grimmie

Some people have 1000 jumps, some people have the same jump 1000 times. It is often hard to get through and teach an old dog new tricks. Old school habits die hard. Some never do. That can lead to dangerous situations. But that isn't a blanket statement. I know a lot of old school jumpers that have been taking canopy courses. They are learning about their gear and are flying new disciplines. I have also encountered some young jumpers that could care less what I, or anyone else, has to say. A few have finally come around after their helicopter ride. Other than safety day, which not a lot of people that need it attend, we really don't do much to keep people continually learning and ready to handle the worst. If we started requiring Bi Annuals like in flying, people would scream about over regulation and the man keeping their freedoms down. It's a fine line we walk in skydiving. I prefer to give my input in an honest, non threatening way. Hopefully I have made some jumpers a better rounded skydiver in relation to safety issues. And I love getting input from guys with way more experience on issues that affect us. We should never stop learning in this sport.

You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. Way too many jumpers simply do not want to learn. Jerry Baumchen When I had the drop zone, I tried to educate the jumpers on as many issues as i could. Most listened. Even at my exotic boogies I still try to educate the jumpers on safety issues. And I myself never try to stop learning or keeping up with the new ways, gear, and issues of our sport. I think all new jumpers want to learn, but it's all in the way we present it to them these days. I always have a harder time getting through to the 1,000 jump plus people.

We have a serious problem in our sport with a lack of continuing education. It is not uncommon to have very experienced jumpers perform very poorly in emergency situations. You can go thousands and thousands of jumps without encountering an issue, thus leading to a severe case of complacency in many long time jumpers. We also have an entire new generation of jumpers that don't know an AAD from a skyhook. Their gear knowledge is minimal. We need to do a much better job of continually training ALL jumpers on ALL aspects of our sport that continually change, and keep them on their toes for emergency situations. IMHO

Real life isn't a CSI TV show. It takes time to investigate. If arson is suspected, sometimes you give zero info to the media until your case is built.

I would add that the low person needs to do a nice big wave off before deploying. Get everyone's attention.

Bankrupt. Closed for good.

There are no drop zones in Nicaragua. There are four DZs here in Costa Rica. I would check with them if they have rental gear and/or will allow you to jump. 1. Desafio Vertical 2. Skydive Pura Vida 3. Tropical Skydivers 4. Skydive Guanacaste

Gotta stop those wires from being tapped. Nothing like putting a few criminals like Ollie and Prince in charge. They should both have a jail cell next to Flynn.

I'm going to give you some "un" scientific data. I have patched up more broken skydivers than you could ever imagine. Hook turns, no flares, canopy collisions, mid air collisions, main reserve entanglements, wire strikes, tree strikes, building strikes, vehicle strikes, medical issues leading to unconscious landings, etc. In every single case, the people wearing a skydiving helmet had a MUCH greater chance of survival than the people without one. Skydiving helmets aren't perfect, however the do an adequate job in the case of a mishap. The one thing I have noted is that the chin area should be reinforced to be stronger, as this is a common area that cracks wide open after a hard impact. A little more interior padding will also greatly reduce the effects of coup and contracoup injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_contrecoup_injury

If you skydive long enough, you will find yourself in a predicament under canopy of where to land off in not so great of an area. Rule Number One. Don't panic. Rule Number Two. See rule #1 Realize your situation as soon as you open. The wind can be your friend. Or your enemy. "Get backitis" has wrecked many a jumper, when they could have just done a down wind run to a safe landing area. Think your way through all the way to the landing. Avoid any hazards if possible. If not, pick the softest, most forgiving hazard to hit. Don't forget your PLF training. Look before you leap. Always take a look down in freefall. Opening at 5,000 feet may mean the difference between a nice place to land or disaster. I learned this trick many years ago at the Lost Prairie boogie, where there are mountains.

Mine go into the sea often. We use three fresh water barrels to rinse everything first. The main goes through first and gets hung. Then we replace all of the water. Next the reserve. Replace with fresh water and then the container and parts. Dry in the shade. Carefully inspect. repack. www.skydivebelize.com

How much do internet lawyers make these days?

It's a pain in the ass. A lot of work to rinse the canopies and the container. And then dry them in the shade. A Vigil needs to be sent to the factory for inspection. A Cypres just needs the filter changed.

You two would have hit it off tremendously.

We are discussing the best places in a church to corner an active shooter. What the fuck. America. 2017

31 years riding fire trucks. I have seen way too much gun violence. I have seen the results of a lot of shootouts. Bad guys against bad guys. Good guys against bad guys. Bad guys shooting at us. Cops shooting at good guys by mistake. Innocent bystanders shot. I have seen cops kill a person with one shot. I have seen them miss a person with over 80 shots from multiple officers. I have seen shootouts happen in 7/11's. Banks. Houses. Warehouses. Electronic stores. I have seen drive bys. I'm no expert, but some of the comments here are pretty off base. Carry on...

Cue the "Lock him UP"! chants

Sigh...one of my favorite people on the planet. I spoke with him nearly every day. He did So much for So many. You always knew where you stood with him.

More like mental illness. We have a winner!

How odd. When I opened Oceanside I was fought by the right wing faction of the city council. Politics isn't in play here.

You can now add Scotty and Louise Gallan to the list. They jumped into Bill and Carol Jones' Wyoming backyard to finish with all 50!

I think it is the same America, with the same issues, however we now have some seriously deranged people on TV and radio 24/7 skewing the sane perspective. And a deranged man in the WH that has no idea what being a president i about. I think Americans used to have to form their own opinions about things, now media forms it for some of them. With all of the info on the internet, we have seriously lowered the collective IQ of the nation.

I live in Costa Rica. If dogs bother you in restaurants, don't ever go out to eat here.

I would reach out to Scott Smith, Sean MacCormac or Tanya Garcia O'Brien. They have a lot of experience at it and were competitors at the world level, and Sean still jumps a board every so often.

New Orleans is mostly six feet below sea level. The federal response was a mess. Apples and Oranges again. I'll just leave this here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021101409.html