deaffreeflyer

I am very sad to know that I lost my friend. He was a great bloke, friendly and very talent skydiver. He was killed by low turn at DeLand last weekend. Always thinking of him. His profile - codemonkey

If you are going to Empuriabrava, plan to stay there for 2 weeks not less. I recommend you to Kevin McCarthy. http://www.freefallco.co.uk He's man for you! Other tip, stick to porter (aircraft) when you do solo jump. You don't wanna land off in a sunflower field!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I was planning to go there next year

I wonder if 0.45 Blue Eye's angle of view similar to Kenko 0.43's?

Can you send a picture of your Wings EXT's cut-in laterals please? I wonder if it looks the same as Odyssey?

Yep my canopy Safire 144ft² is actually 135ft². Cant believe it, I actually wingloaded at 1.37lb/ft² before my 200th jumps!

Last September I was on my way home from Perris (Deaf World Record). I flew on American Airlines from Ontario, CA and to my surprise AA actually flew over Perris DZ - I recognised the DZ, swooping pond, a huge grey circle of landing zone, a strip of grass - landing zone, roads and landmarks such as the wind tunnel very well. I reckon we were at an altitude of about 15,000 feet. It was just 10 minutes flight away from Ontario. Maybe that's why Perris can't go any higher than 12,500 feet.

See the pic

How about Bonehead's Havok? It's good for big head. http://www.boneheadcomposites.com/havok.htm

More stories and pix http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003461071,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3162636.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3166568.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3029765.stm

That's different illusionst. http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/D/derren_brown/index.html

I saw whole of it last night and it's obvious not a trick at all. It was bloody hell scary to watched it and I was so relieved he didn't blew his head off! Copied from BT Openworld News:- http://www.btopenworld.com/news/topstories/0,,csn=646|csr=4201416,00.html

I don't have a single idea what's up with him and his plan. There are some clues on his http://www.worldfreefly.com. His house, boat and mobile-house are for sales (near Skydive Palm Beach DZ which is closed now). I guess he is moving out to somewhere in US or Europe with Stefania...

Hey, shame you can't make it. Anyway, just curious if you study at Gallaudent Uni?

Cool! When you're at Perris, you won't missed a group of deaf skydivers that easy! Don't be afraid and ask me or us to jump with you

On never mind you can't make it to the DWR. I am looking forward to meet John Woo and David Armstrong - I heard so many good things about them. Do you reckon you would come over to Europe for DWR 2005/6?

I often wonder if I am the only deaf skydiver that comes here. Are any of you are deaf or hard of hearing? Please let me know and get in touch! Oh yeah, I'll be coming over from UK to stay in Perris to do hardcore jumping for a couple of weeks (Sept 6th - 20th). Will any of you be there and would like to do some fun FF, tracking or RW jumps with me - before, and after the 'Deaf World Record' event. Hope to see you there!

I will be there too!

What about Safire (original) or Safire 2? They're great fun to fly - 9 cells, ZP, sweet opening, deep flare, either soft landing or swooping you fancy to do. Quick turns and execllent gliding ratio than Spectre and Shilouette. I am really pleased with my 144 (1.35 loading on it) - did 8 awesome swooping last weekend. Probably I'll jump it for next 200 jumps to bring the best out of it. You should demo those canopies before you buy it. It's very easy to notice the difference between Spectre, Safire and Shilouette.

Yeah that's what I thought. I think I was there with Newbie when someone put it on and showed other people what is it for.

After a big wild party at a DZ, what is your usually hangover ratings? Usually I get 3 star hangover but had 6 star a few times - it's something I rather to give a miss! * - 1 star hangover No pain. no real feeling of illness. You slept in your own bed and when you woke up there were no traffic cones in there with you. You are still able to function relatively well on the energy stored up from all those vodka and Red Bulls. However, you can drink 10 bottles of water and still feel as parched as the Sahara. Even vegetarians are craving a Cheeseburger and a bag of fries. ** - 2 star hangover No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay but you have the attention span and mental capacity of a stapler. The coffee you hug to try and remain focused is only exacerbating your rumbling gut, which is craving a full English breakfast. Although you have a nice demeanour about the office, you are costing your employer valuable money because all you really can handle is some light filing, followed by aimlessly surfing the net and writing junk e-mails. *** - 3 star hangover Slight headache. Stomach feels crap. You are definitely a space cadet and not so productive. Anytime a girl or lad walks by you gag because the perfume/aftershave reminds you of the random gin shots you did with your alcoholic friends after the bouncer kicked you out at 1:45 am. Life would be better right now if you were in your bed with a dozen doughnuts and a litre of coke watching daytime TV. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 2 Sausage Rolls and a litre of diet coke yet you haven't peed once. **** - 4 star hangover You have lost the will to live. Your head is throbbing and you can't speak too quickly or else you might spew. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but you smell of socks, and you can't hide the fact that you (depending on your gender) either missed an oh-so crucial spot shaving, or, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the dodgems. Your teeth have their own individual sweaters. Your eyes look like one big vein and your hairstyle makes you look like a reject from a second-grade class circa 1976. You would give a weeks pay for one of the following - home time, a doughnut and somewhere to be alone, or a Time Machine so you could go back and NOT have gone out the night before. You scare small children in the street just by walking past them. ***** - 5 star hangover You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee who sits next to you. Vodka vapour is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva, so your tongue is suffocating you. You'd cry but that would take the last drop of moisture left in your body. Death seems pretty good right now. Your boss doesn't even get mad at you and your co-workers think that your dog just died because you look so pathetic. You should have called in sick because, let's face it, all you can manage to do is breathe ..... very gently. ****** - 6 star hangover You arrive home and climb into bed. Sleep comes instantly, as you were fighting it all the way home in the taxi. You get about 2 hours sleep until the noises inside your head wake you up. You notice that your bed has been cleared for take off and is flying relentlessly around the room. No matter what you do you now, you're going to chuck. You stumble out of bed and now find that your room is in a yacht under full sail. After walking along the skirting boards on alternating walls knocking off all the pictures, you find the toilet. If you are lucky you will remember to lift the lid before you spontaneously explode and wake the whole house up with your impersonation of walrus mating calls. You sit there on the floor in your undies, cuddling the only friend in the world you have left (the toilet), randomly continuing to make the walrus noises, spitting, and farting. Help usually comes at this stage, even if it is short lived. Tears stream down your face and your abdomen hurts. Help now turns into abuse and he/she usually goes back to bed leaving you there in the dark. With your stomach totally empty, your spontaneous eruptions have died back to 15-minute intervals, but your body won't relent. You are convinced that you are starting to turn yourself inside out and swear that you saw your tonsils shoot out of your mouth on the last occasion. It is now dawn and you pass your disgusted partner getting up for the day as you try to climb into bed. She/he abuses you again for trying to get into bed with lumpy bits of dried vomit in your hair. You reluctantly accept their advice and have a shower in exchange for them driving you to the hospital. Work is simply not an option. The whole day is spent trying to avoid anything that might make you sick again, like moving. You vow never to touch a drop again and who knows for the next two or three hours at least you might even succeed. OK, now hands up all those who have never had a six star hangover!! Thought so!!

It's TattooMoFos team. Wonder where they got money from?! Very nice rigs and jumpsuits.

Will it be good for any 3 sizes of canopies? If it's too small for bag then bag'll be useless, loose and unsecure? Too big canopy for it - it might be difficult to close the bag? If it's too tight (big canopy and small bag) to open - will this causes bag lock? I am sure Sunpath thought about those. ----

Sunpath's new Berger Bag aka Bandless Bag BergerBag Pic #1 BergerBag Pic #2 BergerBag Pic #3 BergerBag Pic #4 BergerBag Pic #5 It's not out yet but I'll look forward to it cos it'll save my time searching some bands and not looking after my sore fingers!

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