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    Jarrett, you need to listen to your dad (he is not trying to hold you back he just wants to make sure your ready). Your dad has been talking to Scott about you jumping that suit. Sometimes parents do know what is best. When he feels you are ready he will have Scott come up and take you out in that suit. Jarrett try having some patients, you are 15 and have the rest of your life to spend getting into all the different disciplines of skydiving. Kirk
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    My point exactly, I personally would just buy a canopy that did not require any special changes(ie.. in deployment technique , pilot chute size & stow bands) to make good openings. Kirk
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    I just have to wonder about a canopy that depends so much on pilot chute size, deployment position and stow bands in order to get good openings. I do not recall PD, Icarus or PA requiring mods like these on their current line up of canopies to get good openings. Kirk
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    As diablopilot stated if you want better opennings get a different canopy. You might try the Crossfire 2 which has consistent soft openings and incredible performance. Kirk
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    It sounds to me as if you never gave him a "No, I am not interested". I think the very direct approach works best. If you just do not answer on an advance some guys will just keep going. My advice is next time pull him off to the side and say" Hey bud, I am not interested in you, lets get back to the material at hand do you want to learn how to skydive? " or something along that line Kirk
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    I think the point Jason is trying to make (and I agree with him) is that in the last 2 years we have seen more tandem fatalities than in the 4 years previous to that, so what is going on???????? Kirk
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    My wife tried alot of different ones before coming up with this http://shop2.centralsupplyco.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PGC46522 It works great. Kirk
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    I think most all containers now days are great, but my preference is Infinity. They have a great product with bullet proof pin protection and secondary riser covers. I also like their new risers with the hard housings put in place by hardware so they will not ever move rather than just being sewn in. Lastly, outstanding customer service. Kirk
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    Yes, since your body hit the air first your body position would may cause more instability. However: it is the instructors job to correct for anything in the air. Sometimes it takes a few seconds or a tad longer to find the right body position to correct for a students body position. As instructors hooked to you, the only thing we can do is make our bodies biger than yours to outfly what is going on. Kirk
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    That's kind of funny, I personally love being tall. I am just a little shorter than you at 6'3" with shoes. I do find I hit my head alot especially now in skydiving but I would not trade 1" of my height. Kirk
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    I had a great time flocking with everyone. There are some truely great flyers that were there. I am not sure if anyone is going to do anything with the video footage that was shot but I would love to get a copy. If anyone does have the footage and would not mind burning a copy just PM me with the price. Kirk
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    Could someone elaborate on that.
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    When my son was about 5 he loved the word poop. No matter what we did he would continue to use it, so hoping to defuse the wonder of the word for him we nick named him poopy. It worked in short order he stopped using the word but the nick name kind of stuck.
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    I had done two tandems when I started dating my now wife. She does not have any interest in ever jumping and in her mind what I do is very dangerous. I now have been in the sport for seven years and one day a weekend I am a tandem instructor. We have come to some compromises in that time: 1. The money used for skydiving had to come from another source other than my normal job (until I became a tandem instructor, I held two jobs to pay for skydiving), 2. I would limit my time at the DZ to only the jumping day and not stay later. We have a great relationship and key to it is comunication and compromise. Kirk
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    I am use a Sony V1. I bought the remote for the camera which is quite big and had other functions on it. I then took it apart, cut out the other buttons and then glued one button on top of the one for taking stills. I also cut the case for the remote down as small as possible. I then took a balloon and incased it. I use it as a tongue switch putting the entire thing in my mouth. It takes a little to get use to it but since the remote in more of a lanc controler with a circuit board and chips on it I did not see any way around it. If I remember I will take a picture of the switch enclosed in the balloon. Kirk here is a link to sony's remote http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=RMVD1
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    It is not a safety concern as far as affecting the skydive or landing safely; however it is a safety concern that could affect your hearing for the rest of your life. I have done just under 500 tandems and a some of my students mention some discomfort of the inner ear after freefall (due to the rapid pressure change). I would highly suggest consulting your doctor and explain that you are concerned about your inner ear and the rapid pressure chage during freefall when skydiving. Kirk
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    Hi Justin, I totally agree with that statement. Hell, with the amount of talent and experience you have, I am sure you can handle anything toss at you. Knowing now who you are and your experience and rereading your original post it makes a whole lot more sense and I really see the point you were trying to make. Hope Guam is treating you great. Kirk
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    How a main is packed is only one of many variables to having a good openning; speed your falling at, body position at pull time, body position during openning, and actions taken during that time frame have alot to do with openning. If you are worried about someone else packing and creating a mal then do not use packers. As for responsiblity it is always in the hands of the skydiver using the rig. Kirk
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    It would be great if you would fill out your profile. I am not sure what tandem training course you went through but I know part of the Strong tandem course is a video that goes over how side spins start and how to correct them. A side spin is created by the student dearching and the instructor arching(this creates 4 blades of a propeller) as the pair starts spinning faster the space between the instructors body and the student increases. The video is very clear that once in a side spin the best way out is to wrap your arms and legs around the student (this will eliminates the blades in the propeller. The video also suggest prior to getting your rating you put yourself in a side spin and get use to getting out. Kirk
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    I am not sure who you mean? If you are talking about Steve or (manbird) I am not sure if he will make it or not. He has been real busy with his music career. If you are talking about Ray or (shotgun Ray) I have not seen him out there in a while. Kirk
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    I would never allow a video person to take grip to keep the fall rate. While a good video person should be able to match most fall rates, the tandem instructor and the video person need to work as a team so if you see the video person is struggling to stay with you, (although not a requirement but should be a secondary concern after making sure you have control of the skydive) the instructor should try and adjust the fall rate to help the video person out. To answer your question I would never jump (or never again) with an incompetent video person that felt the only way they would be able to video the skydive would be by putting me and my student indanger by taking gripps to hold the fall rate. Kirk
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    WOW, that seems expensive. A few years ago some friends of mine got several balloon jumps set up at $75.00 each. Each day there were two loads of 6 jumpers. They are a total blast. Kirk
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    It is great to have a lot of enthusiasm for the sport, however: the first thing you need to do is go through the training and get your license first. Most all skydivers start out on really big canopies and after their training go through a series of carefully watched down sizes before they are ready to purchase a rig of their own. There are a lot of variable to what size of canopy and type of canopy that will be recommended to you by your instructors. A lot depends on your competency of canopy flight and your exit weight. Kirk
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    Um... are you talking about Oregon, USA, or Oregon, Nicaragua? I don't think the latter exists. There are a couple birds at Eugene skydivers. Kim has a GTi. Molalla has tons of birds with a lot of experience. Yea, what he said. There is at least one wingsuit pilot at Skydive Oregon most every weekend his name is Scott. While I mostly throw drogues, when I am not doing that I generally have a wingsuit on and I am usaually at Skydive Oregon one day a weekend. Every once in a great while Dploi will drag his butt down here and don his wingsuit too. Kirk
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    I'll be there. Kirk