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American Boogie highlights...

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i had an absolute blast on saturday B|

i met lots of dz.commers and got to hang out with a lot of great people. and it was fricken HOT!!!

did my first helicopter jump (yes, i know...BEER)

wished i could have stayed longer on saturday, but other things beckoned.

oh yes...and was on a glorious dz.com 14-way FUNNEL!!!!


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Yeah what a fun weekend!
The helicopter was my highlight too. I love that feeling of actually falling and how it's so much more quiet. I don't think I stopped smiling for hours.
Got to do my first night jump and totally freaked out. :S:o :P
Ahh and the funnel. Even that was fun.
Anyone going to post pics?

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How is your road rash? :S



It feels like someone is burning me with the iron...over and over and over.

still got a couple of fun jumps in on Sunday though B| the wind picked up and landings were nice and soft.

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How is your road rash? :S



It feels like someone is burning me with the iron...over and over and over.



Yeah, I know how you feel, well I'm not as bad as you, but it feels like the skin is tighening up cause of the scabbing (ewww) but when I get up to walk around, it stretches it out and it HURTS like a MOFO!! Yes, my first jump of the day on Thursday, I did a low toggle turn and wasn't prepared for the density alt and high speeds associated with it. My right leg went down to try and slow me down...doh!

My g/f asked me last night, "got any video ??" :(:(
Nope, not this time honey. It seemed to be too much of a hassle to get video dub from people this weekend. I guess it's time to get my own camera, so I can copy it directly.

Oh. BTW - I didn't see any posts from or about BBarnhouse not making it to the boogie. Well, for the record, Betsy - YOU SUCK!! >:(;) in the most nicest possible way, of course.

Yeah, it was a good time, but I think the HOT weather really slowed people down and there was less activity. Plus, another plane (otter) that was supposed to show up didn't,.

I did my first night jump. I was so scared, but WOW! I want to do another one !! I also did my first jump out of the caravan. I don't remember jumping from that plane before.

I also realized that I definitely have more fun doing FF jumps, so I'm looking into getting a new FF suit, since my hybrid suit is a bit tight and very hot in the summer time.

Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast!
Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool!
bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump

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I'm so exhausted....you Northern CA people sure do know how to show a girl a fun time! I told my Aunt back here in WA that I'd move to your area in a flash if I could, I liked it so much. There was a great vibe going on at the dz all weekend, you could just feel the love! :)
I don't want to list all the dz.commers that I had fun with because I'm afraid I'll leave someone out in my state of exhaustion I'm in right now. But, I loved hanging out with all of you, and hope that I can come back again and play with all of my new friends. I feel like I have a new branch of my "family" on the west coast now! Thanks go especially to Chopchop for food, shelter, rides and everything else ;), Lummy and Skye for taking a day off work and giving me the big tour of San Francisco, and to Deuce and Corrine for keeping us all supplied with plenty of water and Gatorade. I think we would have all had serious dehydration without Corrine going and getting extra supplies!

My memories of the boogie are so many....I had some great new jumps including belly dives, hybrids and my raft jump (wait till you see the pictures, it was hilarious!). I made it through camping for 3 days in 100+ heat for the first time, that was real, uh...interesting. :S I could tell a real difference in the lack of humidity when I went to pack my parachute...that thing was slipping all over the place and I always needed help. Fortunately the dz.com guys had a lot of pity for me. :ph34r: The boogie ended with a great, laid-back party, and we got to wake up on the last day to hot air balloons taking off for Napa Valley tours, what a pretty site! There were some scrapes and bruises for quite a few people, but like true skydivers, they all got back on the planes-woohoo! B|

Thanks everyone for such a great send-off you gave me, and for including me as one of the gang and showing me such a great time. I hope I can repay you all with southern hospitality if you ever come down to Florida. :)
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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The American Boogie was great.. there was just so much love and good energy.. despite the 100 plus temperatures.. I had some great jumps (19 total) a ball jump, a few hybrids, lotsa freeflying, and even a belly jump in shorts and goggles.. B| But I have to say the highlight was one moment when I was sitting near the door in the skyvan and looked towards the front and saw all my friends just alughing and enjoying themselves on the ride to altitude.. It made me so happy that I have been spending time at all the dzs in the area and some in other states.. ;) and have gotten to know so many awesome people.. It was like my time in the sport and all those weekends culminated in that moment.. B|

Bet you guys didn't know I was so sappy underneath, huh?;)
chopchop
gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking..

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Bet you guys didn't know I was so sappy underneath, huh?;)



i had no idea...you always just seem tired to me...always yawning B|



thanks to a certain Mouseketeer I know starting the yawn chain-reaction.. ;)
chopchop
gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking..

Lotsa Pictures

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Bet you guys didn't know I was so sappy underneath, huh?



Will someone please go administer first-aid to Chopchop, I think the heat got to him. He hasn't been a smart-ass all day, and now he's getting sappy. I'm seriously getting worried about him. ;)
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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Bet you guys didn't know I was so sappy underneath, huh?



Only people who haven't met you in person.:P

Great weekend. 22 jumps, got Skye's first tandem video with JP on her back just to keep her company. (JP's first tailgate tandem - BEER!) Even got snagged to do a paid tandem video/photo at the end (I figure it doesn't hurt to do a DZM a favor).

Lots of great jumps, as usual with great people and some new friends. Skymama hanging off me and ChopChop was a highlight, as was the shorts jump. Jumping with DZ.commers and some serious heavyweight skydivers, like Jank and Guano and the Roger Ponce crowd is a reminder that 500 jumps just ain't dooky when skydiving with the great ones.

I have to admit there was an edge to it, though. With Sandi in the hospital, and the regular procession of scrapes and bruises, this sport is dangerous, and will bite us if we take it for granted. I went from giddy laughter after the shorts jump to grave concern when GirlFallDown rashed her leg on that landing.

And it was fun having my wife in the mix. I'm proud of my skydiving friends, and was very glad to share them.

Thanks all, I'll do pictures later.

Nor-JP

So-JP is coming to a big-ass SoCal DZ near you soon.


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I went from giddy laughter after the shorts jump to grave concern when GirlFallDown rashed her leg on that landing.



Me too.. scary moment.. we are so lucky she walked away with just some scrapes..
chopchop
gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking..

Lotsa Pictures

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ahhh... memories...

my tandem... OMG!!!
all the bruises and the smiles that went with them
putting faces to names
"party like a Rock Star"
rice on luau nite (is that normal?) :P
the hot air balloons
sleeping hard sunday nite :)
Life is too short. Don't sweat the small stuff.

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I saw your ass shirtless.........I'm buying you some tanning creme so you won't be mistaken for a lighthouse at the beach. How the hell did you stay that white with all of that sun?;):S If Cora and Andrea hadn't put more suntan lotion on my back I'd be burned to a frazzle. You must have some natural protection of sorts, because a t-shirt is supposedly only SPF 3 or 4 if I remember. We could have scrambled some eggs on the road out there it was so hot.

This weekend was AWESOME! 20 jumps - some on big ways with that Roger Ponce dude, lot's of Moylan's beer, a night jump, lots of other beer, lots of friends, and lot's of big ways - including my 200th jump on the DZ.COM attempt with y'all! Seeing SkydiveXXL de-arch after he went a little low after we funnelled was the coolest damn thing - I MUST get a camera, because he popped up like NOTHING I've ever seen and can only hope to emulate and Lord knows that's a skill I need being TheAnvil.:D

That, jumping with Guano while they were head down and me on my belly, seeing a kickass Deuce track after SkyMama's hanging from he and ChopChop, Andy's infamous de-arch, and just hanging out with all of my skydiving pals made it a kickass four days. I'm sappy too dammit. Sappy Anvil - who the hell poured syrup on me?>:(:)
It was good to finally put some faces with DZ.COM handles and in-person personalities with DZ.COM ones.

Beers to all!

Vinny the Anvil
:)
Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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Managed to get on some kick ass multipoint big ways. Jumped with

Jumped with Freeflyz....twice ! Vinnie the anvil...TWICE! much much fun.

4 way with Tall guy ladyskydiver Titaniumlegs... Tallguy uh..well he accidentely fell when tryin to hang.. quite funny :)!

Vinnie can fall! one of Guano and I were in a head down round with vinnie on his belly.

The next one was a 4 way with Vinnie and Chris Q on there bellies and Meeker (from Guano)and myself on our heads.

Last jump of the boogie was a 13k Hop -n- pop whick thanks to Freeflyz I was able to make it on. He also dazzled us with his swooping abillity as he carved it right up to the beer cooler and casually took the beer off the top upon landing and walking away drinking it before the parachute hit the ground.

All in all it was a blast.

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