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Thanks They look impressive. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

You should indicate which one is which in the video. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nice one Timmae, how fast were you going? I'll send you a PM. It was fun but felt rather "slippery" :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

All the gear all the time

If you get a line dump you WILL notice Nah... He won't notice a thing. The bag is still on the canopy till line stretch so the jumper feels a normal opening. The line stows are only there for line management, not opening management. If the bag is stripped off prior to line stretch, then it's possible he could experience an abrupt stop but even then, it may just open normal. There's a picture somewhere of a strong tandem canopy completely out of the bag a few feet off the jumpers back and they experienced a normal opening. What people blame on line dump is almost always poor canopy and slider management when S folding then stuffing it into the deployment bag. --- Back to the post, just pick up the bag like you did before and stow the lines without dragging the rig. Just be mindful of how you handle the lines. It's rather easy so you'll figure it out in a pack job or 2. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Then your guess is 100% wrong. . Ah, I see what you mean. It makes sense how you wrote it and I failed to articulate properly. (read my sigline :)... From main side, I can't reach the altimeter on their left hand so I should have asked about the chest mount rather than guessed. Sorry about that. I bet in real life we do close to the same thing in the air. The only time I really have to grab and assist in a strong manner is if they simply won't do it by themselves. After reading your post, I went over what Ive done and do in the air, simply by instinct. It's not always cut and dry, but often goes like this. If I give the signal, I tend to tap the hand/wrist then immediately give the signal making sure they see it. If possible, I even try to slide forward enough so they see my face say as I Say Pull. (that part depends on stability) I make sure they see it then tap/ grab the wrist, then let it go keeping it shadowed. If they don't start going for it by then, I go for the assist before the hard deck. Usually, they take over and go for the pull themselves and I only have to shadow the hand, and guide it if necessary. Make enough sense? I seldom have to to force the pull, but when I do, I REALLY try to make them do it. It used to suck with rip cords. If you had to force it, you knew they'd probably drop it. I became very good at holding the cable until they took it from me. Luckily I convinced the DZO to switch over to throw outs not too long after I became in instructor. (1997) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Personal opinion starts here: I find that a student that is not responding to a pull signal gets even more confused when I yank on their hand back to the pilot chute... I have tried it many times and I don't think it ever has worked. Thus, I believe the pull signal and/or hitting their altimeter is the best technique. . I have great success with it. If they don't get the clue, I give them a highly exaggerated clue, and do whatever I can to get them to pull. ------- Note: I can only guess that the students at your DZ are still given chest mount altimeters. Get rid of em. Change over to hand mounts. There are many issues that immediately go away. Chest mounts went away with the "look" portion of Arch "look" reach pull. They're great for other people to see but not so good for a student who just needs to keep his chin up. :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Indeed.... I do agree. In freefall, I would have also encouraged him to pull by attempting to put his hand on the pilot chute handle. -Give the Pull signal, then if needed - take wrist and push it toward the handle If he gets it, he gets it. Even if I force the pull. Then after we land safely and put away the gear, we have a nice debrief and corrective training. I tend to do everything I can to get the student to pull and most of the time, it's successful. I've seen a few that don't bother trying They give the pull signal a bunch of times and then just put the student under a canopy. Painter, your next jump will be easier. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

You should at least Install the compatibility pack. If nothing else, download it and install it. Here's a link to Service Pack 3 and also the Compatibility pack Here's office 2003 service pack 3 Here's Office 2003 Compatibility Pack Microsoft update will also find all the updates as well. The help files are a fairly large download and it won't hurt anything to ignore them. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Why? All you, a relatively new jumper (with all due respect) have provided, is a link to a place which presumably worked out for you. Are you qualified to rate this place as compared to the hundreds of other DZs out there? I'd think the OP would be best served by something other than a mere commercial. I'll rate it then. 2 thumbs up. If I had more thumbs, they'd all be up. What else do you want to know? I have no affiliation by the way. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm sorry to hear they moved away from the Goldwing. Those bikes handle extremely well and offer comfort that is hard to match when it comes to touring bikes. The plant in Ohio was in need of an upgrade. I remember reading about it a couple years back on a bike forum. If I recall, they chose to move it to Japan since there are already great bike assembly lines in place plus they have it pretty dialed in when it comes to building a bike. For a very quickly mass produced bike, Honda is hard to beat. A Honda CBR 1000rr is assembled in an hour. It competes with a BMW 1000r which is pretty amazing in its own right. (plus the maintenance is minimal). My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's what I get for posting from a phone! Got me Spark. I'll use a computer next time. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Look again! The rings are there. It is a Student Wings container complete with parachutes over the top of a Sigma Student harness. I've put that exact rig on many of my students. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Those are words to live by... Ha, I suppose the way I wrote that, it's always true. The last flap is the smallest flap closest to the Yoke, directly under the Reserve cover flap. Close the decorative flap first, (closest to the main), then the small flap Better ??? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If you pack it using the Vector manual, it will actually be easier. The tuck in reserve cover flap version: Regardless of how it may be numbered, close the top flap last. On all models, the closing loop should be no more than 5 inches from washer to end of the closing loop. That's measured fully stretched. With a CYPRES, you can often make it as short as 4 3/4". My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

What day is this? Yes, it's friday! Or something like that. Have a great day. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Hey! thats me. But I knew ahead of time that it needed mods, my rigger, added a BOC, and proper bridal protection, and a cypress pouch. So, a 1991 vector 2 can be a great starter rig if you know whats wrong with it and what work it needs. And.... you don't freefly in it because the riser covers will not stay shut. The main flap MIGHT stay shut. The reserve cover flap might but probably won't stay shut. Don't mistake freeflying for attempting to go head down or trying to get in a sit a few times

Ya know, I'm from that area so I have a lot of experience with the product and the shop. The Eclipse had much potential. Changes were being made slowly by the person who built the harnesses, some other parts and basically ran the shop. He didn't have anything to do with customer relations though. Shoobi may not have had the most ideal business sense but he treated his employees rather well. His ability to piss people was definitely there so his customer base became rather annoyed. Rightly so but the money went mostly back into the shop and employees and fed his 2 kids. Shoobi put a lot of effort into paying his employees including benefits. He expanded his La Selva Beach location and eventually remodeled a space in a warehouse in Aptos CA. He then moved operations there. It was much more suited for production. He was a good designer with a lot of ideas. The person who helped him was good at tweaking his ideas to make them work better. It's too bad the shop wasn't self sustaining because the rig would have become great. He had another rig in the works and unfortunately was never built past one prototype. The name of the rig was leaked and another manufacturer has a popular rig by the same name and one of the features is very similar. The Tandem was definitely a Vector II knock off. All in all it was pretty good but obviously needed refinement. No need to discuss that but there are plenty of them still in action. The business was partially sold to Jesse Rodriquez and Bill Dause. I forget the timeline but the place was still based out of Aptos. The person who basically ran the production eventually went back to school. For a few months He worked for Stunts on a piece by piece basis. The operation moved to Marina and Shoobi was no longer owner. He worked as an employee building harnesses and parts etc. About a year later, Shoobi quit and went back into high dollar finish carpentry. There was no one in the area able to take over production so all the assets were moved to Lodi and nothing became of it. As an after thought, if Jesse would have moved the operations to a warehouse in the San Jose area, the company would still be in action. Oh well, it had great potential but it didn't make it to mainstream. Nowadays and for the past 10 years, he works on mansions. For fun, he rides and races road bikes. (bicycles). He still places in the top along side people half his age. Going back into Carpentry was probably the best thing to happen because he's doing rather well. He doesn't bother doing his own rigging work unless he needs too. He didn't even build his own rig and he doesn't pack his own reserve anymore So you can think whatever you want. Even though his business sense wasn't that great, he was true to his employees and too a fault, put too much money back into making sure they were going to make it. Movie work money went right back into the shop. He burnt himself out being his own worst enemy, made a few bad decisions (read that as basically screwed up). His ego would get the better of him and that didn't help but he tried, eventually he gave up. He's a great guy, if I lived closer to his area, I'd go visit. I think I'll give him a call now to see how he's doing. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Well, I could show you a recent video and let you decide if I'm a skydiver or not

Isn't that an Ody sticker? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Are you Daniel Doran? 3rd tandem jump according to the caption??? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Greetings Who are you? I'd like to know before I support anyone. Did you take this or are you in it? A few details and I'll be happy to help. Oh yeah.. In before the.... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

No. If I was your instructor, I have to save you if you don't. If it's due to a known injury that hinders your ability, I'm being negligent. If you prove you can perform well, we get on the plane. If you're noticeably nursing an injury, chances are you're not proving what is necessary. Some students often require a lot of assistance when they're of sound mind and body. If you're struggling on the ground, it's simply dumb to force it. Now, you haven't said what your injury is, you've offered minimal information. What is it? I'm easy to work with and most instructors are. We usually don't just make someone stand down without good reason. As an instructor, I have to determine if I'm going to allow you to jump. It's not just your jump. I have watched students who's performance prior to putting their gear on was top notch. One instance, when we went over it at the mock up fully geared up, the student started rocking back and forth like a child and could not perform the dive flow. He was panicking. Cleverly we had him decide to stand down and try again later.... which he did the next day. No panic attacks. I've also made the decision myself. Taking someone in the air is always interesting. Taking someone in the air with a known problem that will heal in a few weeks is foolish. What is your injury? Arms need to work to skydive well. They must steer your body, they must help pull, they must steer the parachute and flare. I hope you get to go up soon, but understand it's not just you. You and I are skydivers. The difference is time. I have a lot of time in the sport. Should you choose to , then I wish you to get as much time as you want. Good luck Hope that helps My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes. The person in the black and pink rig doesn't have a GoPro. The cut in laterals are way to long on the black and pink rig. ( Go infinity if you want proper fit with the floating cut in laterals. ). That's all at quick glance. Nothing else seems too far out of the ordinary. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's just dumb. People often get sold on shit equipment directly from their own dropzone. "GREAT STARTER RIG!!!" ... when in fact it's a 1992 vector 2 with a leg pouch throw out or possibly a loose BOC conversion. A Falcon 195 with 850 jumps on it and original lines, Swift reserve. All the components are worn and are not worthy of being sold to an unsuspecting newbie. If people want to by an Argus, fine, let em but I don't think it's wise. If the buyer doesn''t know about the SB, it's not remotely OK to slip it past them. An Argus SB should be posted on the Classifieds in case someone doesn't see gear and rigging. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto