sangiro

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  1. Heya all, I'm looking for a very light free frame grabbing application. No shareware or 'pay for the full version' stuff. All it needs to be able to do is to capture a video frame from as many as possible of the most popular online media formats - wmv, mpg, mov, avi, ram. Any suggestions?
  2. Mark Foster Safe swoops Sangiro
  3. Condolences to his family and friends. I have created a spot where you can leave memories and images for both Ted and Robert Williams here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/remember/page.cgi?d=1 Safe swoops Sangiro
  4. Jumper was seen doing a hook turn over the main organizer tents. He was swooping in between the large tents, in the course of his swoop he flew head first into a parked truck. He died instantly on the scene. First hand reports state that even with
  5. sangiro

    Hard landing

    Jumper was a police officer on a work/training jump and landed extremely hard after setting himself up to initally land downwind at night he made a turn to get back into the wind and impacted. He was jumping a 310 sq ft canopy on this jump. This was his 4
  6. There's a "Report Scam" button on every ad. Safe swoops Sangiro
  7. Jumper was making a 270 degree right hand turn to build speed for landing. The jumper was approx 250 degrees through the turn and was still fairly steep in the dive when they tried to abort because he was too low. The canopy made a hard right toggle turn
  8. Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro
  9. Jumper was competing in a swoop competition and was seen to have landed in the water previous to this jump. She experienced a malfunction on her main and performed a cutaway. When the reserve opened it was observed to be spinning violently. She would rega
  10. AFF student on a Level 6 or 7 jump that from reports lost altitude awareness and this resulted in a Cypres fire. When the reserve opened it is reported that the rear reserve risers were ripped off the container. The container was said to have been
  11. Two jumpers were involved in a canopy collision after opening following a routine 4 way jump Opening altitude was approximately 3500 feet. One of the jumpers died as a result of the collision. The other jumpe sustained severe bruising from his thi
  12. The student gone to the 10th jump. His previous nine jumps he jumped by static line. The instructor did not have a student parachute with static line for the student for this jump. He gave him parachute for free fall and wanted to use the IAD method of di
  13. Jerry & Art - you guys are doing an excellent job at stepping up and helping add some value at the WFFC. I know there are a lot of people who truly want that event to get back on track. It's always been fun and I hope to be there again next year.
  14. Go here and try ZIP: 19019 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/dropzone/finder.cgi 4 within 50 miles and 8 within 100 miles Safe swoops Sangiro
  15. You guys send each other nude pictures? I didn't know you were a couple. Congratulations! Safe swoops Sangiro
  16. I don't think your posts were removed. I suspect you are just not finding them because they are not in the search index. Take a look at this thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2287118#2287118 I have not had time to fix this yet - will try to look into it soon. Sorry for the inconvenience. Safe swoops Sangiro
  17. The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro
  18. I've spend many unforgetable hours kayaking some of the glacier heads and around the ice-bergs in Prince William sound. There's a little "Bad-Ass-Coffee" shop in Valdez, as you've probably seen - drink it dry! The scenery in the sound is breathtaking indeed. Enjoy! Safe swoops Sangiro
  19. Hey all, I'm off to the UK till mid September. Flying out tonight and I won't be around much over the next few days as I set up over there. Apologies in advance if you send me an email or PM and it takes a while for me to reply. As soon as I find the nearest Starbucks with wireless access and settle in with a coffee it should pretty much be business as usual. Have fun! Safe swoops Sangiro
  20. The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro
  21. Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro
  22. Media report is unclear but it appears that jumper may have had a hard opening on a demo jump that left him unable to deal with a canopy that was doing "constant turns" until the ground.
  23. The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro
  24. I suspect that's because you are feverishly scrolling down trying to spot only the posts with attachments and links... and not reading the actual posts. Safe swoops Sangiro
  25. You're new here, aren't you? Safe swoops Sangiro