oldbastard

Yeah I heard that Vern is a real good ball master... all he does is sit around all day playing with balls. Hell back in my day we did all that fancy ball jumping... only we used bowling balls... of course i reckon it's easier now... well vern good luck . hope you become a good master of the balls!!! Just remember a little ben gay goes a long way!!!

Wow... all sounds kinda complicated to me... back in my day... me and my boys did all that fancy headdown only we called it lawndart flying... course we never practiced on the ground - standing on our heads and all that nonsense... hell... we'd find a good ten or thirteen pound bowling ball and attach a couple ropes that we'd superglue into the finger holes... (fill it up real good).... then we'd find an old ragged out container that didn't have any canopies in it and wear it under our rigs... then we'd clip dem ropes from the bowling ball to the extra d-rings under our rigs..of course we'd have a couple quick releases on the ropes... hell you'd open the door and your buddy would hold the ball... we'd get into position in the door give a nod our buddies would chuck that damn ball out... hell it'd jerk you clean out head down and arms and legs flappin every which way behind ya!!! Then all you had to do it reach up snap dem quick releases open and then you could hold it another second or two before floppin back to your belly so'n you could pull... of course i'm not suggesting any of you pups out there try it... but it's one hell of a ride!!!

Yeah... the tunnel rocks... I should have built one when I thought up the whole notion fifty years ago.. .yeah I know Joao and Juliana and Fabian and Sean and Blincoe too... taught em alot about flying in that there tunnel... hell who dya think was the first to run up one and back flip to the other... course these days I mostly stick a daffy in there and do a little stalling... not too shabby in my old age either... course the tunnel instructors their hate going in with me... I get too crazy and they get pissed when i bring in beer in my water bottle!!! Dey got this one instructor though... always be takin sips from me water bottle!!!

SOuNds Cool... the freefly group... not sure I'd want to be on a zoo dive though with all dem pups corkn' n shit. But hey I'll show up for the beer!!! Too bad about Lake Wales... got lots of friends who are hurtn... (Olaf, Sean, Steve)... should definetely plan a huge gathering to support the dz. I wouldn't mind making a couple two or three ways but nothing bigger than that... don't want them whipper-snappers running in to me!!! [email]skydivin_99@yahoo.com