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screw the airforce...u can get me wasted instead! go army! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

well come on..i live in florida...i dont even get the eagles games on tv (damn bucs!)...im trying! i still got my ricky watters jersey from like 5 years ago! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

fight eagles fight, on the road to victory, fight eagles fight, score a touchdown 1-2-3...hit em low, hit em high and watch our eagles fly! fight eagles fight on the road to victory! E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!! yea im going to have to go with the eagles! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

hey...i cant speak for everyone cause everyone learns at different ability...but when i had about 120 jumps...100 maybe sitflying (and i could hold a very stable sit, move around, dock and everythign in the air) I went to the tunnel and took 10 minutes. It was in the 3rd rotation or so that i finally was able to stay up in the air in a sit for atleast 5 seconds. alot of what i was doing was just standing on the bottom of the tunnel...getting into a sit fly position and then jumping off the bottom and trying to "fly slow".....it seemed to me that it was a lot harder then in the air. I have yet to make it back to the tunnel yet so I dunno. when i was leaving i finally was able to sit for a few seconds then do some forward movement into a stand...then sit into some backward movement into a stand...and kept repeating. it was kinda fustrating! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

question...i guess im being the deveils advocate..but say someone who is a newbie..doesnt give advice and then is responsible for an incident? and all he or she needed to do was say something but decided to hold their tounge because they didnt want to get their ass chewed out here I'm not saying to keep your mouth shut - but to think first. If it honestly looks like someone is being stupid, and on the path to leave a crater,....then say it. Or better yet - as HappyThoughts said earlier - ask, treat with respect, and voice concern. ok...i agree with u 200% on that one! just making sure! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

question...i guess im being the deveils advocate..but say someone who is a newbie..doesnt give advice and then is responsible for an incident? and all he or she needed to do was say something but decided to hold their tounge because they didnt want to get their ass chewed out here "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

i hear you on that one! id rather get yelled at for giving dating advice! ha! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

haha...reminds me of that commecial i saw ontime on tv for some kind of dial up vs. cabel service where the guy is in freefall without a rig...tries to download one but the session times out lol...good stuff! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

I am a newbie..only 8 months in the sport alittle under 200 jumps but i feel that my experienced already saved some of my friends the other day from doing something stupid. As I was going to the boarding area with my teamate for collegiate nationals i saw three other kids from my college planning a dive. I asked them what they attempted. One kid (alittle over 100 jumps) said that he is getting his sitfly down well and can stand, so he was going to do a hybrid and hang under neath kid number two (50 jumps) and kid number 3 (about 200 jumps but not current at all). I told them that I didnt want to ruin their fun but I didnt think the situation was very safe. I thought that kid number one with the 100 jumps would prob end up corking if he even was able to hang underthem for alittle. I warned one of the kids who was suppose to be on their belly and said you might get kicked in the face or comlpetely taken out if he corks. They unded up decided then just to do a 3way and sure enough i watche dtheir exit, the second they jumped our the door the whole dive fell apart and they couldnt even stay with each other on their bellies. Now being a newbie, and being as frequent to the dropzone as I am (asking a million questions, observing, getting chewed out for making wrong decisions (hasnt happened since jump 30!)) I feel I was right in this case to say something. I felt that it was my obligation. I knew of a hazard and I think if there are other kids out there in my situation that bite their tuonge beacuse some people will say they are trying to show off or think they know so much is a joke, because bad things can happen. Another jump of mine I was jumping with someone who had 1,000's of jumps. We were goign to be 2nd out the door following a couple who was attempting head down together (we were sitflying, one f my coach jumps). At 45 jumps, I asked my coach if it would be smart the way we exited and did our movemens in the air because he would be backsliding and id be practicing foward movement right into where this couple was practicing to learn headdown. Sure enuogh he agreeded with me and did think it would be smarter to switch spots on exit so we wouldnt be going into their airspace. Whenver it comes to people I dont know, or people i know that have more experience then me, I will ask someone their advice. My friend did it the other day. My friend was under canopy and some guy was messing around with him with only 100 jumps (it was actually the same kid who wanted to do the hybrid and hang underneath the two belly flyers, and actually the same jump). They got realy close to each other and the kid changed his pull altitude from 3,500 to almost 5,000 and then spiriled down to my friend and considered to try to perform some CRW moves. Well when he got on the ground he was mad but didnt feel it was his place to say anything (he has the same amount of jumps as me) and went to one of the packers who was packin for him and explained the sitaution. The packer then talked to the kid and after he denied everything finally listened. So for all the newbies out there, I guess what this really long post is trying to say is that if you see something you think is wrong, say something. Ask, tell someone u know with more experience with you. You may be wrong and may find out why you are wrong too (which can be great advice too). But whatever, dont hold your tounge and feel that cause u may be a 100 jump wonder doesnt mean you dont know sh*t about what you are doing. You may not know more then everyone else on the plane, but sometimes you may just be right. Well thats my 2 cents. Take it as you will. "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

damn...if it was military id say 600 feet AGL...static line ofcourse....but with sport jumping, lowest exit is only 4,000. "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

naked jump?? haha well normally i wouldnt (yea right)...but since ur going to be the only one...we cant let u do that. you can count me and and my teamate. as long as there are atleast the same number of guys in the air as girls, i dont want to see any thingys flapping around anymore then i have to! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

hooah! very nice! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

thats right...watch out for us college kids! esp the military ones hooah! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

get what your saying man. thanks for the advice. ill pass it along blue skies! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

haha! the got to be in playboy someday!!! they just have to! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

"To infinaty and beyond!!!!" "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

is it me or is it pathetic they prob did their applications together...prob are going to pick the same majors, be in the same classes, and maybe for only lucky guy...sleep with the same guy!?!? thought you guys might want to check out this link...its their legal age countdown! http://www.brokennewz.com/reports/olsentwins.asp "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

no he let him switch. so he and I are both now aerospace studies majors. I think for him it was more of a Id rather enjoy my life now and after the army. he didnt want to do civil engeneering but was just told to do it because if he has the chance, he might as well. thats like me sitting through pre-med classes when i dont want to be a doctor just cause it pays well. i see his point. he will prob make the army the career anyway so know knows. "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

I was always told If i have something someone else doesnt I should share "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

haha...10 beers under canopy...that would def make for some fun times. anyone up for a sunset beer hop and pop from the top?? "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

ill take a few hours of soberness for a midnight jump...no problem...i dont see why anyone wouldnt! just another reason to come down after the jump and drink! and im sure a lot of people will be buying beer for it being their 1st night jump...so sweet! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

i am not providing beer because i usually always do (expect on those silly first cases like...its the first time you jumped under 50 degrees..oh buy beer!)....but however, we can harass all the people who havent bought beer at the DZ and that my friend is where the free beer comes from! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

where do you jump...remind me not to jump there!! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

i have not heard anything but come on....we are a couple of hundred drunk and annoying college kids...if we atart out on the 27th and bitch to them about flying on new years..i think we might be able to do it! i saw we all just start asking them when we get down there. i know a few other local dz's are...so we should tell them if they arent flying ad midnight we will head somewhere else! "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez

sure thing...but i think your forgetting something...its going to be awsome anyway!!! a couple hundred single, crazy nuts college kids!!! well i can verify the crazy and nuts but with my luck all the ladies with bring their boyfriends! haha anywhoo...whos bringing the keg to this college party?!?!? "Airborne all the way" EL Cantador Rodriguez