mrkthmn

Thanks for the response! The jump suit I have now has zippered ankles and anytime I sit fly they always get blown open! I'd hate to have invested in a track suit only to ruin it in a sit fly. After the feedback I've gotten here I'm definitely just gonna go with a freefly jumpsuit until I get to the point in my diving that I want to focus more on tracking and in the end, wing suit

Thanks for the response! It seems like what you say is the consensus. It's possible, but it's just gonna make it more difficult when it doesn't need to be. I can see now that in the future If I decide to go that route then I'd want to have a different suit for tracking and free flying.

Thanks for the response! You bring up an interesting point. On the few tracking jumps I've done I've gotten left behind pretty fast so I can see how a track suit would help in that sense but if it's going to take away some of the pleasure, it may not be worth it! When I get to that point I'll have to see about borrowing a suit before I invest in one!

Thanks for response! It seems like what you said is the general consensus: You can do it but it's just gonna make it harder when it doesn't have to be. Advice I plan to follow!

Thanks for taking the time to respond! That is indeed the type of suit I was wondering about! Alexander Poli has some amazing videos of him doing some very technical tracking off a BASE jump in suits like these. Much like kids say that "when they grow up they want to be a fire fighter" or something of the sort, I look at professionals tracking like that and it seems so cool to me. As I said in my post, as I progress in the sport I will find out if it still appeals to me and if it does I'll need to get a suit like that. I was simply curious if I could save some money in the future by only buying one type of jump suit for many disciplines and based off the feedback I got here the answer is, I really shouldn't.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond! This is the simple answer that I was looking for!

Thanks for taking the time to respond! I appreciate the encouragement to continue "trying" to freefly. That's the whole point of learning right? "Trying" something new over and over until we get it. I see that you have 800 jumps so surely you understand that everyone has to start somewhere. I've been very fortunate to have done most of my jumps with coaches and this has really helped me to improve my skills. Like I mentioned, I am very excited that I am now able to get into and hold the sit fly position. As far as safety is concerned, many of the staff at my dropzone have personally known fellow skydivers that have died doing what they love. I am well aware of the dangers, take safety very seriously, and hope to continue in the sport for a long time because of it. I understand that many new skydivers are very excited to progress and make mistakes that can cost them their own lives and possibly the lives of others. I do not feel that I am one of those people, despite being young in the sport and also very excited to progress. I see now that I will be looked at in this light anyway until I have proven my safety record through a higher jump count.

Let me start by saying sorry if this seems like a stupid question. I'm newer to the sport and as I'm learning different positions (just nailed sit fly! oh yeah!) I'm looking to the future. I know I have a ways to go before I can even get my hands on a track suit so dont turn this post into "don't rush yourself, you'll get killed!" Ha Ha! I know my limits, I'm simply curious about the gear and if it's something I even want to look at getting in the future. I'm really liking what I'm learning about freeflying but extreme tracking in a wing suit someday is definitely appealing. That lead me to wonder if you could do any freeflying in a track suit or if they were pretty much only made to track in. Thanks for any help in advance!