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Me too, but one thing worth a chuckle based on this thread; the "currency of the page says "we hope to have the swoop pond completed by June 6, updated June 1." Nicely done website. Not overly done flash like so many these days are.

Probably wouldn't help you much; Jeff Nebelkopf and Justin Shorb do most of the backflying. Then there's always that cool "McTwist" move that Jeff does....

Tony Torres is an Apple trainer, once on the Leopard training team. I hadn't seen these vids, but knowing him, can only imagine they're pretty campy. No clue about the "morge attendant" or where they were shot, but knowing Tony, I'd imagine they were shot on the central west coast.

Back in November of last year, I was the only WS on an Otter in Eloy. I asked Karen to take me out a way from jump run and she did. The jump allowed me a lot of time to fly into the sunset with no turns; it was near dark on the ground. I was listening to AlterBridge' "In Loving Memory" and thinking of my son (it was the anniversary of his death). The relaxation, the deep late fall sunset, the music, and the moment made for a jump I'll never forget, it was so very beautiful.

Someone recently asked for an example of what this light can do.... This shot was taken with the sun behind, but the light at full. It fills in nicely, IMO. There is one tandem master who bitches about it being too bright, but no one else seems to mind and no one else ever says anything. I think he just likes to bitch. The light weighs nothing, and IMO, it's a great value. I'm not gonna bitch about the weight at all. It may well have saved my life at most, and my face at least during my recent landing accident. Incidentally, you can put these on multiple jumpers for night jumps where you need to really illuminate the shot.

Dale Elliott Sets goals and reaches them. Always has a _great_ attitude and inspires me to want to reach higher. Andrea Miller L. (Skymama) Smiles in the face of difficult personal adversities, and kicks serious butt when necessary. Seems to have a hand ready for anyone that needs a "pick me up." Scott Callantine (SDCTLC) Never quits learning, never stops teaching, always a terrific personality. Almost always has a kind word for everyone around him. Has a _lot_ of accomplishments under his belt but his primary focus is his family. Someone that can *always* be counted on. Mark Kirschenbaum (Bomb420) ALWAYS has an upbeat attitude, always good for a smile or a laugh. Totally dedicated to improving aspects of the sport of skydiving, usually at great personal expense. Someone that can *always* be counted on. Chris Warnock (Parachutist) The kind of guy that will hold your hand when no one else is there. He'll clean up the bedpan when there is no nurse, and he's always got an optimistic way to see the worst things. JP Furnari (DiabloPilot) Yeah, he's kind of an asshole, but he calls it like he sees it and safety is his first concern. The strength he's exhibited in calling people out for unsafe behavior both on and offline has forever changed how I handle these situations Michael J. Owens (Sparky) His advice influenced several canopy purchases in my early years, his "fatherly" advice and his "take no prisoners" attitude have helped me learn at an accelerated pace. Putting someone else' survival ahead of his own... Loyalty to a friend and his unwavering willingness to be whereever or whatever he needs to be to fix a problem are inspirational on many levels. Everyone of us could draw a lesson or two from Sparky. Looking forward to seeing him at Perris or s'nore again to share a beer. Norman Kent (NormanKent) A monster photograper, he's always willing to share his time and explain his talents. He's creative, and has pushed the sport into new directions, and gotten the sport a lot of attention it wouldn't have otherwise received. Finally, most of you guys will never have heard of Mannie Frances, I don't know his DZ.com handle (but he does have one), but he's brought a lot of attention to this sport in the broadcast and tradeshow world. A number of photographers work would never have been seen in large venus had it not been for Mannie. There are more...I'd easily add John/Valinda Mitchell to my list, Jack Guthrie, Debbie Zimmerman, Sean Horton, Craig Girrard, Jay Stokes, Millertime24, Granny in the Sky/Pat, Les Stachrya...all because of their unwavering desire to teach, learn (or both), and their passion for the sport. Add to that their dynamic and wonderful personalities, and it's all of a sudden a huge challenge to stop adding names. So, I'll just say I'm grateful to those that have helped me grow and learn in this sport whether I was their instructor or student.

Similar, but not *quite* enough output for those sunny, backlit moments. I use this one instead. More power, easier to mount. Little more cost, tho.

you need Architect loaded for the MPEG and AC3 encoding. The MPEG and AC3 license come with Architect.

Litepanels site Talk to Barry, Michele, or Susan Lu ONLY. Use my name. It'll help open a lot of doors. They love me there. Barry used to be at Schneider Optics. They care a lot about the "extreme" sports market. GREAT customer service.

I head the update to that phrase is now that it "nuked the fridge." Then I can't add a friend to the thread?

Neither is a very good shot of just the CX100 in box, but it fits nicely in _any_ of the Schumacher boxes (available from gethypoxic.com website) and after having seen this helmet really badly bite it with both cams and mounted 300 wt light (for those cloudy/overcast days or times when sun is right above you, works as a greate fill) I'm happy with Terry's work.

Are you using movie studio or Vegas Pro?

you'd laugh if you heard my discussion at NAPTE where this was first shown. I laughed so hard I had tears. Lauren and Susan didn't think the tears and laughter were too funny. Goofy, isn't it?

If the CX100 is too bulky and heavy for your helmet/neck/head, then you're going to have to satisfy yourself with crappy video no matter what. The CX100 is significantly lighter in weight than any quality bullet/POV cam available. In fact, it's being used as a crash cam by major production companies because of cost, weight, and size. The MC1 is the same size camera as the CX100, but is separate from the body. The lens head weighs in only a couple of ounces less than the CX100. The recording body of the MC1 is easily twice the weight of the CX100. So...that leaves you with the Oregon Scientific, GoPro, and other "bottom end" camera. Again....if quality isn't your goal, then the MP4 source (not the same as AVCHD) might meet your needs. HTH?

Sounds like you're looking for a lipstick to put on your helmet/body, and record/playback on a separate unit. The Sony MC1 is right in line with what you think you want, but in reality...it probably isn't, Sizedmuch like the CX100, but with the features of the CX12, t has some wonderful features and it cam be easily mounted anywhere. Any lipstick/POV cam that will be smaller than the CX100 will be VASTLY more expensive than a CX100. An Iconix, for example, about half the size, same weight, no recording unit; Cost is around 11K. But they're sexy.... For value, the CX100 is truly very hard to beat. HTH

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

You gotta problem with old fat guys who have had recent surgury? Very impressive, Tony. Quite happy for you, and very impressed. Funny how often the pendulum seems to swing in the "it's the suit, not the pilot, etc. Obviously this was a winning combination.

See a Dr. If that doesn't work, get an appointment with a Pain Specialist. I didn't do this at first, and it developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (granted, I have some other issues). Just the meds for CRPS are 1K a month.....It may be nothing at all. But if it seriously hurts and won't go away....spend the 50.00 on a test.

A-what does the president's editorial have to do with him being an expert in the field? Are you suggesting the president of the USPA isn't an expert in being a Tandem I/E? B-Which verbage, or commentary (specific line quote, please) in the president's editorial (in your opinion) gives the impression he was suggesting he was at Sebastian? His use of the phrase "As an observer" doesn't necessarily suggest he was there. I have a great respect for you, Kip, but fail to understand why you dragged the Sebastian fatality and the president's editorial into it. FWIW, Jay seems to be trying to learn about every parachuting discipline in which he's not already an expert. His recent forays into wingsuiting and BASE jumping suggest he's trying to be as well-rounded as possible. Back to the point of the I/E changes, if the requirements are too strict, the interested pool thins and you're left with the best of those willing to put in the effort. This may not be enough people. If the requirements aren't stringent enough, you've got I/E's coming out of your ears with not enough qualified backstopping. This holds true in any training discipline whether it's building widgets for 3 year olds or teaching specific skydiving principles.

Ouch. Excellent point. However, there are a couple distinctions: (1) Skyride appears to claim these pictures and videos as their own, and potential customers are likely to think that this is the case. Whereas with a tandem video, if I hear "Garden Grove" playing, I, as a customer, will make no assumption that videographer also has a successful rock band. This example is apropos, as after finding an AFF skydiving video that used this song (and "Same in the End"), I actually went out and bought a Sublime DVD (because I live under a rock and had never really been exposed to them before), resulting in a sale for the original artist. Skyride gives no credit, and no potential to the copyright owner to get paid. (2) For the song example, the music serves as a secondary feature of the product (the DVD). It certainly improves the product, but doesn't constitute a major factor in the product itself. In fair use evaluations, they'd refer to this as "the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole". In the tandem video example, the substantiality is minimal, even if the amount is high. I'd argue that in the Skyride case, the substantiality is high, as they are saying, "This is what you will do here." It's used as evidence that the place exists, whereas in the tandem video, it is pretty insubstantial which song they choose to use. Buying a CD, purchasing a download from iTunes, yadayada doesn't constitute any sort of a licence to put the music to video. This has been discussed ad nauseum in the Photography forum with links to dozens of sources. Doesn't matter whether the song is ancillary or the video was edited around it; it's still a copyright violation. At least half the DZ's in the US are violating copyright laws that in terms of legal value carry far more damage than any image Skyride may have illegally used. If Skyride uses stock music in their videos (I've seen a couple that do), then they're fine. Just as they've purchased a few photographs from stock agencies, they may be running totally legit now. BTW, FWIW, EXIF and other macrometadata can be fairly easily stripped from a file making it non-referenceble/traceable to the originating source.

He's right. You're not ready to jump with a camera. It has nothing to do with size, weight, nor placement. It has nothing to do with whether it's a professional camera nor one from a crackerjack box. It's a mental distraction that only becomes greater after your first jump with it. It's not only dangerous for yourself, but can cause you to become a danger to others. Please read the Camera forum FAQ. There are a couple real-life stories there that might help you understand better why experienced jumpers are not encouraging you to do this. Cameras of *any* kind can create hazards that are not physical/snag related. Cameras often make you more dangerous to others than to yourself when you're not ready to be jumping with one.

I wouldn't have expected it to. I believe you're seeing interlaced footage on a computer monitor. Play it back on a television monitor, your problem won't be visible. In other words, edit the footage, then print to tape. Play the tape on a standard television, it'll be fine. If you use a higher quality editing system, you'll be able to deinterlace the footage in the app, although there are few reasons to deinterlace when the source is SD. Does this make sense?

It's not easy, but I agree....having it be optimized for mobile such as on an iPhone or BB device....Would be nice.

Bullshit. I heard/read your request from Scotty and abided by it. If you heard this from anyone, moderator or not, it was bullshit. In fact, I was asked why your name was not included in the team assembled, and I mentioned that I didn't think you'd support it as one of the multiple reasons you weren't part of the initial team (although I think you could have been a very valuable member). Call the president of the USPA himself; we had a lengthy discussion about why you weren't chosen to be on the team, because you *are* one of the most respected wingsuiters in the world. Spot did call you. More than once. Phone records will bear that out. I figured you didn't want to talk to me, but I do know you'll respond to Scotty, so I asked Scotty to double check for me. I fully expected you at the meeting until the evening I arrived. Which is why in my email to you of 7/11/2009 I specifically commented "I've tried calling you a couple of times to chat about it." I'm not the one that said we had all the manufacturers supporting us. I specifically mentioned FlyLikeBrick, some of the PF people, and some of the BMI people. That was it. I don't know who labelled you a "Birdman guy" because as far as I know, Z-Flock has no brand affiliations. Seems to me that many words presented at the BOD meeting were taken out of context and churned into something else, so my last word on it here is that the document we presented is online. I'm certain most of those posting here did not/have not read it. Those that are bitching the most/loudest don't teach. No Chuck, people aren't entitled to their "own definition of the terms intellectual property and plagiarism." The words carry very specific meanings and parameters of determination. If you truly wanna go down *that* road, I wouldn't happy to do so but have no fear in going there. Even if I had ever seen any thing you'd ever written or had been taught by you, it still wouldn't come into play. As Jeff Donohue (attorney) would probably support, I'm easily as strong on the subjects of copyright, IP, and plagiarism as you are on wingsuiting. You're not the first to make this claim, BTW. Apparently we stole it from someone else other than you, too. How many people wrote "the original wingsuit training bible? Y'all can call it a "personal agenda" (but not have the balls to identify what that might mean) but hopefully most are intelligent enough to see it for what it is; a problem that needs some sort of resolution. The solution my team provided might not be the ultimate solution, but like those that created the AFF program, the organized S/L program, the organized IAD program, Campos getting wingsuiting into the SIM, and everyone else that has ever proposed change....it's a step in the right direction. At least we're doing something, which is more than most can say. If you'd really have wanted to be at the BOD meeting, you'd have been there. I was there. Against doctors orders, barely able to stand, still paying the price for having attended, sucked up the ridiculously high cost of airfair to Dallas with 24 hours notice, special hotel room considerations for a handicapped person (which carry unique rates), missing *my* family that had flown into see me that weekend, fucked up Coumadin levels, and a whole lot more I'm not gonna bother to explain. If you want something badly enough, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. If any of you dare think I exaggerate, ask Scotty, Callantine, Shorb, Greybeard, or anyone else that saw me before I left and after I returned. I've paid the price here on DZ.com, in the hospital, and now at home. The three-day event traveling from Utah to Texas has set me back at least two weeks in recovery time and is ending up requiring an extra surgury. I believe in the program my team and I submitted, and did whatever I felt was necessary to see it through. If some of you want to see that conviction as something as shallow as a "personal agenda...." then I guess it's a good demonstration of who I'd want to have my back should I ever need it. To the converse, most of you you already know I'd be right there with you if you needed me. A good friend advised me that I should STFU at this point and concern myself with healing my body so on this subject I'm going to do my best to take her advice. ~Meow

nice shot! You might consider zoomin past that lens ring, however. Looks like a really fun jump.