FlyingJarhead 0 #1 July 12, 2006 I love video because i can see what i need to work on. what tips does anybody have for me? thanks!heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_zkkl9EJ5g pause it and let it load Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #2 July 12, 2006 It was fun to watch your video this morning... Nice light hearted way to wake up. I am assuming you are now cleared to self supervise (jump solo) after passing level 7.... So, that being said, a very important skill for skydiving is being able to debrief your own video... So to do it the way Airspeed would debrief their own work - what are two or three things you really like, and what are the one or two things you wish to improve - in that order... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #3 July 12, 2006 clickyThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJarhead 0 #4 July 14, 2006 i like my exit, until i start swimming.. as far as my flips go i need to throw my wieght more, it looks like atleast. my pull is better, but i needed to let go of it sooner it looks like. i dont weigh enough so i wear a 10 pound wieght vest which makes me 150ish Do you concur? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #5 July 14, 2006 Quote Do you concur? I think you had an awesome jump and should not be worried about the details... The swim was kind of funny, but brief and after you proved you could exit - so no big deal. The flips, in an AFF sort of way were perfect. They proved to you and your instructor you could stall out on your back and end on your belly ready to pull... The AFF program looks for a series of disorienting/unstable body positions with recovery - not perfect flips... On the flips, ya it is about throwing your weight (more so momentum) - but eventually it is about flying your body the entire time and letting the relative wind fly you around - using the wind to push off of... That is something that takes 10,000 jumps to perfect, so keep having fun. The only part I wonder about... At 1:39 in the video it looks like you reach back to pull... It is the most unstable you are in the entire video, you get a sudden turn and start to roll over a bit.... Then you go back to neutral and wait a bit, then pull perfectly fine - proving you could do it... Your instructor is not pulling for you or giving you the pull signal, so I assume it was not time to pull... What happened??? Nothing to be worried about, but something I saw that made me think, "he is not going to be stable at pull time" - which you immediately proved otherwise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJarhead 0 #6 July 14, 2006 ya i dont know what exactly that was, i dont even remember.... i pulled at the right altitude, i caught myself just chillin looking down and around at the world below me till 6 grand when i locked on to my alti, and pulled at 5'500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
