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By finishing AFF. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Yeah, we just have different opinions on this matter. You're on the safe side and I respect that, it's your choice and it's not a bad choice
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I'm sorry if you think so. Anyway, we shouldn't be getting into this "troll" discussion, because it's very off topic and what does that troll definition mention again? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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I'm not a troll regardless of what you think. I might be novice and know very little, but I'm just trying to express my point of view in this matter. I guess it's just a matter of attitude when looking into this tandem trick, some of you hate it, some of you love it no matter how it is performed... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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The tandem rig manufacturers can disagree all they want, it's not they who are doing the trick and risking their lives... A TI who is willing to do this regardless of having a novice student passenger or an experienced one is yeah, not very smart. However, if he refuses to do this with a student, but does it with experienced passenger and people then it's his choice, he knows the risks, he enjoys it, then it's good for him/her... Well, from what I understood this "trick" has a high chance of backfiring and killing the performers, so why shouldn't I compare it to BASE which has a high chance of killing its participants as well? It's not very much of comparing skydiving with BASE, it's more of comparing choices, what people choose to do and how they do it, it's their choice, they shouldn't be judged for it if they know what they are getting into and not getting people into this who don't want to
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Yeah, you do have points. Well my points are: Doing this with a passenger (student) who's unaware of the danger and the fact that he has an increased chance of being killed is absolutely wrong and should never be done. Judging people who are very experienced (including the passenger) and who want to and do these kind of tricks knowing the risks is not very nice. So I think the experienced ones (with an experienced skydiver passenger) who do this show great skill and it looks absolutely awesome and they are enjoying it, then good for them :) It's as if saying BASE jumpers are god damn assholes and should be banned, because they risk of for example hitting the trollvegen wall doing a 4 way (2 people standing, 2 on their shoulders) backflip exit... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Yeah well. BASE jumping is even riskier and look how many people do it
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I'm talking about, again... All the people who perform this trick have to be very experienced skydivers (including the passenger) and if they are doing it (in which videos they are) the TI is ok with it, otherwise he wouldn't be performing it... Most of you are not ok with this and don't wanna do it, and it's perfectly fine, it's your choice. I'm just talking about people who want and do these kind of things
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Some of you really don't read. I said I know it's wrong and not acceptable to do it with a student / first time jumper. But it's not that bad if you do it with experienced skydivers (as in having a tandem passenger who is an experienced skydiver) while they know the risks... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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So basically, it's a big taboo to do this kind of trick with a first time jumper right? But it is ok if all of the people involved are experienced jumpers and know the risks right? I mean if they die, they knew the risks, so it should be ok? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Already found it. The guy goes under a tandem (like a hybrid) holding onto the student and the other guy gets on top of it like in that pic holding on the drogue... And there are a bunch of other guys going SF/HD around the tandem... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Transporting gear on a commerial flight
Sangi replied to cjsitfly's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I'm thinking of bringing my own gear from Lithuania to Scotland to jump and I will be flying Ryanair. I will be putting my gear as simple baggage (not carry on since it exeeds maximum weight)... My question is. They off course scan the baggage before loading it on the plane. When they do and when they will see my Vigil AAD, what will they do? I don't want them pulling out my rig thinking it's a bomb and then curiously pulling the cutaway and reserve handles... Should I explain about the AAD to the person whom I register at and give my baggage or what? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean -
I just made my first jump!!
Sangi replied to Da_SKiES_R_BLu's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Yeah, a 283 is an old chevy engine, wouldn't get much frefall off of one of those . A bit off topic. 8008 jumps in 5 years - WOW. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean -
Yes! That's exactly what I've been looking for! THANKS! "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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The video is gone "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Advance and Voodoo. Both are kickass. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Thanks a lot for the info jimmytavino
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Lucky "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Grats! Did you get a pie into your face?
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Yeah well, set and inflated. But as I said and in the picture, you know what I mean
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No, you probably misunderstood me :) I meant when the drogue is already released. The guy is standing on the tandem, the drogue is released and he is holding to it, it looks really awesome. Here's a rough sketch of what I meant "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Can't think of anything Well anyway on topic, where can I find that vid? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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I don't see anything bad about it. As long as the tandem master doesn't deploy while the guy is on him or some malfunction doesn't happen at the canopy doesn't deploy itself - it's fine. But that's just my thoughts, you know better... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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I'm really interested in these two containers. I'm considering buying one of them in the future (it will be a long time before that, but still, just thinking). What do you think of them? What would you choose for mainly Freefly? I have a lot of people in my dropzone (Pociunai, Lithuania) using Advance containers and no one has a Voodoo here. Only yesterday back here in UK I had the chance to see a Voodoo in person, it looks great... Advance: http://www.basik.fr/en/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1 Voodoo: http://www.rigginginnovations.com/products/voodoo.htm What are the pros and cons? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean
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Why? Is this trick not allowed? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean