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Thanks dude! ~Jeff

I'm still in the minor leauges 1 (new-unjumped) Wings Container --> check avatar. 1 Safire 169 1 PD 176 1 freefly suit (new one on way) 1 pair freefly pants 1 Nvertigo X 1 Z1 --> want to sell it 1 Evo for camera 1 PC5 Prodytter Protrack 3 pull up cords bag of elastics gear bag there you go! ~Jeff

ME.. going to a party at the DZ, ive attatched a picture of the club house so you can understand what kind of party its going to be! ~Jeff

Nice Turtle :) ~Jeff

Dude is not gender specific .. its similar to guys! ~Jeff

Phree, Arlo To save time and space I will address you both. Firstly your sky-god attitude sucks.. What's a guy with a 100 jumps doing here la la la. Get over it. I dont claim to know everything about skydiving nor have I made that claim anywhere in here. I do however have the right to my opinion. If you look way back to my response to Bytch you will see that I saw her point and I totally agree that everyone is responsible for saftey and education. The point I am trying to make is that we cannot hold gear sales people responsible for selling equipment to people that want to get hurt or worse people who dont know better.. This all started with a post about a gear sales person who will sell any canopy to anyone and peoples disagreement with this practice. My point is simply (no cheesy analogy this time ) that blaming that gear store is not a cool practice in my opinion. Gear checks are done at dropzones for a reason, maybe Arlo and Phree people should keep a bigger eye on us 100 jump wonders, hopefully you will find there are a few of us who actually take the time to learn as much as we can. Maybe Kris the system of gear approval and wingloading vs. license level needs to be looked at. Just to be clear.. I never said that people should jump High Performance canopies before they had the jump #'s to back it up.. All I said is that I disagree with the practice of holding the gear sales person responsible. Ok.. that's it.. thanks for all your comments.. Remember it may only be 100 jumps.. but we are all here learning from one another. Oh, Arlo I have been frozen.. it's cold dude.. ~Jeff

Kris You are right, but the point I am trying to make is that WE cannot blame the gear sales person. They are there to advise but should not be held responsible for doing what people in sales do.. Sell product. Not to mention I have seen lots of people bif in with canopies as big as 200.. ~Jeff

Arlo Your typical American attitude is one which amuses me. You are telling me that someone sells you a Ferrari and you dont have the skills to drive it and hit a wall at 200KM/H you are going to go back to the dealer to ask why they sold the car to you without checking you had the proper training for driving that fast? Stop passing the buck Arlo. Take responsibility for yourself, if I saw someone trying to jump a 79 with 50 jumps I would say something to them, if I owned a store and a customer wanted to buy one, I would sell it to them, I WILL REPEAT ONLY ONCE MORE, IT IS THE USERS RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO BACK UP THE CANOPY HE/SHE FLIES. Why is this a hard concept? If instructors did their job ARLO and taught students proper canopy control and if students heeded advice maybe no would get hurt. One thing I can tell you is that most of the posts that I read about people dying here in the website tend to be very experienced canopy fliers. I dont think that anyone deserves to get hurt, I also dont think blaming gear sales people will slove any problems, only create them. ~Jeff

Hey, If you email me (in profile) I can send you a couple of e-books on the subject or put them on my server for you to download. Blue Ones ~Jeff

You make a very good point. Business runs by very different rules in the US then here in Canada. I am sorry that you always have that over your head. I by the way don't think it's a bad thing that you may have saved a few "mad mothers" and broken people from getting hurt.. Thanks for seeing things from all sides. ~Jeff

Why is that? People who own gear stores should be responsible for what people do with the gear they sell? I could show up at a ski shop buy a big mountain snowboard, climb a mountain, and with no training set off an avalanche and die. Is it the fault of the salesperson for not asking what I intended to do with that snowboard or if I had proper training? What responsibility does the owner of the canopy have to take? If you are downsizing too quickly and you dont realize it and the people around are not helping you make the right decision, you think a gear store owner across the country maybe even across the world should be responsible for making that descision? I disagree completely with your attitude, gear store owners are no more responisble than the person that sold you your shoes, if you were to walk out of the store and trip and sprain an ankle are you going back to the sales person for selling you a bad shoe? I hate to "beat a dead horse" but gear store owners esp. internet gear stores cannot be responsible for someones decision to jump a canopy they may not be ready for. Are gun store owners responsible for who they sell to? ~Jeff

I totally agree! People need to get THEMselves informed first. If you order a 69 crossfire (we have one at my DZ) you should know what you are getting into. If it was my business and someone wanted a canopy, I am probably going to sell them one. It's the responsibility of the canopy pilot and maybe the S&TA or the DZO to monitor what happens at the DZ not the guy at the gear store. Granted, the guy at the store can try and help educate as a service to skydivers so maybe more people don't get hurt.. My 2 cents, ~Jeff

More than you can imagine ;) ~Jeff

Here is our runway as of today ~Jeff

Took the picture before the reserve was packed.. In fact im dropping it off at my riggers this weekend! We have 3 feet of snow on the runway! In fact I have attatched a picture of the runway taken today! ~Jeff

You guys are wicked awesome :) Thanks for all the help and advice, I have lots of idiot buddies that tend to fly into eveything from wind blades to trailers so I suppose I should get 2 or 3 poles and a box of band aids. ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Thanks Dave, ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Hey, I have a windblade and no pole, can anyone suggest a good (cheap) alternative? Thanks ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

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Thanks so much guys! I will start looking through Brian's stuff! If anyone else is interested you can CLICKY here! ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Hey, Check this guy, Eazlyamused@aol.com He made some AWESOME pull up cords for us! Great guy you can order online from him! ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Hi! I am compiling Canopy control information so that my club can offer a non-formal course in the evenings to anyone interested and so that we can build it into our students progression. We are a member run club in Ontario http://www.swoop.on.ca and are the oldest club in Canada. Just looking for suggestions from a few of you who have taken courses and teach similar ones. Thanks in advance! ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Fair enough, but with all the accessories (batteries etc) I don't think the price is unfair? ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

PC style cameras used sell for $500 + typically. $700 including the helmet and audible isn't a bad deal if you ask me. Now of course I am not the expert in this field but I am an avid shopper . Just price it all out new and decide if it's worth the investment. ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca

Ohhhhhhhh me too! ~Jeff Monkey Brother #1 http://www.monkeybrothers.ca