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Ask SKYMAMA if they ever open hard. There have been a few at least 1 that broke a riser. The few jumps I've done on one, the openings were quick but not hard.

Last I heard they have found an alternate insurance provider for substancially less. I don't remember where I read that though.

QuoteWill future versions of the system include a clamping system to hold a cut 3-ring loop? That way you would be able to reuse your risers. How do you think that holding a cut loop would allow for reuse?

I was reading about that device the other day and noticed about it cutting that riser line and thought, you know, I don't want to have to replace my risers every cutaway!

You might want to read this! http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=841372#841372 Edit for clicky

Go figure,now I have a Cobalt. I guess you got a good one. One of the cobalt demo's I got spanked me 5 for 5! Now I jump Xaos's no special packing technique to get super nice openings.

Congratulations to all involved for a successful new record including the Thai goverment for graciously sponsoring the big event!

QuoteBlah blah blah....at least it's not the "Clinton got a blow job" line again. And I guess you STILL think that Clinton was a good president?

And yeah, no job=no money=no beer and no jumps Hey, at least you can steal beer!

Employee....."I'm sorry but I can't come in today.. My doctor says I suffer from Anal Glaucoma." Boss........"Anal Glaucoma? What's that?" Employee...."I just can't see my ass coming to work!"

1) I got my f***ing canopy in the mail on Wednesday, biatch! Sabre 170, lots of colors . . . It's so pretty! I want to roll up in it naked and feel that slippery ZP on my skin . . . No,No come over and let me wrap you up in my 79. That 170 is just too much cover!!!!!

Pierre, a brave French fighter pilot, takes his girlfriend, Marie, out for a pleasant little picnic by the River Seine. It's a beautiful day and love is in the air. Marie leans over to Pierre and says "Pierre, kiss me!" Our hero grabs a bottle of Merlot and splashes it on Marie's lips. "What are you doing, Pierre?" says the startled Marie. "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have red meat, I like to have red wine!" She smiles and they start kissing. When things began to heat up a little, Marie says, "Pierre, kiss me lower." Our hero tears her blouse open, grabs a bottle of Chardonnay and starts pouring it all over her chest. "Pierre! What are you doing?" asks the bewildered Marie. "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have white meat, I like to have white wine!" They resume their passionate interlude and things really steam up. Marie leans close to his ear and whispers, "Pierre, kiss me lower!" Pierre rips off her underwear, grabs a bottle of Cognac and pours it in her lap. He strikes a match and lights it on fire. Marie shrieks and dives into the river. Standing waist deep, she throws her arms upwards and screams furiously, "PIERRE, WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?" Our hero stands up, defiantly, and says, "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I go down, I go down in flames!"

QuoteAnn Coulter is a total wack job. She is sooooo far right that she has absolutely no credibility. And you think any of the Dems do?

I had a GSXR750 for a bit and the body position killed me. I'll stick with the CBR's just bigger. I'll second that! Rode a cop's GSXR1100 about 3 miles down the road and back and my forearms were knotted up! My last 2 were a GSX1100 Katana vibrater(got stolen) and a Yamaha 1100 sport tourer (burned up in fire with the Yamaha dealership-Jewish lightning I think).

******NOTE, THIS IS ONLY A FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!! Just what we don't need again in the White House!!!!!!! Just a gigolo Ann Coulter January 29, 2004 After the New Hampshire primary, Dennis Kucinich's new slogan is: ".001 Percent of America Can't Be Wrong!" John Edwards' new slogan is: "Vote for Me or We'll See You in Court." Joe Lieberman's new slogan is: "Sixth Place Is Not an Option." (Bumper sticker version: "Ask Me About My Delegate.") Al Sharpton's new slogan is "Hello? Room Service?" Wesley Clark's new slogan is: "Leading America's War on Fetuses." Howard Dean's new slogan is: "I Want to Be Your President ... And So Do I!" That leaves John Kerry (new slogan: "Nous Sommes Nombre Un!"), who is winning Democratic voters in droves on the basis of his superior ability to taunt George Bush for his lack of combat experience. Like every war hero I've ever met, John Kerry seems content to spend his days bragging about his battlefield exploits. Wait, wait ... Let me correct that last sentence: like no war hero I've ever met ... As everyone has heard approximately 1 billion times by now, Kerry boasts that he has REAL experience with aircraft carriers, and if Bush wants to run on national security, then ... BRING IT ON! I note that when George Bush directed that precise phrase at Islamic terrorists who yearn to slaughter American women and children, liberals were enraged at the macho posturing of it. But they feel "Bring it on!" is a perfectly appropriate expression when directed at a dangerous warmonger like George Bush. ("Bring it on!" was deemed better than Kerry's first impulse, "Let's get busy, sister!") Kerry was indisputably brave in Vietnam, and it's kind of cute to see Democrats pretend to admire military service. Physical courage, like chastity, is something liberals usually deride, but are tickled when it accidentally manifests itself in one of their own. One has to stand in awe of Kerry's military service 33 years ago. Of course, that's where it ends, including with Kerry - inasmuch as, upon his return from war in 1970, he promptly began trashing his fellow Vietnam vets by calling them genocidal murderers. But if Bush can't talk to Kerry about the horrors of war, then Kerry sure can't talk to anyone about the plight of the middle class. Kerry's life experience consists of living off other men's money by marrying their wives and daughters. For over 30 years, Kerry's primary occupation has been stalking lonely heiresses. Not to get back to his combat experience, but Kerry sees a room full of wealthy widows as "a target-rich environment." This is a guy whose experience dealing with tax problems is based on spending his entire adult life being supported by rich women. What does a kept man know about taxes? In 1970, Kerry married into the family of Julia Thorne - a family estimated to be worth about $300 million. She got depressed, so he promptly left her and was soon seen catting around with Hollywood starlets, mostly while the cad was still married. (Apparently, JFK really was his mentor.) Thorne is well-bred enough to say nothing ill of her Lothario ex-husband. He is, after all, the father of her children - a fact that never seemed to constrain him. When Kerry was about to become the latest Heinz family charity, he sought to have his marriage to Thorne annulled, despite the fact that it had produced two children. It seems his second meal ticket, Teresa Heinz, wanted the first marriage annulled - and Heinz is worth more than $700 million. Kerry claims he will stand up to powerful interests, but he can't even stand up to his wife. Heinz made Kerry sign a prenuptial agreement, presumably aware of how careless he is with other people's property, such as other people's Vietnam War medals, which Kerry threw on the ground during a 1971 anti-war demonstration. At pains to make Kerry sound like a normal American, his campaign has described how Kerry risked everything, mortgaging his home in Boston to help pay for his presidential campaign. Technically, Kerry took out a $6 million mortgage for "his share" of "the family's home" - which was bought with the Heinz family fortune. (Why should he spend his own money? He didn't throw away his own medals.) I'm sure the average working stiff in Massachusetts can relate to a guy who borrows $6 million against his house to pay for TV ads. Kerry's campaign has stoutly insisted that he will pay off the mortgage himself, with no help from his rich wife. Let's see: According to tax returns released by his campaign, in 2002, Kerry's income was $144,091. But as the Washington Post recently reported, even a $5 million mortgage paid back over 30 years at favorable interest rates would cost $30,389 a month - or $364,668 a year. The Democrats' joy at nominating Kerry is perplexing. To be sure, liberals take a peculiar, wrathful pleasure in supporting pacifist military types. And Kerry's life story is not without a certain feral aggression. But if we're going to determine fitness for office based on life experience, Kerry clearly has no experience dealing with problems of typical Americans since he is a cad and a gigolo living in the lap of other men's money. Kerry is like some character in a Balzac novel, an adventurer twirling the end of his mustache and preying on rich women. This low-born poseur with his threadbare pseudo-Brahmin family bought a political career with one rich woman's money, dumped her, and made off with another heiress to enable him to run for president. If Democrats want to talk about middle-class tax cuts, couldn't they nominate someone who hasn't been a poodle to rich women for the past 33 years?

not doubting it but it's not up on the website yet, must still be celabrating! Haven't heard from Tom Jenkins yet.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=779308#779308

This is from our own Chris Martin from Precision aka groundzero with permission: Hi Conway, I saw your response on the dz.com thread... We have been measuring the canopies (gz canopies) since they were released... We've charted volumes and see that they can vary by as much as 50 cubic inches based on material, color, humidity, etc... That equates to a 135 actually having greater volume than a 150 of the same make. If we publish the low number, we'll have container manufacturers screaming, if we publish the high number, we'll lose sales to someone that wants the xyz canopy for smaller volume per size... we lose either way. I do intend to publish volumes, but want to list a range for each size or come up with a very average volume for the canopy. Until I have much more data, the range is large... In the mean time, I like to work personally with customers and container manufacturers to help determine correct fit. Every day I'll talk to one or two container people asking what size... The problem goes both ways... many container manufacturers measure their volume differently. If you ever need help with a new purchase, feel free to contact me directly. Feel free to post this response, perhaps it will help others understand the volume/container sizing problems we all face in this sport. Chris I have the measured sizes, I can give you the range for your canopies, better yet, I can look up your serial number and give you the actual measured volume, for the temp and humidity and pressure that day. ----- Original Message ----- From: CP Hall To: Chris Martin Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:51 PM Hi Chris, Any reason there aren't any pack volumes listed anywhere on the Xaos's? Blues, Conway

The 1 opens nicer than the 2 but the riser pressure on the 2 is ultra light. Dives longer, is twitchier and more harness happy. My 1, I loaded like 1.9/1 and the 2 I demoed was loaded 2.1/1 so it was naturally twitchier. You're fixing to get bombarded by all the 2 guys on here!

Dave the Xaos 27 flies huge. Come to Spacie and you can jump my79! A 135 would probably pack like a 180. You'd have to put it in like a J-2 Jav!

Call George at Precision. The Xaos is scalable but I don't Know how big he'll make. Also with the Icarus VX

I believe if they sell you a rig at say 40% off, you are sponsored and give them the right to list you as a sponsored team. Pretty sure that Deguello is listed on Sun Path's website as a sponsored team, or at least they were.

Curious what you're talking about Judy. Deguello 8way/16way,parenial nationals medal team from Spaceland is sponsored as a team with Sun Path but only on a discount basis. Same with Bev suits I believe. Pictures of them are in Parachutst seems every year. I think only the top of the top get true freebie sponsorship.IMHO it's just advertising fund.

(cough,... bullshit....Cough) Thought that too Chris, My Xaos 27-79 weighs 6 pounds! Packs up way bigger than my old Crossfire 99