canopy school???????????????

[skydiver88 0]

so my DZ is having a guy come in and do canopy training
i only have 18 jumps and no license......YET!!!
but i have asked a few of the guys and some say put the money towrds jumps others say go do the class
im kinda at a brick wall cause money is tight enough and it costs 250
so im not sure what to spend the money on

[NWFlyer 2]

Depends. Who's teaching and what's the focus? $250 seems pretty high - how many jumps does it include?

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[moto89 0]

Brian Germain is doing the class. I don't know whether or not he does different classes but I am under the impression that this will not be a high performance canopy course.

Less talking, more flying.

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

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so my DZ is having a guy come in and do canopy training
i only have 18 jumps and no license......YET!!!
but i have asked a few of the guys and some say put the money towrds jumps others say go do the class
im kinda at a brick wall cause money is tight enough and it costs 250
so im not sure what to spend the money on

250 sounds a bit steep but it depends on what it includes and for how many jumps.
My canopy control course with Scott Miller at Deland was $25 per jump and it included my hop n pop, video and debriefing. We did 5 in a day. To me, that's fair "coaching" fees.

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[NWFlyer 2]

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Brian Germain is doing the class. I don't know whether or not he does different classes but I am under the impression that this will not be a high performance canopy course.

Oh, in that case. Yes. Take the class.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[DSE 5]

Take the class. Brian is an amazing teacher, and regardless of your relatively low experience, what you will learn will change/improve your mental and physical approach to canopy control, IMO.

[peckerhead 0]

18 jumps? Please go talk to your instructors first.

[rushmc 23]

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Take the class. Brian is an amazing teacher, and regardless of your relatively low experience, what you will learn will change/improve your mental and physical approach to canopy control, IMO.

And maybe save his life one day

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 23]

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Brian Germain is doing the class. I don't know whether or not he does different classes but I am under the impression that this will not be a high performance canopy course.

Brians couses adjust to the skill of all int he class. I have taken two and I would take another.

I am sure he saved me a trip to the emergency room at the very least. I feel 18 jumps is the perfect time to take his course. JMO though

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[shropshire 0]

I agree.... No time like the present.

I did Brian Vachers' course (and will do another) and wish that I'd done one years ago.

Have fun, you will no doubt learn a lot.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[AllisonH 0]

We had at least one person still on student status take Brian's class this year. She learned a TON from it, and Brian went up and did some of the drills with her since she couldn't jump with non-instructors yet.

[sneakypete 0]

when and where is the coarse. I would like to take it too!
pete