virgin-burner

am about to download, havent watched yet. i know i can land my canopy withing 2 metres (6ft) of whereever i want to land it. i know i havent taken out all the performance i could get from the sabre. i also (believe) to know that this is not a canopy known to be forgiving of mistakes (short recovery arc, again), hence, if i fuck up, i fuck myself up. should i just get a more forgiving (kinda), newer design, hence a 149 safire2, a 129, or go straight to the 119 as my instructor/mentor recommended. with strict supervision AND extensive training!? now that i'm asking, i prolly know the answer myself.. and yea, i can land it in pretty much every shit-hole, that i'm sure of. all the places i jump at have plenty of outs, i do think about those things when i get out, or am on the way down.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

serious answer: i wanna become a bit of a swooper, what i promise myself is that i get more out of body-input.. (if that's worded right) also, the sabre has a very short recovery-arc if i do go on frontrisers. dont know if i really like that in my future ventures of HP-landings.. and thats where i want to go! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

well, the last 10 i havent jumped at "my" dz where i'm pretty eye-balled. so, i probably stood half of them.. but i know how to safe myself and slide my arse in if need be. or just roll it over for that matter.. other friends that know me and my jumping, have offered me to try their 120 springos.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

before anyone jumps at my throat, leave it to yourself. if you got something to contribute, make it useful and constructive. my first rig was a rectangular sabre 150 that i got with around 60-something jumps, did a canopy-course with it, jumped it successfully for about 140 jumps. already at an outrageous WL of about 1.3. i've gained some weight since, the numbers in my profile should be about accurate. now i feel like getting something smaller, talked to the chief about it at the end of the season last year, his opinion is, i could get as low as a 119 safire2, IF i spend at least 2 weeks at the dropzone with steady mentoring and coaching on the new bitch. now, dont get me wrong, i know that at an approximately new WL of 1.6 would put me at things a little more serious. done all the drills, landed it in a lot of crosswind, downwind, even had off-landings, had to do 180's maybe 60ft above ground-level, all things went well. all that with our "normal" traffic which might be fairly low to whats usual in the states. so, should i just get a safire2 at 129 which would put me somewhere in the middle whats WL concerned? next (2nd) canopy-course is scheduled for easter. trying to get into front-riser approaches at the moment, 90°'s and so on. please, for once, keep the flaming away. this is an honest try at making my decisions, and flaming will just make me do what i'm thinking about already.. probably a hopeless request, but i give it one more try to get something from those forums.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

now that we know that andy did it there, thats a reason for serious concern! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Get some mad swooping skillz . . . . Hey, welcome to fifty. We've been waiting for you. You can do everything you used to do, no worries. Just now you'll need a nap afterwards. he needed naps even before that.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

thanks for making me snort my beer OUT the other way.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

he's in geneva dude.. but maybe we could hit up tina turner! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

as i just commented on someones status on FB, i think its a good day for the US!

sounds pretty reasonable to me.. i'd jump with you anytime, dennis, altough you're a darn belly-flier! edited to add: i think you're a danger to yourself and others anyway, with or without epilepsy, seizures and or whatever.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

conditions should be fairly good, altough it warmed up the last couple of days, rain in the flatlands too, havent followed what its been doing up there.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

-uhm, loose 40lbs!? -stay up later than 11:00PM? -drink more than 3 beers? i could go on and on with that list, but i'm trying to be nice as usual.. 11:00 PM is kind of late, isn't it? on a SATURDAY NIGHT!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

there's nothing stopping you! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Doing good, thanks - and Yeap - that's my job. Have fun on the board... looks like a good amount of fresh powder in t'Alps this week. We go to St Gervais next Friday - looking forward to it ... you know, the late nights, mugs of cocoa etc... man, fuck the board, i'm dying to get some jumping done, we have the "snowdays" coming up, helijumps above the engelberg ski-resort, landing in front of the mountain-restaurant and the ski-bunnies. skydiving might finally pay out some time! and if i get something done before that, mountain-swooping with the wingsuit! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

good, good, working, being bored, drinking too much as a result of that, still havent jumped in months, waiting for my license to come back in a little over two weeks. might get to meet up two other dorkzoners this week, seems half the states is visiting here for snowboarding. how about yourself and the missus!? u still annoy the fuck out of her? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

now i know why you keep on staying on your belly! i dont know much about epilepsy, but what causes your seizures? cant flickering lights trigger it!? or stress? guess if you take meds you're gonna be fine. if i were you, i'd make darn sure my cypres (or any AAD of your liking), is turned on. and maybe stay on a docile canopy, just in case. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

-uhm, loose 40lbs!? -stay up later than 11:00PM? -drink more than 3 beers? i could go on and on with that list, but i'm trying to be nice as usual.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

exactly same set-up, exactly same results.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

so far, i've only had good experiences, not exactly on the dorkzone-classifieds, but other skyjumping ones.. probably helps if you "know" the person at least online! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i found out that masturbating helps me getting some sleep. if you take video, i could give you pointers.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

and i thought you were not bi.. wait, that was lucky.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

jump more, if you dont do coaching, it only takes you 1-200 jumps to get relatively stable and give/receive docks.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

fucking do AFF already!

nonsense, your attitude is so old school hack ff'er - some of the best freeflyers are also looking at ways to enhance their manuverability and power with suit features some of the best freeflyers (VRW) even have grippers if you want to be good, it's best to get proficient in all orientations and use the tools that get you there - there are 'serious' skydivers in all the disciplines, but mostly hacks and 'fun jumpers' across the spectrum too - they have fun also, so that's good too cant a kiddo have a little fun!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda