hookitt

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  1. Probably but that joke in similar form is going on in other forums too. Still made you laugh. :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  2. After all the talk, you better win. If you want to race Olav so badly, send him a plane ticket from Empuria Brava. Linner: Meal between lunch and dinner according to urbandictionary. Interesting. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  3. If the drogue bridle was clear like a normal tandem skydive, even if the kill line was cut or broken with some of the sheath still intact, it wouldn't go anywhere nor would it collapse. When the drogue release is pulled, then it would leave. The main pin would be pulled leaving the remaining kill line and an open container. You're not going to be able to cut the sheath anyway. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  4. I was at my brothers house on Christmas Eve. My niece painted my toes. I said no of course and she said. "I'll remove it ... duh"! My reply was she'll forget and I'll forget then I'll find my toes metallic purple at the exact wrong time. Guess what color my toe nails are? It happened once exactly like that with baby blue. I woke up one morning and went to the gym. I was about to hop in the shower and got one sock off ... f*** !!! You'd think I just wouldn't care but no, I went home and showered. We didn't have any acetone so I just scraped it off. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  5. Greetings I'm just curious, why are you suggesting setting the MTO to 576? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  6. Have you ever searched the word ==>Search? Lots of hits for that one. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  7. It's like that in any forum. I didn't see your question but may go search for it after reading this gem Remember, skydivers, especially internet skydivers, tend to think they're rather cool but in reality, only the cool ones are. You're right though, if someone asks a question, you'll likely get hammered for no good reason unless the first couple replies are from someone helpful. Good luck! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  8. You can try the contact information on this webite http://www.karinahollekim.com I don't think it's up for distribution yet but it might be. Also PM Jeb ... you're probably better off finding him on b a s e jumper .com My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  9. Gotcha... thanks. Makes better sense. When I go back to the DZ and pick up the parts (should be by next weekend), I'll either send them to you or send good quality pictures. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  10. That's a little exaggerated. Twenty minutes for anyone with reasonable sewing skills who has done it, or something similar, before. It's certainly not master rigging. I recently replaced every stitch of a "Master" rigger's work by the way. Not a knock to Master riggers, just a blow to the title if that's all I had to go by. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  11. I have the Consew version and it works well. 100 bucks is nothing. If it works, pick it up. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  12. I already stated that I haven't seen the latest dolphin so the date doesn't matter. According to the pictures on the website, it doesn't appear to have changed in the the last couple years. My experience in freeflying and rigging is not limited, so unless the rig has changed, my original post still stands. The latest Mirage and Vector Infinity, VooDoo, and more, are good examples of secure rigs for acrobatic type moves, The Dolphin is not in the the same category as those rigs. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  13. If you notice on the website, they don't put pictures up of the rig being used for freeflying. Can you freefly in it? Yes of course. Is it truly suitable? Not really. I haven't seen the latest Dolphin but I've watched the progression of freeflying since I began skydiving. There are folks that insist a rig is ok to fly in because they've done it several times. Well, many of us (and the people wearing the rigs) have seen too many things not go the way they'd want. To put it in perspective. Head down is a position. Anyone can go head down for a while. One that may or may not be actually straight down. Sit is just a position as well. Take that rig and do lots of layouts, and stop in a stand and spin it. Stop, do 3 cartwheels, then stop head down and perform a helicopter. Stop, flip to feet then toss yourself to several front flips stopping on your back ... you get the idea. The dolphin would not put me at ease the way it comes from the factory. Hope that helps. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  14. Skatings a bad ass skill! No need to be ashamed of that one. Funny thing is I hit up the skate park (on a skateboard) near here and as rusty as I am, was able to drop in and still ride one wheel over the edge. It was a bit dodgy but not bad for my out of shape uncurrent ass. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  15. I'll take skiing any day, and yes you'll look like a stupid cunt on the first try. If you do go snowboard, take the lesson. The first time I snowboarded, some reason I just knew how. That was years ago when I was dialed in with skiing and skateboarding. Years later, I was back to having almost no clue. We took a bunny hill run and just happened upon a lesson in progress. A few minutes of eavesdropping later, we could navigate the bunny hill and took off to bigger and better. When you wipe out... BLAM... you're down. Wear a helmet and wrist guards. Skiing... If you can skate well, and since you're emotionally scarred, that leads me to believe you can, you'll probably pick it up pretty quick. Poles are great! Being able to skate your way to places is GREAT!!! having your forward foot at 90 degrees trying to push your way to the next destination like you would on a skateboard ... is not great. My opinion. It's still fun to snowboard and it seems people pick it up pretty well so take your pick and go for it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  16. Just surfing the site or an ad in general? It doesn't come through the filters I have in place here plus I'm using ad blocker locally. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  17. How long are you here near SF? I apologize wholeheartedly for missing the the dinner. My lame excuse was being a knucklehead after eating 4 days worth of prednisone and forgetting what day it was Have a great trip. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  18. That's how I figured it out (no way he's serious) Nah, looks familiar from some pictures we traded. The day thing is very intriguing. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  19. 270 footer? Nice daytime object! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  20. Unless you were traveling very high speed, it should not have mattered much. You'd be amazed at how quickly you slow down. A few seconds on your belly flat, legs straight, arms palms down basically superman style, looking down, you'll go pretty slow in just a couple seconds. The extent of that damage makes me believe the canopy was enroute to failure at any moment and you were just the lucky one. If the canopy opened so hard to cause failure, you'd have know it. Brisk is brisk, REALLY hard is like an auto crash, sometimes worse. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  21. *Nice dramatic projection. You are a talented troll. Rahspekt!!! To answer the question... no they they haven't but apparently potential clients have... behold Did the demand go down? Not really. It seems though, that people who are concerned are not the riggers . My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  22. Greetings this is __Tim__. Sent you a PM with the rest. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  23. I get no reply? Come on man, where's the love? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  24. Whatever it said past that point was incorrect. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  25. I'll be in on that with you! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto