Levin

ramon and i are coaching and load organizing freefly dives. anyone interested see one of us or manifest. the coach jumps are free, and they might be available for the high altitude loads. also catfish will be giving crew lessons for anyone interested. levin vSCR#17, vSCS#3

skydive houston on the weekends super otter and c182 skydive spaceland fridays and sometimes during the week super otter and regular otter and c182 east texas skydiving club about every other wednesday 2 c182s levin vSCR#17, vSCS#3

i think stevie, jed and trent will win intermediate. even though i'm hoping rook and swanson win, i think arizona freeflight will win open division again. levin vSCS#3

my favorite container for freeflying is the nos racer. it's the most comfortable and with the new tuck tabs is very secure. other good rigs are the vector, mirage, infinity, wings, voodoo and javelin. i recommend staying away from dolphins and early model vectors such as the vector2. Levin vSCR#17 vSCS#03 gRAT#40

i'm really not sure. ramon handled that contest. for those of you that don't know john, he's a style and accuracy dude. i don't think i've ever seen him freefly. ramon gave him some ground coaching and he held first place until the last jump of the contest when thomas got 292. levin vSCR#17

Fastest man Contest: 1st Place: Thomas McDow @ 292mph 2nd Place: John Rich @ 250mph Tracking Contest: Glen vanHouten Flower Bomb Drop: Kurt Ginsel Thanks to everybody for a great weekend! Levin vSCS #03

Fastest man Contest: 1st Place: Thomas McDow @ 292mph 2nd Place: John Rich @ 250mph Tracking Contest: Glen vanHouten Flower Bomb Drop: Kurt Ginsel Thanks to everybody for a great weekend! Levin vSCS #03

he was at skydive houston this weekend winning our labor day fastest man contest. 292mph. nice job thomas! i pm'd you his email address. levin vSCS#3

The 3-D award definetly reflects a jumpers overall skill better than an ADA. I think people will recognize that in time as the award catches on. however i voted for the pro-rating. levin grat#40 vSCS#3

$15 jumps Friday thru Monday!!! Fastest Man Contest Demo Pro-Tracks are available for contest 1st place wins a plaque and new Pro-Track 2nd place wins plaque and new Pro-Dytter Tracking Contest - Booties and No-Booties divisions 1st place each division wins a plaque and a certificate for a brand new pair of firefly freefly pants!! Flower Bomb Drop Contest Test your accuracy from under canopy from a 1000ft. Closest one to the target wins. Winner recieves plaque and 3 free jumps. For each contest your jump ticket is your entry fee Freefly coaching and load organizing available all weekend and every weekend. 4 coaches are now available and coach jumps are only $30 including both slots, video, pre and post dive debriefs. There will be load organizing available for all kinds of dives including hybrid, tracking, vSCR and tube dives! Hope to see everybody this weekend! Levin vSCR#17, vSCS#3

$15 jumps Friday thru Monday!!! Fastest Man Contest Demo Pro-Tracks are available for contest 1st place wins a plaque and new Pro-Track 2nd place wins plaque and new Pro-Dytter Tracking Contest - Booties and No-Booties divisions 1st place each division wins a plaque and a certificate for a brand new pair of firefly freefly pants!! Flower Bomb Drop Contest Test your accuracy from under canopy from a 1000ft. Closest one to the target wins. Winner recieves plaque and 3 free jumps. For each contest your jump ticket is your entry fee Freefly coaching and load organizing available all weekend and every weekend. 4 coaches are now available and coach jumps are only $30 including both slots, video, pre and post dive debriefs. There will be load organizing available for all kinds of dives including hybrid, tracking, vSCR and tube dives! Hope to see everybody this weekend! Levin vSCR#17, vSCS#3

cya there!!! levin vSCS#3

1050/2 they happened 10 days apart under an alpha84. linetwist. have 200 jumps on my fx and no linetwist yet. levin vSCR#17, vSCS#3

there will be a casa at aggieland sept. 7th and 8th levin vSCS#3

and a dead cow can still get the faa involved levin vSCS#03

i'm also a lightweight (135lbs). me and most of the freefliers in houston jump firefly suits. mine has about 500 jumps and has been washed in the washing machine about 40 times. still holding up great. sherry and shelly are really good people and their customer service is the best. their number is (310) 808-9136. the web address is www.fireflysuits.com levin gRAT#40, vSCR#17, vSCS#3

there's a few videos from summerfest here... http://www.skydivechicago.com/summerfest/index.html levin gRAT#40, vSCR#17, vSCS#03

yah! or just contact olav directly. you can find his contact information on olav1.com. i'm sure he'll help ya out. levin vSCS #03

- or how about the impact. in soft dirt it may head for china but on concrete it could injury or kill someone in a 50' radius (guessing). here's a scary thought. 8 people flying and orbiting around an unwnown ball fixated on it and nothing else. theory is since not one of them has the skills to fly with and retrieve the ball then with eight of them, the odds will be eight times as likely that someone will accidentally grab it. and i just noticed on their website that this dz is located on a municipal airport. http://www.skydivenm.net/gallery.html Levin vSCS #03

Hey, anyone out there know how much to weight a tennis ball for freeflying speeds? Is there a published weight range somewhere? Also what's the best stuff to fill it with? Reason I'm asking, is we are fortunate enough to have our landing area away from the airport and any population. Where we jump the only thing for it to hit should it not be retrieved at the end of the jump is tumbleweeds and dust. So this add's some real fun to our skydives. We tried to guess the weight a few times and made one way to light for belly flying, it just floated right up and we lost that one. We did end up getting the weight right for belly flying speeds eventually, now its time for a freefly ball. trent made some good points but he left a few out. let's say in the event that you do not retrieve the ball and it kills somebody... 1.) i'm not sure about new mexico but in the great state of texas you will spend a decade or two in prison for involuntary manslaugther. 2.) the pilot would be in violation of FAR's and could loose his license and have to face a civil suit. (remember spaceballs are only legal if they do not impact the ground) 3.) the dzo could possibly face a civil suit and loose his business (the victem did not get a chance to sign a waiver) 4.) the FAA comes along and says no more spaceballs and you will have successfully screwed it up for everybody. spaceballs are a training aid and not a toy. they are a huge responsibility and that responsibility should not be taken lightly. trent is correct in saying that your profile suggest that you do not have the skills to safely jump with a ball. i'm not trying to be rude but at 260 jumps i doubt you have the neccessary spotting skills to jump with a ball let alone the air skills neccessary for retrieving it. even the wording of your post suggest you are not ready to be jumping with spaceballs. i cannot think of anything more embarrising in freeflying than dropping a ball (even more so than corking). you have already admitted to dropping one. i hate to imply a jump number prequisite for anything, but for spaceballs you should wait until you have at least 600 freefly jumps with atleast half headdown before you go out with a ball and qualified ballmaster and at least 800 -1000+ freefly jumps before you start ball mastering yourself. there is a test out there that gives you the chance to demonstrate your abilities with a ball before you start jumping with one. unfortunately the test is flawed by geographical unavailibilty. Levin vSCR# 17 vSCS# 03 gRAT# 40

hey ted, i wanna clarify something here. tube jumper #1 (me), did not start my breakoff when you almost hit me. i turn 360's until i see everybody is gone. it was when i started my 360's that you almost hit me. i'd say it was more like 12"s instead of 6. this is only a minor issue with the dive. one of the two biggest problems with the dive was the pre-determined break off. when a breakoff is set for 6k that means >everybody< leaves at 6k. bam!, dytter goes off and your gone. that does not mean slowly track away for 2000' watching the tubes hum it down cuz yall are still in their way. after watching the videos kyle and ramon are the only two that left on time. the other big problem with the dive was a 30 second climb out. i know it didn't seem like it took that long but the timer on the camera does not lie. a plane can cover alot of ground in 30 seconds. like for example a mile and a half which is how far out i landed. you should not let that dive get you down. people make mistakes. it's a learning experience. live and learn ya know. as long as you didn't hurt somebody and you learned something from the experience then it's all good. aside from the issues i stated above i had fun and thought it was a good dive. there was no reason for people to get upset and down an out and quit jumpin for the day and go home like half the people on it did. if you do something wrong then think about what you should have done and go up, jump again and do it right. that's how we learn. if you want to beat yourself to death over poor performance then go do rw. bad vibes in freeflying even after the dive are unacceptable. that goes for half the people on that dive. i already told ya not to worry about it. now i'm pattin ya on the back and tellin ya to get over it already. cya next weekend. maybe we'll do that dive again next weekend. and i bet next time everybody will do it right. Levin vSCR #17 vSCS #03 gRAT #40

congratulations to trent, jed and stevie for 3-D award #'s 20-22!!! levin vSCS#03

$30 covers everything. come jump with us one weekend. Levin vSCR #17 vSCS #03

Skydive Houston-----List of Events AFF Certification Course - Aug 31st - Sept 8th The USPA Instructor Certification Course is just around the corner, those of you that have signed up should contact USPA right away and also start working on your requirement cards! Please contact Terry Goode at 936.931.1600 if you have any questions. Labor Day Boogie - Aug 31st - Sept 2nd - Tracking Contest 2 divisions booties and no booties 1st place each division - new pair of firefly freefly pants - Fastest Man Contest 1st place - Pro-Track 2nd place - Pro-Dytter - Flower Bomb Drop Contest Try to hit the bulls eye with a pound of flour from 1000' Winner receives 3 free jumps!!! Fall Freefly Boogie - Sept 20th - Sept 22nd Hybrid, vSCR and Tube dives Bring your tube!!! Make 5 jumps get the 6th one free in the same day! PD Boogie - Oct 11th - 13th PD Demo canopies & Javelin Odyssey demo containers available Texas Headdown State Record Attempts June 20th - June 22nd, 2003 CASA & Super Otter FMI, contact Levin @ extremepilotfx74@hotmail.com or Jon McCollum @ riggerjon@hotmail.com list of big-way skills camps to be anounced soon at skydive dallas, skydive spaceland & skydive houston! Bryan (IMRG2), Ramon and I have started the 3-D Academy freefly school at skydive houston. we offer a free coach jump to anyone at a limit of one per weekend. After that coach jumps are only $30 and inlcudes both slots, video, pre and post dive debriefs. our goal is to offer quality affordable coaching to anybody that wants to take advantage of it. this way your learning curve can be based more on your personal skills than your wallet. we are also load organzing every weekend for all experience levels. if you're serious about your freeflying and would like to do challenging skydives that are shure to improve your skills then we hope to see you soon at that the 3-D Academy located at Skydive Houston more information will be available at www.freeflyers.com in the next few weeks Levin vSCR #17 vSCS #03

Skydive Houston-----List of Events AFF Certification Course - Aug 31st - Sept 8th The USPA Instructor Certification Course is just around the corner, those of you that have signed up should contact USPA right away and also start working on your requirement cards! Please contact Terry Goode at 936.931.1600 if you have any questions. Labor Day Boogie - Aug 31st - Sept 2nd - Tracking Contest 2 divisions booties and no booties 1st place each division - new pair of firefly freefly pants - Fastest Man Contest 1st place - Pro-Track 2nd place - Pro-Dytter - Flower Bomb Drop Contest Try to hit the bulls eye with a pound of flour from 1000' Winner receives 3 free jumps!!! Fall Freefly Boogie - Sept 20th - Sept 22nd Hybrid, vSCR and Tube dives Bring your tube!!! Make 5 jumps get the 6th one free in the same day! PD Boogie - Oct 11th - 13th PD Demo canopies & Javelin Odyssey demo containers available Texas Headdown State Record Attempts June 20th - June 22nd, 2003 CASA & Super Otter FMI, contact Levin @ extremepilotfx74@hotmail.com or Jon McCollum @ riggerjon@hotmail.com list of big-way skills camps to be anounced soon at skydive dallas, skydive spaceland & skydive houston! Bryan (IMRG2), Ramon and I have started the 3-D Academy freefly school at skydive houston. we offer a free coach jump to anyone at a limit of one per weekend. After that coach jumps are only $30 and inlcudes both slots, video, pre and post dive debriefs. our goal is to offer quality affordable coaching to anybody that wants to take advantage of it. this way your learning curve can be based more on your personal skills than your wallet. we are also load organzing every weekend for all experience levels. if you're serious about your freeflying and would like to do challenging skydives that are shure to improve your skills then we hope to see you soon at that the 3-D Academy located at Skydive Houston more information will be available at www.freeflyers.com in the next few weeks Levin vSCR #17 vSCS #03