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  1. dgskydive

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    Should have talked to him about skydiving. Dom
  2. TONY SUITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love em! Dom
  3. YEs it is called the Mamba. Should be ready for sale by the end of Oct. (fingers crossed) Dom
  4. Booties will help you a lot. They will add a bit of extra drag and give you so much more drive. Look at pictures of all the "hot" dives. The only place you will see people not wearing booties is in the base, sometimes. That should tell you something. Not having them is like buying a new car and not getting power steering. Or, in this case buying the sports car and not getting the Turbo on it. Dom
  5. Try keeping your hands in front of you and pushing down at a little it of an angle ( a lttle bit of Manits for ya). Use the air deflected by this to help almost pull yourself forward. The way your doing it gives you no real help from the arms and hands, in fact when you see most people do what you are doing, they are fighting fall rate, then when they stick a hand out to dock, they float up and away. I agree with John, lose the swoop cords. Dom
  6. That is his perception of why I started this thread. Dom
  7. Well that is silly. Just not true. Show me one report or one person that will say the reason they broke there femur is because they where not wearing an altimeter. Just one is all I ask. Granted they obvioulsy were to low to turn, but to say they didn't have an altimeter? Where do you get that from? Like the poster above me said. Using an alti to start your turns can be a very bad thing. Sure it can be a good reference, but Analog altimeters are not very accurate bleow 1000 ft. and can stick. Dom
  8. I have been gone a few days. Are you saying that people that break their femurs are not wearing altimeters? FTR I just read the last few post and this may be way off base. Dom
  9. Hta happened to me once. I was shooting a tandem video and the TI reaces over and takes mine off anout 2 minutes before we got out. I onlyhad 150 jumps at the time (yes, I know I shouldn't have been shooting tandems at that point). I looked at him like he was nuts!!! He told me wait till we pull then count to 5 and pull. I think I made it to the "th" of three. That is when I started thinging. "What would happen if mine broke and I didn't realize it until I got out of the plane? What would I do? I got real interested at that point as to what the ground looked like at 4000 ft. Dom
  10. Very rarely does that happen. Usually you will be able to tell it isn't working on the plane before you get out. Dom
  11. Good to hear that. STAY AWAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be safe!! Dom
  12. Just smack your head on the door and that should fix em. Dom
  13. John, read all of my posts in this thread. I stated for the record I am not encouraging anyone to jump without one. It is a comfort thing. This post was started because I found it amusing that some people will not jump without an AAD. I don't think they are a waste of money at all. I just find it amusing that they need to have one to jump. WHat ever makes them feel safe is fine with me. I have nothing against them. I love hard helmets and think that people that jump without them are asking for trouble. Plus anyone trying to emulate me is looking up to the wrong person. There are many skydivers out there that deserve to have people look up to them. Me, I am just a jump bum that will sell his socks for jump money. I honestly don't think our responses will encourage anyone to not jump with one if they don't feel comfortable doing so. I thought Bill's was a funny smart ass comment. He is poking fun at the obvious. I have done that and all is good. Dom
  14. Yes hers are more BLue Gray. I was lucky enough to get to stare into them for a little while. SO how you doin? Dom
  15. Your eye has been uggin me for a long time. It looks familiar. I finally figured it out. Your eye (I would say eye's but....) They (it) looks like Conundrums. Very pretty. Dom
  16. How about "Verkehr"? Möchten verkehr haben? I couldn't think of the word. Dom
  17. Es okay. Wir lieben Sie. Möchten Geschlecht haben? Dom
  18. I'm dead? Damn it!! I thought something was wrong. Dom
  19. er benutzte bable Fische, um zu übersetzen. Sie müssen achtgeben, wenn Sie ihn verwenden. Dom
  20. How about what you are wearing in your avatar? Dom
  21. It's all about presentation. Getting out into the wind together. WIthyou bosies presented to the realative wind. When you see a good 4way team exit. It looks like someone has placed a sheet of glass under them. The best thing to do is get coahcing. We can talk about it all day long on DZ.com, but it is a visual thing. You have to see it and pracitce it in the mock ups. Comeout to Perris if you want. Plenty of people around to show you the ropes. Dom