blueskyserenity 0 #1 November 4, 2003 I'm new to the sport and their is so much terminology and lingo I'm not familiar with and you can't go to your average webster's for some of these definations. What is swooping?I like coconuts. You can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #2 November 4, 2003 check out :Glossary Health and saftey say: dont try to swoop yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #3 November 4, 2003 Swooping - Doing a landing that involves building up a lot of speed and planeing out just above the ground. Can result in glides a few inches above the ground for hundreds of feet... or can result in death if mistimed by a few feet. Most professional swoopers have spent their time in the ER getting their legs and lives put back together after a botched swoop attempt.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 November 4, 2003 Swooping refers to a couple of different aspects of the sport. You'll see swooping referred to with regards to formation skydiving where a person, exiting the plane later than the first people exiting, dives down to the first group. This person "swoops" into position and has "swoop cords" on his jumpsuit that when pulled tight pulls the armpits of his jumpsuits outward sort of like a small camera flyer's wing helping the person to stop relative to the rest of the group. In recent years a second use of the word has come to mean a very long hoizontal flight under canopy just a few inches above the ground or water and just before actually landing. Beautiful to see when done correctly, but also -deadly- if performed incorrectly. And there's one last meaning . . . swoop can also be used as a euphemism for taking something away from somebody else, as in "Did you see that dude just swoop that chick I was after?" quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflybella 0 #5 November 4, 2003 QuoteMost professional swoopers have spent their time in the ER getting their legs and lives put back together after a botched swoop attempt. More accurately, "a good number of swoopers" have spent their time in the ER getting their legs and lives put back together after a botched swoop attempt. And, more and more, less-experienced jumpers who do not have respect for the time and effort involved in learning how to swoop safely and responsibly, have died. It's an awesome discipline but only for experienced skydivers. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMonkey 0 #6 November 4, 2003 Quote"Did you see that dude just swoop that chick I was after?" to be more accurate, replace the word "dude" with "S.O.B." --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #7 November 4, 2003 Sorry marianne, I think you might get the point after all that... (sheesh out of one simple question)... Everyone's just trying to make sure you or any one else doesnt get themselves hurt or worse by trying something thats basically a high risk advanced manouevre. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyDave 0 #8 November 4, 2003 swoop - is essentially a high speed landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nicrussell 0 #9 November 4, 2003 Quoteswoop - is essentially a high speed landing. high performance landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
