CanuckInUSA

Hey Greg ... you rock ... Anyone who can jump out of one airplane and climb into another one in freefall before it lands and save yourself a pack job (and be totally humble about the whole accomplishment) deserves all of our respect. I'm looking forward to see what you've got in the works next. PS: Thanks for the jumps at last year's holiday boogie. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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Were you travelling through Ontario International? I got through security last night as well without one peep from the security folks concerning my rig and I'm guessing that the Ontario security folks see lots of us and recognize certain skydiving gear. When I flew out to CA Friday night the security people in Denver recognized my rig as a skydiving rig, but it didn't stop them from wanting to pull me aside and check it out closer. What's missing in this story is what sort of attitude the lady may have had towards the screeners. The story sounds extreme, but who knows, maybe she gave them too much mouth after they started to investigate what she was carrying. It doesn't pay to mouth off to a cop, and why should this be any different. Just speculation of course. By the way, it's too bad that many of us likely walked past each other at Perris this last weekend numerous times without knowing who was who. Oh well, the next big boogie in Eloy could be different. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I couldn't help but notice the common denominator in all of this pics. Mar!!! Hey what about all those rear end pictures you and some of the other girls from Friday night? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I know that this will never happen (the USPA does not have the balls), but the first solo jump after graduation should be done without an AAD. The person is on a solo skydive so there is no danger of colliding with another skydiver. And if the person is unable to make that leap out of the airplane without their security blanket, then maybe they shouldn't be jumping. Don't get me wrong, AADs have a purpose and I jump with one turn on for most jumps. But they only should be reliabled upon for collisions. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I think it's more important for an AFF grad to knows how to jump without a Cypres. AADs are good for saving us from freefall collisions, but none of us should ever jump ... period ... if we are reliant on AADs. No doubt there will be people who disagree with me. But most of those people, are people who have never jumped without an AAD. So if a skydiver is knowingly jumping without an AAD, then kudos to them. Then they can make the informed decision whether to jump with or without an AAD. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Hey Tiger, Spectres are awesome canopies used by novice and well as advanced canopy pilots. You will like them, once it is time to start jumping them. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

0:9:0 I was out in Perris Valley this last weekend taking some high performance canopy training with Jim Slaton and it was well worth the money despite the fact that we were jumping in less than ideal conditions (very strong winds). Jim has armed me with some very valuable information and now it is up to me to get out there and practice. Good stuff I tell you. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I just got back from a short two day high performance canopy training session with Jim Slaton out in Perris Valley and I've got to say that it was money well spent. The weather conditions were far from ideal what with the strong winds we had to deal with the entire weekend. But it was still good and I highly recommend anyone who hasn't ever had formal training/coaching in high performance flight to seek such training/coaching if swooping is something that interests you. Jim taught me: 1) How to find the performance envelop of my canopy. 2) Showed me many tricks to add to my tool box for flying within this envelop. Now anyone who saw me land this weekend, you'll know that I still have plenty of work to do before the ooos and the aughs come from the peanut gallery. But Jim has armed me with some excellent information and the rest is for me to get out there and practice. I hope I can make it out to his ground launching camp in November (too many fun things to do and not enough vacation time) as ground launching sure looks like the equivalent to the tunnel for the free fall folks. Good stuff I tell you (the coaching I received), good stuff. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I could be wrong, but I think you told the wrong person the STFU? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

A bad swoop can hurt your bride? Does she know this? - Jim My bad ... and besides you're supposed to be able to read my mind, not what I wrote. As far as what Rhino is saying concerning someone learning their canopy with a short recover arc as opposed to someone like SkymonkeyOne or Scott Miller swooping the shit out of a big boat of a canopy. I only tend to agree with him when he's talking about 270s. But 45s, 90s and yes even 180s should not be an issue. It all boils down to how much the canopy pilot has played with the canopy up high and how well they know their canopy. I think most of us are guilty of downsizing or going to an elliptical canopy before we really should have. But once we start realizing what it takes to become a good canopy pilot (hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of jumps on each canopy learning their performance characteristics up high before we bring it down close to the ground, the less of an issue recover arcs should be). Every time I think of this, all I need to do is watch that video of Scott Miller doing a 270 on a Navigator 220. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I can only speak for myself, but when my spider senses are tingling (my eyes telling me I'm too low despite what my alti says). It's time to abort. What's worse, having your pride hurt on a less than ideal swoop, or a trip to the ER? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

In most cases, the advanced licenses mean na-da. But in some isolated cases like: 1) Wildwood Beech Boogie 2) Florida Keys Boogie etc, etc, etc ... It allows you to jump at an event where you couldn't with a lower license. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I like being on the "other" loads. Those guys don't know how to fly their bodies. Hmmpt ... excuse me while I remove my foot from my mouth. Okay enough of my post-whoring ... got to get motivated to pack for the trip. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

You guys have a 120-way in the works? Extra cool, just as long as I'm on the ground and not landing at the same time as they are. I guess I won't need sun-screen while they're jumping right? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Excellent, so I'll have the landing area all to myself. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'll be in Perris Valley this weekend for the first time (yes I know ... beer) as I'll be taking the first of hopefully many canopy control sessions with Jim Slaton (something I'm really looking forward to). I've already talked to a couple of DZ.COMers about this, but I hope to meet many more of you as well. I definitely don't want to get liquored, but I'm sure I'll be see at times in the Bombshelter Friday and Saturday evening and I'll do my best to make some rounds to SQ1 and BR to say hi to those folks. But if you see me working with Jim (I'll be wearing a black 1/2 shell protec helmet), be sure to yell profanities at me, flip me the bird and girls feel free to flash. It should be a fun weekend. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Betsy: I'm not sure if I've seen your decked out brain bucket, but Omar's is just too cool and I'm sure well worth the wait. Jeanne: I used to be the same way as well (not wanting to jump without my camera helmet) but if you can believe it I've been making more jumps this summer with a different non-camera helmet than with my camera helmet. A lot of this has had to do with the type of jumps I've been doing (BASE, hop n' pop swoops and wingsuit). But I'm sure you could do without your camera brain bucket for a few weeks if it meant getting a cool custom paint job. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Teach her to pack, buy multiple rigs and keep her busy. Hmmm ... on 2nd thought. Maybe this isn't such a good idea. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Well ACME may not feel like a trophy girl, but based on her avatar, I see she's got some devilish tendencies. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

If you are unable to correct being too high by carving a longer radius turn, then safely land and mark it up as a high turn. Get up there in the sky and try to do better next time. Recently I've been trying to dial in my 270s into some sort of swoop course, where the canopy recovers above the ground with no toggle input whatsoever. And lately I've been coming out high more often than not (I'd say about 65% too high, 25% just right and 10% where I've gone low, but not dangerously low). It's frustrating. But practice makes perfect. And I am seeing slow improvement. Plus it's nothing that 10000 jumps can't fix either. Patience grass hopper ... Hmmm ... I just looked at your profile ... more importantly at your profession ... a scaffolder ... Hmmm ... how high do you build and do you need an assistant to get that last layer of the scaffold errected. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Setting speed records wasn't good enough for you eh? Now you're off to terrorize the carribean and the people of FL. Geezz ... some people ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Did you check their paperwork? You know maybe they're in the country legally? Then again, maybe not? Seriously ... this has been one bad hurricane season for the poor folks of the south east and the carribean. And it's not over. What's up with Jeanne? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm not sending you any trophy girls. You like to fondle them. Besides, ACME doesn't know me. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Is ACME planning on being at the Skydive Moab boogie? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over