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Oddly, there were quite a few Reflexes around here about 10 years ago. Joe Trinko was hawking them and several guys on the DZ bought them. They were actaully more of a PdF Blue Track copy than anything. Pretty similar to a PISA Pintail in that is was a sort of "boat tail" canopy. Farly straight up front, but really eliptical in the rear. The ones I jumped flew very nicely, but I have not seen one in quite a while. Chuck My webpage HERE

Yep, Paul, that is a sample from the old "buffalo girls" house/rap/early techno song from about 1985/86. I still have that on a compilation cassette tape I made back then. On second thought, it would have had to have been from earlier in the 80's than that. Also, yes, it was a UK mix. Chuck My webpage HERE

I bet yall had a blast. Hooty Hoo! Lisa, did you bring your skymonkey hat? My webpage HERE

Was nig-noggery in full effect? My webpage HERE

Right on, Jason! My webpage HERE

Outstanding shit! Now, where's the story? My webpage HERE

1.) Total Jumps? 2955 Total Tandems? about 150 (I don't keep a separate log) Total AFF's? 8 legal ones. You didn't ask about SL, so I will say that I have JM'd well over 1000 students and have done air eval on many hundreds of their 30 and 45 second delays. Total RW Jumps? about 2000 Total Freefly Jumps? maybe 100 by the "new" definition Total Misc, Hybrid, balloon, heli, tubes, etc.? about 200 skysurf jumps, tons of target accuracy, about 400 CRW (mostly at the bottom of RW jumps). about 75 jet jumps (C-141, C-5, C-17), well over 400 helicopter jumps (UH-1, UH-60, CH-54. all free). Total Cutaways? Three reserve rides in 21.5 years. 2.) How many Skydives did you have when your received your AFF rating? I failed 12 years ago with about 1000 because I didn't practice at all. I got it a bit over a month ago with 2900 jumps with no problem. Three up, three down. 3.) What was your RW vs. VRW #'s prior to receiving your ratings? about 90% RW 4.) How many jumps in the RW and VRW disciplines would you say it took you to be proficient enough to safely execute successful points in these dives? Stressful? Hell I don't know. I was pulling while standing and doing layout flips on my board in under 10 jumps. I was flying on my back and taking docks on my 3rd wingsuit dive. Those things really don't equate though in my opinon. What made tandem simple to me was the fact that I skydive with a rucksack at work; a big rucksack. What made AFF simple the second time was the fact that I had been working with SL students in the air for the past decade. 5.) With the Freeflying craze the way it is, do you think that Multi-Disciplined Instructors have an advantage over Instructors that have mostly RW jumps? Do you mean as far as obtaining "standard" ratings such as AFF and Tandem? No I do not. You had really better have your shit together (on your belly) if you hope to pass the AFF course. As far as tandem goes, so long as you can stay stable enough to throw a drogue and are not scared of freaked out passengers, then the tandem rating is very simple. Any other info that you feel could be useful to us newbies? The best way to train for an AFF rating is to practice with an AFF evaluator or some other AFF person who knows what the course is all about. How you get that practice in the meantime is to work as a freefall coach. Getting into the student training mindset it critical. You have to be very pro-actice to work with students, anticipating that they are about to hose you. You absolutely must be able to stay within arms reach at all times. Doing proximity drills with your buddies really helps. Also, if you regularly skydive in a bootie suit, then don't go wearing anything else to test out in; your reflexes will not be the same and you will hose yourself. I did the entire course in my comp suit. Wear what you are comfortable in. My webpage HERE

My RV has about 25 from all different DZ's and boogies, plus the requisite USPA stickers. My Volvo 240 wagon, "Bessie", has 13. It has my business graphics on both rear side and back windows (Performance Skydiving), the requisite USPA sticker, my PRO and AFF-I stickers, plus stickers on back and side from my sponsors: SkyKat, BirdMan, Atair. Oh, and PPPB association stickers on both side rear windows. Excessive? Nah. My webpage HERE

Enough already. This is another prime example of a thread gone horribly wrong. Keep the arguments to PM please. As for Crossfires being safe or not, I think we have had plenty of fine answers. Personally, I think the Crossfire is a great flying canopy. I have not flown a "post mod" Crossfire, nor a Crossfire 2, but the original one I flew had very similar characteristics to a Cobalt and was not "bucky" or eratic in a dive. Still, I was standing right there when Lisa went in and that experience, along with that of others right around that same time frame gave me a really bad taste. I would definitely not purchase a used main that I had not test jumped and wrung out completely from high altitude. Like I have said before: every single main I have ever jumped flew differently, even in identical size and model. Chuck OK, once again: keep the threads on target. If you want to discuss something off topic, just start another thread. My webpage HERE

I have only ever been tipped once in my life for any skydiving instruction I have given (it was a tandem, and I tried to refuse it), so I don't see any reason whatsoever to tip a packer who, at least at my dropzone, generally makes at least as much as I do by day's end for something that I was capable of doing when I was six years old. Wanna tip somebody? Tip that 150 pound tandem master who just suffered through wrassling a 250 pound fat woman out the door of a cessna and had her pass out under canopy! Chuck a 153 pound tandem bitch who regularly gets stuck doing a good Wally Gubbins tandem impersonation. gimme a dollar! My webpage HERE

I am quite certain that my boy Paul "roadkill" Cozic will be there unless he is tied up at Moss Point. Tell that boy he aint right! Last time he was at the Flora-Bama, they got his truck towed and ended up stealing it back from the impound lot in town! Had the law chasing over the state line all the way to Mississippi! Crazy coon-ass motherfucker! Chuck My webpage HERE

I am not sure that you can get anything but B-ZP wings. Still, that is exactly where the seams stress, in that part of the suit. Not sure I would want anything thicker in the wings, though, so I wouldn't sweat the choice. Longer, slower, farther, Chuck My webpage HERE

Uh, not sure about where you guys got your "pie" rules from, but generally they are only done at jump numbers 100, then 1000, then every thousand after that. That being said, I am about two or three weekends away from number 3000 and fully expect to be pied. Chuck My webpage HERE

I already edited my original post to reflect that! Hooty hoo! My webpage HERE

I have met plenty at one time or another, but here are the ones that come most quickly to mind: Clay (but I already knew him, obviously), SkyBytch, Sinister69, Shark, PLFking (he has been on the plane several times with me), Lewmonst (did my Muff Brother dive with her), SkyFlyer (Baxter at ASC), Vladi (though I met him at a meet first), CobaltDan (my canopy sponsor), Stacy and Froggie (Kelly), coconutmonkey and slotperfect (from Raeford), N2SKDVN and Freaksis (at Quincy), freeflyfreaky, carbonezone (scotty), and lord knows how many others I can't think of right now. Chuck My webpage HERE

Clay, just an observation from looking at that picture: It doesn't look like your camera is aligned vertically with your neck; do you see what I mean. What that would do is make your video picture a little caddywompus. Have you already shimmed the bracket yet? If not, I would do so. Chuck My webpage HERE

Hell, Will, THREE pack jobs equals one skydive at Perris or Elsinore this summer! My webpage HERE

Yep Craig, my front-of-leg wing seams where they attach to the legs look "stretched" when I am in the suit also. I don't think it's a big deal right now, but if it ever tears out it looks like it would be a complete pain to patch. Also, you seconded all of my recommended measurement tips, so anyone out there considering the purchase of a suit please make sure you are wearing what you will skydive in when you are measured (especially on the alit-side wrist). Chuck My webpage HERE

My wife was skydiving two weeks after Lasik; no problems. My webpage HERE

In no order whatsoever: 1. All around skydiver. Master of Time and Space. 2. Loving husband to a great woman 3. Friend/confidant to many, many people in a great variety of circles 4. Skymonkey! 5. Instructor in every sense of the word 6. Action guy. I have been there and done that, both at work and at play. Thats one more than the requisite five, but as short as I could make it. My webpage HERE

Will, you are not alone, brother. I have never grasped that concept, yet it seems to permeate more and more of our culture. What is the point? Are they going to give you a better pack job if you tip? I will tell you what: if I ever caught wind of someone intentionally packing a slammer just because he or she thought they didn't get a tip, then I would personally hand them their ass. I can pack in WELL under ten minutes, as do most packers, so a busy packer has the opportunity to make a ton of cash. Good for them, but if you are tipping them because they got your main done within 30 minutes, just in time for the next load, just remember that you wouldn't be sweating it had you spent the ten minutes to do it yourself. Not sure about how it is where yall jump, but around these parts we all enjoy getting a little sun and sweating on our parachutes after a skydive. Oh yeah, back to the point: I don't tip anyone but waitresses. I carry my own bags at the airport and wash my own car. Chuck My webpage HERE

I definitely agree that packing is an integral part of the skydiving experience. I do not pay a packer ever. I have recently allowed one packer to assist me when tandems are backed up, and I have on on rare occasions allowed a friend to pack for me, but that's it. As far as the tandem whoring goes, I don't like to get put into a situation where I am working so much I don't have time for myself, so I will generally take the $10 extra dollars and do it myself. I pack VERY quickly, but (like Lisa) have packed a LOT more times (for students at my dad's DZ) than I have skydives. I am very leery of packers in general. I don't know a single one that has not packed at least one malfunction in the past six months. I am incredulous that so many dropzones retain packers who regularly pack mals (tandem mals even!). I have a buddy up in Minnesota who boasted to me that he has grown to actually "like" tandem cutaways (he has over a dozen rides); unbelievable. I can understand and even support the use of packers for teams making 10-14 jumps a day, but still, if I were in that position I would damn sure have a "two rides and you're out" policy with the indians, whether they were your good friends or not. Chuck My webpage HERE

Hey Baxter, how did it go? The weather was crap here at Raeford all day Saturday. Chuck My webpage HERE

Rob, I am 99 percent sure I am going to be there also, so yes, we can definitely get together and mix it up. Lisa Briggs will be working manifest, so we will have no trouble getting our flocks announced. By the way, nice bio/ad in the magazine. Chuck a fellow BM-I and general wingsuit nut My webpage HERE