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That could be. I remember flaring feeling the canopy come to a stop then lift and drop. I talked to the jump master he said I flared about 3-4 seconds to soon. The wind was calm on the ground and it was hot. Also my first jump was with winds at 15 mph and this jump the winds were defently not that fast. When they trained us they said to flare hard which is probably not what I should have done at this point. This being myh 2nd jump I had a jump M on the radio telling me when to flare however I flared before he told me to. I will defently work on flaring tech when I am able to jump again. The shitty part is this years season will be done by the time I can jump again. The good news is I can save cash for next season.

I did plf however it was the inital impact that caused a spiral fracture in the ankle. Thanks for the links and the info

Well unfortualy on my 2nd jump I flared too high then caught an updraft and then just droped to the ground. THe end result is a broken ankle. After this happend I was told I could have put my toggles half way up and then flared hard again. Any other suggestions to how to avoid this in the future.

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Did my first IAD jump landed hard and slightly sprained my ankle. Nothing major just a little hard landing. It was the winds that grounded me. After that jump they went up to between 20-27 mph being a stundet they won't let us jump in anything higher than 15 mph. Anyways take it easy get healed up

In Canada CSPA DZ for students max is 15MPH winds