Hey Chuck Blue

[ramon 0]

Cool story on the Para Performance Games. I guess luck of the wind can be a huge factor, but to his credit Slaton is always consistent (on his turf...yuk yuk)
If we have a swoop meet at Spaceland you should come out and try our 350' ditch....show some of the hard heads what an Atair canopy can do.
we're just small time now...but we already have a stable of good pilots.
bloo ones
ramon

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

You are correct on all counts. Jim really is a great canopy pilot, as are all of his teammates. He is very lucky to be able to make a living at it. His and Lyle Presse's desire to push the sport in this fairly new and structured way is doing a lot to make us swoopers look less like a bunch of "loose canons" and more like people who might actually know what they are doing.
You are also correct in stating that Atair canopies do a good job in the swoop arena. The Cobalt is just a great all around performance canopy. It does everything I want a parachute to do. I consider myself very lucky to have them as a sponsor. I do not jump the Cobalt because it was given to me; I still pay for my parachutes (albeit at a nice discount due to my factory pilot status) and don't mind saying so. We only have one guy with a "full ride" right now, Caven Warren. He is a great pilot. Not that the rest of us aren't; he is just the one that has done the best in competition at this point. We are all very anxious to get to the next competition. I am sure that I am going to do better next time.
Gotta run!
Chuck