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    I have been on plenty of "new" tracking dives and have had to fly very dirty on every single one of them in my comp bootie suit to stay with the lead tracker. I have yet to meet the "new school" freefly guy who can out track an experiened jumper in his or her bootie suit. Generally, I can easily fly to the front and take a dock on the front guy while still easily maintaining the pace and fall rate. The great majority of BirdMan flocks are the same; most people fly dirty to stay together because that's the point. Chuck
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    That's a good point that I will tie into what a lot of us do on BirdMan jumps. While I do throw out in much more than a regular track, I drop my knees about a second after the pull to get the bag to come straight off my back. This cures the "whiplash" scenario that was being discussed a few posts up. Still, like others have already stated, I would not be dumping a stock Sabre or a Monarch like that. Not one known to smack anyway. Chuck
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    Nice. Those guys had a red/white/blue 85 (as I recall) on risers at their booth, plus had a portion of one setup with a fan blowing into it. The display had clear panels sewn into it so that you could see the lack of turbulence in the canopy while inflated. The guy gave a good presentation. Chuck
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    "Cold, free, other people's." Actually, there is a caveat to that: I will not drink regular Bud. Around here, we drink a mix of Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Light, Rolling Rock, and Yeungling. In our bar they all cost the same; two bucks. Out in the campers you will find a ton of the same brands. Chuck
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    No, but I will probably have a big BirdMan logo painted onto the back of my camper today. Kelly did a fucking awesome job on the one in the school. Chuck
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    That is an awesome monkey. I may just trade my avatar for that one.
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    I think it's a matter of personal preference. I have two monkeyfist PC's and two hackeys. Both work fine, but I like the feel and look of a monkeyfist better. Chuck
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    I don't recognize the face, so I can't say for sure. RedBull Wings and PST pro are two completely different things. Still, it's a stylish pic of a brother using his trips. Do you know who the guy is? If so, you can check his name on the PST member chart to see what his ranking and category are. I maintained a set of very short trple risers on my Velocity 75 just for shits and grins, but ended up sweing them back down when I sent that canopy back and put a Sabre2 97 in that rig. It just got to be too odd going from rear risering standards to not rear risering with the trips. The biggest drawback to trips in this "rear riser" era are that when you reach back to grab your rears, there is that extra leg that gets in the way. I missed one riser on more than one occasion due to them. Also, at the end of a rear riser swoop with trips, upon release there is a big "bump" and drop as the slack gets taken up.
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    There is a guy in the 10th group sniper locker called "Bunky" that I went to MFFJM with who was 250 butt naked, He looks like a pro wrestler, so they didn't question him about his weight and let him in the course. He passed no problem. Bottom line is that there are plenty of BIG dudes out there who are absolutely in shape and still skydive their asses off. Chuck
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    What yo name is?
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    Scott is a little devil!
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    If you have an airbed, two warm bodies, all the covers in the world and a tent that does NOT leak on you in the morning when the sun hits the ice, then you MAY consider camping. But let me tell you, if you have to get out of that damn tent in the middle of the night to hit the porta potties, you are going to freeze your ass off! It was VERY cold last year. Chuck
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    I toss things in the trash I shitcan things I throw things away I chunk things All work for me here in North Carolina
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    Your duckie is in the shibby, wit de Billy
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    You can technically finish "AFF" in two days if you are a perfiect student and have the resources available, but you must realize that you are still considered a student until you have your A license. USA assumed here. Chuck
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    it's a nine cell, non crossbraced canopy. The "next generation nine cell elliptical" but what do I know.... Chuck
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    Or anyone of the other pro rated pilots with every single other rating there is, like myself. Until there is a FAI or USPA rating system for canopy coaches, then you must choose a person with both a true instructional background as well as the requisite canopy skills. There are more than a few canopy pilots in the top ten who do not meet these criteria. One must not only be able to perform the task; they must also be able to pass the knowledge onto others in an intelligible manner. That said, there are plenty of people out there who are not in the top ten, nor ranked at all for that matter, who do in fact have the requisite skill-set to both instruct at the highest level and judge canopy piloting, much like pretty much every golf pro in the world. Chuck Blue D-12501
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    Think I won't be there?
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    Very, very lame.
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    I am not sucking
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    I know your pinche little secret. Weak. Very weak.
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    Anyone who thinks AFF, or any other teaching method for that matter, is a "game", then you are sadly mistaken. You would not believe the shit that I have encountered with REAL AFF students. The course is tough for a reason. Lackadaisic instructors will get their asses handed to them if they don't watch it. Your switch must be "on" at all times; especially on release dives. Chuck Blue AFF-I (among other things)
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    Bring the pain......and the biscuits
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    Your profile says you are from New York. There are PLENTY of pro swoopers at the Ranch. Talk to Sonic, Oren Perry, or Pun. Chuck
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    Nope, Rhino. The nose on the German canopy was fucking nuts. It's totally closed off except for inlets, much like an F-16, on the bottom. I thought the design was cool. As for the Flight Concepts Rage: it looked nearly identical to a Crossfire2. Check the Flight Concepts website and see for yourself. Chuckie