Jabeln79
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ANd FOr Canopycuddler: 1. Slow Down. 2. Bring heavy duty bags with all Jello shots and Jeager to the boogies, for all who indulge. 3. Fix the head... well im not gonna go there..
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If its too cold out there you can always do a HopNpop. Just keep all the skin covered i would rather jump and freeze for a couple of minutes in the air than not jump.
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Just wandering if anyone saw the article in Tuesday Dec 18th USA Today.. In the sports section theres a nice article on skydiving.. All positive things. Had some good pictures. Golden knights accuracy landings. 4 way RW pic and an 8 stack crw.. also gave statistics.. Only 30 fatalities in 3.3. million jumps.. YOu should check it out if you havent yet.. Good article for a whuffo.
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Does he want to continue skydiving, or just want to make one jump? If he wants to get his license Static Line is the way to go for your first jump. ITs a lot cheaper and i think you learn a lot more.. But if he only wants to do one jump than he should do a tandem.. although i only planned on doing one jump and went Static line but after that first jump there was no way i was going to stop...
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Tina did you buy the dolphin or just borrowing it until the wings gets there. That dolphin wasnt that bad they tried selling it to me.. I love the wings design thats going to be a sweet rig im sure.. Ill trade you for a vector 3.. just kidding i love my baby too.. i have a 7 cell Triathlon and love it so im sure an omega will be just fine. See ya sat. THe forcast looks good but i geuss that doesnt mean anything in st. louis..
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Ill be there for a week in mid January. As far as which DZ im going to, itll be whereever my car takes me so any ideas, i probably wont go to far past Tampa THough just for times sake. blue skies Joe
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o.k. last pic this is my canopy laid out on the floor A Triathlon 190
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Oh yeah and heres a pic of my baby. My Vecotor3.
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Well chilli party was a blast this year accept for sunday. Sat we were on cloud hold most of the day until around 1 then managed to put up 5 loads one of which i was on a 2 pt 10 way for the first time, that was awsome. BEER. Then the party started with chilli and beer.o.k. this would have been fine until THe Jaeger was broke out. and then all of those damn good jello shots..then the human pyramids.. we got a 16 way pyramid. i only have a pic the 10 way though some of my film was blurred. And i wasnt in the 10 way just the big one.. any way. a good time for all.. then sunday came not a cloud in the sky aside from the one over my head.. Well i was to hungover to jump on sunday and it killed me beautiful weather and all .. All in all it was a good time..
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Thanks everyone for all your help ive got alot of good advice hear.. I think it will be most helpful for me ill try it this weekend and let you know if it helps me out..
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I just went to Champs sporting Goods at a local mall and bought a real light weight pair of snowboarding pants with draw string bottoms. i bought one baggy pair and one small tighter pair for a sit, in the winter. Then i bought an XXL windbreaker with extremely large arms. The wrist are tight. The combo works great so far. and i paid less than $20 for each.. I have now problem with it in free fall. and saved lots of money instead of buying regular freefly clothes and its not a bad looking combo either.
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1rst year of skydiving for me. almost 80 since June. A license, followed by B license. New rig All new jumpsuits and helmets and gear etc. 1rst 10 way 2pt dive. last weekend.. learning to sit.. still learning. No reserve rides so far.. thankfully. First time at the DZ without being able to jump. last sunday due to effects of the Chilli Party, that sucked blue skies outside and couldnt get myself to make one load. Goals for next year lots more jumps. C and Hopefully D license.. learning all forms of Free flying and more big way rw dives. and then downsize canopy.
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241. Who wasted more time the person who wrote 240 rhetorical questions or the person who read 240 rhetorical questoins and tried to answer them?
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Now that i have my own rig i am starting to learn to freefly. So i am starting out with a sit.. My problem is that i am laying on my back more that sitting. My legs are up to high and i cant bring htem down.. I have a very baggy shirt on so that should give me enough drag t keep my arms up. I think that my problem is that i am not use to being in a vertical positon and mentally keep my self from pushing my feet down.. I almost had the right postion on one sit but as soon as my legs went down i thought iwas going to fall over the top.. so i let up a little i have been doing 2 ways with a very experienced freeflier and he is running out of ideas on why my legs are stayin so far up.. , any advice.. blue skies joe.
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I read in Parachutist MAg. the article on going low. i have to say it really does offer good advice for those with out a lot of jumps. On sat i had my first 10 way that actually happend.. No one went low. I even stayed with the formation, although i flew the wrong slot.. i was second out the door so i flew to the guy right in front of me, well i should hae been on the other side. i looked up and saw 2 other people waving at me and realized i was about to dock on the wrong grey jumpsuit.. I did get to my slot before the rest of the group made it to the formation so i didnt slow anything down though. we did hit to points and went for the round but a couple people just barely missed so it stayed at a 2 pt 10 way it was still an awsome feeling.. blue skies joe
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Dude wheres my Car. Im sorry for anyone who actually liked that movie but that was terrible..
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A couple people from work said hey lets all go skydiving.. so I called the first DZ i found in the phone book.. they couldnt take us on a thursday so i called the next one.. they said sure come on out. so 5 of us took the first jump course Did two static lines my first day back in june 2001 . came back with one of the other five.. 3 days later and did 4 more and have been back ever since. 75 jumps later here i am replying to a post on an awsome site i never would have found if not for the first time i let go of the strut..
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My favorite discipline is skydiving.. As long as im in the air im happy.. Although Rw is a close second until i learn to freefly..
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i use to flat pack a student Skymaster 230 faster than i can propack a triathlon 190 but im starting to get the hang of it and have it down to about 12 minutes..
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I made my first jump at my DZ and havent been anywhere since i dont really want to go anywhere else.. the people are awsome.. Although i am planning a trip to Florida and have to jump there but thats becasue it Florida. THeres a DZ closer to my house that i dont go to just becasue i have such a good time at my regular DZ.
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When i first got my new canopy(Triathalon) and had to learn to propack it i wanted to burn it i was so frusterated.. but i was able to get a hold of the Triathalon packing video i watched it a couple of times and packed it everyday until i got to jump and by the time jumping came i packed it without a problem...
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O.k. its tuesday and im extremely bored.. SO whats all of your favorite movies, i have quite a few but Braveheart has to Take 1rst place...
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IF you make it down to St. lOuis i can pick you up. but i dont plan on leaving until sunday night to head back.. if you could get down any earlier that would always be a plus free load is at 9:00 Am. But if you dont get in until 12:45 i could cook chilli in the morning and have it ready intime to pick you up and head out there .. let us know if your coming..
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The 23rd annual Chilli Party at Archway is going on this weekend. $15 jump tix. live band, lots of chilli. and lots of beer.. I myself have 4 cases on order from my work for all to enjoy.. Whos all going maybe we could get a big way going and go for that DZ.com record. See ya out there. blue skies Joe
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Tomas you have to fill me in on the 11 to 13 way what happened. i cant believe imissed out today the weather looked great from inside working. at least i got 4 jumps in sat. I hope the weather is at least 1/2 this good next weekend, Lots of jumps, beer and chilli.... joe