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oh, i know who you are talking about. Met them at WFFC i think in 2006. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Seriously... How do you know what he was going through? There may be so much more to it than what you could see on video? It looked to me like head was being forced forward like maybe a bad line twist all the way down to his neck? Could that be a possibility? Who are we to judge a guy who cut away his main canopy, deployed his reserve and saved himself? .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

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Here is a video clip i found on youtube. All you guys playing pokerstars, you got to try this one. If someone wants to look at their cards you get to see each time they have a look! Brilliant graphics. Have a look and see you on the tables. http://youtube.com/watch?v=vJkpmx87DxA .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

prefer balloon jumps personally. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

I've never seen anyone top Japan's jump prices. When I started jumping at Perris there was a freestyle team from Japan there. Major reason for being in the states was the jump price. According to them their lift tickets at home were $100 USD per jump. Each! ltdiver You sure it was not the Korea team?? We have them come to NZ as well. We actually banned them from jumping after the team instructor had a cypres fire because he lost alttitude awareness and did not pull anything. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

again, not sure about this but in the UK i think it is mandatory that you have a cutaway on your helmet. The only reason i am not sure was because i was an overseas jumper and the only one who seemed to be 'allowed' to not have one. I was also allowed to jump with one on my 'b' license because i had many mroe jumps than the 'c' license requirements, also 'allowed' to film my own cat-something dive. I was under the impression it was mandatory but i also seemed to be allowed a different set of rules than the permanent uk jumpers during my years there. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

the final 3 is fucking intense innit! I can not even bring myself to play seriously after my win in the early hours of the morning all amped up on codine (tooth pain) .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

I have a Skyhook on my Vector3 and have no issue wearing it when doing camera jumps. I also have one reserve ride that was skyhook deployed from a cutaway during spinning line twists under a Velocity. And I don't buy the "caught on camera gear" argument for not having RSLs or Skyhooks. It won't matter if you have do or don't have an RSL or Skyhook if you cutaway a canopy that has some part of it partially wrapped around your helmet or camera gear. You've got bigger issues than whether or not the RSL/Skyhook deploys your reserve as you cutaway a main that is snagged on your helmet. You may spend the rest of your life trying to get that snag undone or cut off. It may be better to have as much material above your head when trying to deal with some type of snagged material, line or riser. Mike Even though i stated about it snagging, i also agree that their are certain times that where you would want as much material above your head as possible but to me that scenario is the last and final resort. However, I do agree with you about your fair points about how in the shit you are when you have a canopy around you. I personally have been caught on a door of a cessna and hanging from it. Once the door handle broke i had lines wrapped around my arm. Thank god i had something like 10,000 feet to get that sorted out though. Different story if it was at pulltime. The thing is, there are so many different scenarios fo what can go wrong. Alot of people will call me a fool but i dont jump with an RSL or a cypres. I think i may buy a cypres shortly however after much deliberation. Why dont i jump with a cypres? Well i have had an experience where i am glad i did not have a cypres but that is another thread. However, I would feel like a fucking muppet/moron/idiot if i had a skyhook or a cypres and had it unhooked or turned the one time i needed it. That is all i am saying. At just over 100 jumps and maybe this person has never experienced a cutaway that maybe it is a good idea she has all the help she needs? She would have been trained with the knowledge of having an rsl their to pull the reserve out so maybe it is a good thing she keeps it on..... maybe it is not. I don't know if it means anything to anyone else but it discourages me that her rigger has said that he does not like them and that she has had to come here and ask a bunch of people she does not know what we think.... in her writing it sounds like she wants to keep it hooked up and that she is looking for reasons as to why she should keep it hooked up so she has reasons to stand up to her rigger. Something else that sits in my mind about this thread is how the vigil is banned at dropzones in the uk, i dont know why that bugs me with this thread but it does. It would be interesting to hear who the rigger is as it sounds like my rigger and if it is, i say that he only says it because he can't afford one himself and the sneaky bastard will try and buy it off you at a cheap price. However if it is the rigger down in Netherhavon, well i would want to hear what his reasons are as i found him to be a good rigger. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

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Not speaking for DSl but you will find that not many camera fliers would ever jump with a skyhook or any form of RSL. Say their main was cutaway and then got caught on their cameras they would not want their reserve coming out straight away. They would need time to be able to clear their canopy and make it their decision when their reserve comes out. A RSL would pull their reserve out right as they cut away so if it got snagged they would be in a great deal of trouble. Just thought i may be able to shed some light as to why some people would not have an rsl on under any circumstance. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

I can't believe you bouught bonfire trash talk to gear and rigging. I won big at poker.... a guy says that I can buy him a rig then, I say I don't sell talons like he suggested I buy him so he is out of luck as I don't get them cheap so I can't buy him one. he then guesses that I buy him a wings, I said you don't get a second chance. where on earth did I say he bbought the wrong rig. that is a couple of guys having a laugh with each other over me coming into some cash and he tells me to buy him a rig. I think that is really low of you to say you have quoted me ut twisted my words and taken the joke from bonfire to disscredit me in gear and rigging. I really thought highly of you and have always praised and respected your knowledge and avise and was very happy to see you take on the photography forum but showing people a so called quote of mine "bought the wrong rig" when I said nothing of the sort and you just twisted my words and context to damn my opinion is really sad of you. please go back and read that thread in the bonfire again as I take that as a personal attack and insult. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

excuse me, I'm just tired. been up selling gear in the uk and slovenia all night while in australia. never said aanythinng about ure name. I have not clicked that link yet but will. I have no right to tell anyone that they bought the wrong rig and as selling gear is my profession it would be out of my character to ever bad mouth any skydiing gear. yes a riggers opinion should bear more weight as an instructors should just as bill booths should. a person with under 200 jumps in the uk does not jump camera and a skyhook on a rig does not need to be dissconnected... I am pretty sure that with her amount of jumps that in the uk she would have to have an rsl anyway, also pretty sure that if you have an rsl with that many jumps in the uuk that it must be connected so why dissconnect the skyhook for an rsl? I could possibly be very wrong about that so sorry if I am, I just remember when I was load master that at my dz in uk I had to ckeck the rsl for b license and below... maybe it was just dzso rule. I never called the person stupid (moron), I said don't be one who may end up regreting it when they have it there... it was meant in encouragment and not in a mean way... I am not a mean person. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Where the hell did i suggest that someone was stupid for not using their skyhook? All i ever offered was my opinion and you come here and try to disscredit me and twist my words. Last thing i expected from a moderator was to attack other members opinions and twist their words. P.S. you are also a 'non-face' on the internet so i guess your opinion also means jackshit. We are in the forums right? we are all non-faces on the internet... does that mean we can not have an opinion? even though it is in the forums the discussion is taking place? But hey, i guess you are a moderator so what you say must be the only opinion worth listening to. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

what are you talking about 'bought the wrong rig'. If i said that surely it was a joke, maybe dry humour but a joke.. I think someone who buys a skyhook would have bought it because they had investigated it and made the decision to purchase one.... then to turn around because of one persons opinion and try to stop using it is crazy... all i am saying is how would the OP feel if she/he does dissconnect it and then causes harm to ones self only to later find that they could have avoided that by having the skyhook in place. Surely if you want to stop using the skyhook you would have it uninstalled. It is like jumping with a cypres but not having it turned on the one time you need it. I am giving the person another way to think about it. Saying that i said someone was stupid because they bought the wrong rig is pathetic. I dont recall saying this and if i did i am sure it would have been in a dry humour way but what has that got to do with this thread? Sounds like you have heard me say something that you do not agree with and now feel the need to drag it into this forum so that my opinion can be rendered worthless. Not very cool of you. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

maybe so but you would not buy a skyhook then. What is the point in having something if you are not going to use it. I know there are reasons to jump with a cypres turned off but i cant think of any at 200 jumps. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Thats cheap. It can be around $33USD in australia. and $45usd in the uk .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Wow, maybe you should point your love elsewhere. If you have a skyhook dont be a moron and disconnect it. Imagine fucking yourself up one day and realizing that if only you had your skyhook connected. Would you jump with your cypres turned off? .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

because it is sunday and it is too hot. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

no mate, you dont get a second chance at it. Game over. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Sorry, but i dont sell talons. Aeordyne, wings but not talons. Sorry but out of luck. Maybe if you had ordered the correct gear you would have been lucky. p.s., i dont have any rigs at the moment. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Well big enough for me. This was a phase thing. Their is 5 levels and you start at level 1. This was a special invite and instead of the usual $700 for first prize this one was for $7000 Here is a photo of me 'gotitagain' just before i took the other guy down to take the first prize. I was short stack for more than half the competition. I am blown away right now. To get to this point you had to win or place in the top 2 of each round. So after about 10 hours of poker and winning 5 tables in a row got a nice pay day. The first level was an invite with points so it cost me nothing. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

it was a good movie if you know what you are looking for. Have a look for the 'DHARMA' sign like the one on Mission impossible 3 where tom cruise was running down the street. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Actually maybe i did not see it and it was just one of those wives tales that was drilled into me and i remember it as seeing it....... It is a very vivd picture in my mind but i cant remember the end result apart from an ambulance... again, maybe it happened, maybe it did not. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .

Considering all the legal drama that Don and his family are going through (non-skydive related) it seems it may not be happening. I put a thread up in bonfire last week and there is nobody saying it is on. I would suggest you head to the summerfest at SDC if it is not open as they put an awesome boogie on at the same time. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .