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i knew a girl from canada, not sure which state, and she wuz sooo happy when she could finally walk around downtown without a shirt on. lmao. namaste, motherfucker.

tip: if you ever find yourself axing yourself 'is it just me?' the answer is yes, it is just you. namaste, motherfucker.

there is a lurker here who teaches tards. and i can say anything i want about er cuz she will never ever ever make a post here. right? namaste, motherfucker.

training. compulsary canopy control curriculum. from my experience attention to canopy control varies greatly during initial training. i receieved little to no structured canopy control training and am lucky to be alive. it took a close call and some well intentioned intervention to call my attention to a need for better canopy skills. i developed said skills to the degree i am able and today am a conservative and able canopy pilot. i aint in no hurry to be cool or dead. before i knew better i got lucky. it seems my intention is misinterpreted. i am not trying to throw any shade on the authors or the intention of the document in question. it is my opinion that regulating canopy type and wingloading will prove to be a futile exercise and will be the deal breaker. remove the clause regarding restriction and regulation and concentrate on compulsary canopy training. thats a bullseye. namaste, motherfucker.

this is rather ambiguous. can you clarify? namaste, motherfucker.

hmmmm. i just posted the same thing in another thread. strange... namaste, motherfucker.

why do we all seem to be saying the same things and still butting heads? yes, training is the answer. more attention should be paid to canopy flight while we are learning and under the supervision of a school. my canopy training consisted of fulfilling the flight maneuvers on my A card. even then i was simply asked if i had completed them. at about 70 jumps i had the audacity to attempt and pull off (barely) a 180 and a 360. ONCE. a year ago. once. is a wonder I aint ded. that was then. i was talked to. i listened. i flat turned, i rear riser landing, i front riser landing. i collapsed my canopy way up high. i upsized. i landed straight in. i still land straight in. it worked on me. that's what i have to go on. i guess mileage varies. yes yes yes. more training under canopy while a student and under direct control and tutelage of school and even on A card during coaching jumps. yes yes yes good idea. but imposing subjective regulation on wingloading? not a bullseye IMO. namaste, motherfucker.

i dont have a cureall, derek. i simply think that putting a responsibility that should be shared by all of us on the ground and in the midst onto the shoulders of a relatively tiny amount of people who are necessarily a degree more seperated from the situation than we are is asking for failure. you see a crater looking for coordinates, take the time to talk to them and inform the s&ta or dzo. follow through and be sure that the issue is handled. take the time and save a life. ** that is the alternative ** i think that embodies 'take responsibility for ourselves and our sport' better than 'lets add another layer of oversite and let them handle it'. i am not a nay sayer. i think it is _OUR_ responsibility to nurture and instruct. and the bottom line is that canopy flight ability and evaluation of same is purely subjective and adding wingloading bsr and waiver procedure will be an administative nightmare. it just isn't going to happen. YOU do something NOW. and you. and you. and ME. no one jumps in a vacuum and there will always be somebody with more experience around. until that more experienced person makes it their responsibility even the proposed measures will fall flat but when that more experienced person does make it their business the problem is being addressed without regulation and policing. i believe that i AM being part of the solution by pointing out the obvious and the need to do this thing in-house, grass-roots, up close and personal. i am not throwing shade on those who support bsr. i know they heart is in the right place and that they have the best interests of everyone in mind. i respect the time effort and consideration that went into that document. i just don't think it is practical, implementable or in the best interest of the skydiving community as a whole. for any one of these adverse characterizations to prove true spells the doom and failure of the bsr initiative, enacted or not. all three must be positive. thats not how i see it. if it is shown that i am mistaken it will be a happy day. but until then it is up to us to address the issue. now. and damn. it would seem that this is an understandable issue that fosters constructive discussion without the cheap and easy shots that have seemed to have popped up here in the last couple posts. if someone is going to say anything, even indirectly, about my canopy flight practices or landings it should at least be someone who watches it/them. yeah, i think it is yours truly that scott and betsy are roasting. the last time the last time i checked with the people who ARE actually around to see me fly a canopy don't seem to agree. stick with what you know, not what you heard. pfft. namaste, motherfucker.

this is excerpt from kingkongs post: since the enumeration of experience and enumeration of circumstance are speaking to the same set..... if 33% of fatalities were due to fast canopies, according to these numbers AT LEAST 11% of students were on fast canopies. that in itself leads me to question both the report and the assertion that more regulation will effect substantial change in canopy selection. i konw i should choose one or the other but ...... namaste, motherfucker.

lots and lots. and they have to be good, too. and on topic. oh yea, and nice. always nice. to everybody. always. inuendo and implication will invariably be taken to it's most extreme logical conclusion so plan for that eventuality in your posts. did i mention that they need to be on topic? and nice? namaste, motherfucker.

since when, and where does this work for guys? me thinks you is confusededed. namaste, motherfucker.

sure. marraige is something to be gotten out of if it becomes unpleasant or inconvenient. for a vast majority of people getting married these days. stats prove it. not everyone, mind you, but lots. kinda sad for some people. namaste, motherfucker.

wow. i don't have a problem with your choices. i am simply drawn to the contradictions you present in your statements. there are far too many ways to approach this and a lot of them will seem confrontational and as much as i enjoy being confrontational i will summarize by observing the world we are living in and the state of the media, which is not know for sneaking subtleties by us, and suggesting to you to either get out more or close the curtains tighter because it aint gettin any 'better' (?) any time soon. i also find it so faintly telling that you would, in the course of watching ritualized gladiator carnage, find yourself so violently offended by an unsolicited breast. this is a uniquely american peculiarity. not saying good or bad. just making an observation. namaste, motherfucker.

if a dropzone is not currently taking a proactive stance in grounding jumpers who are flying nylon beyond they abilities what makes you think that they will be any more proactive in certifying canopy skills? because the uspa recommends it? uspa is a organization headed largely by dzo's for dz's. and there is a flip side to the coin. if a dropzone's school (s&ta) becomes responsible for certifying that a jumper is qualified to jump a specifically sized canopy, what are the benefits of signing them off to a smaller piece of nylon? what s&ta in they right mind would sign anybody off on anything smaller? what if dude hooks himself 2 feet under? is the s&ta in any way responsible? no? then what is the fucking point? and don't they have enough to be concerned with without needing to certify canopy flight? is manifest going to make everyone pop they container open before checking them in? who is going to administrate all of this? right or wrong, good or bad: aint gonna happen.

never said that. just asking a question, the answer to which seems to be slippery. namaste, motherfucker.

ok, so which is it? were your wife and daughters shocked and offended by a bare breast on the television or not? namaste, motherfucker.

anybody notice that it says 'should not' and not 'shall not'. no american ever fought or died for a flag. they fought and died [edit: some of them anyway] for freedom. the freedom, by the way, to burn the fucking flag. i aint mad at ya dave and i dont choose to use flags in the manners depicted throughout this thread. i just get so worked when i hear people posturing about the flag, the flag, omfg the flag. the flag is a piece of cloth. namaste, motherfucker.

i second that motion emphatically. leave me and my feet out of your regulations. start with the helmet and the head it's supposed to protect if you wanna regulate something. namaste, motherfucker.

is episode 25 that has to be one of the most well constructed websites i have ever seen. namaste, motherfucker.

i bought my first rig complete for $700. still wearing it. the container is 12 years old, freefly friendly and suitable for the next 2 downsizes i do. don't see that i will ever NEED another container but will be getting one next year for girlyman comfort reasons. used. unless you is wierd shaped/sized. then you may have no options xceptin new. good luck and buy something soon as and as safely cheap as possible. rental will quickly add up to the price of a rig. namaste, motherfucker.

I keep hearing this terminology, but I can't picture it. Could someone explain this to me? How could this go unnoticed? Kelly put the end of your strap through the buckle as usual. then omit the step where you insert the end of the strap in front of the tension bar and proceed to fold and place under elastic keepers. most instances are detectable by sight, some are not as in the case of extra long straps folded and covering buckle. HTH namaste, motherfucker.

And that is the crux of the matter. Landing downhill, head-first, with your arms strapped to your sides. you big pussy. didn't i see that on the end of chronicles III? the sound of him passing the camera on the slopes is awesome. namaste, motherfucker.

do the jump. don't feel bad. i had drop knee syndrome and my aff was 16 jumps. i'm still here. namaste, motherfucker.

no, he is not clueless. yes, it is not funny. yes, you did not contribute anything to this discussion. yes, i think hans is stirring the shit, yet again, with a sharpened stick but in some ways i must agree with him. i think wingloading regs will effect very little change while adding yet another beaurocratic hoop for all to jump through. it's an honor system either way. my opinion and $4 will buy you a cup of coffee. namaste, motherfucker.

liar. namaste, motherfucker.