Cashmanimal

Chuck Norris enters public area with an erection. No survivors. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Fantastic! I really appreciate the input everybody. Now, not to say any contributions were better, but these are the points I worked in so far... i honestly see myself using a bit of everything everybody has said so far.... As far as showing the video and appealing to the audiences.... I really, really wish I had the time to do it. But unfortunately I don't have the time! But no doubt the "who wants to go skydiving with me?" will be my clincher. Golden. Thanks again everybody, all greatly appreciated! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Such as skydiving! I am writing a speech right now. It's a persuasive speech, so I have to convince my audience of something. My thesis is something along the lines of why extreme and physical activities are better for mental well-being than meditation and other such nonsense. I might add all my info doesn't have to be absolutely true or cited, just has to be convincing. So does anybody have any solid info? For example, I am claiming that activities such as skydiving allow the brain to cope with high-demand situations better. By conditioning the brain to this, other situations will seem less extreme, whereas someone who meditates all the time may freak out in a high-deman situation. (worded nicer, of course). I wish I had a copy of Brian Germain's book here... if anybody has it and has some spare time, any info from that would help as well. Thanks for any useful help... as well as whatever sarcastic remarks are sure to come as well. The TV is out so all I have had to listen to for the last 20 minutes is my roommate having sex with his girlfriend (who has a GREAT pornstar voice while gettin' it on..... bAYbee.... BAYbee....) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

We have a number of people at Hollister who can help you out with wingsuiting when you get around to it. I personally prefer jumping at Hollister, but occasionally make the trip to Monterey Bay, Davis or even Lodi. Come on out, I need somebody to split gas with me (but seriously ) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I am currently a sophmore at SJSU, and can tell you first hand there is plenty of jumping around here. I don't have much time now, but send me a PM with any questions you have and I'll answer all I can. As far as your wingsuit specific questions and such go, I would head over to those forums specifically. I am sure everybody would love to answer them, but why not go directly to the source, amirite? Good luck! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I understand what you are saying... but I would like to at least defend my own club DZ in that we are such a minimal staff and small club DZ that any price hike ripples through everything. Our budgeting is not private info, we all recognize why our jump tickets are significantly higher than anywhere else. Nobody likes it, but we get it. I will already point out that from what I have read I get paid more than a lot of camera guys. But on the flip side of the coin, we have 8 tandem students on a busy weekend, and a full day of filming AFF is doing 4-5 Cat A's. It's all give and take........ It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

In response to your first question, working all summer at Skydive New Mexico I was paid a flat rate for doing video, flat for stills, and flat for both. The money was put directly into my club account, as if it were a paycheck. My jumps were paid for, however. But being a club and a (relatively) slow DZ, there isn't really the opportunity to build up a usable balance. I usually fun-jumped all day saturday and worked my account to a deep negative balance, then worked all day sunday to pretty much come out even on the weekend. I thought it worked out nicely, but again I was not trying to earn an income off it. And as far as "adding fire" to anything, I tried to be the guru who could find a fairly recent topic on this, but failed miserably. I know it's here somewhere.... I feel that for the work I did/do, I am paid a fair wage. I am not the 'primary' video guy for tandems, although I was for AFF, and felt that I was treated, paid and manifested fairly. I don't have multiple rigs, I almost always packed for myself, and I pretty much use the same tape or two the whole time. I land, put my cameras on a charge, pack, do it again. I did edit my own videos, which became very quick and easy after the first few. But for those first few, I felt I should have been paid double what I got. I am sure there are plenty of people here who work as full-time video guys who will have more useful input on the subject, and more concrete opinions. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I would love to come to dinner and meet the people I hardly converse with on the internet. Going to see Van Halen the night before... followed by a DZ.com dinner, would be scrumtrilescent. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Yeah, this is definitely one of the funniest and stupidest things i have ever heard. I applaud you! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

okay, the last post was a bit out of control. However, now I can safely say that was MUCH MUCH harder than i ever expected. Wow. Has anybody else tried this? I am very proud/disgusted with myself. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

oh... zweet jesus. this is among one of the hardest things i have ever done in my life. just finished. was WAY harper than i ever imaginED. NO PUKE. yet............ It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

All poured out, we came to the agreement that it was 10 beers each. We are 24 down, 76 to go. Downloaded a program called "power hour" which works PERFECTLY. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

it is basically a college/alcoholic version of power hour. 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes. My best friend from high school is visiting from Georgia and we are drinking this weekend for the first time together. Over the last two nights he has drank me under the table and kept a straight face the entire time while I curled into the fetal position in the corner. He says it will be fun to see who quits first, or if either of us finishes. But the way he has been drinking, I have a feeling I will puke at about minute 80 while he finishes the entire 100 minutes and all my left-over beer. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I will be a member in about 2 hours. Filling the cups now... This is gonna hurt It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

The correct answer is over. Unless you share an apartment with 4 other guys and two girls that basically live here. We go through a roll of toilet paper about every three hours, so in reality, I chose secret option G. The TP sits anywhere it can rest, sanitary or not really. It gets used so fast, it seems by the time you are done debating with yourself where to put the TP somebody is already sitting on the toilet asking for it. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I hate losing shit like that. I never go anywhere without my wallet. I always know exactly where it is and feel naked without it. But a while back I lost it for a whole day and was completely freaking out. As a last ditch effort and almost as a joke i went inside my mini-fridge... sure enough it was sitting there on a shelf behind the beef jerky i had in there. I guess I had set my wallet down on top of it on the crack to the fridge/door. Next time I opened it, plopped right in there. AND, a couple weeks ago I couldn't find my shoes. It's hard to lose them in this small apartment. I eventually found them in my unerwear drawer. I don't even know where to start explaining that one. If I crack the case, I'll let you know. Bottom line: Check your underwear drawer. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

No, I stopped trying to wear wings because I was having more luck without them then with them. I will get back around to them later, til then I am using a camera/freefly suit... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

At home I am back to using iMovie HD (got busted using a pirated version of Final Cut.... D'oh) until I can afford Final Cut for real. I am fully aware of what a flaming piece of crap iMove HD is when doing more intricate things like slow motion or complicated transitions, but I also felt that it is really noticeable on the equipment at our DZ. And since I split the video pay to have somebody else edit it, I can't lie by telling you I know what equipment it is. I hand my tape to my buddy, he disappears and comes back 10 minutes later with a DVD. I will look into it and find out what equipment/software he is using, then get back to you on that one. Thanks for your input here guys, I really appreciate it. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

The bite switch issue is something I had never even thought of, and that sounds like a very probable source of the problem. But it really seems to go on throughout the skydive, even at times I know I was not taking stills. But you definitely brought to my attention that with too much padding in certain areas, the bite switch could be doing some video damage. Hm... Also, the loosening of my neck is a good point to make as well. I am still fresh into jumping a full setup with the bite switch, and I think I do tend to tense up as soon as I "lock in" to a good position. (watching some of my footage I notice that when I go from a "locked" position and move around, I have a bit of a relaxing 'slump' as I begin to move...) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Hey everybody, I have been having a lot of trouble with camera shake on my videos. I am using an HC-30, top mounted on my FTP. When just viewing the footage, it is hardly noticeable, if at all. But as soon as I put it in slow-mo, it becomes really pronounced. I went through all the obvious fixes: tightening everything, making sure there is enough padding in the d-box, and making sure the helmet liner fits snugly. At one point I even put so much additional padding in the helmet I was in pain under canopy. I think I have narrowed it down to the cutaway hinge. It is pretty loose when it is open, and it can be jiggled a wee bit when it is on and locked on my head. But I can't find a safe/logical way to solve the issue. So basically I am pretty sure my camera shake is being caused by entire-helmet-shake. The shaking is so minor is doesn't show up in stills, just when I slow down video. Anybody had this/fixed this? Entire setup= FTP, top-mount HC-30 in Bonhead D-box, front-mount Rebel XT (have been jumping with screw-on wide-angle), bonehead cutaway hinge, plenty of padding in d-box/helmet. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance... -Alex It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

SOmetimes I will import my clips and save, then come back to the file later and every clip is in the trash. No editing, clipping, cutting, nothing. Import, save, trash. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Just snapped this photo a few minutes ago from my apartment... ironic? It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Number 4 looks like Mel Gibson. All of them will be in my nightmare tonight. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I still can't get over this commercial. After a lot of analyzing, I have come to the conclusion that it is because first, he screams "no." so then the natural thing to follow that would be "yeah." But instead, he STARTS to say yeah, but then he says 'yay!' So it's kind of a "yea-aaaayyyyy!" Plus, full-grown gigantic vikings don't say 'yay' very often, so that just adds to it. Also, he hits the same place on the car twice in a row. I hope this one never gets old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_w_UEgziA You can't really help but watch it at least twice. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

hopefully someone who was there will chime in and verify this for me.... But this summer we wanted to do a naked night jump. The group in front of us got down and said there was "a little rain on exit, but it went away quickly." We were okay with that (three of us). Got on jump run and had to stop a few thousand feet low due to clouds, and some 'rain.' I had a camera with me, and the best piece of footage was when I opened the door and proclaimed "FUCK! It's HAIL! it HURTS!" They still talked me into going. worst, decision, EVER!. 9000ft-5000ft was frozen rain. Most horrifically painful experience of my life. I have jumped in rain before and thought that hurt, this time the rain (about 5000-2000 ft) was a very welcome feeling. I have the video and pictures laying around here somewhere, i may try to find it... we all looked like we had severe cases of the chicken pox afterwards. Took me about a week to recover from the welts.... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye