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Was this the same press conference where the international press laughed at him without him realizing it?

Shhhh - he's on a (t)roll.

Ain't that the truth.

The old Security 150's 250's and 350's (350 has the diaper) are dustbin items - probably 40 to 45 years old. Or older. No toggles, MA-1 pilot chutes that jump about 18 inches or less...etc... Harnesses that have "L" bars. Why expend the effort? Car covers.

So you're saying that a change in property value on waterfronts is a metric of whether sea level rise and global warming are relevant?

The WinX has the best glide ratio of any of the canopies I've tried, but I dident exactly compare glide ratio that carefully. I mostly only consider opening quality and flare power as there are some tricks to get back from a long spot even with a canopy that is not that efficient. 7-cells are less efficient in general and so your average 7-cell is going to have less glide and less flare than your average 9-cell. it's all a trade-off. When one characteristic goes up, others typically go down.

As a former believer, I can definitely say this is all bullshit.

Did you not read what Ron said? You cannot understand because the Holy Spirit is not guiding you. In other words the words mean whatever Ron chooses for them to believe.

So only a true believer such as yourself is holy enough to understand the Bible. Kallend is not holy enough, therefore he misunderstands.

Disadvantage: Without sounding sexist (even though it still might) I think the biggest issue women face flying wingsuits is the comparative lack of upper body strength in regards to men. Obviously there are some badass women out there flying the largest, most highly pressurized race suits, but I’ve seen a whole lot of women mention how hard it is to fly even small or medium-sized suits and how tired their arms get. I don’t think too many women see a lack of cute designs as the biggest hurdle. Advantage: many women are smaller framed and can get similar performance from a smaller suit than many men can.

Adding that Phoenix-Fly also offers custom designs via WngMrk. =) https://www.facebook.com/wngmrk/

Ok, so you’re not holier than he is, but your interpretation of the bible is holier than his is. Yeah, that’s a really clear distinction.

Just renewed my USPA registration and the letter said there were 40,000 member in USPA who thanked me. I would guess 35,000 of them are active. Dropzone.com lists the dropzones in the world (minus the US) as 1061. The US is listed at 343. The ratio there is 3.09:1. So I would guess 108K. And as they say in the 25 Spanish dropzones listed, Quien sabe? Definitely, YMMV

I personally think skydiving in general is pretty gender neutral. When it comes to equipment, everything is customizable and built to your size. Wingsuiting is similar with custom built wingsuits. Squirrel probably has the best customization for suits with their Super Custom designs. You can pick designs and pretty much any color shade. It allows for some pretty unique patterns which gives you that personal style.

Right. And semiconductors don't contribute anything either. LOL! "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" - Ken Olsen, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

I agree. How would it possibly work? The woman wants an abortion and the guy wants to keep the baby so the woman is forced to carry a foetus? It's not even remotely feasible. What about the other way around? The woman wants to keep it but the guy wants an abortion so he gets total say over what happens with another persons' body? Again, utter nonsense. As there is no possible way for the man to 'have a choice' then it's dangerous to even bring it up. The guy DOES have a choice. It comes before having unprotected sex. After that it's not up to him and shouldn't be.

This is why I loathe religion. It’s the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card.

I spoke with Gary many, many times by phone before we ever met in person. We discussed an array of issues in the sport and also discussed numerous folks that were running some scam DZs. When we finally met at a DZO conference we laughed over a few beers about all sorts of stuff and hit it off even better in person. We had some difference of opinions but we respected each other’s positions. We continued to speak often about all sorts of issues. He had the backs of small DZs and USPA members for sure. Fly Free my friend...

Damn this is a huge loss. Gary was a big man with a big personality, yet also soft-spoken and mild-mannered. Epic moustache, epic ponytail (did I ever see it unfurled?). Every year he was in charge of 60+ load organizers at the World Freefall Convention, which was a monumental task, but he did it with maximum efficiency and little drama. He did not play a part in my first becoming an LO at WFFC, I have DJan Stewart and my friends David “Duk” Miller and Todd Jacobson (RIP) to thank for that. However, once I earned my hat, Gary was my biggest advocate and supporter, even when a jilted lover from a previous year caused a ruckus at tent #1. His speech was basically “pick less psycho women, or keep it in your pants”...haha, the good old days. He was a big dude, not fat, not a bodybuilder, just big. A barrel chest and big trunk. Huge calves. When I first met him, I think he was jumping a Man-o-War 320, and his Vector was so big it looked like a tandem rig. He liked being safe and was in no hurry to get down. He enjoyed working with students and newer jumpers, and he had many other interests. He was a genius-level computer programmer, an accomplished musician, and a budding scientist with a focus on (what else) aerodynamics. Oh yeah, and he was on USPA’s BOD for more than a quarter century. Not bad, eh? I had not seen much of him since the convention disbanded, and I am very thankful that I had a 30 minute conversation with him at last year’s nationals in Chicagoland. We reminisced about the glory days, then I let him vent about his current gripes with USPA, of which there were many. Same ol’ Gary...I’m gonna miss him...sigh. BSBD my friend...