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Though some people choose to focus on only tracking and related style jumps, I tend to believe in a more all round background, and having some RW experience (diving/approaching formations, docking, seperation) as well as freeflying exits/seperations (people spread throughout the sky more un-even/diff/levels). And its usually the people who dont have a broader (and more than even the tiny weeny, itsy bitsy amount of 200 jumps) experience that show a lack of judgement in diving/swooping down tto other people or formations in a wingsuit, as well as lacing awereness at seperation and sometimes even route/patern. What always scares me about people who have little to no jumps when they get into wingsuits, is that (after their shor-track to putting on a wingsuit) most of them dont seem to want to invest in a lot of solo jumps and 2 ways, getting to know their suit and learning to fly their body. They often cant wait to move on to bigger formations, head on to their first bigway boogie etc etc. And thats usually where you see these same people fly ok for a dozen jumps..and then scare the shit out of half the formation by dropping by at 200 mph as everyone else is approaching the formation. What Id advise people to work on...just learn to skydive.. You can sure learn a lot in 150 jumps..but why not do twice that amount and be twice the skydiver you are at that point (skills/experience wise?). A lot of things such as canopy/opening/general awereness always seem like you are on top of the world, and you know it all. But with every few hundred jumps you make, you look back and think...shiiiit I knew little at that point looking back.. Just get as much experience as you can, and dont rush things.. And even if you did (be it for yourself thinking or knowing it was enough) then still dont go round advising other people to take that shortcut. Not everyone is a skilled jedi, and some people need every single jump they can make to do ok... But sadly those same people will look to you, and take your posts as a confirmation that their shitty/no skills low experience is enough to do something that (for them) is WAY out of their leage.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Why do you have this (seemingly) insecure reason have people verify time and time again that you put all the work in, and did all the right things in those mere 150 jumps you did? Dont feel the need to get my approval. My not wanting to teach anyone with lower jumpnumbers, or have that person behind me in a plane diving through a formation of people I see as my friends, wont stop you or anyone else who wants to get into this from starting so. If I say no, there is always another person who will take you or other friends with low experience up... What concerns me is the general image you put out there for people who want to get into this. If the 'talented' (or extremely self-confident and ignorant) low-timers could just stop bragging about their low experience (as it comes across as 'look at me' attention whoring more than anything else) and deal with the fact that the other 99% of skydivers or non-basejumpers dont have their awesome jedi-like skills, and thus COULD quite use a general recommendition to have a lot more experience than they would get from your words and tips..we'd already be in such a happier place

If you want to have some dedicated informative reading...get of the internet But agreed..and my bad..maybe one of the mods (Tom/Craig/DSE?) can split the thread off and paste it onto one of the bazzilion other threads on this subject.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Id be more interested in hearing your answer on this one when you reach about 10 times the jump numbers you have now. 150 jumps isnt a lot. Period. You can be a bit better prepared than other. But even than.. Why the rush? If you really want something, work for it... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The real reason for the awesome rebellious attitude. Seeing someone with that same low experience hit another wingsuit flyer so hard arms snap off and nearly break legs changes your views on that one... yea..so was the flyer who hit my buddy.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The short version, The threads on top of the page, most manufacturers recommenditions, the FAQ stuff on our website. Its all the same. 200 jumps is the bare minimum, and even that is concidered low. If anyone is serious about flying a wingsuit and wants to try, than he should look up the basic recommenditions and show a little spine and dedication and make those few jumps. And although I think its wonderfull that you (with your 175) want people to know they need and should have at least 200 hundred jumps before starting, and I fully agree up that point, I how-ever DONT think we should have to specify that with every single post or topic on wingsuits. The guy asked a question about wingsuits..and like I tell anyone with 5000, 100, 1 or no jumps, heck the lady behind the counter in the supermarket if she asks..definately give it a try...it rocks... I could post an entire wingsuit FAQ in my sigline..? But we're not all retards I hope? (Yuri excluded from this one..) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

There is more to flying than the (awe-inspiring) base-stuff Yuri. Not everyone has balls of steel, a bad-ass personality, saw-dust for brains (pick one) and some mountains in their backyard. As awesome as it is, and how bad some of us want to do it, will do it, or may never do it. There is a lot more to wingsuit flight than the sometimes close to autistic views you often showcase here. You've been quiet online lately though..someone tie you up in a straight jacket or did you actually go out and jump? I had a good bet going on how long it would take you to comment on the 71 way formation...help a brother out next time man..be more predictable (like you used to) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

You had to ask ey...cool..some old fashioned bitching about something other than grids and the officiality of slotperfect formations is always welcome.. Though some may use different standards for teaching, we wont teach anyone with less than 200 jumps and will also not allow anyone with less than the required experience on any jumps we are load organising. But usually those who do start (way) to early marvel at their own awesome reballious attitude (which to me is just lack of patience and a good showing of willingness to cut corners and not really invest in something they truly want). Which is what I thought you where also hinting at (look! I have low jump numbers..you guys suck). And my appologies if its not that but the opposite.. If someone is flying a wingsuit, we (at least I) usually think (hope?) its common sense to follow some minimal safety requirements. Im not here to play police and ask if you fill out your jump profile down to the number (something only people with low jum numbers usually do...next to saying they dont care about numbers) and then beat you to death if its too low or high. Most low timers Ive met and flown with showed poor awereness, lack of body controll and usually not a clue where they where flying the moment a second person showed up in freefall. Though quite often, those same people have been boasting about how they where 'killin it' and doing an awesome job at making a wingsuit jump with the other person that taught them. What someone sees as himself being experienced when he or she has 50 jumps, varies as a lot from what he or she will regard as experienced when there are 5000 or more jumps on the counter. Granted..more experience also wont guarantee a good and safe flight. But it definately ups the odds a lot.. Not aimed at you directly...just the behaviour most 'cool' low experienced firsttimers seem to showcase...so take it as you will side subject: What still strikes me as odd (with regards to a few big name load organisers who are also very strict on the jumpnumbers with their FFC students) is that these people seem to have no issues with someone having a lot lower jump-numbers than those THEY THEMSELVES ask doing solos or coached jumps in front or behind a bigway formation. With no clue on weather that person knows how to steer, will pull high in a panic or do anything else that might endanger the rest of the wingsuit flyers/tandemstudents etc on that load. What kind of credibility do you have as an instructor if you say one thing if somebody wants to fly/train with you. But somebody shows up with half the experience, multiple people ask/warn and urge you to action, and you tell them...'sure..come allong' Instructor or not..it wouldnt hurt if people stuck to their principles a bit more in those matters JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

You mean after 200 jumps right? neeh..thats not trying to get into an arguement..thats just trying to be cool..but I sadly ran out of you rebel you! stickers a long time ago.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

PF also developed their aerobatic version of a monowing suit in a tri-wing design. (better wording?) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

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Check out this Awesome video on youtube by Chris McNamara. Check it out! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thats the Shadow. A wingsuit specificly designed for this style of (proximity) flying in BASE by the Norgies (VKB) in conjunction with Robert Pecnik (Phoenix Fly). Its a hybrid (bastard love child) of the PF Acro2 and Phantom. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Though brands are always a sensetive subject, its safe to say the suits designed more recently such as the V3 are showing a definate increase in the distance flown on each (BASE)jump. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Its also a suit (for pre-described reasons) which is often owned by freeflyers, who enjoy just putting on a wingsuit only one in a thousand jumps. Do some creative flying and then just get back to their freefly thing. In terms of body position, is much more like a normal tracking, unlike most 'gripper suits' who have you doing the body-builder style rolled/plams-up armposition. Its also the first suit to come out with an easy zipper-rigging system (not heaving to thread the cutaway cables every time you put the suit on your rig). TonySuits and Phoenixfly now also offer variations on this system. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

There is a link on the top of this forum on what wingsuit to buy, which highlights different design aspects on wingsuits. This is one of the mono-wing designs. Some of the aspects are highlighted in that one. But some stuff on these suits. In terms of wingsurface, its one of the smaller suits that requires you actually fly your body. Where-as a lot of the bigger suits most people choose these days allow you to relax and fly lazy a lot more. And good flyers still get insane glide-ratios and flight times in these suits. In terms of how it feels. Flying a bigger wingsuit, you are inside a big suit. And you are really flying the big wings. With these smaller mono-wing suits, its more like freeflying. Your arms and legs feel like the direct controll surfaces, and its 100% your body you are flying. If I really had to name the difference, its the much more responsive flying. In one of these suits, its movements of cms, where-as a lot of the big suits require much larger inputs. To a degree, the S-Fly Expert (and S-Fly pro even more) are a lot more unstable. Not in a bad way, but meaning you can steer and fly them with minor inputs. Much like the mantis position in RW being more unstable, allowing quicker turns and movement. A lot of people go to big suits, but (IMHO) a smaller suit allows for much more feedback on what your body is doing. And will give you a much better learning curve. Most S-Fly suits dont have back inflation, though they do allow for very nice backflying (with practice) The guys from Babylon freefly are a nice example. Though they dont have a ton of wingsuit jumps, their freeflying skills translate to this method of flying directly. Making them very free and manouvreable in the air. Where-as (having flown most big suits arround) those suits will have you doing much larger/crude inputs to get those same movements, and have you yanking around a load of fabric when you need to collaps some wing during loops/rolls etc. Though most people at boogies fly flocking suits, a lot of people still choose these smaller suits for camera-flying and other creative stuff. Its truly a joy to fly. The only downside is, that due to bigger and bigger wingsuits, some flocks start flying at an interesting mixture of slow fallrates and slow forward speeds, which is hard to do with these smaller suits if you're not built with a light frame. They require a flock to fly more, with a good amount of forward speed. Going to France and Spain, this will be close to 75% of all the wingsuits you see out there. Seeing loic fly this suit (be it base, aerobatic or docking with airplanes in flight) is a joy to watch. PF also developed their aerobatic version of a monowing suit, called the acro with the addition of backinflation, allowing for easier backflying. Definately give em a go if you havent already.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

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I threw down a load of cash, and had my wingsuit severly modified. Spent a few days at a rigger who did an awesome job taking my suit appart and adjusting a dozen tiny and big things. The GPS pocket was just one of those things I figured Id throw in, should I ever decide to jump with one at one of those silly competitions Get some better data on me diving headdown into the competition altitude and stuff.. As to your question.. You dont feel its presence.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

And some additional people decided to hop on the Empuria flocking train Coming fo shizzle: 1. Werner (NL) 2. Ludwig (SE) 3 Martin (SE) 4. Sara Hall(SE) 5. Alejandro Lopez (SP/BE) 6. David Haygarth (UK) 7 Tomas 7even (SE) 8. Jarno Cordia (NL) 9. Patrick de Guillebon (FR) 10. Joaquim "Italiano" Forasetto (SE) 11. Gustavo Cabana (SP) 12. Benny (DK) 13. Mette (DK) Maybe: Tristan Virgin-Burner JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I have a small GPS pocket stitched onto my wing (on the back, facing the sky). *edit* attachment added JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Sweet..online anywhere? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Having seen the pic you're talking about, I think its one of the most awesome Rodeo pix ever... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Neeh...he ran away when I mentioned ponies.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Shame everyone is fighting to rate this thing for some form of official acknowledgement, just to prove what everyone already knows. Its a freaking awesome formation... The whole rating and judging thing should be discussed in a seperate fashion. Not linked to this event and its awesome acomplishment. Just getting back to the old fashioned, gay holding hands, cumbaya, 'bejeezus thats a cool formation' chanting nekkid around a campfire with lots of booze and marshmellows would be my wish and advice for now.. This witch hunt is getting scary... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Just did a quick copy/paste in photoshop, and aside of some minor differences in arm position, its a close to 99% match of the basic phantom2 on the PF website (the white shape). Think its just something in the colours/black surface that makes it look bigger, but doesnt seem to be any smaller/different than what you and I would get if we ordered a suit now.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?