dgskydive

differences of opinion on howman points they should do one a dive i guess. If they plan to compete at Nationals, there is no rookie class and they may be better of (at east in my mind) training for the end reslut they are looking for. As a rookie team they will only do 3 points, at the Nationals they will be doing 4 and 5 poiint dives. May as well start with that mind set. If they can knock out 4 and 5 point dives they will have no problem with a 3 pointer. Dom

Here are a few fun dives that we use for stop drills or to warm up in the tunnel. B-O-H-E-F (I love this dive) C-A-B-J-F D-A-N-B-C (this is our suck up dive to B.C.) Or how about the all encompassing alaphabet dive A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q. (this one works your brain. I always try to go to "I") Dom

You talking MJ's nose? I think Josh did it on purpose. Dom

If the rumors are ture and at this point that is all it is. BUT.......... Joey and Joao Tambor(SP) and two others (don't know names) are going to be competing as Black Majik. Doing 4 way on there backs!!! If have seen Joey od this in the PErris tunel and he doesn't miss a beat. So we may all be in trouble. I don't see them doing 20's but they may kick a lot of ass. Dom

Am I the only one in this forum that saw the video of Ian getting his arm broken? If you didn't see it go check out NSL news. WOW!!!!!! http://skyleague.com/pages/news/showArticles.php?story=68 Dom

I would love to meet ya! No sarcasm in that what so ever! Dom

Bringing an RW coach (4way) to a DZ is different. If that is what you ment. THey are teaching 4 way not skydiving per say. The DZ has the right to make you use one of their coaches if it is a currency jump. They want to insure that you or whoever is up speed. Dom

Gareth I think your Wings Articulates better then you do. That little lady owned ya! Dom

Geez Chelle you are smart! You must really want to be a rigger or something! Dom

You said it!!!!! Dom

I asked HH in a pm and got no response so.........I dont' know what is up. I want to put something together for the boogie 9tunnel stuff), but I am not motivated enough to organize an entire boogie. Dom

Looks like it. Dom

I see it on the Perris calender but haven't seen anything posted. I wonder who is in charge of it this year and what the deal is. Dom

Anyone heard if there is going to be a Memorial day Boogie at Perris this year? Dom

WHy are you always talkiing about me!?!?!?!?!?!?! Dom

Your on it Ed. I think it is funny all the different names for the same slots. Dom

Everyone better watch out after this weekend. Fire is definatly "on" Dom

LAst year Blade wore TOny suits. I love mine Dom

Has that been confirmed? I heard the rumor, but not the facts yet. Hey Marie let's do some "hey buddies" That ws fun. I watched the DVD copy I have last night. You and I did a few pretty good ones together. Dom

I have never flown in an outdoor tunnel but I would ask why wouldn't someone be tired after a 3 day camp? Not trying to be a smart ass at all with this question. Dom

Mel you rock in the tunnel!!!!! So how you doin? Dom

Not the case. Seems that the South Africans wanted to ground all Icons if they didn't post the bulletin in South Africa. How that bulletin made it to the US is a different story. It was never ment to be posted here in the US. Look at the issuing authority on the bulletin. Why they picked on Aerodyne I don't know. This could have happend with any rig on the market. This isn't because of any Aerodyne specific problem, just some dump ass that didn't clean his housing and when he tried to cut it away on the ground it wouldn't becasue of all the sand and dirt in his rig. Dom

As I read the thing on the home page of DZ.com, I found it odd that a manufacture would have to post a mandatory service bulletin telling people to clean their cut away housings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you read the bulletin you will see what I am talking about. I guess it is something we need to talk about. Seems that some of us are not smart enough to realize that we need to clean our housings. Real simple people. Perform regular maintenance on your gear. Check to make sure that you can easly cut away your canopy. After all if you can't cutaway you are in big trouble. Make sure the housings are free of dirt and sand. Make sure they are properly lubricated (I'll let a rigger chime in and tell you how to do that properly). While you are at it, why not make sure that reserve cable housing is nice and clean as well. Our lives depend on these systems and I can't believe that it acutally had to be put in a Service bulletin like that. I don' think this problem is a newbie problem alone. I wonder how many experienced jumpers out there actually check their housing on a regular basis. How many times have you landed in dirt or mud and then went and only cleaned off the pretty parts of your container? AS I understand it, the incident that lead to this bulletin happened in South Africa and the authorities over there, wanted this posted in South Africa. I think they should worry more about that trainging of their students and how to handle there gear then to make a manufacture put up a mandatory bulletin like that. To me it shows a lack of training on their part and they need to look at how they train there students and what they tell them as far as maintaining their gear. That being said, it maybe more then just the South Africans. It has been a long time since I went thourgh (laugh at me if you want) Static line training. But what I do remember is the way that they stressed upon us to always check your gear. Checking the housings is something they taught us to do before every jump. If the cables don't move freely then you didn't jump, you went and had someone help you clear them it was that simple. If they don't work you die!!!!!!! I call to all insturctors to teach their students more then how to just fall out of a plane. Get involved with them. show them how to use there gear and care for it. They are more then a student, they are the life blood of the sport and they are the next generation of champions. They are the next generation of instructors and if we don't teach them, how are they going to teach the ones after them. As parachuting gets safer we keep finding way to try and kill ourselves. Stop being lazy folks! Take care of your gear. Read your owners manual follow what they tell you to do to care for your gear. If you can't read then ask your local rigger to show you how to do it. Having dirty housings is like driving your car towards a wall at 120 and not having brakes that work! Think about it. If you can't take care of you gear then maybe you should stay where you belong.............on the ground! Dom

If I understood right. They don't count since it wasn't at a official FAI meet or something like that. Dom

Why so tired JP? Real Belly flying hurt ya? Next time come play in open and really feel the pain. Dom