Zeemax 0 #1 April 10, 2003 ... is without a doubt the funniest film i have ever seen. Facts about skydiving i have no learned... -I'm so stupid, i should have known we could have conversations in free fall! -BASE jumpers wear tight jumpers over their rigs and dont need to take it off before deploying -there's no need to track away from other people before deploying -checking gear before you jump it is a waste of time. Whats the worst that could happen? from what i could tell, you'll be fine, especially if you land in 2ft of water. -after only 3 jumps i could safely downsize to a cannopy smaller than a postage stamp. Be able to dock with someone mid air, hold them, land on top of a high rise building amidst numerous ariels and satalite dishes.. -when i jump out of an aircraft and seemingly fall far away from it, i will infact still be able to grab the foot rail and hold on. -i could do a tandem dive from 38,000ft no problem. there was so much more as you all know, but it made me laugh.. maybe it was the beer....Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #2 April 10, 2003 there's no need to track away from other people before deploying ***> course not!!!! it would waste precious seconds getting together to do CRWand hey!!! dont tell anyone about our ability to talk in freefall......its a secretRoy They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #3 April 10, 2003 Quote i should have known we could have conversations in free fall! Maybe you can't have conversations, but other people can hear me scream in freefall. I can't help it. I sill love the sport so much i let out screams of joy and excitement. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #4 April 10, 2003 You can also talk in headdown exits. I used to hear "quit arching" a lot. Don't forget that you can throw a tandem student out the door wait 15-20 seconds then dive out swoop them hook up to them and pull Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #5 April 10, 2003 i liked how they cutaway every time they landed, then ran around for awhile with their rig on while their main was who-knows-where. and landing in the back of a truck driving down the road (no overhead power lines?)... "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #6 April 10, 2003 its been years since I saw Dropzone "the Movie" but I like how ...um....damn I really did forget alot of that movie... but if its ok I like how the BALDWIN kept landing on the side of trucks and skipping across a pond and all kindza stuff and no-one even noticed...(not even the truck driver)....that is in CUTAWAY' THE MOVIE" My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluDvn222 0 #7 April 10, 2003 Quote -I'm so stupid, i should have known we could have conversations in free fall! I'll tell you one thing...It amazes me all of the different crazy things you can do where you can hear each other talk in freefall. Like one time when we did a four-way horny gorilla and layed back, and with raft dives, and some other stuff that blocks the air. Boggles the mind, after doing so many jumps where you couldn't hear each other. "How do you like my groin to your foot style?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBKid 0 #8 April 10, 2003 Also, watch for the crappy blue background shots and you'll notice a suspicious lack of risers when they are in "freefall". Nick --------------------------- "I've pierced my foot on a spike!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #9 April 10, 2003 Hey its Hollywood, what do you expect? I still loved the movie, especially all the formation skydiving that took place over the Washington D.C. restricted airspace. Whoever actually got to jump in those formations are some lucky ass people!Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokeneagle 0 #10 April 10, 2003 ....even Hollywood can be instructional.... that movie's where I learned about how long NOT to give seperation for between exits, say when the dropzone Porter's bombay/trapdoor opens and spills out a tandem passenger sans instructor- the seconds tick by and reality fades....amid the laughter, boos and catcalls, sit thirty skydivers, taking up the first three rows at the theater opening of 'Drop Zone' ... some of the oldtimers sip their beers smuggled in under cover, and teach the newly graduated fledgling skydivers the difference between Hollywood skydiving and the reality type...Brokeneagle. I'm really very gentle, no matter what my kung-fu teacher says... he is giving me a reputation I do not deserve! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #11 April 10, 2003 Also, watch for the crappy blue background shots and you'll notice a suspicious lack of risers when they are in "freefall". *** that's cause they didn't want to pack after jumping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
