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No it didn´t.. first he died, then it was only a dream and the real skydive went great, first jump and he was skysurfing right?

Get one of theese http://storage.headdown.net//ff2004/archmaster.mov

What sizes are avaliable?

Early in the season and late in the season I can´t rely on the dytter to go off at all. When it is below freezing on the ground the startup procedure hangs for a few seconds, and some times it takes up to a minute for the beep saing it´s ready to come. Under canopy at these temperatures I´ve had the alarms at all wrong altitudes and even heard the flatline after i´ve landed (it´s damn loud when not in freefall...). However if I warm it before I jump, it works just fine. This could ofcourse be a problem with just mine. Maby I will have to mail L&B and ask them. A more common problem though, is the clip that holds it. It just breaks for everyone. Mine is cracked and I haven´t even used it on my helmet. I friend lost her dytter and i´ve read a few threads about others loosing theirs.

You are a girl right?

Sorry, first time I saw this thead was the same date as my first post.... So... I kinda did actually..

THANK YOU BRIAN!! It bugs the hell out of me to see that "canopy pilots" actually belive they control their canopys in a way that is impossible.. As for the tight rope goose. You didn´t move your centre of gravity (seen from the ropes prespecitve). If you did you would fall of the rope. Your centre of gravity is still directly above the rope.

Think about this one one more time, you fly on rears.. pulling the rear is the same as putting pressure on the rear.. AND you put pressure on the fronts. So you put more weight on BOTH fronts and rear? Du you gain weight by leaning forward? I don´t think so... This is possible IF you have a fixed link. As in grabbing the risers. Not possible if you have a loose link, dangling from you 3-rings not holding on to your risers. Only way to move your but back then is to move something else, for instance your head and chest, forward... Leaning forward will do nothing to your canopy unless you grab the risers. It will howeve give you a better position for running (at the end of a swoop or down the hill for ground launching..

Tjena Göran! Vågar du köpa Katanan? den cuttas ju hejvilt över hela landet p.g.a snodd i öppningen. Kan du inte köpa en Demon och sen berätta för mig hur den är att flyga. Den är ju ganska billig iaf... Jag hoppar en stiletto 150 och har provat en cossfire2 129 och en vengeance 120. De små går ju bra mycket fortare i luften men jag surfar minst lika långt med stiletton, antagligen för att jag kan flyga den bättre. Veganen var väl roligast i luften men jag var inte alls imponerad av flären, kan dock bero på att den var rätt "välanvänd" och linorna såg ut att sjunga på sista refrängen. Att den hade airlocks upplevde jag inte som något problem vid packning, men så märkte jag inte mycket av dem i luften heller. Kul att 42:orna spöade ståkkhollmarjävlarna! /Jan Fälls det några elever ur an2:an?

Thnx. It´s been taken care of and my friend will recive the lines in time. Love how everything always works out within the skydiving community.

Is it possible to buy a new line set at Z-hills? If it has to be sent there, how long would this take? Have a friend there now, staying one more week. Was hopeing he could bring it back to me (to Sweden).

Thanx! I read it the same day before the jump, but I didn´t read far enough. Is watching the horizon really enough to see if the canopy starts turning? Looking forward to trying this.

Tried my stiletto 150 for the first time the other day. When I pulled I was looking at it open, and I saw it open slowly and at the first stage of the opening I noticed it turned slightly to the right. When it then opened full it went in to a quite fast right turn wich I had to correct with the rear riser. My question is, should I try to shift my bodyposition in the harness to prevent the first turn during the first stage of the opening (this was what I tried to do, but didn´t quite know how). Or should I try to adjust my body position to follow the turn with my body so that the final opening is on heading relative to myself? It only turned 10-20 degrees during this stage. Other than that, the stiletto was sweet! Used to fly a pd 9-cell the same size and I´ve never flew this long or landed this smooth before!

Ok, it´s the BASE-version. They are blue and yellow though.. Wonder if I can modify them by adding inlets on the back so that they will inflate when backtracking to.. Anyway, I track FAST when on my belly!

Just got a pair of pantz quite cheap. However they seem to be the base-version, with inlets only on the front. Will they be no good for backtracking? The guy I got them from wasn´t sure if it was freefly or base-version. He had ordered freefly version, but i´m pretty sure that it isn´t.

Thanx, that was a great album, I think I´ll even go buy it!

Like your videos!! What's the first song in the mayday-vid?

if you're turning right, look to the right find a reference point, be relaxed and just push your right elbow slightly down. Doesn't have to be as distinct as the "broom stick". Looking where youre going and "thinking" your way there helps. And don't worry, it will get more expensive...

Does anyone know where to download movies of theese disciplines?

does anyone have any tips on how to make a tube?

Thanx!!

does anyone know if there is film from the world record http://www.theworldteam.com/ to download from internet?

Well this became a pretty long lasting debate.. In the end it doesn´t matter at all if you were an s/l or aff student. 300 jumps later the aff student has probably picked up what the s/l student had in canopy control and the s/l student has probably picked up what ever the advantage the aff student had. The only thing that matters is what to recommend a new jumper. And then it comes down to the money and the balls. A rich guy who can´t wait for the freefall - aff - or a fearless dude who had to sell his car and house to pay for the course -s/l. It´s as easy as that. Or even easier if the closest dz only offers one of the options...

I don´t know how it works over there, but in sweden the sl-program includes frefall from jump nr.7 to nr.25. So i wouldn´t say that people taking this course lacks any freefall experience. And this goes to those thinking that aff is more fun because of the freefall. Here you get all the fun freefall in the sl-program, only thing is that you have to do those scary sl jumps first and then work your way up higher and higher. Now I´m wondering how it is that some of you claim that the finnished a-certificate student is just as good no matter what program he/she took. I´m for instance thinking of piloting the chute, how a student finnished after 7 jumps is just as good as one finnished after 25? Or is it only in sweden the s/l program takes 25 jumps? my turn to be "edjumuhkated"

I disagree with the aff-guys. If you loved the static line jump so go with that. At least the way we do it in sweden it is a lot cheaper and you get a lot more jumps for the money. 30 instead of 7, so when you finish you are a better jumper than the aff students. Tho only reason for aff is that most students chicken out during the sl course (because it takes a few jumps before you get to experience the freefall and that is some of the fun that takes away the fear) so the aff is a way of keeping the students. One other reason could ofcourse be that the dz makes more money on someone paying $800 for 7 jumps instead of $600 for 30.. In your case you don´t seem to be likely to chicken out so i´d say go on with the sl course. BUT.. don´t be to tough going around saying that it´s not scary, because most people are not really afraid on the first jump.. it´s the second one when they start realising what that actually are doing thats scary.. good luck and if you should find the sl too hard you can always change to the aff.. but that course is for wimps