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1. starting a college club  

   By NoRules, May 14, 2004
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   • NoRules
   • May 16, 2004

2. Does anybody know of any skydiving little people (midgets)?  

   By Hayfield, November 4, 2006
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   • dharma1976
   • November 10, 2006

3. Red Bull Madeira NYE  

   By UKKid35, January 3, 2022
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   • UKKid35
   • January 3, 2022

4. Break-Away! Skydiving Survival Series DVD  

   By maLUCo, July 15, 2008
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   • jtval
   • July 17, 2008

5. My skydiving comeback  

   By ScottTX, May 15, 2007
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   • jigneshsoni
   • May 25, 2007

6. leg strap scare  

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

7. Upsized your Canopy?  

   By RkyMtnHigh, October 28, 2007
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   • skybytch
   • October 29, 2007

8. A License Recurrency Jump - Prices.  

   By taylor.freefall, October 8, 2008
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   • chuteless
   • October 8, 2008

9. Teaching Styles  

   By SeanCulver, May 6, 2003
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   • jumpgod
   • May 7, 2003

10. Suicide at the DZ (was: fatality in scotland)  

    By CanuckInUSA, June 7, 2004
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    • freeflynick
    • June 10, 2004

11. New Dropzone Help  

    By mdairborn, July 1, 2008
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    • mdairborn
    • July 2, 2008

12. Newbie... question  

    By ttoy, July 25, 2007
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    • TShearer
    • July 27, 2007

13. Disability insurance when you are skydiving  

    By matereti, August 7, 2006
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • August 8, 2006

14. Old miltary bail out rig  

    By Scoop, June 19, 2006
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    • mr2mk1g
    • June 22, 2006

15. Cutaway Nerves  

    By elfanie, January 29, 2004
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    • rocketdog
    • February 2, 2004

16. Freefall Express  

    By Dupah1000, January 16, 2015
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    • hillson
    • January 17, 2015

17. airport security and "swabbing" rigs  

    By keithbar, December 31, 2008
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    • kallend
    • January 2, 2009

18. Packing problems  

    By mjaconetta1, August 12, 2008
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    • brucet7
    • August 13, 2008

19. troubles with ocana spain  

    By woppit, September 29, 2006
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    • RandomLemming
    • October 3, 2006

20. AFF Tomorrow!  

    By LDiCosimo, April 23, 2010
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    • LDiCosimo
    • April 24, 2010

21. Rig ??? Should I buy new or used?  

    By jumpinfarmer, February 3, 2004
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    • redramdriver
    • February 4, 2004

22. Where/Which dz - November  

    By rudd, May 13, 2012
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    • ixlr82
    • May 14, 2012

23. Brett Pendelton  

    By bozo, January 26, 2007
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    • DSE
    • March 19, 2007

24. chute-n-shoot  

    By michaeljanzen, February 27, 2003
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    • theshortbus
    • March 15, 2007

25. how many people feel like this?  

    By TribalTalon, November 5, 2003
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    • batbex
    • November 5, 2003

26. Cookie flatlock adapter on mindwarp?  

    By Bazzy, January 19, 2010
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    • Shiv
    • May 21, 2013

27. Anyone from Chicago or surrounding area; is SDC your home DZ?  

    By RALFFERS, March 22, 2007
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    • awakefie
    • April 2, 2007

28. So did they spell "Honda?"  

    By ntrprnr, May 29, 2008
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    • LongWayToFall
    • May 30, 2008

29. best instructional videos  

    By aloneinthesky, May 9, 2007
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    • Jazzthieve
    • October 10, 2007

30. What are your EP's   1 2

    By DougH, December 17, 2006
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    • fastphil
    • December 19, 2006

31. Helmet Painting  

    By SSkydiver, December 27, 2004
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    • WFFC
    • December 29, 2004

32. First Tandem in Vegas this weekend...?'s  

    By raleighwood, March 23, 2005
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    • Foursprouts
    • April 3, 2005

33. Wanting that first jump (OR)  

    By zerojumps, April 22, 2003
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    • FliegendeWolf
    • April 29, 2003

34. incident on saturday june 29th at eloy  

    By mikeyfred1, July 31, 2006
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    • mikeyfred1
    • August 9, 2006

35. I'm going to Skydive Chicago   1 2

    By WrongWay, October 4, 2003
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    • eeneR
    • October 20, 2003

36. How about us chunks? ;-)  

    By paraman1, February 14, 2006
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    • JohnMitchell
    • February 24, 2006

37. why aren't we participating in olympics yet?  

    By yurbai, August 30, 2004
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    • TrickyDicky
    • August 31, 2004

38. optik illusion setup  

    By NvyZero, February 1, 2013
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    • DougH
    • February 2, 2013

39. Skydiving DVD's...what's good???  

    By mach2, November 27, 2005
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    • cocheese
    • November 28, 2005

40. How do I safely travel with my new rig?  

    By inyournavl, October 24, 2006
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    • NWFlyer
    • October 25, 2006

41. Blah  

    By FlyingRhenquest, April 14, 2013
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    • FlyingRhenquest
    • April 18, 2013

42. Canopy for people after the backbone injury.  

    By skyporter, September 6, 2005
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    • jsaxton
    • September 7, 2005

43. Dec 3 fatality in Eloy?  

    By sslcoker, December 5, 2013
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    • cpoxon
    • December 5, 2013

44. parachutes  

    By gnstuff4me, April 30, 2012
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    • gnstuff4me
    • May 4, 2012

45. When did they chage the requirements for licenses??   1 2

    By jasonRose, June 5, 2005
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    • happythoughts
    • June 9, 2005

46. Looking for a rigger  

    By zcohen13, March 29, 2016
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    • riggerrob
    • April 8, 2016

47. Canadian A CoP in the States  

    By mlbolon, July 18, 2007
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    • IanHarrop
    • July 18, 2007

48. Yves Rossy flies jetwing over rio  

    By 3mpire, May 3, 2012
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    • piisfish
    • May 8, 2012

49. Finger caught in brake line.   1 2

    By Ron, January 20, 2005
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    • Ron
    • January 23, 2005

50. UK Jumpers - Nearest Station to Netheravon?  

    By meatbomb, March 4, 2004
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    • mr2mk1g
    • March 10, 2004

51. Silly SRP ad from the Arizona Republic  

    By bsoder, October 19, 2004
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    • Phillbo
    • October 22, 2004

52. How "Advanced" is the Tony R-bird??  

    By AZskies, September 15, 2012
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    • LloydDobbler
    • September 16, 2012

53. Skydiving, speedflying, windtunnel and freebase.  

    By Skywalkers, January 4, 2011
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    • accur8shot
    • May 23, 2012

54. Jumping with a tandem  

    By Evelyn, June 8, 2009
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    • billvon
    • June 11, 2009

55. Helicopter Safety  

    By Zeppo, December 19, 2006
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    • relyon
    • December 19, 2006

56. End cells slow to open  

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

57. First ER Visit...this ever happen to anyone else?  

    By hjumper33, August 21, 2006
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    • Majaman
    • August 23, 2006

58. Homemade smoke?  

    By yuri_base, July 16, 2007
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    • Balls
    • July 18, 2007

59. some advice?  

    By Nasemann, June 27, 2007
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    • Krip
    • June 29, 2007

60. Video Dump of Skydive Greene County Ohio 1997-2001  

    By slayer21016, July 28, 2023   

    • skydive greene county
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    • amattsso
    • October 2, 2023

61. knee flying  

    By jf951, November 23, 2009
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    • feuergnom
    • November 30, 2009

62. AFF INSTRUCTORS READ THIS  

    By baseknut, May 4, 2007
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    • kkeenan
    • May 7, 2007

63. Oops  

    By chuckakers, September 16, 2011
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    • cpoxon
    • September 16, 2011

64. Easy to read winds aloft sites ?  

    By crum, May 18, 2008
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    • skydived19006
    • May 19, 2008

65. Skydives per day and have fun?  

    By tomerep, October 4, 2007
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    • lilchief
    • November 4, 2007

66. exit thoughts  

    By reiverat, June 6, 2005
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    • skyyhi
    • June 7, 2005

67. Windtunnel?  

    By CloudOnMyTongue, August 8, 2003
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    • Bodyflight.Net
    • January 24, 2004

68. Grounding Yourself For Wind   1 2

    By jumpjunkie2004, September 12, 2005
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    • AFFI
    • September 14, 2005

69. Insurance for skydiving abroad  

    By CrzIvan, April 24, 2020
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    • al05r
    • August 9, 2020

70. Skydive Teuge set of a big season finale.  

    By Yorick, July 5, 2013
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    • Deyan
    • July 7, 2013

71. And we have a new rigger in the house, too  

    By billvon, March 26, 2003
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    • bbarnhouse
    • April 4, 2003

72. Pop quiz my fellow skydivers   1 2

    By JENi4MYERS, April 16, 2004
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    • sdgregory
    • April 18, 2004

73. Packing drunk...  

    By skydivejersey, August 15, 2003
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    • D22369
    • August 18, 2003

74. Shoulder awareness  

    By EOCS, October 22, 2012
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    • DanDanInc
    • December 4, 2012

75. my new gear is finally arrived!  

    By Fast1, October 25, 2004
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    • DanglesOZQld
    • October 29, 2004

76. 1st one down sets landing pattern  

    By benpat, August 28, 2005
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    • shropshire
    • August 31, 2005

77. Multiple AFF levels in one jump?  

    By Gators1240, August 30, 2010
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    • Hvance
    • August 30, 2010

78. fun at goodtime boogie  

    By brothermuff65, July 2, 2003
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    • Gonnabe
    • May 6, 2021

79. TV coverage of the USPA National Skydiving Championships  

    By 3331, October 3, 2007
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    • dqpacker
    • October 8, 2007

80. How many people go to tunnel camps  

    By Skydivesg, February 4, 2013
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    • Bignugget
    • February 12, 2013

81. I had my first cutaway today  

    By voilsb, July 20, 2009
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    • 210_zoom
    • July 22, 2009

82. Award photo... since USPA didn't accept it  

    By SkydiveMO, December 13, 2005
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    • BigSky
    • December 14, 2005

83. First jump without a cypres!   1 2

    By Orange1, May 21, 2005
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    • NickDG
    • May 25, 2005

84. Finally...  

    By tb62871, June 29, 2003
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    • juanesky
    • July 1, 2003

85. Well That Was Fun!  

    By FlyingRhenquest, January 4, 2013
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    • FlyingRhenquest
    • January 8, 2013

86. Allied Troops train at Eloy  

    By ltdiver, April 14, 2005
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    • bbarnhouse
    • April 17, 2005

87. Taking my rig on a plane.  

    By mgregory, March 22, 2010
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • March 25, 2010

88. Professionalism is a lost art...  

    By pissedoffpilot, July 7, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • July 19, 2004

89. Long Island's Future  

    By Broke, November 17, 2005
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    • Broke
    • November 22, 2005

90. D-license on its way  

    By Conquest150, August 5, 2003
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    • payback462
    • August 9, 2003

91. skydive deland condition after christmas storm?  

    By jumpnrandy, December 26, 2006
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    • kkeenan
    • December 28, 2006

92. Using a Garmin Fenix 6x as a secondary altimeter  

    By NegroKarlezi, April 14, 2021   

    • altimeter
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    • jeanneretjerome
    • June 10, 2021

93. U. S. Nationals - Omniskore  

    By kkeenan, October 21, 2008
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    • skittles_of_SDC
    • October 24, 2008

94. Reasons for wearing altimeter on leg strap?  

    By freeflyfree, April 21, 2005
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    • spidermonky
    • April 22, 2005

95. Return from "winter breaks" - do you get the shakes?  

    By xavenger, January 27, 2004
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    • dgskydive
    • January 28, 2004

96. Brush with death!   1 2

    By dr1zzle, November 25, 2024
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    • dr1zzle
    • December 11, 2024

97. TMJ issues.  

    By snwboardforlif, March 13, 2014
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    • riggerrob
    • March 17, 2014

98. Current delivery time for Mirage...  

    By Nealeod, February 4, 2012
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    • RMK
    • September 3, 2012

99. Average fall rate?  

    By kelel01, October 2, 2003
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    • schattenjaeger
    • October 4, 2003

100. Space Diving "oh fo sho"  

     By someday, June 1, 2007
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     • hukturn
     • July 15, 2007