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Once, released brakes...steering line broke....panicked (20 or so jumps at the time) pulled right....pulled left......pink reserve!! I could have used the risers....was taught to. I just freaked. Which is funny because the jump just before that, I'd had a canopy rip on opening. 3 out of 7 cells ripped....I stuck with that and landed just fine ....but cut a way from a broken steering line . Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Container: '89 Javelin Main: '96 Sabre Reserve: '89 Maverick Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Thats what did it for me! Look at him from the time you leave the step till the canopy blocks your view. If your having to look up at him....chances are you'll arch naturally. Hope that works. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Well, I'm definitely not a skygod.........but I can tell you that I had the same problem as a static line student. I couldn't/wouldn't arch for s**t (after arching just fine on PRCPs).....did a WHOLE lot of 3 sec delays. On my back, front flips, go off on to my side, etc. I even got the "maybe you should take up golf" talk! However, I'm one stubborn SOB and stuck with it. It was funny....that through all of this....my only problem ended up being, just before I hopped off the step of the 182...I'd look back down at the ground. No one noticed it forever...till finally someone did. All that I did on the next jump is never take my eyes off the JM. Vola....problem solved. So at jump #20 something....I finally get past 3 sec delays....after repeatedly switching back and forth between going back on the static line back to freefall! Anyway....all I can say is pay attention and scrutinize everything you do....maybe its just some benine (sp?) thing like my issue! I can also say that it took me 35 jumps to get my A license...and it still ended up being cheaper than getting the A with the AFF course at the next closest DZ! Just my $.02! Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Why, because the truth is funny? Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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How far have you come since your 1st post?
jloirsdaan replied to AggieDave's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
umm....First post wise...I didn't post until around April or so of this year. But first started logging on and looking around after my first 2 or so jumps in Aug of '04. Since then I have just been doing lots of fun jumping. Did 175 in my first year....well first 13 months. Then got deployed. That kind of threw a monkey wrench in my plans. I wanted to get a coaches rating and looked into getting one at Skydive Dallas. But figured what was the point since I'd be spending a year without jumping out here. My plans for the first year I am back is to get back into the sport and Jump my ass off....gotta make up for lost time. I'd like to quickly get to 200 and get my C. As soon as I feel confident in my "skills" again, I'll go for the coaches rating. Buy my first brand spanking new gear. I got an OLD javelin right now, and original sabre 190 and a maverick 201 reserve. Will be happy to have eveything new and custom made! That's the plus side to being deployed....I'll be able to save enough money to buy whatever I want . Five years down the road, who knows. I'd like to be an instructor....but have to have all the fun I can now! Get that out of the way and then I'll see. I'd like to compete in 4 way also, I might get into that when I get back. Just for fun though, I don't think the team I'd get together would be too terribly competitive....we'll have to see though! Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft. -
WTF!! ! I sure hope that isn't normal . It'll have been about 9 months since my last jump when I get back after some leave and jumping in Jan...I'll have only been gone 4 months in Jan. They try to charge me that much I'll be done for good. Then again, I got a whole lot more options than Hawaii does I'd think. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Thanks for the offer Justin. However, it'll be around 9 more months before I get back to Dallas! .....I won't have to wait quite that long to jump. I'll make a few jumps in Jan....then I'll be in a mad rush to SDD sometime in Sept '06. I see that you have a Wings. This is one of the rigs I'd like to buy too. I've pretty much narrowed it down to either a wings or javelin. How do you like your container? Thanks. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Jordan Pine Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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oops ....However, I thought I only had a second and was being lazy. Thanks Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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I know comparing this canopy to that happens a whole lot in the forums. The biggest debate I've seen and heard is on the Sabre2 and Pilot. Okay, I've talked to enough people who jump pilots to draw the conclusion that's not the canopy I want. I've demoed a Sabre2 170, and loved it...I own a original Sabre 190. Okay, after making over 150 jumps on it...I'm ready for a new canopy...I love the damn thing...but it opens quite "brisk" every once in a while. So I am looking into buying new gear very soon. The Sabre2 I jumped opened very soft....but very much off heading....I didn't pack it...I hear packing is the problem all the time...I believe it...but it can't be all packing I wouldn't think. That'd be what drew me to a Pilot...but I'd rather go with something slightly more aggressive. Okay, lots of rambling to get to the question.....what about the Safire2? How does this canopy relate to the Sabre2? Close?? Open better? Less performance? More performance?, etc. Just looking for some input on this...I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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I will echo this. Jumped a buddies rig who has a Turbo 165......opened "brisk" enough for me to never ask to jump his rig again....didn't fly or flare worth a crap either. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Fury 220! Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Okay...this is a good thread. It went from a good discussion....too some drama...and is now back to a good discussion! I actually think the bible analogy is good, and I agree that whats going on at this DZ definitely breaks the Ten Commandmants . But thats my opinion...and opinions are like.....yeah I won't go there. I agree that the SIM is just a guide....I think you'd rarely jump in Oklahoma and Northern TX (or probably anywhere) if you went strictly by what it recommended. The cloud thing is probably the biggest one....heck if I can see the general area I want to be in....I'm jumping....... But I do open at the correct altitude, do wave off, track for separation, check for traffic before exit (this kinda goes against the whole cloud deal though), etc. However.....I am a licensed skydiver...and the instructors I had did teach me how to make a safe jump....even if the equipment and some other things didn't actually allow it to actually go the way I/we were taught. All that aside...I know what I was taught...and can make a decision on when and how I jump and don't jump. What I find acceptable risk...whats to risky...etc. Students usually can't make an informed decision....and it should be up to us and USPA to make sure that they are taken care of and kept as safe as possible. Students usually don't know whats "safe" and unsafe early on, especially not on the first jump. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Yeah habaneros are F**KING nuts. Only ever had one....freshly picked. Mouth didn't stop burning for hours. Literally.....BURNING.....like I gargled a bunch of gasoline and lit a match! Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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and replys to skybytch too....Why do I feel wrong writing that!jking Well, without all the testostermoe....the ladies come off with very good points!! I really wanted to avoid implying "old farts" sorry if it came off that way. In fact....from your picture Wendy...you'd never convince me that you have 30 yrs in the sport . I also wasn't knocking the way the sport WAS taught. It most definitely did work. In fact, I very much agree that skydiving isn't for everyone...and sometimes the wrong people try it. It would in fact, be better if most students did come in knowing how dangerous skydiving really can be. That'd probably weed out those who needed weeding out! The point I was getting at, wasn't that anybodies training was wrong...or flawed...or that we even do it better now. IMHO I just think if there is better and more proven safety equipment out there....we should use it. Yes, it was done relatively safe before...but why not keep striving to make it safer? On the other hand, I am very much against anyone but skydivers stepping in to regulate and make rules...so I'd be very hesitant to involve the FAA. In fact I wouldn't involve anyone....because I like the DZO and the location...which we all pretty much like the guy and the operation....just not the student part. That is what I've been trying to do.....constructively tell him some things I observed....and usually I get blown off (maybe cause I don't know shit with 175 jumps ). Fine, I was just writing thoughts...and backing claims up. I've seen the things he takes shortcuts on....and the way he runs things...I also spend a lot of time at another GREAT DZ....and this is probably where I started seeing the differences and asking questions. I've seen how a stellar DZ is run (IMO). But hey, I love grabbing a beer at the end of the day and listening to the "old farts" tell stories. To hear our sports history. You're also right, I see the very same thing with idiots like me....that have less than 5 yrs in the sport try and convince newbies that they'll be fine on this or that, etc. And I'd be quick to tell them to STFU and send the student to an instructor...or S&TA! Hope I made that a little more clear. (even though I probably just made it worse ). Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Okay, thats the plan!.....175 jumps....need to make at least 1000 to be happy. And in the know . Joking. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Thanks. I work nights here...its 2337....almost Thursday. Pointless info there..... I sit here on DZ.com lots....read through stuff....can't get enough!! Only way I can really keep in "touch" with the sport. Well, that and have my rig sent out here to me....theres about an 600-800ft tower just behind the camp........ Way off point...but figured I'd explain why I am kind of rapid fire with the replies. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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I am going to probably get flamed for this. No disrespect meant to ANYONE just an observation I have. Seems a lot of the "older" jumpers...people who have been in the sport 10+ years....I'd go as far to say 15+...are always saying "this is how I learned, I survived and am fine." Well, my question is....there are proven and safer way of doing things now in the year 2005. So because it worked for you....it didn't work for everyone back then. The fatality rate seems to have been much higher...at least ratio wise. So it worked for you, but should we not go with the safer way of doing things now that they are available? AADs aren't there to open mains...they are there to open the reserves as a absolute last resort....and this malfunction happened on a static line jump. So he cut it aways. No what are we relying on? A students first jump.....hopefully he will have paid attention....he obviously did...cutaway, and pulled the reserve just fine. But what if he'd been a idiot and hadn't paid attention....because he's a moron is he supposed to bounce?? Just seems to me that lots of people seem to have this opinion...."it worked for us." But there are safer ways of doing things. I'm not saying we should or could be 100% safe...nor am I saying require everyone to use AADs etc. I don't have one on my rig. I will, just haven't gotten one yet. But students I think, should be and are the exception. We should take every means necessary and available to make their induction into our sport as safe as possible. Then off of student status they can make there own conscious decision. I ramble a lot and hope this comes off the way I intended. I have the upmost respect for the pioneers of the sport and those who came before me. I just get that a whole lot and doesn't make sense to me..... Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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I went back and edited to add that in the earlier post...but they aren't always jumping the one they just packed....it often ends up being jumped (with the same pack job) by a first jump student. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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I very much agree, I've seen people who have never jumped pack just fine....as well as younger kids. Thats fine and awesome in fact!! Packers are Gods gift to skydivers like me!! These guys aren't getting paid....they are packing the rigs they jumped. Which is fine and necessary. But they are usually only shown once or maybe twice and expected to do it on their own without supervision everytime after that. Thats also fine if they get it...which most don't seem too. The DZO usually isn't very receptive to them asking for help or pointers...in fact he gets quite aggravated with them often times. Also, they pack the rigs when they are through jumping for the day...and them put them back on the shelf to be jumped another day by what usually turns out to be a first jump student...and as I said before...a malfunction requiring a cutaway was the result after one such incident where the student stated several times he/she wasn't comfortable packing. Which goes back to another issue....no AAD's used at all for static line jumps, which this one was. Hope that clears up the situation a bit. Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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No they are usually packing the parachute they just jumped. Which in and of itself is fine. If you know what you're doing...then no, I wouldn't think a rigger needs to be standing over your shoulder. I think the FAA should go F**K itself on that rule with the packers. However....students with 5 jump who have been shown how to pack once....shouldn't be packing their own rig without supervision. It was said earlier...that when packing....if a student "bothers" one of the instructors...he's usually told to to quite being paranoid and go finish packing. I had this happen to me, and see it continue to happen. I know several students who have dropped off because of not being comfortable packing their rig. Also...these students are expected to pack the rig after they jump. Then, if they aren't jumping again...put it back on the shelf. Then put on a first jump student again the next weekend. This has resulted in at least one malfunction very recently. Hope that clears something up....Paid packers are GOOD!!!! Students packing with out supervision....early on BAD!! Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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girl.........that looks like a dude in the picture there?? Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.
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Wow, pretty pissy there aren't we. Sound like someone pissed all over your cornflakes! Since I only have 175 jumps, I'm sure you'll throw that right back up in my face. But hey, I couldn't give less a crap if you have 50000 or 5! If you see something unsafe at a DZ...speak the f**k up. So Mr. Skygod (they have a song for you in the bonfire)...since with your wisdom you think it is okay to go against the BSRs and what not....you should partner up with the DZO...you and him would make good business partners. Even though, he doesn't get as pissy and whiney as you. So this guys full of shit huh....well maybe he should go and get everyone else that'll back him up. I just happened across this thread....without him ever telling me of the B.S. going on here by some posters. There are many jumpers out there that have left this DZ because of the student operations...and some like me....that turn a "blind" eye to his operations for the convenience of how close it is to home. I don't want to drive 3 hrs to the next DZ every weekend. Kevin is a good guy, with genuine concern for the students. Seeing as we were both students here....and didn't know any better....its kind of unsettling to know what TINY bit of knowledge we do know...and look back at our student training and think WTF! So sense it takes 5000 or so jumps to know what is and isn't safe....I'll shut up and take in what the great and all mighty skygod says next! Oh yeah, and Pimp Daddy there....figure out WTF a nickname means before you go being a jackass. Bonehead makes a helmet called PIMPDADDY....wow imagine that...I wonder why a skydiver would have that name.....Couldn't find a helmet that he liked that fit.....found the PIMPDADDY.....got the helmet and the name stuck..... Hes 40ish....cool ass dude.....but I think we (jumpers at the DZ) started calling him that. I'm 21...makes a little more sense right?? Jordan Go Fast, Dock Soft.