CSpenceFLY

Stayed on the bunny slopes?? .

I hope everyone knows there is no true answer to this question.There are a million different scenarios that you can throw in here to prove or disprove the point.Does the kid packing for 5 years with no jumps know more than the 2 jump wonder,probably.How about two people with 100 jumps a piece,one did it in 3 months one took 3 years?Hmmm.Why do you think there is a time in sport requirement to be a tandem instructor? .

I'm not doing anything at the house till after Dublin. .

Your ass better be driving through Macon with my fucking weedeater. .

It does if you don't set yourself on fire. .

What ever you do don't say anything about "Scotts Mom". .

Looks good .

In reguards to safety.No one has shown me that skydiving is safer for the student "non-licenced" jumper now than when I started 8 years ago.At the DZ I started at someone had to have at least 200 jumps to jump with a new person and even then sometimes that was not aloud.So in that case the requirements have been cut in half and the student has to pay for someone elses slot. .

That is not how the program is setup or being implemented.I agree,everything takes money.I just don't see making it more expensive than it needs to be. .

I wonder what distilled Aloa would taste like? .

I would rather see someone jump with someone with 500 jumps that can't teach than do solos because they don't have the money to pay a coach or there are no coaches available. Lets think about this.Early freefall skills are not rocket science.We are talking about falling relative to another body,docking,tracking.I'm not suggesting a free for all where the new guy gets on any skydive he wants.I'm saying that someone with 20 jumps jumping with someone with 100 jumps without a coaches rating is not the most dangerous thing that can happen.Thats the way it use to be and people didn't die every weekend because of it.I'm just saying that the sport was not necessarily more dangerous the way it was and I don't believe it is any more safe now,but it damn sure costs someone more to get an A licence. .

I don't know if it is a cactus but it looks like one. .

Damn,I overlooked the obvious.Get a smaller canopy. .

Thats fucking mean.Hell that would scare the shit out of me if I was sitting that close to the computer. .

Please don't take this as anything personal it is only a difference of oppinion. I have been jumping 8 years and have seen the transition form the old program to new.While I don't think the ISP as a whole is a bad thing I think the coaches program has been implemented poorly and I think the decline in USPA membership is a product of that implementation. When I went through AFF you did your 7 jumps and then jumped with experianced jumpers to not only learn to skydive but also make friends on the DZ.Now the new people are segregated into this group of people that no one is allowed to jump with if you have not jumped through the hoops of getting a coaches rating.There is a huge resource being wasted because quite frankly many people will never go to the trouble to get a coaches rating.All this is doing is driving up the cost of the A licence and driving people out of the sport,not only because of the $$$ but also the social segregation.Can anyone show me a drop in accidents or fatalities since this program has been implemented? For everyones info.The coaches requirement can be waved at your DZ.If you feel the way that I do ask your S&TA about it. Again,not an attack on anyone, just my oppinion. .

Wet Kitty .

I think we might have a winner. .

Damn dude chill out. .

Lots of info in the events forum and the forums at RoamingDZ.com. Dates are March 16-19th. .

Not sure why you would make a post like that but at least you didn't tell them to come here. .

Did anyone wear their new shirts? .

And thank you.Now we have both wasted some time. .

Have you done any jumping in Atlanta yet?

You better get busy.Your going to need more beer. .

We did some time lapse from the roof at the boogie last year.It was cool seeing the planes come and go. .