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Figure out how many jumps a year you're gonna put on your gear (should you buy some). Remember kit isn’t maintenance free – you got to pay for repacks… you’ll need at least two of those a year, then there’s cypres batteries and servicing at 2 and 4 year intervals. Depreciation for every jump made on the gear and depreciation due to the fact that it’s simply getting older – especially when it comes to the cypres. If you add all that up you will take a big chunk out of the cost of renting gear. When coupled with the more particular practical difficulties you face regarding your currency this might mean swaying towards renting until you can jump on a regular basis a better idea.

Forcibly or through democratic process?

This document (also from the British Parachute Association website) gives detailed advice to doctors who are asked to certify a tandem master as fit. If it's good enough for a tandem master who has to look after the life of their passenger it must be good enough for a sport parachutist. There is no mention of any requirement regarding the spine over and above the ability to carry the student and gear. http://www.bpa.org.uk/forms/docs/Form%20116%20-%20Tandem%20Instructor%20Medical.doc

Because of cultural and legal reasons that greatly predate the 97 legislation, firearms never prevented a statistically significant amount of crime in this country. Therefore taking them away cannot have increased the incidence of crime – gun related or otherwise. Thus we are no less safe than before as a result of the legislation. The situation is different in the states. You can point to ways in which firearm ownership can reduce crime over there. It’s as simple a distinction as that. There has been no “failure” in the strategy though. No one has been killed [I]because[/I] of the 97 legislation. We have no way of knowing how many people have been saved because of that legislation. It may be only one or two, it may have been dozens… no one will ever know. We are also unable to distinguish between the different influences on gun crime in this country to be able to say that there is more gun related crime [I]as a result[/I] of the legislation. Please feel free to re-visit my earlier posts on this topic in our recent threads where I went into detail about the influx of foreign gang crime in this country. This influx, which temporally correlates with any rise in gun related crime that people are able to point to, is the event highlighted by the law enforcement industry as the cause of our current problems – not any change in the law. I ask you all; how on earth would reverting to the pre-97 position would reduce crime? Note that I say the pre-97 position NOT the American position on gun ownership, or how you would like it to be in your dreams… but the pre-97 position. People here are claiming that the change in 97 created gun crime – why? Don’t just produce a statistic and say “see”; produce a reason why you think you can establish causation.

She was wearing a string bikini (also painted) and that was it. It didn't always stay put that reliably. She was more than just drunk. We are far from amused with the mess she made of the blade. This was its first bogie and it was rather expensive.

Still trying to come up with a compelling motive for this one.... article doesn't quite make sense though as it says it costs 1,000 yen to make each of the 1,000 yen notes.... surely if a real 1,000 yen note is used in production in addition to a colour photo copy AND sticky tape, these notes would actually cost a lot more than 1,000 yen to make?

however you get the still to your pc as steve said it's important to deinterlace it using the functions on adobie (or similar) if you want it to be viewable.

Yes to the pin, yes to a soft handle… But I see your point about the metal handle…. The only difference is that a carabiner is put under a lot of stress while the ripcord handle only takes a few pounds over one small surface. Pull forces have to be kept low and are monitored when the reserve is re-packed… given the low force the handle is required to exert I’d be surprised if it could be an issue… but you raise an interesting point. Riggers?

What's wrong with twin pin teflon? If it's good enough for tandems it ought to be good enough for us sport jumpers no? Although perhaps the metal pinch put on the teflon would make it incompatable with this 'retractable' type system?

SFW ??? NSFW??? hmmmm..... I think you'd get away with it.... unless the boss is especially hard line

Surely if you peel from top to bottom you are also trying to pull the cables at the same time. If the cables are pinched by spun-up risers this isn’t going to happen… so now you’re fighting both the Velcro and the pinched cables…. If you peel bottom up the cables stay in the same place until the Velcro is completely peeled… then you can pull the cables and deal with any pinching as a separate issue. RON: do you have hard housings? How far down the risers/lines did the twists come?

I agree with you entirely about the 97 ban. It was pointless, it wasn’t required and all that was required was better enforcement of the then regulations. That is still my stance on gun crime – that all is required is better enforcement of the current regulations; not more legislation, and certainly not giving people the option to conceal carry. I still cannot agree that gun crime went up [I]because[/I] of the 97 ban. Of course there is a rise in [I]some[/I] of the figures, no one is going to dispute that, but I cannot agree on a link in causality. This was discussed ad nauseum a couple of weeks ago; I presume you were away for a while as you weren’t involved in those discussions. It might be worth checking out a couple of the threads before we start yet another one on the same subject.

The FF2 is without a doubt, the best camera helmet on the market offering more protection for the jumper than any other helmet in the industry. Coupled with this it offers a combination of superior protection and accessibility that few helmets can rival. I use an FF2 with Sony pc101 and ordinary Sony 0.6 lens (not at all low profile). The camera can be positioned so that the lens sits flush with the front of the box, leaving nothing exposed to catch a line or suffer from a strike. Literally only 1mm of lens is exposed. The box has been re-designed so as to deflect risers and lines away from the helmet. The internal closing mechanism and top mounted hinge present no snag risk while the box itself sits within a lip designed to deflect lines. As such, you can run a line over this helmet without fear of a snag at any point resulting in a helmet that is more snag proof than the average non-camera helmet. On the right side of the helmet there are twin audible ports ensuring you never have an excuse for going low and a Cameye II can be built into the body of the helmet at the factory assisting your filming without ruining the clean lines of your new toy. The chin cup is now deeper than before as a result of feedback from posters on this very website proving that this manufacturer actually listens to its customers. This chin cup can be ordered with a factory fitted 2-ring circus and Teflon cutaway cable ensuring and trouble-free escape from any snag that could occur with top mounted camera equipment. This is the only such system on the market place and the only cutaway system that is not affected by a force exerted on the helmet (such as dragging a cutaway main). I have no quality control issues with this helmet whatsoever and have found 2k products to be of absolutely the best finish. Not only that but 2k helmets are built to your specific head measurements, not simply some small/medium/large fitment scale like many others. These helmets are incredibly popular in Europe and must wear well as there are still many examples of the earlier versions (such as those pictured on this page) to be found at dropzones.

The price of this helmet places it as competing against things like the Gath but at that price this helmet offers a hard skin with luxurious padding and twin internal audible ports. It simply outclasses any other in it’s price bracket offering features which mean it is the equal of any bonehead lid. I have this helmet as my camera-free open face and couldn’t be happier. Friends have this same helmet with the camera mods that are available from the factory starting at £25. Simply add a chin cup and one of these mod plates (top or side or both) at the time of purchase or later when you take up camera and you have yourself a full camera helmet free of the usual snag points found on many home made mounts. It’s light, cheap and comfortable offering all the protection and features to be found on any helmet hundreds of dollars more expensive.

That was just an ordinary thong until he pissed off one of the guys on the muscle beach.

In the UK you must be hold your B licence (50 descents + IC1). Overseas requirements vary. edited to add link: you might find this doc. interesting:http://www.bpa.org.uk/forms/docs/Form%20108C%20-%20Guideline%20for%20Balloon%20Pilots.doc

Cheers, we'll give that a go. As for contacting Chris Kelly - looking at the website I have a feeling that's where the committee bought the blade from in the first place. I've already suggested that someone contact the manufacturer so we'll see what he says. I'm just trying to cast the net a little wider and see what things have been done in the past. This can't have been the first time ZP got mucky.

Like I said, confusion came from the stoopid way Google lists its posts on rec.

probably wouldnt have been a quick enough change in pressure. I could believe as an outside possability pressure changes as it's struck buy rain drops... but the most likely cause is simply it went haywire with the water exposure. Hope it dries out and still works on the way down.

We're in the process of finding out precisely what chemical it was. All we know at the moment is that it was simply washable body paint. Apparently the instructions for removal (from your body) were to wash in warm water. A friend already tried that and with the result of spreading the stain around and reportedly making it worse.

Mail them a bill for all the services you have so far provided free. As an option, itemise a bottle of Morgans on there noted as being in place of the one they should have sent. Add in a large fee for the preparation of the bill.

my bad - missread a rec. post

I know team extreem did it onto the back of motorbikes - I think they did that at Netheravon (at least - if not elsewhere too). I've not personally seen anyone do it into a car... but I'd be surprised if no one has already. TV always has to have a superlative.

Comedy entrant: Mr. Deeds - BASE jump off the roof There's an out-take from Star Treck generations where Kirk skydives from outerspace and lands next to Bones.

Yup - Tim Carter (surely you have heard of him) swooped his canopy into the back of a moving Merc soft top. Plane flown by Craig Poxon's girlfriend. All filmed by Andy Ford (next you'll be telling me you've not heard of Fordy). Should be on skydivingmovies.com soon enough.