sfc 1 #26 May 29, 2003 QuoteWhat about when your landing get edited to add a "boing" every time you bounce? Does that give you bonus points? No this does not count, it would only count if you added them in realtime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lizzieb 0 #27 May 29, 2003 Quote Andy I be lookin forward to the new point system for massive carnage landings... We also need some bonus points for how many cow patties you can slide through in one swoop so Kari has already earned some serious points for that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #28 May 29, 2003 You should get X many points for every inch a ditch is widened as you bounce around in it I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #29 May 29, 2003 This may be a good time for USPA to get into the act, with some rules, or at least some formal guidelines. And if that's not practical, then maybe the drop zones ought to do it themselves. Yeah swooping is like getting high, if people can get away with trying, they'll do it. Banning it won't work either, everybody will just move on over to the next DZ. It's like when CRW was new in the seventies, it was a very touchy subject. Experienced people should be able to swoop, sensibly. A lot of people are talking about the need for formal canopy training and some of the bigger places offer these courses. Perhaps drop zones should REQUIRE completion of some kind of formal canopy training. Perhaps it could become a license requirement, though that would tend to penalize folks at smaller DZ's. We don't just let students go off and freefall by themselves without demonstrating proficiency according to a training program, why let them dive bomb the ground at high speed without training. Time was when you had to have so many jumps on a Paracommander type round before you could start fooling with a square. Those days are gone, but it wasn't such a bad idea either. We don't tolerate people who are habitual low pullers, or supposedly hook turners either. There is well established precedent for grounding people for those offenses. Maybe the dropzones could at least keep a list of divers approved for swoops, a list flexible enough for visiting jumpers to qualify, but strict enough to keep the newbies in line. And if you're seen swoopin' and you ain't on the list, you get a sermon with a swift kick in the butt. Next time you're grounded. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swoopyswoop 0 #30 May 29, 2003 Quote Me? Wise ass? Everyone knows you flare between the powerlines, over the barn, right AS you hit the fence and slide under the van! remember: Fence 5pts. Barn 10pts. Van 25pts. Yah but thats just hollisters secret andy, SHHHHHHHHHHHH Powerlines 100pts. "when I die, I want to go like my grandfather while im sleeping, not like the passengers riding in the car with me Swoopster A.S.S. #6 Future T.S.S holder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
