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I have skype on my compu6ter and also have it downloaded to my mobile phone. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Thanks for your post. Just my thoughts on your thoughts. I also dont like them too much in business but i am fine wit it now. I am only a 'sub-dealer' for cypres 2. I like AAD's for my customers though so i just sell it as a service. I do not make any money on the cypres but i feel if my customer needs a cypres then i am happy to do the work for them and not charge them any profit at all. Maybe you may look at it the same well, it is a public service dealing with someone else's AAD. I make money on selling canopies etc, you make money on rigging, however we both give back to the community by dealing with their cypres units for free. I dont think that is all that bad of a thing to do.
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Just to let you know mate... For the price of doing AFF in the UK you could fly to NZ or OZ and the ful course for the same price including air ticket. My suggestion to you though if you want cheap and an amazing experience is to fly to either skydivechicago.com or Perris in the USA to do the course. Amazing dropzones with world champion shkydivers and fantastic vibes. If doing it in the UK, Look up a guy called Andy Ford. He will get you in the tunnel during preperationg for AFF, i dont know if i agree with that but Andy Ford is a world class skydiver and an aff instructor in the uk. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Not at all mate. It will all be taught to you as well as hand signals etc. Focusing on gear at the moment is the last thing i could think of as something for you to learn about right now. The reason i say that is because your instructor will show you the gear piece by piece and we have no idea of what gear you will be using and what sort of system. Here you go though. The bag is called 'container' from the container to the strings are called risers. The strings are called lines. The brakes you pull down on are your sterring lines/brakes Once the dbag is out and the canopy is open the d-bag hangs off the line from the top of the parachute to the pilot chute (little parachute that pulls big parachute out of d-bag) The top half off the container houses the reserve and the bottom houses the main canopy. on the front of your body joined to the straps of the container, you have the cut away handle and the emergency parachute handle. not telling you what side cause you might have a 2 pull system. When the reserve is popped out the reserve d bag is not connected to the reserve parachute. happy hunting for that. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Actually, the course i was on in New Zealand is open to UK students and the UK government gives student loans for you to go to new zealand and join the course. Same for australians. Anyway, that is a different story and i don't feel right talking about it on this website. Go to Hinton and learn to jump, Maddy will look after you. If you are going to learn in spain makes sure you phone your local uk dropzone and ask if they respect the place you are gong to. There has been places in spain that do the whole aff levels in 1-2 days and instructors at uk dropzones may not respect the quality of teaching. Just make sure before you go to spain to learn. Dont get me wrong there are some very good schools in spain. Dropzones i suggest in the UK, Hinton, Hibaldstow, Langar. I have no experience with any others in the UK after living there on and off for the past 4 years. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Not really, MY gear prices are far too cheap for that .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Why is that,?? I dont really think my website has anything of value for him apart from maybe a few stupid/fun videos. I was thinking a diagram of a rig was the best thing i could come up with and you have that on every order form. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Well, i Agree with you 100%. The thing is my reply was to a person whi is trying to learn from the internet, so he would be the person entering "THINKING" he knows it. I take it he is not a dz baby or dz bum that has the benefit of being able to enter "Knowing" it. Self teaching can only lead to "thinking you know it", because he has no idea if what he is readiing or watching is correct. I was not saying that reading the how it works would over shadow his mind. I was tyring to point out that it really has no benefit at this point of time.... I then just went on about everything i said as i picture this guy trying to know it all before he starts and i thought maybe i could tell him it may be good to not think he knows it all. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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I can't help you with what you have requested, however if you click on the link in my signature you will go to my website. There you can go to my 'custom ordering' page. Don't get any ideas though as you are nowhere near ready to even think about what sort of gear to buy but you can download order forms. On the order forms, you will see all the different options and different panels of a rig as well as a canopy. Now, if you want to go and play around with designing a rig www.skydivewings.com have the best 3-D rig designer around where you can colour in the container and turn it etc. I dont know if it will do anything for you but it will give you an idea of how a rig is put together, each place you can put a different colour is a different panel. Also will list all the different options for you on a container, however it will not really give you any type of heads up. Maybe if you would like to watch some dope skydiving videos or some massive world records like 400 people in formation at freefall you can go to the biggest skydive video database www.skydivingmovies.com Just dont start watching AFF videos to learn from, watch for pleasure but always remember, every instructor has different methods and if you pick up a method different from his then he will fail you until you learn his way, a fail means paying for the jump again. Peace. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Im glad you listen mate. Seriously, Dont try and get ahead at all as the only thing you will end up with is a disadvantage. When i started jumping my AFF instructors only showed us video of each level after we passed each one. Pass AFF lv1 and then we get to watch level 2. They do this for a reason. However, your interest must be burning inside, i know how this feels. My way into the sport was 7 years ago, i was accepted on a course where the government gave us the money to do 200 skydives in 5 months including AFF, The day i got accepted i packed up my car drove for 14 hours and a 4 hour ferry ride to the dropzone and sat at that dropzone every day for a month watching jumping before the course started. I know how it feels. If you want to be better prepared for AFF, dont laugh, but go and learn a bit about meteorology. You will find many days that you will go to the DZ to do your aff and have to sit about because of high winds, low cloud cover etc. Maybe if you learnt a bit about meterology you would then understand instead of bitch and moan and feel unwanted like a lot of students. Go and lear about the pressure, learn about turbulance, all the different types and learn about dew point etc. This will help you for sure. A key thing you will soon learn is that (in my country anyway) Students can not jump in winds over 15kn. Learn about the weather, Maybe learn about packing as well. I am sure if you went to the dropzone and told someone at the desk you would like to learn to pack while you wait for your AFF course to start then they will teach you. Because of weather holds i actually could pack before my first level and my first jump was on a rig that i packed myself. Packing, weather and maybe even do some reading about Hypoxia. None of these things will cause you harm to know at the moment but they will make you a more patient and pleasant student and give you knowledge ahead of other class members. It will not mean anything but it will later when you know all this stuff. Blue Skies. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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MAte, I suggest you just sit back and calm down. Your entusiasim is fantastic, but let me ask you this question.. Would you like to turn up to your AFF course as a piece of putty so your instructor can mold you into a safe and good jumper? or would you like to turn up and be the guys who has been studying the sport and thinks he knows things because he has read about it and is not a piece of putty to be molded. Same goes with watching videos of AFF and getting ahead of yourself. If you go to AFF classes and have picked up bad habits or anything different from what your instructor wants to teach you then you could find yourself failing some classes not to mention be a danger to yourself. Go to your AFF course with a blank mind and let the sport be taught to you by the man who is teaching you, He/she will not like it if you turn up and keep asking questions about things you have read or if you are the person who thinks he knows anymore than the students who are there that know nothing and are prepared to be shapped HIS WAY. Trust me mate, You reading up about how a rig works and the schematics of a rig could be potentially dangerous to you, I mean do you know if your rig you will be learning on is One pull or two pull cut away system, or is it B.O.C? For your own good, go there as a blank page and dont get ahead of yourself. As I said, your enthusiasm is fantastic and i bet you want to make thousands of jumps and pass AFF with flying colours as a safe skydiver..... Be a blank page mate, and you will be everything you are dreaming of. Good luck. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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I cant wait for piers to call the mobster actor those names. it went something like this... Mobster:, Donald, he called me a fat italian. Piers: No I didn't. Piers:, I called you a VERY fat italian. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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You have to watch the first episode. She is trying so fucking hard to act like a change calmed woman but really she is lying again and thinks she is hotshit over the celebrities because she has been on it. She would not let them use their contacts cause she would get out played while being the PM and when they do she takes credit and usus the celebs that did not use their contacts as escape goats. She is a right whore .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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To be honest, that happened to a friend of mine. I went through a time where i had to sleep with my head raised because of that feeking but now only have it after eating spicy ffod. The cause of this permanent condition to my friend that you are having, for him was an ulcer. The cause of the problem while you are sleeping is gastro reflux and GRAVITY. The trick is to place a housing brick under the head base of the bed to raise it up a bit for it to not happen. Have you tried this as it is exactly the same as buying the recliner to sleep in. Raise the bed on an angle so you are not lying flat., some principle of the recliner. I suggest getting checked for an ulcer otherwise it will just be a bad non curable case of reflux. Do some reading there is alot out there and it is pretty common. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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You think he might need to find a canopy first? .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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I can see how you would feel that way about the Safire 2 being slushy if you like the feel of the sabre 2. I completly disagree with you more than anything...... however, that right there proves your point you are making to him 100% It's a funny thing how i find a safire 2 to feel like an extension of my body and a sabre 2 the opposite while you have the opposite opinion. As you say, every person has a different feel to canopies. Just like wearing a pair of pants or a pair of shoes or sunglasses etc. Your statement also proves again that the difference amongst similar/same class canopies are HUGE. side note- I have only ever jumped a safire 2 at the max recommended wing loading for a long period of time. When i did jump a safire 2 2 sizes up than what i like (129) i had the most shoking openings ever, However i have to presume that was the packer being a wanker to me as i had never felt or witnessed such slamming openings before.... I mean these hurt, but i cant see that having anything to do with the wingloading. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Gastro reflux. I only get it from spicy food and sometimes lying flat on a bed. It is just one of those things, read about it. I still eat spicy food and then afterwards remember the feeling i have to have with the hot sour taste in the back of my throat when i least expect it. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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First episode- BRILLIANT! Loving Piers in this and kill omarosa .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Stomach ulcer? IS it gastro reflux you are suffering? I love spicy food but now feel hot unpleasent burps coming up all the time. IS this what happens to you? .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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This happened in 2006. Never knew this till now. How the hell would this go not noticed? http://www.pokerlistings.com/wsop-chip-mystery-remains-unsolved-13519 .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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YEah, it was the first to be telivised and he was an ametur, however he makes alot of money playing poker for a living so i would not call him a one hit wonder, maybe a one hit wonder in a massive tournament but this profile seems like more than a one hit wonder. I mean, you cant expect the same person to win the WSOP series more than once. It may not be much in tournament winning but realise he also plays major cash games. http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/37840/chris-moneymaker.htm .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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I can tell a massive difference between the Sabre 2, pilot and Safire 2. Massive difference. In regards to prices being cheaper, that has nothing to do with it as you say. The way pricing is worked is that the manufacturer sets their 'retail price', they then set their distributor prices to the dealer. The price the distributor is then selling to you for id dependant on how much percentage they put on top of the prices they have to pay. For example, you may see a Pilot for $1800 at one place and for $1500 at another place, or even lower and at both prices you may see the sabre 2 being more expensive. The reason the sabre 2 may be more expensive (example only) is because the manufacturer charges the distributor more than the other manufacturer charges. You are correct, prices has nothing to do with it. In this world, you pay for what you get, however i dont think that applies to skydiving equipment. Jump the different canopies, there is huge difference, som have lighter toggle pressure, some feel like it is flying you or you are flying it, some open faster, some open slower some have bigger arcs than others, some have better flares and some are more forgiving when flaring. They are all different and they all pack up different in volume. For example, A sabre 2 might fit into a wings container when the same size pilot will not. investigate them all, jump them all. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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If maybe you mean $200 is too much for a sit n go, yes, usually it would be but not when the players have come from all around the world for a $6k buy in event. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Or 10 ciggaretes to actually be able to get the enjoyment of a full one. Sit'n'gos are when you have a single table tournament and winner takes 70%, 2nd place takes 30% $200 is the buy in. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
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Yeah, I guess you can compare KISS to Michael Jackson .Karnage Krew Gear Store .