Spizzzarko

I just have to do what is best for setting the comp up. We had problems last comp with getting judges, and I'm going to go through any heart ache about getting judges. I'm not going to set myself up for failure by not having a judge, who has been to the judges course at the begining of the season, there for the comp. The people who have attended this course, are Frank, Lisa, and Jason Tolliver. Jason WILL be competing, Frank is usually busy, and Sunday usually works better for Lisa, as it is usually slower for Manifest. I will make the decision on Saturday after consulting with Frank, as it is his DZ, and he know's what time would be best for the comp. So now you know where I'm coming from.

cluck cluck BEEE GAWWWK!!! (it's hard to make chicked noises online)

You are all GEEKS! Get a life, as there is more out there other than skydiving.

It's allready started. Everyone will tell you what to get, as they all have their own personal preferences. If there was a perfect container made, then everyone would be jumping it. All the shit out there is essentially the same.

Free fly friendly? Do you even know what that means? It seeams as if it's one of those terms that everyone is throwing around for buying and selling gear. The Jav is "Plenty Free Fly Friendly" and is an excellent rig. It's just going to come down to how much money you want to spend, on what rig you want. I would say that most gear being sold today is "Flee Fry Fliendry".

These things take time to get done, so going online and whinning about the pond not being finished yet is not a very positive thing to do. Complaining doesn't help any situation. So maybe the next time you see Frank, why don't you ask him if there is something you can do to help out, instead of complaining on the internet. This pond is for the CPC Nationals, and I'm sure it will be done by then. The August CPC will probably be held on Sunday with Saturday as a practice day. It all depends on what is best for the DZ, as we are not going to go through all the drama of trying to find judges again. I will probably be up at the DZ on Saturday, and if you havn't payed the entry fee for the last comp, then please make arrangements to do it this weekend. So spread the word around to the other competitors. That is all.

Why not? No really... Planes flying east fly at odd thousand plus 500 feet, and planes flying west fly at even thousand feet plus 500 per FAA Recomendations.

No not yet. I havn't thought to much about it lately.

When you are swooping... Just play along! ...it is really for a good cause.. NOT!!!!!!

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I got one once that said: "Please re-order Happy Lucky Co. Fortune cookies." I got another one once that said: "Two heads like yours can make an ass."

Have you ever been hit by a golf ball? Those things are moving!, and yes you can very easily be killed by a golf ball if hit in the right place.

Those of you who don't play golf have no idea how difficult it actually is to be good at. Most of the people who play golf will reach a plateau, and never beable to break par on a round. Those who work at it, and work at it, and work at it, may beable to breakthrough and be a good player. Ever fewer will be able to ever really make a living at it. I used to say golf was a stupid game, where you hit a little ball into a little hole a quarter mile away with a stick, but then I really tried to play the game, and now I play at least once a week if possible. There's something about the precision of the game that I really like. I also like the quietness of the game. So if you havn't tried it, then don't knock it.

My Beagle is doing well. He say's he would like a steak medium rare, followed by a Cheeseburger (no letttuce), followed by a nice long nap. Thanks for asking, and don't call me Johnson!!!

Actually it's a 90. PD doesn't make a Velocity 94. Whatever who cares. 90 or 94

The fourth competition in this years Colorado Canopy Piloting Circuit was held last Saturday the 16th of July, at Mile Hi Skydiving center in Longmont, Colorado. The day started out at 8:00 am with a competitors brief announcing what aircraft would be used from Mile Hi's extensive fleet. The order of events, and the exit order for competitors was also briefed. The rules were re-iterated, and safety procedures were refreshed in everyones mind. There were seven competitors and there were no major injuries to speak of. The first event was Zone Accuracy. In the Zone Accuracy event the competitors had to fly through entry gates and shut there canopy down in a certain zone to gain points. Dragging a toe from the entry gates up to the Zero zone allowed the competitors to gain bonus points. Touching down in the Zero zone resulted in zero points scored for that run. However there were three positive scoring zones after the Zero zone. Beyond Zone three were penalty zones. Sliding into or landing in these zones resulted in a subtraction of points from your score. The conditions for these two jumps of Zone Accuracy were tricky, as there was no wind, and it was getting hotter by the second out in the landing area. Keep in mind that Mile Hi's landing area is at 5,500' MSL, so the hotter it got the higher the density altitude got, causing the canopy's to stop flying at a higher airspeed. The problems the competitors were getting in this event was being able to shut their canopy's down, and not overflying into the penalty zones. Several competitors had great runs but slid into the penalty zones, causing a subtraction from their score. Aubrey Cundall had the right idea by popping his canopy up and then sinking straight down into the zone of his choosing. This was a difficult feat as again there was no wind for either of the two jumps for the Zone Accuracy event. The next event was the Distance event. In this event the concept is really simple. He who goes the farthest, while still making the entry gates, wins. Again the conditions were still complex, as there was a slight quartering cross to head wind for these rounds. The density altitude was still rising, so it was getting faster out there. Denver International Airport reported 101 as the hi temperature on Saturday. With the DA rising so fast, some of the competitors were having a hard time with making the gates. A lot of them were having to bail off the rears and go to toggles, as their canopy's were diving quite a bit more than they were used to on the previous jumps. Ryan Townsend showed significant improvement in the distance rounds by achieving a personal best in competition of 260+ feet. Great job Ryan. There has been a lot of buzz going on around the Canopy Piloting Circuit as to whethor or not there is going to be records broken up here in Colorado at the CPC Nationals in September. In a past competition here at Mile Hi, one competitor went 402' on a distance run, so only time will tell, but I'm sure it's going to be exciting to see what happens in September. The last event was the Speed rounds. The objective of this event was to negotiate through a curved course as fast as possible while keeping one part of your body below the gates throughout the course, and not striking any of the ten foot course markers. Striking a marker resulted in a five second penalty being added to the competitors score. By this time the competition aircraft had changed to a twin otter, and it was about as hot as it was going to get for the day. The slight breeze that we had in the distance rounds had picked up a little, but it hadn't decided which direction it want to blow. This didn't deter the competitors from giving it their all. Eric Johnson, jumping a Xaos 84, showed us all how much damage can be done just by the canopy's lines. He clipped the top of one of the foam couse markers with his HMA lines on the Xaos, and it sliced right through the foam like a laser beam! Eric being the Crew Dog that he is, was probably the most impressed at the cutting ability of the line. A sloppy run by one of the final competitors made course clean up very easy as he took most of the course down. He ended up with some good road rash on his left leg, and a badly bruised elbow, but his ego was bruised the most. The competition ended with David Billings taking first place on a Velocity 94, followed by Jason Russell on a Velocity 96. Grant Adams took third on a Velocity 103. Right on his heals was Aubrey Cundall with a Velocity 96 and fourth place. Steve Armstrong placed fifth on a Velocity 103, Followed by Ryan Townsend on an FX 104, and Eric Johson with a Xaos (21) 84. None of this could have happened with out the great support from Frank Casseras the owner of Mile Hi Skydiving, the manifest office, and all of the judges. The judges, Jason Tolliver, Lisa, Chris Pope and his girl friend Heather and the others (I appologize for not getting your names), provided fair and accurate scorring. Thanks to all of you, as you do not know how much your contribution to the CPC means to all of the competitors. Also thanks to Jason Tolliver for running the meet, and to Aubrey Cundall, Ryan Townsend, Dave Billings, and Steve Armstrong for helping to set the course up on Friday afternoon. Again a Huge thanks to Ryan Townsend for helping clean up after the competition, after everyone else split. Good luck to all the competitors on the next competition, and in the CPC Nationals.

3 3 and 3... I sucked, but look at me now. Now I'm the AFF instructor failing the students. hahahahahaa

The CPC schedule fo rthe Nat's is not on CP.com anymore. I was looking for the file the other day. I figure that they are rearranging the schedule.

ZONE? who said ZONE?

Come on guy's you are fucking the guy trying to sell the FX! Please realize that there are other parties involved in these things.

Probably because he fucked up somehow.

I would say you are feeling the effect of the adrenaline wearing off. You are going and putting your body in a hi stress situation repeatedly, and you body chemistry is making giant peaks and valleys, and it is wearing you out. You will get used to it later in life.

como se huh?

Holy shit am I DRUNK!

Thanks man. Here's some more of my thoughts. I posted this in another thread. I think when people are talking about staged flares they are just passing on bad information! Think of it this way. in it's simplist form there are 3 areas to a landing. 1. Approach 2. Plane out 3. stopping To transition from your approach to plane out you need to give input to the canopy wether it be toggles or rears. Now do you stop from there? NO. You have to give more input to the canopy to transition from plane out to stopping correct? Now I'm going to introduce a little bit more of a radical concept here, so everyone take a second and catch your breath..... Let's first of all get rid of this concept of a two or three staged flare. You don't come in flare halfway, stop, and then flare the rest of the way do you? If so you are doing it wrong. Does that method work? Yes, sometimes, but we are a little more advanced than that, aren't we? I believed this concept was brought about by the ld timers who were transitioning from F-111 to ZEPO canopy's. They used this when their canopy's would ballon up when they flared all the way like they were used to with their F-111's. Let's take the three area's that I spoke of earlier and make them into just one. 1. Landing You need to start thinking this way because, when you are transitioning to smaller faster canopy's, landing doesn't just happen when your altitude reaches zero. Many of the high speed low drag dudes here will probably agree with me that landing for them starts just after they get everything stowed away after opening. Watch them, and talk to them, and you will soon see that every manuever they make is to set up for landing. There's really no more "Playing Around" when you get to small canopy's. Now let's get back to Landing. Your approach flare and stopping should all be one smooth movement. Only flare as much as you need to, to maintain the altitude above the ground that you want. Try looking at the horizon during this part of you landing. I want you to standup right now and look at a far door knob or something out your window on the horizon. Now stand on your toes, and then back on your flat feet. Do you see the difference in your sight picture? Now how much have you actually moved? 3 to 4 inches if that. Now that you have that mastered, think about continuing your flare only as much as you need to, so that your sight picture doesn't change! I told you it was going to get radicle! Now that we are flying flat and level over the gound we eventuall need to stop. Well just keep flaring, and maintaining your sight picture. Eventually you will have flared so much that your canopy will no longer beable to produce the amount of lift required to hold your body in the air. This is usually when you put your feet down on the ground. I can't tell you how many people I see that don't fly their canopy to it's full potential, and then complain that their canopy doesn't have enough flare to support their fat ass's, and that they need to get a Velocity because it has a more powerfull flare Learn to flare your canopy all of the way. You should not have to run out your landings very much if you are flaring it correctly, even on low wind to no wind days. If you change your thought process, and learn to fly your canopy to it's fullest then you will be unstopable!