CanuckInUSA

She doesn't have to do those jumps if she doesn't want to. She'll just have to do the maneouvers jump (forward, backward flips, 360s and barrell rolls all within the time limit). Hell when I did my maneuvers jump I wanted to do a forward 1 1/2 flip into a head down. Do a 360 while headdown and then a 1 1/2 flip into a sit and do another 360 this time in a sit followed by my barrel rolls. But the instructor didn't want anything to do with that sort of jump. But it does make for a fun solo jump to practice these skills on. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It's my feeling (waiting for the more experienced to step in) that you should be leaning forward into your fully expanded chest strap at flare time and that you shouldn't be leaning back and risk landing on your tail bone. But that's just me (trying to emulate the Clint Clawson's of the world). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

How's this for some post-whoring ... I miss Lioness's old avatar and because of it I liked her (she's an attractive woman). But now that she's showing the Raiders logo in her avatar, I've become her mortal enemy. Go Broncos!!! Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I've had two spinners that were related to an unstowed break and I did exactly what SkymonkeyOne mentioned (go for both breaks) and I resolved my problems. But I did watch the video and shit, things happened real fast to your buddy there. If I was in his shoes (which I'm not because I don't fly the same sort of high performance canopy), I likely would have been looking to chop that sucker. In my books, he ultimately did the right thing. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Rumors have it that it'll be similar to the Crossfire2, but I'm not sure I want to wait for PD's new canopy. I'm likely going to start flying a Crossfire2 sometime this fall. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It's hard to say more that what SkymonkeyOne just said (how can you ignore someone who's on the Pro Swoop Tour). And if you watch any of the world class swoopers, you will see that they start with their arms to their sides and flare with their arms to the rear (for all the reasons why Chuck said to do so). JC Colclasure is one of the few who do so differently (he seems to flare with his arms in front of him elbows bent). But most flare the way that SkymonkeyOne mentioned. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I second that. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Chuck From what I hear about their on heading openings, wouldn't a Crossfire2 be a good canopy for an advanced wingsuit pilot? But then again it's not from PD (which may effect you, but not me). I really have enjoyed my Sabre2 (the 190 and especially my 170 and I enjoyed the 150 I demoed a few weeks ago). But since PD doesn't have a competitor to the Crossfire2 (yet) and I'm not really up for a Stilleto, I'm likely going to be flying a Crossfire2 (or maybe a Samurai) as my next canopy. But I may come back to PD in the future (LOL ... I'm still flying PD as my main and reserve so I haven't left them ... yet I talk as if I have). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Yes I wish I had more $$$ and more time as I too have so much to learn. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I wasn't on this jump, but I've seen the video. Wasn't there a DZ.COM 6-way hybrid in Eloy during the boogie? Wouldn't that be the record. There is video of it (from about three different cameras). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

That's a tough call Erika. I hear you with your "newbies out there scared to turn coming in later than most" comment. We as canopy pilots do need to learn how to make small adjustments on short final, but once on the ground can we assume that everyone has the knowledge and the skill to avoid something. In the case of the newbie canopy pilot, the answer is no. So we must keep our eyes and ears open at all times. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Care to elborate? I don't think the time based system works because of the upper winds. Maybe a combination of the two is ideal. But if I simple count to five and exit, I'm not taking into consideration that the uppers may be hauling ass and I'll fall right on top of the group in front of me. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I did a very small amount of double front riser work when I was on my Triathlon. Then a lot of double fronts on my Sabre2 190. When I was Eloy last x-mas, Pablito gave me some great canopy post opening tasks to do (you know steer with the rear risers, observe for traffic, collapse the slider, expand the chest strap, then pop the breaks and join the pattern, etc, etc, etc.) He also told me to lean forward on my flare and to flare with my arms out (watch a kick ass swooper and you'll know what I mean). By the time it was time to take Hookswoops canopy control course, I was still on my 190 but had made a good 80+ jumps on it. And it was then that I started trying these front riser carving turns. And soon afterwards I started flying the Sabre2 170. I crashed on my 2nd landing on my 170 (and wondered was I ready for the downsize), but in 130+ jumps on the 170 I have only ever not stood it up 4 times. Once on my 2nd jump, twice for my night jumps where it seemed like I came in real fast so I kind of slide it sideways. And one crash when I forced to land off and the tall grass tripped me up. My Sabre2 170 is an awesome canopy. My only complaint about it is that it recovers from the dive quicker than I would like it to. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

You got that right. Cat (Catherine) is the cutie and I'm sorry but I just had to include her in the video as well as the awesome sunset show what a beautiful place we jump at. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

In time you will occasionally see the other groups in freefall, but not on every jump. What's important to remember is to first give the group ahead of you the appropriate amount of seperation (I like the 45 degree angle, others prefer some time based system which doesn't take wind into consideration). But also try to do all your maneuvers perpedicular to the flight line. This is less important when doing belly jumps (except for tracking which makes it important). But when doing a freefly jump, it's so much easier to fly into another group's airspace if you're not careful. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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

three email messages on their way to "mindway69@attbi.com" Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I was a pretty conservative canopy pilot for my first 100 jumps. After 100 jumps I did a lot of straight in double front riser approaches, but that was because at that time I often setup high and used the risers to ensure I wouldn't over fly my targets. At about 160 jumps I attended a very informative canopy control seminar given by Hooknswoop and while Mother Nature messed with our actual jump phases of the course, Hooks ground school session was awesome for me. From that point on, I no longer made toggle turns from base to final and instead started working on my front riser 90-180 degree carving approaches. Then about 75 or so jumps ago, another experienced canopy coach observed my landings and told me to make my approaches more subtle and less snappy (snappy can come in the future when I'm more experienced) and he also got me to add harness turns to my approaches. Hook told me about harness turns in his course, but I always assumed that my canopy was too big for the harness turn to make a difference. But I was mistaken. Finally, one of the biggest contributor to my current capabilities is my currency. I have only been in the sport for 11 1/2 months, but I jump a lot (318 jumps to date) and being in the air so much has allowed myself to build up a certain comfort level to the speeds I approach at. But I have done snappy front riser hook turns in the past and experienced ground rush. But fortunately I tend to error on the high side of my carving approaches. It's all fun. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Mary ... he tells me that he'll be there (and his younger brother is supposed to be coming up from Florida to jump at the convention, so there's added motivation). But that's assuming his wallet and liver survive Lost Prairie first. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Damm ... I guess the WMV files can't be clicky's. Check out ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/landing and look for SA_Swoop1 through SA_Swoop3. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Check out my amateur bad ass swoops from this weekend here, here, and let's not forget here. In all of these swoops you'll see that I come out a little high on my front riser carves. But it's better to be high than to be low and I've got my whole skydiving career to get better at that aspect right? Location: Mile-Hi Skydiving in Longmont CO Date: Weekend of 7-4-03 through 7-6-03 Experience: Jumps #314, #315 and #316 (318 total in 50 weeks in the sport). Canopy: Sabre2 170 loaded at about 1.35:1 (currently over 130+ jumps on the canopy) Comments? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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It's your fault dude. If you weren't out there videoing my landings, I wouldn't have this footage and the motivation to transfer it from the camcorder to my computer wouldn't be there. Hey if you'd like, I can send you this footage I want to post (I submitted it to skydivingmovies.com and am waiting to see if they accept it), but then again, you already have it. Hey I sent Jeff your footage of him landing when he demoed my canopy. Hey we can't always just keep the good stuff of ourselves. We also need to watch the bad stuff to remind us that we (well at least Jeff and myself) are not jedi skydiving warriors. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

superflie gave you some really good advise about staying on the ground in high winds. But to answer your question, if you are jumping in high winds, you don't need to flare as much. You may not notice this that much with your current canopies you fly, but at some point you'll start flying smaller canopies and the flare technique used to to first plane out (arresting your vertical descent rate) and then bleed off the horizontal ground speed with the second stage of the flare. But in high winds, you don't need to worry about the horizontal ground speed. So all you need to do is flare less than you normally would to slow your vertical decent rate, and once on the ground pull in one of your toggles until the canopy collapses and then run over and step on your canopy and/or dbag to prevent it from blowing away. Also, you may need to use your front risers to help pentrate the winds and get down out of them. But front riser work needs to be practiced up high before you do them down low and never never let go of your toggles when going for your front risers. I was forced to land once this last weekend in high winds and it sucked. But I used the above technique and had no real issues. But I'd much rather jump in low to no wind situations. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Cool, I thought this website was in hybernation. But I guess it's been resurrected again. Thanks for the heads up. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over