piisfish

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  1. a pic by Marco Pareja, yesterday on the penultimate load. A view from the plane, around our DZ in Bex, Switzerland scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  2. I didn't understand all the 0's. Some were clearly above the gates (or on the side), but some others seemed OK. And why do some peple touch the water and some don't ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  3. If the WSer is wearing black, in case of a touch and go, he doesn't die but gets to play again in a couple of months scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  4. Yves on David Letterman's Late Show http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/the_wahoo_gazette/ scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
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    Memories

    yes but at the time you could do things with 16k of memory scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  6. lots of cool stuff here http://www.expandingknowledge.com/Jerome/PG/History/Strange/Album.htm
  7. on this website about strange paragliding stuff you can see how much effort went into development of size, shape and functionality of almost any part of paragliders, which mostly also are RAM Air canopies. The site is not very young, but notes are in english and french.. And teher are still loads of innovations
  8. OK now you say it is also good for wingsuiting... Will have to see how I can get myself one scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  9. Skysurfing WAS there. Which discipline would you like to see represented ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  10. that's sad. We had a pretty similar incident here in Switzerland, but our bear was more solid/lucky... He got hit by a TRAIN.... and it only broke his GPS transmitter http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/L-ours-M13-a-d-truit-son--metteur-GPS-19110357 scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  11. Excuse me. She's 44. wow that's OOOOLD... For a woman I mean... Ducks and hides under an invisibility cape scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  12. and tomorrow is Star Wars Day II, Revenge of the 5th
  13. May the 4th be with you
  14. you are THAT guy Actually I am the other one scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  15. I didn't even need to see the video... Just seeing Alan Szabo's name was enough
  16. I would love to. At least 1 T/O and 1 landing
  17. she belongs to the sick n' twisted thread scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  18. airlocks are not completely dead. Wingsuits are full of them
  19. Any newer/cheaper technology around nowadays ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  20. The jets thing is soooo last year Rio is the actual. Full vid on YouTube scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  21. Yes. To make it short, the spring kicks the PC out, but the bridle is still locked on the bag, then it is later released with a second handle. A little bit like a tandem drogue chute. The speed and the mass are pretty large. This system allows for lower speed deployment scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  22. it is not really funky. First some airbrake, then release and deployment. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  23. so will there be a DZ.com booth at the next WFFC ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM