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00-14-A5-9B-CF-DA -----and------ 00-FF-2D-B7-9A-CB Not quite as entertaining as 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Another design has no velcro or any other fastener to close part of the pouch, The first one I saw was being used by Steve Curtis. With the main in the bag, the pouch is tight. The lines pay out quite nicely. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Actually it's prayeree. I screwed it up in the pub. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Seriously Tom, I don't care. If that was offensive to you then my apologies. nic is my friend so it was funny that mild mannered nic was temporarily put off the board... I still think it's funny. By the way is my dvd in the mail yet? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes and yes... thanks! It just so happens my avatar in another forum, is a Lords of Dogtown logo. (Edit: and now this one) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Perhaps, I dont' really care but seeing my buddy nic was banned cracked me up. Speaking of crane flies, nic and I were flying off a crane soon after the post I made from his computer. Posted and still had time to jump. Good times. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Seriously... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Are you drinking some nice milk with your fluffie cookie? When I was a child, we left milk and cookies out for Santa Claus. He has a big white fluffy beard and is jolly... you're jolly too. Slappie is happy

That was posted by ExAFO in the "I f**king LOVE this video!!! " thread. It now conveniently located in the Recycle Bin. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It wasn't you I was making fun of The video is great. :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

No theory at all. There are many bags out there with pouches sewn into them. mjosparky posted these pictures in a thread about tube stoes. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 That is just one design. There are similar bags in use on a daily basis. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's how we interpreted it. :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I believe there's a nice shot of it happening on a jump from Welshmans in Moab on the Team Hold My Beer dvd. I don't have the tape it was shot on so I'll have to wait till I get a new copy. I THINK Faber has another shot of it on a jump we did from a small bridge but I'm not certain. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Much better. Thanks for the close up. You are definitely correct. It looked like the lines were free of the tailgate on monitor I was looking at earlier. On freefall jumps, I've seen many side to side, nose or even tail first expansion even with a properly secured tailgate. Either way though, it will help keep the lines in place until linestretch. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nice!... Are you also saying he had to wait until you were ready to fly with a tandem because he wouldn't jump with you without a drogue to keep him stable? Kidding Jarret. What a treat to jump with your own Pop. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Wanna be my "head" Groupie Is that what you really meant? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Actually that shot is after the tailgate let go. If it constricted the parachute so much as to only allow front first expansion everytime, it would be frightening. I've freeze framed several openings and even with a tailgate, tail first expansion sometimes occurs. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Deliberately? Why though... to be cool? I doubt it. I simply quit doing it years ago. I see many people do it for no reason at all other than they were not taught to. I teach stowing them. The excess brake line on my canopy is very short. It doesn't pose a snag hazzard and for the life of me can't see how it would cause a premature brake release as Chuck mentioned. The hazzard would be putting an appendage through the excess line then clearing the brakes and I'm not likely to do that. Yeah .. anything can happen but it's still not likely. That said, as promised, I stowed the excess this weekend. I figured out a reasonable method and used it. While I don't feel it made any difference whatsoever in preventing a premature brake release, it proves to be a good example to others. On that note alone, I'll continue to stow it. Like I mentioned, the amount of excess line on my canopy is rather short. The sketchy ones I paid attention to this weekend were much much longer. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Simple answer, No. D-lines can be involved as well. Cutting the other one would not help. Flying it straight with one toggle, one riser is not difficult. Expanded answer. If a line over occurs on a skydiving parachute it will clear or it won't clear. If it does not clear, use the cutaway and reserve handle for what they are designed for. Remember, the big 7 cell canopy is going slow. It's nothing like a rear riser swoop landing then transitioning to toggles. Also, flying with nothing attached to the trailing edge is much more challenging than keeping the other toggle. Landing a canopy with nothing to secure the trailing edge is touchy as well. He had no option but to cut the offending line. He also was very lucky the canopy was controllable enough to actually use the hook-knife. In skydiving, just go to the second parachute. It’s quicker, easier and safer. Since that was from a BASE jump, the following reply is more suitable for BASE than it is for skydiving. Keep the remaining toggle. Test flare with one riser, one toggle. Prepare to PLF, then flare and PLF. There are few reasons to legitimately lose both toggles from a slider down BASE jump. There's no need to go into that. One not so legitimate reason is mis-rigging. On a slider down/off jump, the toggles don't go through the guide rings on the risers. If for whatever reason, you lose both toggles you have no choice but to fly and land with rears. I've watched un-prepared jumpers flare too high and too hard stalling the canopy completely, the canopy falls backwards and so does the jumper from whatever height the stall occurred. It seems that height is usually around 6 to 10 feet. Ouch… If you choose to BASE jump, practice rear riser flares so you have a clue when/if you need to land that way. Losing one toggle for whatever reason, it's best to keep the other toggle whether you use it or not for landing. Flying with one toggle and one riser is much easier, especially turning toward the side with the toggle attached. Landing with one toggle and one riser is much easier too. More stopping power and better accuracy control. Before arguing about symmetry, go fly a large 7 cell and practice using one toggle and one riser to steer and flare. Landing that way is optional. You may be surprised at how well it works. Carefully steer the canopy the direction you wish to land, prepare to PLF, flare, and whether you need to or not, just PLF. I watched a botched flippy doo and the person lost a toggle. He landed using one toggle and one riser. He PLFed even though he could have easily stood up. I lost a toggle doing something less than smart and did exactly the same thing. I’ve practiced landing with just rears. I can do it with confidence but it’s far easier to control with one of each. Hope that helps. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Fantastic.

If only the really ate mosquitos, they'd have a purpose. There are a bunch of annoying crane flies in my home right now. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That was my point. It's silly to say people think it's cool. That's internet speak. Keep in mind, it's not something I suggest to others, it's simply what I've grown accustomed to. This weekend, I'll make a conscious effort to actually stow them. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I haven't stowed the excess on mine for 1000's of jumps and not once did cool occur to me. Odd statement, probably true in a very small selection of people but in the grand scheme of things, internet only. I'd quit stowing them when velcro attached toggles were common. The most common design used that pile strip to hold the excess. It covered 1 inch of usable surface and it was too far down the riser to be effective any. It also aided in fraying the spectra line After demoing a canopy on risers that did not have any stowing method, I stopped. I've never had an issue then again, I look at my toggles before taking them off the risers and after pulling the slider down. If back then, I'd thought of a better way, I would stow them now but after a while, the thought quit occuring to me. My single parachute rig has dacron lines and a very good velcro closed excess brake line stowage method. My skydiving rig came with poorly designed stowing method so again, I don't use it. Velcro is evil to hma, vetran and spectra... period. If your design is a good one, then share it so all the lazy people in the world might stop being lazy ... or cool... whatever. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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