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and besides, you gotta be relaxed when you exit the plane if you want to perform best (at least I know I do). When you relax, things can happen. Although it's not that bad if the door is already open- let out a 'farewell fart' and jump.

In average I'd guess between 5 and 10, maybe 15. With our s/l progression, you have to demonstrate you can arch well and do stable exits as well as find the dummy ripcord before you do your first freefall-which lasts about 2 seconds, since it's just exit and pull. From there, you gradually progress- 5, 7, 10, 15, 20.... seconds learning basic freefall maneuvers. When you prove you've mastered them all, you're allowed to go all the way up...and learn some more.

First of all, to the nearly-20% of people who said they never fart in the plane; LIARS!! And second- I noticed blaming it on the students is not an option. Not blaming it directly, but if there is a student on the load, people will probably think it's him/her. Fear does funny things to the digestive tract, you know. Anyway, the proper procedure on our plane is to walk to the door, open it a bit, stick your rear end out and do what you gotta do. For to do it inside the plane might provoke 'counter-attacks', and before you knew, we'd be going down with the pilot unconscious at the controls.

Wow, the man's got taste! [edit]Hey, look at that- I'm an Old Hand too. Want another beer, Nacmac?

I never said I like your rig. Or at least I didn't mean it. Anyway, distinguishing design is how the Icon is described on AR webpage. And I think it looks even worse than your G4, hard as that is. (You do know I'm joking, right? Your rig is cool, but I think mine will look better, especially if I get it tie-dyed.)

All-inclusive price for an Icon at Rigs&Things is 1444$, which is about the same as a G4 before you add hip/chest rings, stainless options etc. Seems like a good deal, but I find the "new design that distinguishes you from the crowd" pretty unattractive, especially with the "A" logo on the center flap. Too bad it doesn't look even more like the Atom Legend.

Try headdown.net. Not as many movies,but most are quite good and the speed is very decent.

Since we're doing long ones... A man walks into a bar with his dog. The bartender, upon seeing the dog, goes into a frenzy and starts yelling; "Hey, buddy, there's a sign on the door saying 'No dogs allowed'! Can't you fucking read or something? Get the mutt out of here!" But the man says: "Look, I don't dare leave this dog outside- he's special. He can talk and he's pretty smart, too. Look, I'll prove it to you!" (turns to the dog): "Bob, tell the nice man here what's that thing on top of the house that keeps the rain out." The dog looks up and says....."Roof!" The bartender looks at he man; "Is this your idea of a joke? 'Cause I ain't laughing! Get your stinking dog out of my bar right! f!#"ing! now!" And the man goes; "No, look sorry, that was a stupid question. Please, just give me another chance and I'll prove that he can really talk!" Bartender says "Okay, but he better say something now." So the man turns to the dog again and says; "Bob, tell us who was the greatest baseball player of all time." The dog looks up and says....."Roof!" The bartender, of course, loses it completely and throws both of them out of the bar. As the man is getting up from the sidewalk the dog looks up at him with a puzzled expression and says....."DiMaggio?"

Three guys walk into a bar; first falls down, second falls downs, but the third managed to duck.

Almost certainly (unless you're friends with a tandem master who's willing to take you up for a price of a ticket and a beer). Still, consider how seriously you want to skydive- if you're at all uncertain, do a tandem first.

Yes, at least until your student-mandatory aad fires the reserve- that might hurt a little. I'd suggest doing a tandem, or two, or three, until you're certain this is the sport for you. S/L progression might be cheaper, but you'll have to wait a bit until you can enjoy freefall. And anyway, if you find out this is the sport for you, you will spend a lot of money on it. It's up to you to decide how to spend it.

I forgot to update- it's actually 121. Hope it hurts!

From what I understand , you should first learn how to sit-fly well. For that, you'll be better off with some tight pants or shorts and a loose, tucked-in sweater. Actually, that's exactly how I started experimenting with sit-flying after reading those articles ChilleReleno suggested. FF pants are (again, from what I understand) better for (learning) head-down flying; having more drag on your legs would probably just slow you down in learning the head-up positions. There have been numerous discussions about the quality of different brands of ff suits- search the forums for this, but remember that it's the way you fly your body that makes the most difference, not what you wear. Although getting a baggier suit if you're a big guy/fast faller can help a bit, and vice versa.

"If in doubt- no, you won't make it over those trees." Can be used in conjunction with; "It is better to walk for twenty minutes than to spend two hours getting your canopy off a tree." I can from my own experience confirm that those truly are words of wisdom.

Welcome to the ever-growing group of people I hate for finishing their academic duties while I still sweat and suffer. Good luck with the exam, you bastard!

Check out the FAI webpage for 'official' disciplines. (btw, I believe 'Artistic' includes freeflying, freestyle and skysurfing)

Liquid panty remover...hehe, I like that one. But I'm also a student, so I completely understand that even reasons like the ones you posted are by no means neccesary to get pissed. And my condolences about the babes, Nick, that sucks. What's the world coming to when getting a woman drunk won't help you get her into bed?

Yes, that's what makes it all so exhilarating for us, doesn't it?

That really sucked! But let's see if we can make wrong things right...

Wow, you sure are an ugly bunch!! (Except for the cat and that pretend-girlfriend of yours, they're cute.) But seriously, are you people ever sober?

Sky so inviting. Damn physical therapy! No jumping for me.

Try Google for 'parachute packing' or something similar. Here's one of the pages you can use, although I think having someone show you how to do it will be far easier, unless you're really familiar with your canopy and have a very visual mind. But you probably wouldn't be asking if you did. Ask the person who packs for you, buy them a few drinks if neccesary or attend some sort of class if all else fails. I remember I studied more than ten pages on pro-packing but didn't really understand it until my instructor showed me how it's done.

Cool!! That's probably as close as you can get to having a dinosaur for a pet (I so wanted one when I was a kid). What kind of personality does she have? What do you feed her? Does she have a litterbox or what? Can she do tricks? And could you sic her on Deuce if you wanted to?

LOL, that's a new one!

Hey, I wanna play too! First two are from last summer-me drinking some poison we mixed in a watermelon. Second two are from Risoul and Tignes, respectively, where I went skiing this year. Last one is a picture of me and two friends when we were still in high school. I'm the blue guy on the right. That is a pacifier. And I don't have to explain myself.