Tracking Jumps...

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My first `big` tracking dive was my 100th skydive. It was a 17way. Here is a photo taken by Francis B. Jackson. The leader is my buddy Brad. It was his first time leading one. I am directly above him, with my knees bent to get down.

My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

[Jackpunx 0]

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She'd "book" a bit better if she dearched some more and rolled her shoulders forward and down.

I was fiddling around with my tracking on a solo today and tried this to see what it felt like. I dearched my hips a little and brought my shoulders down as if I were trying to cup some air beneath me while tracking. I didn't have a point of reference to tell whether I sped up forwards or down, but something happened. I did it twice in the dive and both times my lips and cheeks started flapping around like a dog with his head out the window of a car. So I guess I sped up... just don't know whether it was forwards or down.

B,
it was good to meet you this weekend.. Looking forward to practicing this.. looks like a blast

[kallend 2,147]

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My first `big` tracking dive was my 100th skydive. It was a 17way. Here is a photo taken by Francis B. Jackson. The leader is my buddy Brad. It was his first time leading one. I am directly above him, with my knees bent to get down.

Just to repeat and emphasize what was written in a previous post - the kind of tracking shown in that picture is fun (I've done a bunch of them) but it is not the kind of flat tracking you need at breakoff from a RW big way.

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[Brains 2]

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Just to repeat and emphasize what was written in a previous post - the kind of tracking shown in that picture is fun (I've done a bunch of them) but it is not the kind of flat tracking you need at breakoff from a RW big way.

Exactly! If you want to do a tracking dive where you actually need bigway breakoff tracking skills, go on one of Omar's formation load tracking dives(42) in Eloy and stay with him till 6K

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

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Just to repeat and emphasize what was written in a previous post - the kind of tracking shown in that picture is fun (I've done a bunch of them) but it is not the kind of flat tracking you need at breakoff from a RW big way.

Exactly! If you want to do a tracking dive where you actually need bigway breakoff tracking skills, go on one of Omar's formation load tracking dives(42) in Eloy and stay with him till 6K

Damn, now you're making me really really want it to already be the Holiday Boogie. Damn that sounds like fun!

[Brains 2]

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Damn, now you're making me really really want it to already be the Holiday Boogie. Damn that sounds like fun!

DON'T miss it. It is just one of those things you have to do. I can't say how cool it was to track with some of the best freefliers in the world.

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

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She blew past me. I was apprehensive about going to fast. I didn't want to run into anyone.

It's good that you don't want to run into anybody. Kallend is right, though. She was going fast, but not the most efficient, flat, fast track. When one tracks well, you actually will generate lift, like an airplane wing, and fall slower than regular belly flyers. This is a huge advantage to have in the air. It takes some practice. Most people just never push on the air hard enough or flatten their bodies enough to achieve it.

Gigi is pretty light, so my guess is that if she was in a full on track with no swoop, she would be miles higher than Pete.

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