blewaway5 0 #1 January 22, 2003 I was just outside shoveling snow thinking of every warm thought I could when I had a curious thought. I know that I'm an rw sort of guy, but I don't know what a lot of you all normally do. What's your discipline, and if you're feeling a little wordy, why do you prefer it? Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #2 January 22, 2003 I'm trying as hard as I can not to specialize. I want to be best at camera suit, but I'd like to get my head-down sharp enough for me to be safe in large head-down formations. I want to be welcome to jump with whoever is there, so I want to be proficient at all of it. Except BASE. Maybe someday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoobieCootie 0 #3 January 22, 2003 I'm more of an RW guy, but I'm slowly getting in FF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #4 January 22, 2003 Yo Deuce, If the weather clears up and I finally decide to get myself back out to the DZ, come grab me and I'll shoot some Freefly video of you. C-yaMy grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #5 January 22, 2003 I'm trying to learn a bit of ff, but it's pretty hard at the dz I'm usually at. It's a single cesna type of place, and there's not too many people that actually do much ffing. Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #6 January 22, 2003 i mainly freefly now, but i can still belly fly pretty good (about 85% of my past jumps were belly flying ) i also fly camera, and will be getting into some more swoop comps this year later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #7 January 22, 2003 Oh I dunno anything zoo like is good for me....then again I have to Beeeee the banana at pull time...it's all wood! I mean good! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #8 January 22, 2003 I suck at RW, there are like all of 8 RW guys at my DZ and they're usually busy with each other although I told them they had to take me up for a 10 point 8 way before I left and they agreed to throw me aruond. When I started skydiving I though I would learn RW first but after 30 2 ways I decided I should learn to sit....then SOMEONE put me on my head....and the rest is history... Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #9 January 22, 2003 Whoo-hoo! Deal! I'll trade you that for a roll of film of you swooping the pond! Last I heard from Bonnie, it's filled up to the road! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #10 January 22, 2003 Quote It's a single cesna type of place, and there's not too many people that actually do much ffing. Hey, there's not too many people in my country who do ff, but I'm not letting that stop me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoobieCootie 0 #11 January 22, 2003 One of the reasons I'm getting into FF is because it was getting difficult to find people to do RW. I mean that in the most gentle way of course. I don't usually get to the DZ till the afternoon, and by then most people would have been warmed up and dirt diving for their next jump. I, like doing a solo for my first jump (to warm up) because I've meat-missiled a formation more than once by skipping it. But that was last year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #12 January 22, 2003 Oh, yeah, I still try to learn where I can, but I haven't managed to make it much further than a halfway stable sit. Of course, I haven't tried TOO many times. Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #13 January 22, 2003 I do video of our tandems and AFF's mainly. When I have the time I do RW, then I try to work on my sit and now that I have my FF pants i'm working on head down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Staso 0 #14 January 22, 2003 speed skydiving. makes everything a little more extreme ... stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #15 January 23, 2003 I want to become the BEST AND COOLEST cameraman, and a great RW team member. "...dream on until your dreams come true" Aerosmith__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ECVZZ 0 #16 January 23, 2003 You can really make me laugh sometimes Betsy, thanks! As to the original question: It's all good, but FF floats my boat. Nothing quite like the dark side!G. Jones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #17 January 23, 2003 When I first started there was RW, style, and accuracy. Most everyone was doing RW at my DZ so that's what I ended up doing mostly. I wouldn't mind trying freeflying someday as another challenge. After about a 25 year lay off I'm back trying to do RW and learning tons of new stuff. Right now most people in Montana are still doing mostly RW. I'm also rigging up a camera helmet but have yet to jump it. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #18 January 23, 2003 i am getting into ff, but still want to work on my amera skilz so that i could get a paying slot some day for tandem vids and 4 way like stuff...got a ong way to go.... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #19 January 23, 2003 Im thinking that Im a career lowtime,refresher-recurrency jumper.dropdeded pcss#26 ------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #20 January 23, 2003 I go both ways - RW and freeflail (I really can't call what I do freeflying just yet ). Why? When I started jumping it was all about RW. I did mix it up a bit; played around with freestyle (T's, Arabian rolls and standups), did some CRW jumps (stacks, planes, side by sides, downplanes and a one crazy "corkscrew"), a few camera jumps and a lot of hop and pops after throwing a load of static liners out. But mainly RW, mainly 4 ways (182, y'know). Today I have friends who belly fly and friends who freefly... I want to jump with all of them so I needed to add at least some freeflying to my skill set. For me, it's all fun; body position don't mean shit. Whether it's 2 way drill type dives with a newbie, cranking 4 or 8 way RW, 10 way speed, multi point 20-40 ways, 100+ big ways, zoo loads, sit flailing, solos working on head down, tracking dives, whatever... it's all good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #21 January 23, 2003 At 65 jumps, I'll get on any load that will have me. I'm getting better at RW. I've only ever tried to freefly when I got stuck with a solo ("We have one slot, 5 minute call" type things), so I'm not getting very far with that, but I haven't put any real effort into it. I really, really wanna do CReW. I want to try a wingsuit when I have enough jumps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #22 January 23, 2003 I only jump CRW these days. I just love it. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #23 January 23, 2003 S&M Oops, wrong thread. RW, working on video. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bwilling 0 #24 January 23, 2003 QuoteFor me, it's all fun; body position don't mean shit. Yeah, what Lisa said! You should download the video TVMajikRussiaTraining from ftp.skydivingmovies.com (in uploads currently)... it's a video of two of the Deland Majik guys, well, playing. They start out belly flying, and it looks like a training dive (and damn those guys are good), but about halfway into the dive, they start 'knee' flying, not sit, not belly, they're one their knees! and they look like they're having the best time, flying around and geeking the camera guy! "If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skr 1 #25 January 23, 2003 Who's coming up with all these artificial categories and boundaries, and what's with this word "discipline"? It's like I'm sitting here on the couch looking at the mountains, and then someone else sits down and we're hanging out together appreciating the scene. Then someone else stops by and lays down to kick back and take it all in. And pretty soon we're arguing about whether it's better to sit or lay down and we're not even looking at the mountains anymore. "Discipline" reminds me of the 60's when we wanted to call it skydiving, but PCA was pushing "sport parachuting" because it sounded more respectable. Bah! What's wrong with recreational skydiving ?? Sorry .. I'm just practicing my soapboxes. We're getting up in the middle of the night to catch a plane and go down to Florida to the board meeting. Don't you guys get it all figured out before I get back! :-) :-) Skr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
