yim666 0 #1 October 1, 2001 dunno about the rest of you, but i had a kick ass weekend of skydiving! FINALLY, we were able to get up several freefly loads at our rw dominated dz. even took a belly flyer in a head-down flower. he absolutely loved it! woohoo! although i spewed some hate at you belly boys and girls who were giving me a hard time about slamming hrw folks, i did take some of your advice to heart. instead of poking fun at the vertically challenged, i asked them about their dives, how many points they made, etc. was even able to get several of them to do a freefly load!one of them did make a comment which exemplifies my complaints expressed earlier about being a vertical flyer at a horizontal dz. on sunday, the freaks showed up early to get on the first load. some belly boys showed up right behind us and were irritated that they were going to have to wait for "those goddamn freeflyers" to get on a load. one of them said "i'm just waiting for the freeflyers to get through with their bullshit so that i can do some REAL work!" where's the love? why do they think that we're not working on our chosen discipline just as hard as they are? i often get "i don't want to do a freefly load cuz you're not really learning anything..." it's funny how quickly that myth is dispelled when i finally get them to try to sit fly! my fellow freaks and i are always working on maintaining proximity, just like the hrw folks. and i think it's just as or more challenging than hrw. i also always get "well, you should learn how to do both to be a well rounded skydiver." funny thing is, these comments come from the belly only crowd!oh well, life is funny like that!yim"i sit, therefore, i am" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #2 October 1, 2001 oh, happy day! Congratulations on your progress within your home dz! Are hybrid jumps next?PD makes canopies all day long, you only have one life, when in doubt, cut away... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #3 October 1, 2001 dare i hope? actually, we are doing a little bit of that now... we occasionally throw out a belly flyer and dive out after him and try to dock on him in a sit. he's this short, pear shaped hispanic guy who falls like a sack of bricks. we call the game "dock on the mexican". he loves it, cuz he takes it as a personal challenge to make sure we don't catch him (plus the experienced hrw folks don't want to jump with him cuz he falls too fast). and sometimes we'll talk some belly flyers into throwing out a 4way round with us and take turns taking chest straps and standing underneath them. i can't wait until the day that we throw out a two plane big way and have the freeflyers be the swoop group. how cool would that be to swoop the base from a sit and dock on them? when the bellies see that we're improving in our discipline and that they won't catch on fire jumping with the freaks, we'll be doing hybrids. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 October 1, 2001 "they won't catch on fire jumping with the freaks"Thats funny! See, the more you involve people in Free Flying the bigger it will get. I haven't met too many people that have tried and didn't at least think it was pretty damn cool. A few old people..Like Chuck...LOL still like to belly fly...but ya know...they're old....P.S. Just kiddin Chuck! I get along with Greg great and he's old....."This conversation ends right here Captain! You can talk to the ALO when he gets back."-MeClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #5 October 1, 2001 Quotefalling with the freaks..."Boy, I was falling vertical with a board strapped to my feet when you were shitting green and sitting in detention!" I know you wuz only kiddin wit Chuckie. Personally, I think the best way to get the two groups jumping together is on tracking dives. We generally do one near sunset every weekend day at Raeford. They are great fun and make for some good video if the point guy flies on his back and shoots vid of all the guys lining up in echelon formation. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #6 October 1, 2001 true, track dives are cool but what attracts me to the other is getting to strut our stuff for the bellies and vice versa. how cool would it be to have a 5 way turning points with sit flyers orbiting around their formation? i mean, to me, the primary goal of group skydiving is to entertain your fellow skydiver, and i can't think of anything more entertaining than watching points being made from a sit and maybe toe docking for some of the points. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #7 October 1, 2001 Quote A few old people..Like Chuck...LOL still like to belly fly...but ya know...they're old.... Humpummpummp You stole my thunder, I was gonna say TRACKING DIVE! Get a freeflyer who can track REAL FAST and REAL LEVEL on his back and WOW.... Now, that's fun! Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotLoad 0 #8 October 1, 2001 After Yim left Sunday, I actually got two belly fliers to do a hybrid w/ me. I'll be damned if their faces weren't plastered w/ kool-aid smiles the whole way down! Maybe, with a little help from some higher power, we'll get a few people feet up pretty soon. And then there's always the students who the hrw addicts won't jump with for us to prey on. The should be fairly easy to convince that the dark side is where it's at. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #9 October 1, 2001 what's up my brother? you may want to check out the "can you do anything special?" post and defend yourself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotLoad 0 #10 October 1, 2001 Jose hit the peas!! Man, I might be getting closer to making it out w/ you guys this weekend. I got the afternoon on Sat. and all day Mon. covered. Cross yo fingers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #11 October 1, 2001 fingers AND toes crossed! with all these hrw purists going i'm gonna need someone to yump with... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #12 October 2, 2001 Quote Personally, I think the best way to get the two groups jumping together is on tracking dives. We generally do one near sunset every weekend day at Raeford. DAMN! I've gotta come visit you guys! I love tracking dives! It's kinda tough to get a group together where I jump to do one..Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #13 October 2, 2001 with jose hitting the peas, maybe there's hope for rocky! this guy has made 27 jumps, only 3 without a static line, and all 3 have resulted in reserve rides! the 1st one, he didn't pull at all, and the aad fired (thank god!). on the other 2, he cut away good mains. the worst part of it is, our student rig reserves are ROUND. and each time he's tried to flare it on landing! this weekend he broke his leg, so maybe he's done. i would hate to see anyone quit, but this guy is going to kill himself! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #14 October 2, 2001 Sounds like Jose needs to take up miniature golf...no wait that involves swinging a club. Could be dangerous for him...."The sky resembles a back lit canopy...with holes punched through it"- IncubusClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #15 October 2, 2001 it's rocky who is a danger to himself, but jose is a danger to us all! he falls like a ton of bricks and flails all over the sky. only the freeflyers at our dz are crazy enough to jump with him, mainly because we know that if he's about to hit us we can easily escape. he's great fun though! nothing presents a greater challenge than trying to dock on a flailing belly flyer in a sit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #16 October 3, 2001 my post was just looking sad and lonely at the bottom of the page, so i had to move it back to the top... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
