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Well, I've put almost a thousand dollars over credit limit on my CCs last summer when I started jumping. This meant I had to stay at work for the school year. I got a little extra money this way and couldn't keep it to myself, being irresponsible, so I bought a rig with it. This meant I had to keep working, so now I'm irresponsibly jumping away all that extra money. Wait a minute... Was I supposed to make it sound bad or good? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Who needs fiction when you've got the real world? "I'll show you bacon, you bastard!" -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

I had almost the exact same problem. I was sit-flying instead of arching. Trying to stop the tumbling resulted in kicking, which resulted in more tumbling. The way I finally stopped it is, one jump, right off the strut, I felt my legs at my stomach. The usual thought process of what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-my-arch occurs, but then I just hear this voice inside my head: "What the #$%@ are you doing? ARCH!!!" Whammo, never a problem since. I also had the problem that I didn't really believe that the arch works. I thought that yeah, it's all nice, but what if I'm tumbling? What if I'm this, or if I'm that? Tried to find some miracle solution or something. There is no miracle, no short cuts, no quick ways to recover. Arch when you jump, arch when you fall, arch when you pull. If you are tumbling, arch. If you're spinning, arch. If you're inverted, arch. If you're head low, arch. If you're head high, arch. You get my drift Practice on the ground a lot, after all, ground is free. Keep yourself relaxed in the plane as best you can, do breathing exercises or something. But finally, and this is the most important part of my advice: ARCH DAMMIT!!! Have a great jump, and good luck! DISCLAIMER: a) The whole "if this, arch" diatribe is semi-metaphorical. For instance, inversion may not be completely fixed by an arch. When you pull, remember to bring the other hand up. If you're spinning, you can counter. But, except for the pull, all of these are "advanced" techniques that you will learn on your next jump I was just trying to emphasize that importance of trusting your arch. b) I've only got 48 jumps. I've just applied for my first CoP. This is only the experience of another student, that's all. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

The dark side of PFF(the Canadian AFF): a) Information overload, may not be an issue. b) Student status is too short. I land bull's eyes standing up because of all the extra canopy training. c) This is the big one: flopping a level is a wee bit expensive. Burnaby has an Otter, but they don't do S/L (IIRC). STI has a lot of good instructors, two national teams actually, one in Accuracy. It's pretty much a S/L farm with a lot of small planes, so going up is not usually a problem. However, STI uses ripcords on the student gear. There's SWOOP and PST around here too, but I don't know much about them. If you head out to STI you'll very likely meet me there -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Yuk. I hate pretty much all piercings. Loose skin, alright, I can handle that, but I shouldn't be able to jiggle your insides around with a handle. Give me a nice, unpierced, without plastic surgery, natural girl any time. In fact, I already have such a girl available But that's just me. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Now that you mention it, I think it's a consistent problem with my flare. I've tried the cobaltdan balance post a couple of hours ago on a 260 7-cell. Without wraps, it planed out max input. I couldn't stall it at all without wrapping. I started the flare early, a little too early, but I stood it up. This is actually really helpful guys, thanks. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

The Hourglass Nebula, I believe. It's the result of a supernova. Always struck me as amazing. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Well, since Canada is in the Americas, I guess I'm qualified geographically. I do have a job but I'm still permanently broke Current situation: broke. Plans for the future: stay broke -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Congrats bytch! Have fun, don't do anything we wouldn't do, erm... See you in Rantoul! -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Well, he has something on his hands, that's for sure -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Huh? Did someone say something? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

So if anything and everything is art, why bother calling things art? Isn't that just redundancy? Or, if everything is art, is there such a thing as bad art? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Oooh, that's new. I've always been told to flare at man height, that is, 6-10 feet. Our flare has always been "slam the breaks and hold it down", but now I'm finding that that doesn't always work -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

This is almost exactly what my thread is about. While billvon's response is the standard response given to me by my instructors and coaches, it would be nice to hear the collective dz.com wisdom chime in on this important topic. Speculating, a ZP canopy would probably bounce back up if you slam on the breaks like with the student F-111s, resulting in a "slam dunk" landing. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I want to hear all the tips and tricks from the new folks. So, how should a canopy be flared? F-111 vs ZP, low/high winds, turbulence, accuracy, swoop, anything. My question is really about the difference between F-111 flares and ZP flares, as well as what exactly should I "feel" in the flare. How would you flare a 220sqft F-111 7 cell? How about a 160sqft ZP 7 cell? A 150sqft ZP 9 cell? Thanks in advance everyone. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Talk to Sangiro -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

They solve it by putting pictures of text with random noise superimposed on them, and the user has to enter the text. Damn near impossible to write a program to recognize that text. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

That sounds really reasonable for a free service. Nuke the bastard. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

I'll go, just say when. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Glad you're alright, dude. I've seen some photographs of Cessna crashes from the old timers at the DZ. Doesn't look too pleasant. Something to tell your grandkids about, eh? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Dave, I'm not really worried about the length of the cable as both risers release well before full arm extension, but those cables flapping in the wind may not be the best idea. I'll just jot down another note to talk to my rigger about, as well as what billvon said. Thanks everyone. Just goes to show that no question is too dumb. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

I did the first 3 ring maintenance on my beer rig today and practice pulled the cutaway. Already I noticed something educational - the cable is not that easy to clear. Is that why you're supposed to throw away the cutaway handle? To clear the cable? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

Proof positive that even martians use ICQ -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

It would be downright unfair to make women play football with the men and expect them to perform the same. Without a doubt there are significant differences in physiology between men and women, and I don't think I'm being sexist saying that. But golf? Skydiving doesn't have a sex distinction because it's mostly a mental sport. Golf is similar. If she has the strength to hit the ball hard enough, why shouldn't she play in the more difficult tournament? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

The water jump capability is a big advantage, since I was hoping to check those out some day. I'll be ordering mine from Square One this weekend. Not that I really need something to pull for me, but one can never have enough backup in this sport. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.