CanuckInUSA

If I remember correctly, Hooknswoop had me do this exercise during his canopy course and it should tell me if the break lines are too short or not. I need to do a high hop n' pop and then do front riser carves with and without the toggles in my hands. If there is no significant difference in riser pressure, then the breaks are ok. But if the riser pressure is significantly harder when I'm holding my toggles, then it's time to lengthen the lines. And as I said, I did have Hook lengthen the lines a little recently. But maybe they weren't lengthen enough and it's been a while since I've done this exercise. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Work and the weather often seem to get in the way (shit I'd probably be at 400 jumps if work and weather weren't an issue). But as long as Mother Nature is kind to me this coming weekend I might be able to cut 1/3 of the way into those 54 jumps as it looks like I'll have two or more days off of work plus the weekend (a reward the whuffo boss is rumored to be giving the engineering staff after we released our product on Saturday). Man this shit is fun. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

LOL ... yes the same conversation is going on in two different threads. But this thread maybe the more logical thread to carry on in. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't think so (but I'm not always watching it, so may be it has changed since I last looked). I had Hooknswoop lengthen the break lines not long ago. But maybe they could be an inch or so longer from what they are. I usually have plenty of room to work with in my flare and I consistently stand up my landings and can swoop a respectable distant when the winds are light to non-existent. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Please correct me if I am wrong, but the recovery arc of a Sabre2 is pretty quick and it's at this time that the front riser pressure is tough. I can easily initiate a 90, 180, 270 and/or 360 front riser carve on my Sabre2 (loaded at about 1.4:1 in CO). But once the canopy starts to recover from the dive, the front riser pressure is hard to maintain. I just posted a similar comment in another thread and while I know the canopy nazis are ready to $#!& on me, I really do wish the recover arc on my Sabre2 was a little longer than it is. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

First off the canopy nazis can rest easy as I have no plans to downsize until at the very least fall as I know my landings will get faster when the hot no wind high density altitude days hit me. But I really do wish that my canopy (a Sabre2) had a longer recover arc. I'm not into really low turns, but my canopy recovers too fast and I really have to pull with a lot of strength on my front risers at times. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Wow that would be something. Of course you are working at a DZ. Baring an injury I will easily hit 250 jumps for my first year and 275 is a definite possibility. However today after coming home from a DZ I was thinking what are the chances that I can make 54 jumps in the next six weeks? If I can do that, I'll hit 300 jumps in my first year (and that's before Rantoul ... assuming I make it there). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Congrats on your 500th Dave. Shit now there's an example of someone who's worse than I am. If memory serves me correct, you hit your 300th at Eloy (soon after I hit my 100th) and you've made 200 jumps since then. Me well I've only managed a little under 150 in the same time frame. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Steven ... you'll get there (your A License). In fact it sounds like you're quite happy to get back in the air today. As far as me and jumping, what can I say? I'm addicted. But there are worse cases of skydiving addiction than me. Just get to the DZ when you can, and try to get something signed off from your proficiency card on each of your jumps. Ok here's my weekend stats. Nothing spectacular, but respectible considering I worked most of Saturday and the weather hasn't been all that good. 0:6:1 As usual no such luck on that all important first category. Any girls out there looking for a reasonibly good used (but still has that new skydiver smell) skydiver? Six jumps total. Three freefly jumps, two tracking dives (including one of them being my best tracking effort to date) and one very interesting 6k hop n' pop / adhoc crew jump in some light rain (I needed windshield wipers for my camera lense). One case of beer owed to the good folks out at Denver Skydivers (Brush CO) as I finally jumped at their drop zone for the first time today. I will bring the beer the next time guys. I promise!!! But I didn't bring it today because I wasn't expecting to be jumping at Brush today. However, when your home DZ's bird develops an oil leak and you want to jump, you must get in you car and travel. And it's not my fault the liquor stores are closed on Sunday. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Good one Lew ... what you speak of is the total truth for those of us who have been bitten by this addiction. God, would you believe that between my tandem and AFF Level one last summer I thought that I'd be happy making one jump a month? How naive was I? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Well the streak lives on for another week. I left work at 5 pm and after waiting out a thunderstorm, I managed to get a jump in. But the really cool thing which happened to me today was that with the assistance of Mustard here on DZ.COM (DJan Stewart) I should soon be a D Licensed skydiver. I faxed in my application today and DJan was the S&TA who did the once over on the paper work (and she really did grill me to make sure I was qualified).

Ok I'm not all that experienced yet in the fine art of high performance landings but what you just said here isn't true. Hooknswoop (who it sounds like has trained you a little just as he's trained me a little) occasionally flies a 170 Saffire (similar to a Sabre) and while we know his swoops on this canopy aren't as gnarly as his XV swoops, I'm sure he can still swoop the sucker. Now I understand the recovery arc and yes also the rock point (once again some of my knowledge is thanks to Hook some of it has to do with the fact that I was a pilot before I was a skydiver) and I am a Sabre2 canopy pilot. Of course my swoops aren't all that impressive compared to someone more experienced and someone who's flying a canopy designed to swoop. But when I land in low to no winds here in CO, I can easily swoop 100 feet (maybe even more, I don't know, I've never really measured it). I'm not trying to be confrontational, but any canopy can be swooped. Some are just designed better than others for this art. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Forgive my ignorance, but what's darvocet? Some sort of pain medication? Also, I remember hearing that you were in the shop for repairs, but I never did catch on to what the repairs were? So far I'm looking at a big fat 0:0:0 I spent 3 hours at the DZ this morning hoping to get a jump in, but mother nature and her clouds prevented me from getting up. And now I'm stuck at work (today is our deadline for releasing version 2.0 of our network management product, but it's looking good in terms of not having to be here all day). So once the thundershowers pass (they're just starting), I may be able to hit the DZ for a sunset jump (assuming enough people are around for a load) and I should be free to jump all day tomorrow just as long as mother nature cooperates. PS: I've jumped at least once every weekend for the last 18 weekends. But this streak is in jeapardy of ending if I can jump tonight or tomorrow. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I guess they've never seen a world class swooper land their canopy. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Hey while I'm not against that sort of footage, there's plenty of other good stuff as well to keep us entertained.

I'm sorry Katie ... did I mention that these video clips are rather huge? I'm still in the salt mines (work) and I've got a T3 connection here (as opposed to my 56k dial up at home). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

That's a pretty awesome video.

AFF is not for everyone, but it worked for me. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

This definitely is a problem for new jumpers (I remember doing it at least once when I was an AFF student). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

With all due respect (likely because you didn't know this), but you're telling a guy (MotherHucker) who's got thousands of jumps (and is a Base Jumper) how to flare. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm torn here ... I don't want the Devils to win because this is their 3rd trip to the finals in the last 4 years. But then again, I'm not sure I'm ready for the Mighty Ducks of Disney to be the holders of Lord Stanley. Of course it's sure looking like the Devils will be taking their 2nd Cup in 4 years. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm not so sure about the others, but DJan Stewart is actually a DZ.COM regular and goes by the screen name of "Mustard". So she's likely to see a lot of what's being talked about already. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Packing the first 10-20 jumps on my recently brand new Sabre2 170 was slippierer than owls shit. So I know what you're getting into. But if I can do it, you can do it. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Don't forget the Eloy Holiday Boogie in December. Save money for that puppy. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

A Whuffo is what skydivers call non-skydivers and it stands for "What for you jump out of them airplanes". Try not to worry about the things you have no control over