Jasmin

I remember hearing the most f***ed up story from a guy from Germany (IPC Delegate, Exy) back in '99. A female jumper over there used to get a lift out to the DZ with this particular asswipe. He was packing her rig for her (he was pretty sweet on her it seemed) and a fellow jumper (male) asked her if this guy was her bf, to which she replied that he was just her friend. After 3 months, they finally found the rest of her reserve ripcord which allowed them to show it had been cut, and enabled them to convince the prosecuter's office that it was murder, not an accident. This despicable excuse for a human being had packed her a deliberate mal, cut her reserve ripcord and re-routed her cypress around the loop. Words cannot describe the disgust I have for this individual. Unfortunately, it takes all sorts to fill the world, he apparently is not the only one of this kind. Over the years there have been more than a few incidents at DZ's here in Australia, of fuel tanks of planes being contaminated with water or sugar. There are some very very evil people out there, thank God they're the minority!

2 years ago, a week before my conversions, my rig was stolen from my home DZ. I was being a good sort and letting a friend (whose rig was being repaired ) use it. My regards to the asshole that stole my rig (I actually think I know who did it...she WILL pay) Y'anyways I wrote a letter in saying that there are some totally big assholes in skydiving and got a free canopy and a discount on my container. Thankyou to Steve Hicks and Parachutes Australia, my rig is soooooo awesome I love it and I love you guys for giving me back my wings. As for asshole theives, how pathetic and selfish are you that you'll steal someone else's passport to the sky?! As for their stupidity? My rig had "Sydney Skydiving Centre" and "Hilly" embroidered on it. And some dickhead stole Knut Krecker's windblade from the Worlds in 1999. Never under-estimate their stupidity, if they had brains they wouldn't be stealing form skydivers in the first place.

Tssk Tssk Tssk, do you have any idea how much freefly pants set you back these days?!!!!! ;-) Oh and I'd like to say that the non-US chicks are not all bad either, there's more than a few stunners at my DZ!

This is a pretty average photo. If I get a spare moment I'll post a few from what I call "The-How-Not-To-Pondswoop Series". It features a few competitors from the pondswoop nats as well as some aussie talent and is pretty amusing... Y'anyways this one is of Craig Morris at Picton. xj ps You might want to check out www.jump-run.com there were a few good ones on there, as well as the Caption Contest thread here on dz.com

Well well, you've both finally learnt how to post!! I'd like to congratulate you both on your respective appearances in the wetsuit photos. ie Congrats to Obes on his appearance in the photo (very attractive) and congrats to Grumpy for his appearance in the photo (or rather, his lack of an appearance)! Oh and I'd like to add you're BOTH now old farts ('coz I'm a young'un)!!! xj tee hee hee (I AM joking) ps "Sir Cork ALot"? That's a bit rich coming from someone who was once deemed the equivalent of a hand grenade posing as a skyball!! ;-) {don't you just love the imagery?!}

awesome skydivers.....not necessarily awesome at skydiving....happy birthday, love you heaps matey, xj

Are you sure it was the jump and not the boy?!! Ooooh dear, I am joking ;-P Take it easy, don't sleep on the side that you suspect to be broken (easier said than done). If its higher rather than lower you should wear softer bras, as you'll need to balance the desire to wear one with the pressure the bra will place on your rib. Oh and the usual "if pain persists, see your doctor." An x-ray is usually a good idea as its possible for your rib to have a "floating" break, ie small section that has chipped off. Floating breaks are not good, they sometimes require surgery. Y'anyways , if the pain is easing this is highly unlikely!! Get well soon, xj

he he he I thought someone'd be amused by that little bit of filth! tee hee hee My mother'd be so upset to hear that I wasn't behaving like a little lady.....but maybe not so surprised!

I finally discovered the "Forum" section of dz.com a few weeks ago, and I can't go 3 days without posting!! The people on this site rock. I love to talk to 'em, even if I'm not jumping that weekend! Don't go away, if you can't jump you might as well talk to jumpers! That was one of the few things that kept me sane when I had to give up jumping...

1- i thought this site was moderated!!!!!! 2- If you ever think about jumping vs skydiving, and then think about footage....my ex-bf sent me a "wonderful" photo on the subject....can I post it?...it is NOT work friendly, and definately not one for the minors....hmmm PM me if you want it, then no-one's insulted! 3- As for the pissing contest, after 4 years of army cadets (only female in my platoon) My girlfriends and I got sick of squatting in the middle of the night: it marked you as a female at 100 yards AND we have over a hundred poisonous snakes here in Oz (how low would you want to get your hind in the long grass?!)....and yes, we did get pretty good in our aim over the years!!! :-P 4-For the conservative few among us, there's a really simple solution: don't open the attatchment-its not being rubbed in your face, you CHOSE to open it. Everything has its place and tolerance is a virtue of sorts....(sorry, former youth minister coming out, smack me if it surfaces again!) hee hee

3( number of times I ended up OUTSIDE the raft)*:0:1 *= wouldn't you just love to know....ummmm....more than last week.... No jumps, quite windy and the idiot who was meant to bring my rig out didn't (just kidding, I love you Dad......well, most of the time) By the time I got it, the weather was utter shite, so only went back out for a tongue wag, dinner and a drink. Went whitewater rafting Sunday at the rapids used for the Sydney Olympics: two words: YEAH BABY!!! I whitewater kayaked for 4 years, and THIS WAS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!! (and it only set me back US$25!) A good weekend....got home today.....(monday)....

The media is rarely our friend, they love the sensationalism and stereotype of skydiving too much.... As for five deaths in 13 years, we were very very lucky and had none at our DZ in 15 years....followed by 2 in one day (double mal [reserve and main] & a suicide) followed a few months later by a cypress save. For those who're so inconsiderate and selfish to as to insult all of us by committing suicide jumping, damn you!!! Y'anyways, accidents happen, but we risk that every time we jump, and as the famous quote says: "Everything is sweetened by risk." To the calgary jumpers, best wishes. Blue skies forever.....

Have heaps and heaps of REL suits, but live in Australia.

Greg Gasson is the jumper without the rig, Joe Jennings is the cameraman. Both are wacky guys, met the former in 1999 and he is very very cool. (although jumping out of a plane, with someone else holding onto your rig for you, is a little extreme for my liking!) Joe Jennings is one very awesome camerman and organiser. Who else would've been able to pull off jumping a full size Imax camera to film a skysurfer (think of a tandem, then subtract co-operation, add dificulty{x100} and opportunities for mass carnage and complications....did I mention difficulty?) with so much finese?......very very few......

Happy Birthday to three of the most awesome skydivers I know: (Anthony) Obes/O'Brien, (Dave) O'Brien and Brainer (Did your mothers plan this?!!) Blue Skies and soft landings guys, hope you loved the whitewater as much as I did!

Ok the consensus seems to be (and I agree) that if you couldn't tell your partner/husband/wife/SO/gf/bf without them being hurt or upset, then it's cheating. However, many of you are saying if you have stuffed up, don't tell 'em (unless it wasn't a one-off or you had unprotected sex). Hmmmm lying factor is coming into play here..... Don't lie. No trust=no relationship.

Well I can lend you mine until the weekend, but then I'll need 'em back: its winter here, and about -18 a height, so with my bits they'll be sorely missed by more than just me!

I haven't done a bi-plane yet...but I really wanna!

You need to get out more!!!

Awww! I caught a re-run whilst recovering from the long weekend, man it was soooo funny. The guy was in a total trance from this dominatrix. She had him playing dead and fetching stuff on all fours like a dog. The funniest bit was when a girl in the audience asked the D where she could get one ( a guy like that)! ah, priceless!

Girls don't want a nice guy, but they don't want an a**hole, either. What I mean is that they want someone who won't be a pushover, getting your way all the time can get boring.....tee hee hee Awwww, Chris, you're such a "nice" guy......NOT!!

I do agree. Trust is sooooo important. In my case, it wasn't really there to begin with. I was being assured I was in an emotional relationship, his actions proved otherwise....

Not all men....just most! Any gentlemen out there? My photos are in the oral thread.... There is one problem....I'll be living in Australia for the next 2 years (then I'm going to USA or maybe Geneva....)

Marriage is a totally different matter. They are "the one"; therefore infidelity and betrayal of trust, body and emotion is adultery! You stuff that one up, have your bags packed and start praying.... I agree but the question is about dealing with an inability to resist a temptation. So who is guilty? The person in the realtionship, the one who isn't, or both?

That stands for DZ guys the world over, I've met jumpers from Brazil to England and everywhere in between. I even dated a few of them...oops. Oh, Joe, I said behave like a gentleman......can you do that?! :-p