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if that is true it explains the stupidity of the US system! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

But if all of a sudden you were in another country that had a different religion eg. Iran then you would be forced to take part in something you don't believe in, so do you think that is fair? if not then why is it fair that you beliefs be forced onto others? can you not believe what you want to and allow others to do so? I am not for the US but this question is relevant in any country. I believe an Atheist would make a better leader because they would have less time to worry about what some silly faith believes and have a more neutral point of veiw on things. eg. Christians believe this earth is here for humans alone then where does that stand in the conservation department? is that how the US avoided the Kyoto agreement? I thought this was thrashed with the old boomstick, religion = problem "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

So either; have no spectators = boring and no atmosphere or Arrest offending trouble makers and Ban them for life. once a few have been banned then the others will decide what is more important, the riots or the football? if the want football they will behave and if they want riot they will go to a (North American) hockey game. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Ouch, I also have a JVX84hybrid, I was under the impression that it would have less packig volume than it did also. Fortunately for me my container is made to fit a 120. When I asked Jim Slaton what the difference in pack voulume would be he said it would pack like a 99 or some thing. I was thinking 99 crossfire or the likes but what he meant was 99 jvx zp. which is quite some difference! so it packs like a 99 JVX ZP and like a 129 crossfire or similar! mine is tight too but I had no hesitation when i deployed. however I could not lift the container off the ground like you can when simulating a deployment. If you jump yours in the state it is in you are asking for trouble if you ask me! Good luck, I suggest getting a pond rig. rhys "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

you tube has quite a few vids if you're just watching. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Hi, I cannot use my address book, I am at a stage where i need to use that function but it has never worked. When i am in my inbox, internet explorer tells me there is an error on the page. please help I don't want to go back to hotmail (Event if they have 10gig) "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

I tell them to keep thier legs up until we have come to a complete stop, either standing it up or sliding on the ass. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

just thought it looked cool and the clapping at the end is actually the live sound! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

You Handled that situation very well! Try taking note on how your packer stuffs the excess bridle after stuffing the drouge in the BOC? could have been hung up there somehow? well done on your reactions though! Blues, Rhys "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

between the two and probably more comparable to an FX or Velo? I guess? "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Here is the video of the highlights of our 2006 season for our freestyle team, nothing impossible. nothing impossible video it includes training in Sweden, a helicopter jump in Norway and round 1 of our routine at the world championships in Gera, Germany. Hope you enjoy. Rhys and Leigh "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Why I did my 'Undie Hundie' of course! You have to jump in your undies on your hundie, duh! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

you sound like you need a good root! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Why would you do that! you just put yourself in the shit if anything happens, that is a stupid example! You are obviously very stubbon, Yes the sigma is much better. The one thing that is wonderful about the strong though, is the position the tandem pair are in, while in drougefall. it is much better Photographs and also gives the pair a better range of vision. you get that with the racer tandem too. I think Jump Shack can take the credit for that design. for every other reason the Sigma is better! But that is just my opinion. blue skies, Rhys "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

Agreed 100% "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

those are fun! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

I jumped a maveric 200 for 800 jumps, i was doing video on this canopy and when i needed to lose altitude i would pull only the outside line on one of the front risers. the tension is much less than the whole riser but usually requred the use of both hands as it is quite awckward. i would go back to using toggles at about 1000' my boss at the time was a CRW veteran and he suggested the technique to me! It worked for me! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

these guys don't know what's about to hit them te he he! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

The 3 ring is inferior as earlier mentioned, The centre ring is fatter than the middle ring as invented by Bill Booth, now from what I can understand through my research is that Ted Strong decided he had to design his own 3 ring because Bill and Ted had moved their own ways at that point in time. Ted’s fatter middle ring created much more tension as it was an inferior lever. I was told that a yellow cutaway cable had been pulled through the grommet on the riser on at least 1 occasion and prompted the wire cutaway cables seen on Strong tandems today. Q. Why wasn't the 3 ring amended? A. Obstinacy So you have to make them comfortable, and adjust them under parachute! I can remember doing that, it was easy.....not. especially when you couldn't get to the straps because they sank into the customers thighs. they need to be wider and contain closed cell foam. do they now? Do they still choke th customer on opening and pull their shoudors back? They always did for me. On our other learding brand haness the customer is sat up comfortably in a more seat like position and I have never had a customer that could not lift thier legs for landing. Even the chunky ones. On Strong I had people go to sleep (a couple of hungover males) on me. They said thiey had pins and needles in thier legs. We tried to djust the harness on both occasions but both of these time the customer simply went to sleep! We all have our own opinions and we are entitled to them. As the origional poster was a representive of Strong enterprises I took the opportunity for the questions I have, to be answered. This is a public forum and this is the purpose of the forum. Another leading brands owner, spends a noticeable amount of time discussing gear and answering questions in these forums. I don't have any angst and I would jump a strong today. I would never buy one though for the reasons mentioned and a few others! blue skies, Rhys "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

you must be easily amused! what a waste of bandwidth! "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

stink, that sucks "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

not a caption but an Irish joke!, Hey how dare you slip in front of me, yes you up there, you're prtetty quick huh. An isrishman walked into a watchmekers and asks; "I would like to buy a potato clock" the watchmaker replies: "I have never heard of a potato clock, you can make one that runs on an orange, but I have never heard of a potato clock" the Irishman looking confused replies; "I have been sleeping in, and arriving late to work. and My boss told me If I get a potato clock, I'll be at work by 9" "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

LOL that brings back memories, we had a 4 way scrambles at work a few years ago I ended up with two guys from Zimbabwe and another guy we called ourselves the 'plummeting monkeys'. Keving was one of the africans and he was atandem master at the time i was a video flyer. Kevin was 'monkey see' and 'i was monkey do!' thaks for the fond memory. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

because the camera is capable of taking 4 megapixel photographs while recording HDV! 1mega pixel is not enough for commercial photos and 4 mega pixlels is getting there but bordering being woth while as a eos 400d can produce 10 mega pixels. I also want to buy one but i am waiting on someone that has the knowledge to make it work, I unfortunately do not have such knowledge. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

So you are saying that Ted Has bitten the bullet and used the 3 ring as origionaly designed and the thickness of the centre ring is no longer larger inducing more force that required the system to have steel cutaway cables in the first place? When I first started skydiving my instuctor told me a horror story, he had a line over on a strong tandem system and he could not cut away. Only with the assistance of his passenger after numerous attempts he was able to get rid of the canopy. He said he tried to contact Ted himself or anyone to answer his questions but no one was willing to comment! This was about 5 years ago in christchurch New Zealand. I have investigated into this further and was told that the origional design had pulled the yellow cutaway cables through the grommets on the risers making a cutaway impossible and that is why strong tandems have metal cutaway cabels. The metal on metal friction gives a harder cutaway as well as the inferior 3 ring set up! The new plastic coating on the cables reduces the friction but not the pull force on the cable. It was said that the only reason Ted did not use the 3 ring as origionaly invented was purely because of the bickering that resulted at the begining of Bill and Teds excellent adventure into the tandem skydiving world? Is the 3 ring now ammended to the safest configuration known? I know aerodyne use a differnt system but that has not yet lead to a harder cutaway. The attitude behind the reasoning not to use the 3 ring as invented and the prevalence of an inferior system through stubbornness turns me away from strong tandem rigs. I have performed 100's of tandems on Strong but fortunately i have not had to cut one away. Good luck with that! it seems the flat packed reserve makes it quite hard to pack it so there is no tention on the flaps. I have paked 1000's of srongs(mains only i am not a rigger) and even though i try to training the covers to stay in place they do not. The flap coming open prior to freefall is more of a concern to me. Iwouldn't want to get hooked uo on somthing on the way out! Maybe if the flap that has the tab on it came from the outside of the shoulder and slips into a pocket on the reserve flap it would lose the Pre Historic look of the rig and would work better? Also with a few newer new strong tandems i have had noticable slippage in the buckles but I know that you guys were working on that in recent history? Blue Skies, Rhys "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix