, December 31, 2004
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    • pilotdave
    • January 24, 2005

12. Packing Trouble  

    By arl120384, May 7, 2008
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    • drunk
    • May 9, 2008

13. Fun at Power Play  

    By billvon, July 9, 2007
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    • Jayruss
    • July 13, 2007

14. why am I so afraid??  

    By chiquita24, September 10, 2006
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    • chiquita24
    • September 11, 2006

15. Balloons  

    By jonjonson, May 2, 2006
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    • rat6666
    • May 4, 2006

16. Sebastian / Airport Leasing Woes-- Press Clips  

    By quade, August 21, 2004
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    • bendywendy
    • August 29, 2004

17. Ride Bass Boat out of plane  

    By Muppetdog, April 27, 2004
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    • wingnut
    • April 29, 2004

18. My forward exist sucks  

    By Hoomam, May 26, 2017
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    • Hoomam
    • May 31, 2017

19. Please inform me  

    By DropDgorgeous, July 11, 2007
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    • piisfish
    • July 12, 2007

20. Tracking  

    By richardd, September 1, 2003
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    • davelepka
    • September 2, 2003

21. travel  

    By mahonie10, July 29, 2012
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    • davelepka
    • July 30, 2012

22. BOD meeting attendees and qualifications  

    By DesertDevil, March 7, 2010
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    • Amazon
    • March 8, 2010

23. New equipment markup %???  

    By bigbearfng, May 27, 2009
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    • skypuppy
    • May 28, 2009

24. INDIA - North Pole Static Line First Jump -- Press Clips  

    By quade, March 28, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • November 27, 2004

25. Balloon jump questions  

    By DShiznit, October 24, 2003
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    • DShiznit
    • October 29, 2003

26. Recording your skydive  

    By cficeman, May 5, 2013
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    • popsjumper
    • May 5, 2013

27. trailers at Z Hills  

    By Wings-n-Things, December 6, 2010
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    • jrjny
    • December 8, 2010

28. Where to live...  

    By frankyblue, May 4, 2013
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    • frankyblue
    • May 5, 2013

29. Dropzone Etiquette  

    By JarrydP, July 23, 2011
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    • bluetwo
    • October 23, 2011

30. Close calls with other aircraft  

    By cocheese, September 22, 2009
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    • strop45
    • September 23, 2009

31. NEW SAMURAI  

    By crazydiver, March 7, 2005
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    • GraficO
    • March 20, 2005

32. SD Aggieland Plane Crash and Recovery (pictures)  

    By AggieDave, May 25, 2003
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    • AggieDave
    • May 27, 2003

33. Naming the landing pattern  

    By Pinky2, July 22, 2013
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    • topdocker
    • July 24, 2013

34. Just curious, what is required to do tandem skydives?  

    By dixieboy147, December 18, 2006
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    • diablopilot
    • December 19, 2006

35. Arms ache after loads of jumps  

    By philh, April 23, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • April 28, 2004

36. VOTE RAY LALLO For USPA Mountain Region Director  

    By MT_Reg_Dir, September 14, 2015
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    • MT_Reg_Dir
    • September 24, 2015

37. your AFF program  

    By kscott904, May 5, 2008
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    • maestrabella67
    • May 8, 2008

38. HI GUYS NEED AN OPINION !  

    By Tamas11, November 6, 2017
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    • Pit76
    • November 8, 2017

39. Stolen Gear - Sanford, FL - 25 Feb 2014  

    By slotperfect, February 26, 2014
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    • slotperfect
    • February 25, 2015

40. Taking gear as carry on  

    By belot64f, May 18, 2009
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    • NiteQwill
    • May 27, 2009

41. anyone in the UK know where i can buy a reserve handle cover?  

    By Newbie, August 1, 2003
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    • Newbie
    • August 4, 2003

42. Full face helmet?  

    By bazelos, February 7, 2006
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    • bazelos
    • February 8, 2006

43. leg strap scare  

    By storm1977, July 2, 2003
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    • FreeFlyASC
    • July 3, 2003

44. Once AGAIN, the reasons to keep your head on a swivel  

    By ntrprnr, January 30, 2007
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    • kallend
    • February 1, 2007

45. AFF + A liscense Back to Back. Good or Not so Good?  

    By FrEaK_aCcIdEnT, June 6, 2005
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    • FrEaK_aCcIdEnT
    • June 7, 2005

46. Skydive Chicago First Jump  

    By bigpapasmurf01, May 21, 2009
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    • boxhead
    • May 26, 2009

47. New A/moving to a new DZ  

    By Gators1240, September 15, 2010
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    • TheBachelor
    • September 17, 2010

48. From Beechcraft Duke B60 Can Jump???  

    By maxus, September 20, 2009
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    • riggerrob
    • September 22, 2009

49. Fitness of tandem instructors  

    By TribalTalon, March 28, 2004
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    • jmpnkramer
    • March 31, 2004

50. My landings suck  

    By SSkydiver, May 26, 2003
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    • johnny1488
    • May 26, 2003

51. Sizing canopy for a Wings  

    By aatif96, July 24, 2012
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    • hokierower
    • July 26, 2012

52. What falls closer: freebag or cutaway canopy?  

    By skydiverek, October 28, 2013
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • October 29, 2013

53. X-ray degradation of nylon  

    By Bertt, November 27, 2009
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    • Skydivesg
    • December 5, 2009

54. lost skydive gear can you help?  

    By taffclarke, July 6, 2007
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    • Kynan1
    • July 9, 2007

55. Oops!  

    By ockers, June 6, 2005
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    • ockers
    • June 6, 2005

56. AAD requirements  

    By andy2, April 9, 2003
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    • dragon2
    • April 10, 2003

57. Caught on landing gear  

    By skybum1, March 3, 2008
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    • skypuppy
    • March 4, 2008

58. Wierd--Finally passed Level IV, tried V, Passed it but failed VI  

    By SkyDiveCoastie, August 18, 2005
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    • SkyDiveCoastie
    • August 22, 2005

59. Skydive SOBE IS jumping!!  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, March 28, 2004
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    • peacefuljeffrey
    • March 31, 2004

60. Where to boogie?  

    By tyro, July 23, 2012
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    • Freddiekz
    • July 25, 2012

61. exiting a small low wing aircraft  

    By jf951, December 2, 2010
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    • Calvin19
    • December 4, 2010

62. Looking for help and info  

    By beqa, May 19, 2009
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    • 4dbill
    • September 21, 2009

63. Thailand update #4  

    By billvon, January 30, 2004
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    • skybytch
    • January 31, 2004

64. Modern canopies  

    By FastRon, July 25, 2011
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    • Zlew
    • July 27, 2011

65. How much do jump pilots make?  

    By LucFace, October 24, 2007
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    • godfrog
    • October 27, 2007

66. anyone here from massachusetts????  

    By ryan188, September 3, 2006
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    • MagicGuy
    • September 8, 2006

67. Skyhook experience  

    By Rdutch, July 18, 2005
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    • hookncrater
    • July 18, 2005

68. What is your defenition of current?  

    By udder, February 6, 2006
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    • brianfry713
    • February 6, 2006

69. NBC 92 year old skydiving, bad exits on national tv  

    By loudtom, April 23, 2005
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    • loflyer
    • April 25, 2005

70. In order to get a canopy into horizontal flight at landing...  

    By mbohu, October 12, 2017
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    • kuai43
    • October 13, 2017

71. Hard Decks?  

    By DubJump, April 18, 2012
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    • Liemberg
    • April 19, 2012

72. Canopy flying sideways on final  

    By slcooper, September 18, 2009
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    • slcooper
    • September 19, 2009

73. Newbie( first tandem wtf???)  

    By Sparta_Prague, March 25, 2004
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    • Andrewwhyte
    • March 29, 2004

74. Ever Jump with a Plaster Cast  

    By pa2themd, August 29, 2003
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    • usedtajump
    • August 29, 2003

75. Contact Information  

    By Blue240, September 8, 2015
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    • Blue240
    • September 10, 2015

76. "Instructor" arrested...was Lodi Tandem Fatality  

    By jacketsdb23, June 23, 2021
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    • SivaGanesha
    • July 10, 2021

77. Letting go!  

    By horizon_hunter, October 12, 2011
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    • horizon_hunter
    • October 14, 2011

78. The Real Wedding Crashers Simply Hilarious  

    By skinnersone, December 23, 2007
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    • skinnersone
    • December 24, 2007

79. Student not progessing  

    By neily, June 30, 2004
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    • sducoach
    • July 11, 2004

80. buying gear/money transfers overseas?  

    By blkhwkmech89, September 9, 2015
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    • Dopamine_Junkie
    • September 10, 2015

81. End cells slow to open  

    By shah269, May 10, 2011
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    • holie
    • May 11, 2011

82. Jumping in hooded sweaters  

    By Jvx, April 28, 2013
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    • rwieder
    • April 29, 2013

83. AFF in the U S of A  

    By deano1664, August 28, 2008
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    • NickDG
    • August 30, 2008

84. Pro-Tracks for students  

    By SeaKev, October 24, 2003
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    • Harksaw
    • October 27, 2003

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

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

86. Skydiving to BASE jump? Read- The Great Book of B.A.S.E.  

    By Calvin19, November 28, 2010
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    • Grubber
    • November 30, 2010

87. how do i lose altitude fast on a tracking dive?  

    By Newbie, April 22, 2005
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    • j3zz
    • April 25, 2005

88. Think I found Life Insurance....  

    By Spatula, October 6, 2004
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    • white_falcon
    • October 6, 2004

89. ERRR WIND  

    By Tonedog1980, November 23, 2003
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    • Tonedog1980
    • November 24, 2003

90. Yay!! I'm a skydiving recruiter!  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, July 29, 2003
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    • SkySlut
    • July 31, 2003

91. Skydive Season?  

    By Braz933, August 28, 2008
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    • squarecanopy
    • August 29, 2008

92. Is this first beer-able?  

    By horwichg, July 2, 2008
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    • horwichg
    • July 3, 2008

93. Discovery channel skydiving story  

    By newshooter12, October 25, 2003
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    • WrongWay
    • October 27, 2003

94. Seasons?  

    By DaveSangor, June 2, 2005
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    • KindredSpirit
    • June 4, 2005

95. Finally...I'm back into business  

    By FrenchyDiver, July 26, 2003
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    • FrenchyDiver
    • July 31, 2003

96. Students landing in water  

    By bamber, September 29, 2017
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    • firstime
    • September 29, 2017

97. Jumbo PC Malfunction and Cutaway  

    By braden.smith, July 16, 2013
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • July 18, 2013

98. Price of Full AFF Class?  

    By MagicGuy, September 23, 2005
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    • Sneakerz
    • September 25, 2005

99. Pay per day or year???  

    By tylermc4, August 29, 2015
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    • Andrewwhyte
    • September 6, 2015

100. Jane Gets her SCR  

     By 78RATS, November 17, 2004
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     • IMGR2
     • November 19, 2004