whats vRW?

[Newbie 0]

Is it vertical relative work, i.e. rw thats head down and head up etc etc, i.e. freeflyer rw? How is vrw different from rw?

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[blewaway5 0]

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Is it vertical relative work, i.e. rw thats head down and head up etc etc, i.e. freeflyer rw?

And therein lies you answer.

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[jerry81 10]

Well, you've really already answered your question. As for how it is different from rw; you have two more axis for turns, you're more likely to have fun even if you screw up the formation, it will be a while before a vrw 300-way is attempted and the suits are different

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[quade 4]

Maybe THIS will help a little.

This is the first chapter to a book called "The Art of vRW" and was written by one of the grand old men in the sport, Pat Works.

Pat Works was skydiving far before most of the people on dz.com were born and today he's still one of the most respected people in skydiving -- not just for his history either. He's a hell of a good freefly skydiver and active right now often giving free coaching at Perris and other drop zones in southern California.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[bbarnhouse 0]

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Pat Works was skydiving far before most of the people on dz.com were born and today he's still one of the most respected people in skydiving -- not just for his history either. He's a hell of a good freefly skydiver and active right now often giving free coaching at Perris and other drop zones in southern California

Pat is one of the most engaging people I have had the pleasure of knowing. He can fly people like a cheap kite too!

[Ron 10]

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As for how it is different from rw;
you have two more axis for turns, you're more likely to have fun even if you screw up
the formation,

Yes, if an RW dive went like a freefly dive...we would call it a zoo and try like hell never to do it again.

Ron

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[quade 4]

Hopefully that's just a joke.

I'll admit that some FF loads look very much like an experiment in chaos theory, but quality vRW is something quite different.

I watch videos by the top vRW teams with the same awe as I have for the top 4-way teams.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Unutsch 0]

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This is the first chapter to a book called "The Art of vRW" and was written by one of the grand old men in the sport, Pat Works.

that's my bible!!!

Check out the site of the Fallen Angels FreeflY Organisation:
http://www.padliangeli.org

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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I watch videos by the top vRW teams with the same awe as I have for the top 4-way teams.

The Flyboyz rock!!!

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Luminous 0]

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you're more likely to have fun even if you screw up the formation, it

mmmmmmm.......

I'm gonna have to puzzle this one out I guess. I'm an RW guy who always has fun. Am I doing something wrong?

BSBD

'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

[skr 1]

> > you're more likely to have fun even if you screw up the formation

> I'm gonna have to puzzle this one out I guess.
> I'm an RW guy who always has fun.
> Am I doing something wrong?

No, it's just the current fashion to confuse body position
with attitude and type of activity.

Here's an excerpt from
http://indra.net/~bdaniels/ftw/soc_ev_skydiving.html

Skydiving has become main stream and the commercialization
of it is remaking the landscape. We now have a fifth kind
of person coming out to jump.

Many people divide the world according to body position or
type of activity, but I see five main categories:

#1 The artist, explorer, pioneer, innovator, questor.

#2 The recreational but totally hooked every weekender.

#3 The professional - movies, demos, jumpmaster, livlihood.

#4 The competitor - numbers/comparison in a restricted
format.

#5 The mainstreamer - comes out 5, 10, 20 times a year,
maybe takes a week long skydiving vacation.

Skr