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John and Phil are this weeks photo of the week , a photo from back in 1991!!!

I completely agree, but we did not attempt any 'tricks' as neither of us DO that sort of thing.. we tried to perform a simple spin/turn around eachother... do you know what 'playin the record' is? It doesn't involve eye to eye contact and I am sitting while she is belly flying in the middle of the tunnel.. I do the spinning.. she stays in one spot. But I guess what everyone is saying is that this otherwise simple maneuver is considered "tricky" at SV tunnels, and what JP is saying is that after 50+ HOURS of belly flying ONLY in 4 different tunnels (mostly outdoors), Rox wasn't able to demonstrate during our 15 minute visit that she could fly stable in one spot in the middle of a 12' tunnel... strange really..and laughable.. she was perfectly fine.. a bit nervous since they kept cutting the air out on us.. be she did great. and somehow I'm supposed to think that if I took my daughter who has FAR less experience & skills and who is not NEARLY as with it, that we would have had any different an experience??? I just don't think so, and so we didn't go. (I'm done now guys.. this topic has gotten way off base and turned into something else)

JP... my experiences have nothing to do with this IBA your so proud of. I'm not aware that I have quoted any policies or rules for any facility... your completely off base and WAY out of line here. I have spoken from my experience only and I refuse to get caught up in a pissing match with you.

wow... interesting really.. since I am speaking from experience and since you weren't around for ANY of it... I'd say it's you who has no idea what he is talking about in regards to my experience.

My experience at SVP was posted here... check October 2005, I believe I started the original post Here's the link:http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1856370#1856370 Based on that experience, it is highly unlikely that my daughter and I would be allowed to fly like we're accustomed to, and so the drive to Flyaway where the rules are based on experience was a better alternative for me. It was awesome too if anyone wanted to know... Lexi, K8 & I did 3 ways within a couple of minutes, and Lexi went on do do some 3 way flying with not just me but the other staff too... loads of fun! We got to wear our jeans and sweatshirts too.. which is much preferred over a suit.

Here they are... I'm a day later than originally planned but THEY ARE DIGGING THE SITE!!!!! PMS pic of Rosa, Lexi and ME and the construction progress photo sorry if the pics aren't great.. .I'm on a laptop and still on vacation until Wednesday... I'll upload new ones when I get back to a REAL monitor!

No need to compete with my experience, I'm not competitive. I did not say talk generally about SV.. I refered to my experiences at ONE of the SVs in Perris. They are MUCH more flexible in Orlando for sure.. but still.. not nearly as much as at either Flyaway.

That's precisely the reason I headed over to Flyaway Las Vegas on my current vacation. Although my 11 year old hasn't flown in Perris, I knew from my last experience there that we wouldn't get to fly together, even though she has about a dozen hours flying 2-4 way with me & our regular group. Added: Not that Perris isn't a great place to take your kids, I'm sure it is. It's just that Flyaway (both of them) have so much more experience flying people and groups of people than all other tunnels that they are much more professional and understanding which includes flexible too. Charts and progressions are cool.. but just like with life... one size does not fit all.

about 1.5 hours... for PR photos & video. agreeing with Paul on the fact that if you change your position frequently it helps. it takes almost NO effort to back fly and so when tired.. I resort to that for a while.

Hey Ro, I'll give you a shout after we return from Vegas... do you wanna do the Pier in Santa Monica with Lexi and I on Friday night? (just DYING for some churros!)..I want to be there before sunset although the weather isn't looking to great for Friday but we're goin anyway!! We're stayin in Burbank from Saturday through the rest of the trip so we'll be just down the street from you.

I'll come by here after we visit and post pics here directly for ya... I'll be online during most of my trip. Can't wait to see it myself.. according to their site they have begun construction... fingers crossed!

I'm going on Sunday to see it for myself and take a picture....YES!! SUNDAY!! WHOO HOOO... going to Flyaway LV on Thursday too!!! Click "Status Pending" on my website to see current photos of the site at the citywalk as well as visiting the skyventure website

March Contest = Guess the first portable tunnel in the U.S. and win a free shirt. (should this be in the tunnel classifieds skymonkey?)

I first heard about it mid last year.. dug up the bookmark for the occassion:http://www.parajump.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1731&sid=beb0d82a2fc87b1161394d57309212fc but couldn't really tell that they had gotten anywhere then. thanks for the update... we have an email out to our guess on the manufacturer for confirmation & details. Bodyflight.net is a member built community, we do our best and count on all of you to help!

Hey Chuck... I didn't realize the request was to specifically post the names & positions right here. I used to go out and post things online everywhere (incl. dz.com) .. but I would spend hours loading pages & forums & calendars and honestly, it's much easier for me to update only one website. After all that's what Bodyflight Network is for... In the recent past HH has asked me to refrain from posting info that does not relate directly to his skydiving audience... and so I try to be respectful of that. You yourself have pointed out to me to be careful in here with advertising and butting my nose in where it doesn't belong, (not in so many words but that's my short revision) and so I try not to initiate any more post topics and I pretty much have tried to make myself scarce here. Since that.. I haven't been in trouble here once! and that works for me. It's also of great help to see how much interest there is from dz.com'ers in what happened, since when they click over to my site, my reports reflect those click throughs. I hope I didn't do anything wrong again.... honestly.. I'm trying to stay out of trouble. ADDED: If anyone is curious.... as of last night our Torrino page has been visited 1,595 times since closing ceremonies aired here in the Eastern US. The Olympic clip has been download 1552 times on my site, and 716 times on SkydivingMovies.com A wonderful moment in the history of our sport!

There ya go fish.. just for you

CALL FOR HELP Ivars (the owner) has asked us to help him collect any american publications with the tunnel in it... ANYONE... ANYONE AT ALL please PM me if you have or can GET any of these things..

yeah man... published that days ago now! my site is updated and changed daily sometimes hourly

actually... only about 36% of the operational ones are suckers (New Hampshire has been included) On Topic Ok.. I've made a few adjustments to the article... thank you so much for including us as a valued resource! It makes me proud not to mention gives me momentum to keep on growing!

I know that those who came before me have tried and tried...perhaps it's time to try again I don't know. The problem apparently has something to do with us needing a machine to perform our sport..

Weeeell... I booked my tix today but Jamaica isn't where I'm headed decided to take myself and my favorite daughter, pre-teenage, to Hollywood, Las Vegas and all stops in between for 5 fun filled days! (these are my old stomping grounds and where she was born but hasn't been since she was 3...etc) we leave in 2 weeks! Hope you find something fun & different!!!

agreed as would the rest of the resort

I was thinking of doing something myself and learning to trapeze in Jamaica is right at the top of my list!

Glad to hear it Mar!!! It was a good day for us all.. I was in chat yesterday with one investor who's buying a portalbe to do tours and shows and this footage couldn't have come at a better time for him to show his investors today and tomorrow Vegas was busy busy busy too I was slammed all day myself Forums all over are linking back to our sites.. Its a flood.. let's all hope that the gates don't close!

OMG - SIDE NOTE: that picture looks JUST like one of our BOOGIE NIGHTS!! HA HA HA HA HA!!! Ripped off easel pad with names scribbled in blue in order.. ok.. seriously.. I dunno... looks like a fleece scarf of some type to me.. from here... zillions of miles away