ZoneRat 0 #1 August 20, 2003 Skydiving awards... like the USPA Eagle, Falcon, 4-Stack, etc. or the Buquor awards: SCR & SCS etc. What do you think about them? What awards have you gotten?“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #2 August 20, 2003 You forgot the: "I send in for them when I remember/have time/am not lazy" option! For example, I could have gotten all the RW ones a long ways back, but I always forget that they exist...Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #3 August 20, 2003 I think the only ones I have that I've sent off for are the Falcon & SCR. I luv my awards & send them off right away! Didn't the Eagle or one of the Falcon awards be discontinued or something like that????~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #4 August 20, 2003 have my SCR and 4 stack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #5 August 20, 2003 I voted wrong, I assumed it was Wings and Badges, not the other stuff. I get the CrW awards as they are patches to put on the gear bag. I'd like a Millenium number sometime, but I need two other people and have to Sit WAY better than I currently do. No I'd say not into them, but no problems if others want to. I'd think that they are pretty cool for newbies. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #6 August 20, 2003 i dont much care, but wouldnt mind getting a 3D simply because it sounds like a fun dive...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #7 August 20, 2003 The reason I thought to set up the poll is that a group of skydivers got the hoop dive award SCSA. I wrote Bill Newell, who manages the Buquor awards if we were the first group at Skydive Dallas to get it. We werent. Another group did about 10 years ago. And it turns out that no one's sent in an application for that particular award since 9/12/1999. I began to wonder if anyone really cared about awards anymore. One DZ friend actually expressed contempt for them. He felt it was just another way to squeeze yet more money out've skydivers. Just curious what the general consesus might be.“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clownburner 0 #8 August 20, 2003 Oddly, I can't find anything in the SIM or on the USPA web site about the SCSA or SCR.. What are these awards?7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #9 August 20, 2003 These are non-USPA sanctioned awards honoring the memory of Bob Buquor, an early RW pioneer. The Star Crest Recipient (SCR) is the most well known. http://www.scr-awards.com/“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #10 August 21, 2003 I did, but quit about when it was time for me to send in for Gold Wings. The biggest advantage to sending in for them is that someday those will be low numbers And yes, the SCSA isn't sent in for real often -- when I heard about a hoop jump in Eloy over Christmas, I was thrilled. But it was a Rodriguez brothers jump, and not the same animal I remembered. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #11 August 21, 2003 Hey Wendy! Good to hear from ya! We met about a month ago at TSL at Spaceland. We were pumped about the SCSA. Brett and Shayne have been LO'ing a handful of zoo-load hoop dives every month for a year and a half, without success. Came close many times, but never nailed it. It became personal. Next time you're at SDD, we'll put one together for ya! Maybe we can make it a DZ.com hoop dive... Robin“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #12 August 21, 2003 Should hit 2000 jumps on Sunday. I definitely will send for the wings. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #13 August 21, 2003 2000! That totally rocks, man! Let's see...2000 (x) oh, say an avg of $16.00/ jump + gear, beer and DZ food... that comes out to... Oh, wow. Best not to think about it like that...“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #14 August 21, 2003 QuoteThe biggest advantage to sending in for them is that someday those will be low numbers Yep, My numbers won't be the lowest, I just get them to help track what I have been doing. After all that money, I can say "at least I have the t-shirt" Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #15 August 21, 2003 SCR SCS NSCR(FORGOT TO SEND IT IN) VSCR GOLD WINGS The SCR is still big at most Texas DZ's and wherever The Carbones are. Did you do the hoop last weekend at the TSR? never sent in for the other USPA awards,falcon,eagle ...etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #16 August 21, 2003 Worth every $$$$. We have three locals over 11,000 (actually just post whoring now) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #17 August 21, 2003 Quote Did you do the hoop last weekend at the TSR? Yeah, Sunday was a damn good day. I'm one of those goofballs that likes awards: SCR,SCS, 4-Stack, SCSA, Falcon, Eagle. Almost made the vSCR...but didn't. Congrats on your NSCA! And you also achieved the Golden Falcon and Golden Eagle on that 125-way, ya know... I doubt I'll ever try a vNSCR. Scary monsters, that.“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #18 August 21, 2003 I got the NSCR on my second night jump! I saw part of the video from your HSCR on the main TV that afternoon. Cool! I have already acheived all the RW awards, just didn't care to send them in. I think those awards are good goals for newer jumpers to achieve though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #19 August 21, 2003 QuoteWorth every $$$$. We have three locals over 11,000 (actually just post whoring now) Post whore away. One of my coaches just got the ruby-nona-pony-dodeckahedran-whatever badge for 180 hours of freefall time. Once he secretly lurked a 3-way tracking dive I was on, right after attending a max track ground training seminar. There I was blasting away, theoretcally max-tracking when I sudenly noticed him on my immediate left- grinning at me. The bastard was doing a side slide. I hope my track has improved since then.“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #20 August 22, 2003 QuoteYep, My numbers won't be the lowest, I just get them to help track what I have been doing. yeppir. SCR 6662 was the highest number out there when I got it (duh). But the NSCSA is still my lowest number, I think (26). That was a magic jump, too, and I'm really glad I sent in for it. If anyone wants a 3-digit number, go for the NSCSA. I don't think they're even to 500 yet. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #21 August 23, 2003 Here in Oz it's an APF requirement to get your Star Crest, before you can be an instructor, I have mine(this in no way implies I ready to be an instructor)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #22 August 23, 2003 Quote I'd like a Millenium number sometime, but I need two other people and have to Sit WAY better than I currently do. What is the Millenium number? Is that the same as the 3d award?? (By the way, getting the 3d would be fun indeed....) Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #23 August 23, 2003 Does anybody know what all licenses involve freefly? I know of the 3D award, and Olav's AD tests, but that's all I know of. Are there any others??? Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #24 August 23, 2003 There have only been 15 recipients of the USA award. Quotewww.scr-awards.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #25 August 23, 2003 One of the great things about this sport is that there are challenges, disciplines and awards for achievement that are always in front of you. One can literally start in the sport and see a path for milestones of achievement for the next twenty years. SCR's - Bill Newell has continually added and never retired an award. There is something for everyone, at every level of expertise in either RW or Vertical awards. The freeflyers have started taking notice of his vSCR awards (Vertical) which they can do as freeflyers or with RW folks as a hybrid dive. USPA - they continue to push the envelope with awards like the 3-D award. There are benchmarks of success for those who get tens of thousands of jumps. I do think its a shame that more folks don't put in for these awards. There was a time when these awards established your "bona fides" when traveling around the country to other drop zones who may not have or only heard your name in passing. It was a way of demonstrating your abilities and rep by proxy. These days, with the world getting smaller and a "rep" as far away as an email (where one can be spoken for for a big way) and video cameras, these awards which were once future mementos of the past are sliding away. Twenty years ago, you rarely saw video of a skydive. Mike S. (now retired from skydiving) was a videographer for ABC's Wide World of Sports and wore ~30 lbs of camera on his head. Now, with video cameras weighing in at ounces and having multiple videos on a dive, a video library of one's dives, those award certificates of the past are migrating to where videos are becoming the mementos we'll show our grandchildren. "But, that's just one man's opinion, I could be wrong." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
