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Just a couple things: even with 21" risers theyre barely long enough to get to the bottom of the reserve container. yes i freefly, probably90% of my jumps are freefly, in just about all orientations. Ive had three prematures. all from a sit/stant orientation. 2 were before i sent my container back for some updates. its a G2 (not full bridle protection) so I sent it back to have G3 flaps installed and a freefly handle. the 3rd was due to some how knocking the pud loose on a climb out. We saw it loose in the video of me. I reviewed the owners manual and there is no reference to orientation of lines/risers other than orientation of stows on the bag to the container. So I sent em an email asking for their recommendations. hey, I could easily be wrong. But thats why we're here right?

actually I lied.. Im only medium pimpin... Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Go BIG or go home bioches! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

STILL didn't answer the damn question.... it dont suprise me. shes a bit scatter brained. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Of course its you! see your in denial about it already! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

I'lll shoot video! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

I don't think it's supposed to go that way. I'm pretty sure you run the risk of a line group hanging up under your reserve, and removing the container from the harness. I would have suspected so if I had not been taught this methond by my JM a mirage owner (I also jump a mirage. I also think that a brief hang-up in that area will contribute to line twists, not making regular sized stows, as you indicated elsewhere. i did have some intermittant line twist problems a few hundred jumps ago, but after a discussion with Bezy I started using shorter stows, it all but eliminated them. Run the lines down to the bottm corners, and then go in, across the bottom, meet in the middle, and S fold the rest. Be careful when placing your bag in the pack tray, not to disturb the loose line in the bottom. now that would make me nervous. when I place the bag in the container its with the stows to the bottom of the container. having any unstowed line in that area, IMHO, would greatly increase the potential for tension knots. the amount of time a canopy will flatten out after a dive is going to be directly related to the angle and speed of the dive. (with my canopy the Nitro) I have noticed and learned (the hard way) that one should fully understand those charachteristics. A learning process of practicing up high and starting a slow progression from double fronts to what ever turn you find is best for your particular canopy. Is it the best canopy to learn to swoop? i dont know. I know that it can (and DID in my case) hurt you. I would recomend it for somone looking to progress in to swooping. As far as size goes, get with your local swoopers, S&TA, and discuss with them because there is no "cookie cutter" formula. just remember: if you ever hear someone telling you your too low, or your going to get hurt, and you think your ahead of the curve. Youre wrong. the ground is hard and it WILL hurt you. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

govt subsidies are not the only reasons fields lay fallow. more and more the cost of inputs to produce a crop of x barely equals the return. Even with the poor corn crop last year the per bushel price was extremly low. More and more farmers are selling to developers. why keep a field that produces a few hundred per acre when you can sell it for thousands. Plus the way of the small farmer is nearly over, they just cant afford the technology and consultants that large corperate farms must have. You'd be amazed at what technologies have to offer farmers now. Plants are being built more and more often, more of them in South america as their farmers convert from soy beans (and expensive crop) to sugar cane. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Dodge gas trucks = shitty ass gass milage. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

How do I keep ending up in these threads? I blame my utter boredom, need for beer and Turtle. its all his fault. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

he didnt place at all, he was a no show! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

ummm... still pretending to be an angel??? Closer. I can buy the pretend part. its like wrestling... you know its fake but you watch it anyway... Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

BINGO! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

sorry for the hijack... but are they hotter than skymama in a pair of assless leather chaps holding a paddle? Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

*** Why DID the chicken cross the road??? why did CLAY cross the road? Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Naaaaa.. She is sort of cute and all and kinda cool for a midget small person... But no chick is worth fighting over. Hey.. how about we rashambo instead?? if we roshambo, I get to go first! oh and read that post above me bioch! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

its all hot stuff. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

thats a nice how do-ya-do! are you walking across the street to that other company yet? Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

thats a lot of stuff... I just go to Nuevo Laredo, home of the best tamales I have ever eaten, and the best margaritas. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Glue! duh! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

the puff, puff give rule does not apply to people J! you want her? youre in for a fight! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

ever see how they harvest peanuts? mmmm. tasty. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

magic. anything unknown is performed by magic. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

nope! shes coming to play with me! and others of course! Lots of tequila, two (yes two) pinanas, lots of mexican food (cooked by me), and limited supervision.... what could POSSIBLY go wrong! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865

Not to mention other agriculture based fuels. Somone wanna take a risky investment? Sugar cane crops. the biofuels produced from them are easier to process and per the inputs cost less to produce. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865