packerboy

Good for him, probably a good business choice. What I want to know is what the after effects for ASC or Skyride will be? How will it affect their business? Since Chutingstar ran the school, do they take inststructors with them to the new location leaving ASC crippled? I'm surprised that within this emotion filled thread people aren't looking for financial or personell carnage to happen to these 1-800-bozos. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

So does ASC hold any kind of rigging loft or any riggers? Will this hurt their business? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

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I'm in Canada and usually get mine on the first business day of the month. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Let's all do our best to keep the paramedics out of the landing area as well. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Isn't this the whole problem though? They will tell you anyone accepts their certificates in order to get you to buy one and then when you show up at such and such a dropzone, they won't accept it and you get "ben"t over and "carrie"d down the stream without a paddle. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Heres one for the manufacturers. Based on current discussion in the incidents forum, it seems to be a general consensus that the skyhook is a far superior device than a normal RSL (makes sense). Are gear manufacturers other than R.W. working on an equivalent or similar device for their gear? How many people own gear other than Vectors would be interested in it? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

My bad, it must've been skydiving.com. Pretty easy to get mixed up I guess. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Is Joe Jennings connected to these guys? I saw his name on their skydive.com website. It surprised me that someone of such stature in the skydiving community would associate with this thing. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

19 tandems... wow. Does anyone know of anyone who has more passenger rides other than IE's? (non-solo jumpers) -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I was looking over your save list. How many tandems does ASC do in a year? Kudos to you... alot of saves, but who the hell is packing the tandem mains? Streamers, stuck toggles, drogues in tow..... -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Moral of the story... wear a helmet kids. Anyone can instantly go Dennis Rodman on you. Just because you have thousands of jumps, doesn't mean someone behind you with even more jumps won't take you out. Should that be a technical term? Going Rodman? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Isn't it peculiar that it happened to be buddy who was thought he was too good or too cool to wear a helmet for bigway RW that shit the bed and took out the skydive? Darwin hard at work? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I played drunken creeper bowling and thought I could take on a full water jug (Hey, I was wearing a helmet). Still feel the effects of the whiplash sometimes almost 2 years later. At the time of impact and shortly after I seriously though I broke my neck. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

That's awesome! -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I'd have to downsize -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Can we hear some stats such as how many packers, instructors, pilots, planes involved... ? What was the most packed by a packer, jumped by an instructor? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I heard Cross Keys just did 408. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

----------------------------------------------------------- What action can I take to stop this fucking sick shit? ----------------------------------------------------------- Bet on yourself and win the pot. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Sounds like your packers got their asses kicked. What happened that caused your total? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

All of our tandem rigs, student rigs, and rental rigs get "turned on" first thing in the morning whether they are being used or not. Maybe turning everything on would be an issue at a larger DZ, but I think it should be turned on before being rented out. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I had one go in behind my eye last weekend, it sucked... just so happens I thought we were doing a hop and pop and ended up getting about 6K and I didn't have an altimeter (don't usually bring one for a H&P). I dumped at 4K.... oops... at least the "clock" erred on the safe side. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Whats with the altimeter on the dudes legstrap? -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The amount that I showed you to leave is the amount that I leave when I pack. Sometimes I leave more, sometimes less, depends on the container/d-bag config I basically am more concerned about having neat and tidy stows than whether there is 12-or 30 inches left over. I could be wrong, but I can't see how the excess could loop around the stows and cause a lock because it is free of having its own loop... line twists... chaos.. you're chucking a bag off your back at 120 mph sometimes it will twist. That being said Mark, we have the same canopy/like container/ riser/line config and I very rarely have line twists or off heading/hard openings using the technique that I showed you. To be honest I don't think 24' is a whole lot, nor do I think 12' is too little if you can get the D-bag into the container properly without disturbing the last stow. Any less than 12' and you might have problems doing that. I pack all sorts of canopies / containers from tiny Velo's to tandems like that with no problems. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I think that is a skill in itself that takes alot of jumps to learn... I personally practice a bit on every jump. Try doing a couple full skydives tracking on your back and get some tips and advice from seasoned freeflyers. Being aware of your altitude is crucial though, look down alot through your arms. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson