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Great to hear that your unloaded an into your new place.
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~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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That is the simple end of it. The hard part, and probaly most important part, is finding the right gear for your experience level. And then finding what you will be comfortable with, whats safe, and what fits you right, etc. Its a process that in the end will leave you very happy. I am going through buying my first rig right now, and have spent quite a bit of time reading, talking to instructors, people on here, etc. Hope to find what I'm looking for soon. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Awesome, congrats!
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Welcome to the forums, and a rigger should be able to take care of getting your gear together. And, as for what specific gear to buy, let me extend what most people will. Its extreemly hard to recomend gear to somone over the internet. There is no reasonable way to know experience levels, and the such. People will be able to suggest brands as general that they like, what features and charictaristics a particular item has. So model/brand is easier, size is rough. Best people to talk to are your aff instructors. As for the buying part, often you can buy some or all parts as a set, or you can get stuff seperatly. Just depends on what your looking for and what deals you can find. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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*nods* ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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The number refers to the square footage of the canopy. These days with tapered/semi-tapered canopys it is rough to relate them exactly to a length * width type of thing. You use the square footage of the canopy to determine wingloading (LBS / Sq Ft) of the canopy. There are also other things that you can infer from the canopy size. Generally speaking for a particular model of canopy, the smaller the faster, and more responsive. This comes from shorther lines, and higher WL. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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I just want to say, that there are many reasons to cutaway, and there are some situations where you may have gotten away with not cuting, but your alive to come ask the people on the forums, and well... thats a good thing. As to your questions, I'll let that to somone with more experience than me. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Congrats! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Can't always understand something when you want to. I have found that in life, there are many things that a person will do, have happen, experience, etc,... that they do not get to understand till some time into the future of thier life. If everyone always understood why things happend, and what the greater meaning/purpose was then life would be pretty borring and we would all have all the answers. (Being pretty general) I'm sure that at some point you will look back and say 'I get it' and at that you will feel better. Friends, family, good experiences, all help to keep us moving untill we understand the who/what/when/where/why/etc of the things that go on in life. /sentimental off ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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A graph of my nervousnes. Tandem Aff 1 2/3 4-7 Warps Now 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Right now I have 29 jumps, oh... and its late, im up and semi boerd. When I was doing aff I spent quite a bit of time thinking about mals, and well.. i just turned it into constructive thinking about what I would do in the given situation. Eventually I began to feel confident that I know what to do in the even if a midair emergency. I used to have pretty bad door fear, but that has subsided quite a bit, and I have a lot more fun on jumps now
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This thread is soooo on fire... So many good lookers! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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I still like this game Clicky ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Got my A last weekend, its thursday (end of week for me) should be able to jump all weekend, and then to top it off there is going to be a casa around next weekend.
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Not sure about whats in the area. I thought I heard that there was one in ohio or something like that, but don't quote me, I looked around on the net and couldn't find refrence to it. I can tell you that tunnel wise, my bet is you would have the best learning experience by taking a trip to Sky Venture in florida, its an awesome tunnel. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Welcome to the forums, Hope the weather cooperates more with you soon
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hahaha ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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You can try asking your aff instructors (if you did aff) My guess is that at least one of them wears a protrack, or will remember off hand how fast you fall. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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hehe, I'm sure that they wont let you get away without being told when you have to buy some beer Ussualy as a student its aff graduation. Least thats the first time that I was informed of my new found responsibility ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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I can't concentrate on anything else...
Fast replied to Peej's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Getting through the week is rough when all you can think about is skydiving, gear, the DZ, friends at the DZ, not to mention the occasional smell thats similar to jet fuel as I drive around town, but man its rough, glad I don't have classes on fridays. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka -
As many other people have probally said in the past, Scott is a really great coach. He just spent the weekend at my home DZ running a couple advanced classes, and a novice class. He has lots of good information to share at all experience levels. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Congrats, for what you ask!? Having the determination to save up the money for when the time comes that you can do the things you want to do (This case jumping) I'm sure you'll enjoy it! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Or in his case his local organization that governs over skydiving. (Being that he is not in the US, I don't think the sim would help) One thing that I know, regardless of the rules for staying current in whatever book you look at, staying current is good because it keeps your skills up, and you don't forget as many of the little things that need to happen to have a safe trip to the ground. But thats just how it was explained to me as I was learning. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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Yeah, people were not happy about the choice of closer. Considering the amount of build-up people were expecting more. One thing to say though, is that despite the ending events being not that great the event as a whole went pretty well, and overall I think people had a good time. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka
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2,467 mile trip from Wisconsin to California (LONG!!!)
Fast replied to ladyskydiver's topic in The Bonfire
Glad to hear that you made it out there ok, I'm sure that you will settle into everything soon. Enjoy the better weather! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka