SkymonkeyONE

Yep, I am a "snapper" too. I flake the nose, snap it, then stick it between my legs. Chuck My webpage HERE

Paul, just ask Johnny Mulford in the team room. Chuck My webpage HERE

Bobby Pritchard was doing that for a long time. I think he chopped on spinner under his 89. Chuck My webpage HERE

Yes, as I read it so far, there will be at least four of us on site. More details to follow, but both Rob and Chris have discussed designated link-up points. Chuck My webpage HERE

I make things exactly like Derek describes on both of my rigs for times when I am not wearing a jumpsuit, but I also have slider stows on all of my jumpsuits. The "rig" ones slide on and off the top reserve flap easily, but don't slide around. They take me about five minutes to make. My jumpsuits all have a 1.5" x 1.5" piece of pile velcro sewn to the collar which has a three inch piece of binding tape connected to a same-size piece of pile. Many swoopers like to sew something just like that to the yoke of their rig. That would be fine on a racer or Reflex. Don't think your slider will release? Check it in a cutaway harness; I did and it did not slow anything down. Chuck My webpage HERE

The end. Once again, while I was off skydiving, a thread has gone awry. As Lisa stated in my absence: "chill out". Keep the threads on target and keep the attitudes in check. This is not a democracy, so I don't want to hear anymore "double standards" crap in here either. If you can't follow the clearly posted rules, find another place to vent. Chuck My webpage HERE

You can get step by step psycho packing instructions off both the Precision and Icarus websites; at least last time I browsed them. The major benefit to Psycho packing, at least in my experience, comes when you have a new, very slippery ZP main that you are having trouble getting into the bag cleanly. It's basically a pro pack that you throw on the ground upside down so as to have better control of the loose "tail" side of the packjob. When I was jumping my old VX, it made it much less of a hassle to get in the bag. "Trash" packing can be any number of things. People would say my variety of PRO packing is trashy since I don't flake out the inside of my main at all, but I doubt that is what you are talking about. Bottom line here is that you want to find a method that will work for you which is both quick and safe. Walk around the DZ and check out what everyone else is doing. If you see someone getting done faster than everyone else, ask him or her how many mals they have packed using that method. If the answer is zero or some other really low number, then copy them. Chuck My webpage HERE

Nice, Andy. Hope to see you boys later in the year. Take care, my brother. Chuck My webpage HERE

Eric is in Texas working and chilling. I was here at home tending to my wife, who sustained a pretty bad concussion in the wind tunnel two Thursdays ago preparing for a four-way meet. Bryan Harrell competed in the pro event with a VX-74 that he borrowed from Wyatt Drews. We will all be at The Ranch for the Pond Swoop Nationals as a unit. Not sure what will be over our heads yet. Eric and I are both planning on competing at Lyle's event over 4th of July weekend. Also, just so everyone knows: we, as a group, don't fall down or crash and burn hardly ever on non-competition swoops. I slide to a stop on my feet each and every time. I also do not wear motocross pants for anything but competition, nor do any other competitors I have ever met at their home DZ. Protective gear should not be mocked, though, and those with the nuts to hook the piss out of it over a lake, through a very narrow, curving airblade course with nothing but busted up rocks and gravel as a runoff know it's importance. Lord knows my gear has paid for itself several times in the past year. Wanna see a good pic of what happens is you forget your pads? Check the team-method website and look at the swoop meet photos. There is a lovely one of Jim Slaton's leg in there (I am the one geeking the camera like I was going to lick it). Hey, this is a high risk sport and even the very best swoopers in the world will have an occasional gnarly stop when conditions get funky. Why? Because we push the limits and are willing to pay the price for a chance at that prize money. Competition is not for everyone, but it is where records are set and regional trends and techniques are put to the test. It is also where the great majority of paid coaches/ instructors come from since there is no $600 "swoop instructor" course USPA or Olav Zipser offers. As for wind limitations and such, the only meet I ever saw where it was run in excessive downwind (over 20mph) was the one at Sky's the Limit in Newton, NJ last year. Eric and Jay Moledski slid it out all the way to the trees. As for myself, I will not blink twice at downwinders up to about 10 mph so long as the landing area is smooth, and no, I don't fall; I am a slider. Chuck My webpage HERE

Yes, there is a VERY long thread with everyone's messenger info, so just do the search. That being said: AIM: SkymonkeyONE and CasaAzul3 Also, to the person who took the old thread and stuffed it into a porno list-bot: Fuck off and die. Chuck My webpage HERE

Unless I am mistaken, the "sky people" already have that under control. Not sure what six jump tickets will cost for that "share" of the plane, though. My webpage HERE

I set mine at breakoff, pull, and 2k. I change the breakoff and pull settings all the time, depending on what I am doing. It is in invaluable tool for working with students and on those dives I set it for "their" hard times: 5500, 4000, etc. I always leave the last one set at 2k. On most of my RW jumps I have it set for 4k, 3k, 2k. On my wingsuit jumps I normally have it at 4.5k, 4k, 2k. Chuck My webpage HERE

Uh, that's the point. People that "don't get the attraction" blow it off and stay away. People that "get it" will absolutely not mind the spartan conditions just to be around a huge group of like-minded individuals. Personally, as a "like minded individual" I would give almost anything to be there. I have been yearning to get out there for several years now. Chuck My webpage HERE

As for the cameras: Indians who are not FAA riggers (at least in the USA) are required to be directly supervised by a real FAA rigger. It is my guess that neither A nor B are riggers and the camera is there so that if "the man" comes to visit and there is not a real rigger in there, the DZ can say that an FAA rigger was watching on closed circuit TV. Just a guess, but it sure sounds good to me. Oh, and for the clueless, when I say Indian I mean "packa-ho's". That is the local vernacular. As for this particular incident, it's a no brainer. Fire the girl, period, and run her off the DZ. Does this chick skydive? Chuck My webpage HERE

My wife flat packs her stiletto 120. Hell, she even had packing tabs sewn on. Also, back when the Golden Knights RW guys were packing their own parachutes most of them stack packed. Chuck My webpage HERE

Well, I was busy doing work jumps most of the weekend (14 jumps), but still managed to get in two flights. Chuck My webpage HERE

Man, I am REALLY into zooming up, over, and around my buddies. Taking docks, doing barrel rolls, all with your buddies. You can easilly holler over at your friends in freefall, kind of like talking to your tandem passenders. It's just too damn cool. I am not a BASE guy at all, but the shit that Yuri and those guys are doing is awesome. Minute freefalls off of cliffs! That is fantastic. Chuck My webpage HERE

Yep, Sea Pearls in a neoprene or webbing dive belt work very nicely. In essence, that is what the Deja Blue and other "belt" type skydiving jigs are copies of. I am not sure, They can be had for very cheap at dive stores. Chuck My webpage HERE

At least I WAS in the top ten for quite some time, prior to my firewall incident. Still, my coolness level is over the top. Chuckie My webpage HERE

Actually, Luigi is a fairly stocky guy. He is about five-six, but weighs probably 160. My webpage HERE

BWAHAHAHA! John, I will see you this weekend. Alex, do you have a TV? LOL! Hooty Hoo! Pam and Merrick: let's drink like vikings! Chuck My webpage HERE

Mikeal Stevens jumps a Xaos 52 or 53, at least he was last November. I believe that is the smallest "regularly" jumped main right now. Luis Cani doesn't really jump that 46 much execept for exhibition. Chuck My webpage HERE

Expect a laid back pace and everything you could ask for in a dropzone. Look me up as soon as you get here and I will show you around and make introductions to the other skymonkeys. I hope you drink like a viking. Chuck Blue D-12501 My webpage HERE

Pammi, back in the day, you could not buy beer in Johnston county (1987). When I was cruising Benson many years ago, we had to drive to Lillington to get beer. Not sure about now. As far as state law goes, you can buy beer on Sunday, but not until after 12:00 noon. No place sells beer after 1:00 am on saturday night. Chuck My webpage HERE

Argh! Watch that tail, my brother! The absolute only time I exit with wings inflated is off a tailgate. I exit collapsed out of an Otter also, not wanting to take any chances. Cessna exits blow completely, since it's nearly impossible to flock in a timely manner from one. That being said, how I exit a Cessna is from the student position, back to the cowl. I cross my legs before putting my feet on the step, then sort of roll forward out of the plane in a ball. Ugly, but it keeps me away from the tail. Chuck My webpage HERE