TrickyDicky

It was just so that you know what happens when you do shit to your canopy. Pulling the suspensions lines to see what they do jest lets you learn when it gets deformed in certain ways. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Shhhhhhh. Dont tell him What a waste of beer UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Do you think brushing someone off because they have low jump numbers might cause them to find someone (who may be far less experienced) to tell them how to do it and/or try it themselves from observation? If they did this, without the knowledge of dive loops they might be tempted to try it on toggles. There is a guy at my dz who has around 500 jumps and always hooks it in on toggles . He is one of the more reckless people (seen vids wheres he dumped low a couple times and just has his cypres fire over the weekend, and went straight from club 220s to a sabre 135 which has to be loaded at least 1.5) but he did tell me (what I take as good advice, I think) that to learn a canopy, at high altitude, just pull each suspension line individually, and see what it does.wish I could, but my risers are too long. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

There are 3 attractive girls in my uni club (more at dz). One has the biggest pair Ive ever seen. They must give her special powers cos she is a very very good FS jumper (get her FS1 in about 45 jumps!) But in terms of ethnicity I have only seen a few non cocasion jumpers do first s/l or tandem. But for our uni club most students at the uni are cocasion anyway. But until you brought it up, hadnt really noticed. One of the affi Simon Thomas did his AFF with is black. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

In this country (UK) there are no exact rules for currency, its down to the CCI whether you are allowed to jump there, or have to do a refresher jump (like aff level 7 or similar). But how long varies from one dz to another. There was a guy who turned up at my dz who I hadnt seen for 6 months. He'd got his A and not jumped since. He was allowed just to go straight back in the a/c. He did fine, though was shitting himself on run in. I think some dzs would probably have made him do a re jump. But I also heard at one dz of a guy who hadnt jumped for several years, but had about 1000 jumps before so was allowed to jump. He jumped in normal clothes and borrowed someones kit. His clothes covered both his main, cut-away and reserve handles. Cypres fired. After, he was grounded at that dz. Apparently he didnt realise it had a cypres either. So the number of jumps doesnt necessarily affect currency either. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I did a tube with my friend who jumped in jeans + t-shirt. At 12k He went to put his goggles on and they snapped in half (doh). Then after the tube broke up (about 10s later, not much to grip on jeans) he sunk fast away from me (hes 15st) and then got frozen cos the wind blew up his t-shirt and had to keep his eyes pretty closed. Also, during that dive cloud came over at 700ft during the minute we were in freefall (next to coast, you could see the ground on exit, not when I dumped) but luckily there was a hole over a couple on nearby buildings I recognised and directly over the cross. Bit scary. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Also, if stuff does come out your pocket its a hazard for other skydivers or people on the ground. Ive seen a video of a hook knife fly past about 1 inch from a camera. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Dont want to be on your lifts anymore. The air will suddenly be too thin to climb any more at 9k UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

hop and pops

Just to let you know, there were 8 lifts on saturday, and I was on 5 of them. Often, to make lifts, the plane has to wait for people to pack. We need more people at our wonderful friendly DZ to keep that plane in the air and make ian more money

Weston isnt up north though, its positively down south!!! UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Id say the more unfriendly dzs are the "Tandem factories" as they just like to get the cash in and the people through. With the DZs that rely more on regular jumpers and fewer tandems cos they need the regular jumpers to make some money. What made me laugh last year at peterlee was the people moaning about not having a turbine, but yet they turn up week after week

I have done that. But Ive had people ask me the time and told them it in feet. Very confused they were UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Ive not had it done myself, but Ive heard values in the region of £100-150 for a reline. A reline means exactly that.. they replace all the lines on the canopy. After so many jumps the lines a can stretch so the trims could be off, so your canopy could turn in one direction constantly. This can also happen when you dont do your legstraps up evenly. Plus you increase the likelyhood of a line breaking. And from people who have had a reline.. they say the canopy handles like new/much much better after a reline. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I get the feeling a geordie or a scouser might scare you UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Thing is, if he does name and shame, they'll be zillions of people out to defend it. I have ideas but only from what Ive heard and experienced myself. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I promise you this would not have happened at my DZ. I think some users of uk.rec.skydiving have become a bit annoyed of late because it has become more like uk.rec.peterlee, but I think it gives some idea of what our dz is like. So, next time you're around, come to peterlee. It may be small, and up north (can you handle the northerners) but it is definatly the most friendly dz in the country Ive ever been to. I may be a bit biased, and Ive only been to a few, but so far its the best. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Ive seen them places on student legstraps so that the affi can read off that. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I personally dont think you should buy new for your first kit. If you do this you will spend alot of money and limit yourself later on, so you may need to buy a complete new system again. Rigs can last as long as they're looked after. I have a 2 pin teardrop that is 14 years old. Theres some wear, but all the important bits are still solid and it shouldnt fall to bits any time soon. My main is a Sabre 170, that I load at about 1.15 and I love it. Its got about 450 jumps on it and still flying fine. My rigger has told me that sabres can go for around 600 jumps before they need a reline. It does have reasonably new break lines though. And Ive been told by a couple of others that its in good condition for the number of jumps. But definatly try anything before you buy, you dont want to buy something only to become bored with it within 10 jumps. When you try, dump high (I still love doing hop/pops from 5k, even after 75 jumps on it) find the stall point (this is where you should flare to on landing) and just throw it around, nothing radical under 2k though. try and learn how much height you lose from radical turns and such. So my advice is dont buy new for first kit. It could be an expensive mistake and/or limit your canopy size later on. But you must do as many test jumps as you can before you buy. Hinton allows 3 test jumps on kit for sale. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Our Union is quite good because we dont pay anything to them at all. To be affiliated with you union you need to have so many members (30 I think) and you can claim a max of £500 a year off them to cover "expenses" (has to be receipts). All we pay for is the 2nd day at the freshers fair (first day is free) which is £25. I dont think its a bad deal. You have to keep to the union's constitution but this is mostly just equal rights stuff (ie. no excluding blacks, whites, girls, boys, nerds etc) but we have to charge minimum £5 membership which we do anyway (clubs keeps all membership money). No problems with off site trips (ie. going to the DZ) as I heard with the althletic union you're supposed to fill in forms every time you go anywhere not uni affiliated (like the DZ) but we never did. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I did my static line training in feb 2001 and due to bad weather/me being crap/malfunction etc I didnt get my A license until September 2002, 48 jumps later. Granted I did the RAPS progression system and I live in the UK, so it takes dedication. But it took my friend well over 2 yrs and 70 odd jumps to get his. You'll def feel discouraged, but try doing it in this country UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I spose on average its every weekend, but during uni term time its as much as 4 days a week :) UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I spoke to an experience skydiver who said if he knew a passenger plane was going down and he was going to die, he swears he could build at least a 8-way out of all the people on the plane UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

I think you can hit it any speed, aslong as you dont hit it flat. 60mph is a "concrete" figure I think Ive heard. Just make sure you hit it headdown or very pointed feet first UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

Trees, cos its saved lives before UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.