DiverDave 0 #1 July 1, 2001 Well, the last entry in my logbook says 'Jump #198'.... I guess Sunday will be the big 200...I'll be at Perris, say hello if you're out there...Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #2 July 1, 2001 ohhhh, and I can't get there.......but I will get a virtual pie ready for you!Congratulations - ciel bleu - Michele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #3 July 2, 2001 Congrats! Go swimming? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverDave 0 #4 July 3, 2001 Well, 200 has come and gone!It was a really cool jump... Pat Works (did the book/video 'The Art of vRW: The Way of Freefly) was out at Perris, so Devlin (friend of mine) and I got together with him and a guy visiting from Germany named Stephan and put together a 4 way.For jump 199 we did a headdown 'flower' exit, it went surprisingly well. We broke the flower and transitioned to sit... Pat and I got 3 good docks in, then at the very end of the skydive Devlin came in from behind and above me and put his feet on my shoulders and totally took me out! I spun around about 10 feet below everybody, then back-tracked out just at breakoff alt... Sweet!Jump 200, we were on the lead plane of a 2 plane formation load... Our 4way got our own jump run before the formation, definitely a good start! We took another flower out right over the center of the DZ... it started nice, then threw us out as we broke it... I transitioned to sit and drove into the center. Stephan stayed head down, Devlin stood and Pat was in a sit as well... Major zoo, we all just carved around each other for the rest of the dive, it was a blast. After opening, it was cool to look around and see only the other 3 canopies in that big blue sky... We sorted out a pattern, and I did my (conservative) carving 90 front riser into double front risers... just a bit of a breeze, so toes in the empty grass for a nice swoop. Then as we head across the runway, we look up to see the entire formation load open directly above! SWEET!As for swimming, I somehow managed to dodge that for now... :) I think we were all too excited about getting on the next load!Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #5 July 3, 2001 Good going, Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yahoo......except I know what you look like, and I know where the pool is......and I'll be baaaaacccckkkkkk.....teehee.....ciel bleu -Michelep.s.: thanks again for your help - I still can't believe I didn't even know you were in the plane with me - I think I need to expand my "air awareness" (lol)..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DiverDave 0 #6 July 3, 2001 Michele,From what Ed told me, you can arch _hard_ and really get the fallrate up... so when you get that A license, you'll be popular with us freeflyers for the ever-elusive hybrid dives... That's a combo of bellyflying and freeflying... So, crossing threads, I guess that means we can combine the DZ.com RW and vRW record attempts into one group! Now if I could only think of a way to work in the CRW dogs... :)Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PalmettoTiger 1 #7 July 3, 2001 QuoteNow if I could only think of a way to work in the CRW dogs... :)Don't turn and track, just pull in place. Might want to issue the commemorative hook knives beforehand, though.Blues, Squares,PTiger*insert sub-100 character sig here* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #8 July 3, 2001 *spoons last of cool whip onto paper plate*Oh, hey Dave! Congrats on 200!! What? Behind my back? Ahh, there's nothing behind my back... SPLAT!pull and flare,lisa----I don't think much, therefore I might not be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #9 July 3, 2001 Ed would be correct on that account....in the video, you can see sky between my pack and my back. And I wasn't pushing it, either. I wonder how fast I can go when I work at it? I timed the ff on the video, and I only got 44 seconds from 12.5 to 5. Female, shorter, and not a skinny floater.Ed is so funny on the vid - looks like Airborne Kung Fu crane style work to me. (For those of you who don't know Ed, he's about 6' 4", and like 180 lbs - can't be more than 190, soaking wet).ciel bleu -Michele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #10 July 3, 2001 SSSPPPPLLLAAAATTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #11 July 3, 2001 Not quite - I do know where the pull thingy is..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DiverDave 0 #12 July 3, 2001 I do believe the 'SPLAT' mentioned is the sound of a virtual pie hitting a virtual Dave square in the kisser... :)We know you can pull your handles... hopefully you won't have to pull quite so many of them for a while!Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #13 July 3, 2001 Thanks for the correction, Dave - and hahahahahaha for your pies!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It's late, and I'm tired....) (I looked for the icon with the "pie" on it, but there isn't one - also no beer icon....sigh)M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Grogs 0 #14 July 3, 2001 Congrats Dave. Sounds like you enjoyed your 200th.Blue Skies and Messy Pies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #15 July 3, 2001 Way to go Dave. I'm proud of ya. I am right behind you and want to plan a hybrid dive for my 200th. We have a good enough mix at our DZ to pull it off so I can't wait. I loved the one I did a few weeks ago. Any words of wisdom as we start planning???? We only did a 3 way, but I want something larger. I figure maybe a 6 way round with 3 FFers. Of course we will need a few FF lurkers to catch it on video!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
DiverDave 0 #6 July 3, 2001 Michele,From what Ed told me, you can arch _hard_ and really get the fallrate up... so when you get that A license, you'll be popular with us freeflyers for the ever-elusive hybrid dives... That's a combo of bellyflying and freeflying... So, crossing threads, I guess that means we can combine the DZ.com RW and vRW record attempts into one group! Now if I could only think of a way to work in the CRW dogs... :)Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalmettoTiger 1 #7 July 3, 2001 QuoteNow if I could only think of a way to work in the CRW dogs... :)Don't turn and track, just pull in place. Might want to issue the commemorative hook knives beforehand, though.Blues, Squares,PTiger*insert sub-100 character sig here* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #8 July 3, 2001 *spoons last of cool whip onto paper plate*Oh, hey Dave! Congrats on 200!! What? Behind my back? Ahh, there's nothing behind my back... SPLAT!pull and flare,lisa----I don't think much, therefore I might not be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #9 July 3, 2001 Ed would be correct on that account....in the video, you can see sky between my pack and my back. And I wasn't pushing it, either. I wonder how fast I can go when I work at it? I timed the ff on the video, and I only got 44 seconds from 12.5 to 5. Female, shorter, and not a skinny floater.Ed is so funny on the vid - looks like Airborne Kung Fu crane style work to me. (For those of you who don't know Ed, he's about 6' 4", and like 180 lbs - can't be more than 190, soaking wet).ciel bleu -Michele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #10 July 3, 2001 SSSPPPPLLLAAAATTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #11 July 3, 2001 Not quite - I do know where the pull thingy is..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DiverDave 0 #12 July 3, 2001 I do believe the 'SPLAT' mentioned is the sound of a virtual pie hitting a virtual Dave square in the kisser... :)We know you can pull your handles... hopefully you won't have to pull quite so many of them for a while!Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #13 July 3, 2001 Thanks for the correction, Dave - and hahahahahaha for your pies!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It's late, and I'm tired....) (I looked for the icon with the "pie" on it, but there isn't one - also no beer icon....sigh)M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Grogs 0 #14 July 3, 2001 Congrats Dave. Sounds like you enjoyed your 200th.Blue Skies and Messy Pies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #15 July 3, 2001 Way to go Dave. I'm proud of ya. I am right behind you and want to plan a hybrid dive for my 200th. We have a good enough mix at our DZ to pull it off so I can't wait. I loved the one I did a few weeks ago. Any words of wisdom as we start planning???? We only did a 3 way, but I want something larger. I figure maybe a 6 way round with 3 FFers. Of course we will need a few FF lurkers to catch it on video!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
DiverDave 0 #12 July 3, 2001 I do believe the 'SPLAT' mentioned is the sound of a virtual pie hitting a virtual Dave square in the kisser... :)We know you can pull your handles... hopefully you won't have to pull quite so many of them for a while!Cheers... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #13 July 3, 2001 Thanks for the correction, Dave - and hahahahahaha for your pies!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It's late, and I'm tired....) (I looked for the icon with the "pie" on it, but there isn't one - also no beer icon....sigh)M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grogs 0 #14 July 3, 2001 Congrats Dave. Sounds like you enjoyed your 200th.Blue Skies and Messy Pies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #15 July 3, 2001 Way to go Dave. I'm proud of ya. I am right behind you and want to plan a hybrid dive for my 200th. We have a good enough mix at our DZ to pull it off so I can't wait. I loved the one I did a few weeks ago. Any words of wisdom as we start planning???? We only did a 3 way, but I want something larger. I figure maybe a 6 way round with 3 FFers. Of course we will need a few FF lurkers to catch it on video!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
