virgin-burner

You did not come across as boasting. You served, You should be proud and I just wanted to thank you. As for her, I respect and thank her sevice too. I am about to post that as well i served. our unit actually guarded the american embassy and residence. who will thank me!? personally, i was ordered at the dutch embassy and residence, a much better fit in my opinion.. “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 was referring to the eyewitness-report of jarno about the hackey. IF it's only for BASE, fine, but for obvious reasons you may want to give it a go in a skydiving-environment first. at least that's what the BASErs i know would do. and i'm pretty sure that if it's sold to the "general public", it wont be long until some douche jumps it out of planes exclusively. this could become ugly pretty quick. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

wow, hackey swallowed by suit? in BASE!? how much chances of survival is that!? 0.0000000003%!? maybe we should get james boole's experience with that. oh wait, he was at line-stretch. with snow. on a very steep hill. mhm. maybe chances of survival are even lower than what i quoted.. to be fair tough, the BASE-"hackeys" are usually larger. hats off to the guys that actually jump it, they must not only have balls of steel, they must have balls of fucking kryptonite! and for the 3-ring.. isnt it the whole point that you need to only apply a small force to keep it closed/release it? the fabric of the suit will prevent it from working properly, that is IF you get a main out, and then have a problem. i'd hate to deploy a reserve into a mess of nylon above my head! and where will you belly-mount your gopro? gotta balance the drag from the two on the back of the feet, hardly works if you have another two or three sticking out of your helmet! edited to remove leg-pouch assumption, they wont work in such large suits. edited some more to put a smile on everyone's face! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Sort of like the time I was thinking about how awesome the XF2 opens... While in linetwists... and spinning on my back... My PDr opened better. watched a nice cutaway on an XF2 the other week, video was also interesting.. i guess you have to get used to that sort of stuff if you jump canopies of that class and even more HP.

Wait, you mean that if you buy a Katana you're not automatically a badass? Nope, but it can make it faster and easier to find a friendly divot in the landing area... does that mean that the crossfire will be more forgiving!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

dont we all!? “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 believe the correct English translation for that is 'tramp stamp'. you are correct, sir! “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, what you're saying is that - it's not the arrow, it's the indian - again. i try not to be a fanboy of some sorts, i may jump one, but actually prefer the appearance of another company's product. this forum mostly run - and dominated - by americans, is not a bad thing per se. what i dislike tough is the one-sided POV. icarus makes great canopies, so does icarus. same with wingsuits.. tony against phoenix. what i find distracting (to say the least) is the lack of "proper input", for both the canopy- (or wingsuit-) manufacturers.. i'm aware that there's competition for a relatively small market, but that shouldnt exclude an objective view on things. unfortunately, that's what dorkzone, in my opinion, is lacking. what i'm trying to say is, that despite who actually manufactures the canopy in question, the skillset of the jumpers that participate in the discussion, it does boil down - to the jumper in question. so, you can actually call me a troll, but i just try to level out opinions on one thing or another.. and yup, i DO prefer the one product over another, but i may use a different one in my "career" as a skydiver. i think we all have some sort of right to co-exist. i just dont like that "fanboy-thing". not trying to imply you were one of them!

just this weekend i've watched an up- and coming swooper do his stuff on an XF2; he outswooped pretty much everyone, even the guys with the velo's.. i'm the type of guy that picks his brand and sticks to it. so for me it would be safire2 - crossfire2 - jfx/jvx.. demo and see what you like!

sounds great! i helped a friend move saturday and couldnt jump sunday because my back acted up again. still nice hanging at the dz..

fucking iphones and apple will eventually get us all! “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 got nothing more to add.. “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 was thinking: 1. Take off all clothes. 2. Jump out of car screaming and beating chest. No one wants to fuck with a crazy person. fucking with a crazy person usually ends up in crazy fucking monkey sex; couldnt be any better! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

send it to my girlfriends bank-account, i can get a good deal for you! sorry, couldnt resist.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

when you fall off your bike, have fun with your clothes being fused to your sorry ass. and think about this post when they will plug fibre by fibre out of it. "dress for success" is something you read on here again and again. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

It was actually K-mart that stopped selling ammo because of Michael Moore and Bowling for Columbine. - thanks for clarifying, i thought it was wal-mart.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

shortage of cheap labour!? gardening season!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

It is nice to finally see that at least one of you knows enough history to acknowledge the fact that Jesus died and rose again. Keep at it, I can tell you are on the verge of a major life changing break through. yup, a sudden outburst of schizophrenia or a nervous breakdown can truely be life-changing.. “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

I will never forget my first visit to Walmart. It had guns on one side of the aisle and Barbie dolls on the other (literally). toys for boys (and girls)! “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 wrote him a PM with just that info, and others along. i actually wanted to write it public at first, but yea, let the TS-fanboys ruin every good thread. just for the record, i do actually jump a tonysuit. if the one crowd stops harrassing the other fanboys, i will stop my bickering. this brandwars really gets annoying and makes all wingsuiters look like princesses in fairy dresses. ok, we actually are! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Harry (the only cool Royal) would be a hard one to tame. Not sure if Harry is still seeing her, but wasn't he involved with some other girl? Yea, a Saffa chick called Chelsey, she was there yesterday. the more, the merrier! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

That's JR's attempt at "humor". Not mine. It stems from the phrase "guns and butter" which is a statement about two traditional ways to look at the role government plays; defense and general welfare. The phrase means to remind us about the balance of the two. If a country spends a lot on one but not the other there may be problems. Perhaps the best known actual usage comes from Joseph Goebbels who said, "We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns." Hermann Göring also said, "Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat." Kind of the wrong metaphor to use here, but . . . like I said, it's JR's work, not mine. using JR's and goebels name in one sentence - THAT is funny! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

No, but it IS SOP for us to put Swiss under 3.0 or better when they wander over...still, they never seem to leave! dude, we're called the "brazilians of europe"; do you wonder!? “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 here i was thinking, with all the culture and refinement of the americans, you could put a yankee under a 2.8 WL right from the start! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda