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You know Skr, every once and a while you say something that makes me realize the pioneers of this sport we men and women made of just slightly higher quality stuff! Glad you survived it. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Yeah, but it was a GREAT book. Alot was left out in the movie. Book is over 1000 pages. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

New Zealand. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Come out to Northern California! Our big boogie is that time of year! www.skydance.net Edit: Hey we're not far from Sna Francisco either. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

There are even manufactures that offer a 100% fit guarantee.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

You know you're living in 2003 when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 4. You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line. 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10. Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12. Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long-service awards. 15. Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries' annual budgets combined. 16. Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience, terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18. Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you any more, except to send you jokes from the net. 25. You are too busy to notice there was no No 9. 26. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't No.9 (Bet you all did this one!?!?!?). ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

My reply to this is: look at your rig, and find piece of hardware on it other that the closing pin for the main that was purpouse built for the sport skydiving market. I'll bet you have trouble doing it. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

That's funny ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

One danger I see right away is that of attitude. Water will not necessarily save your ass. Having a proper pond (3-4 feet deep) will fequently change the outcome of a misjudged landing that might have produced bumps and bruises, possibly a broken bone, and turn that landing into just an embarising situation. HOWEVER if you were going to BOUNCE hard on land, you will probably do so over water. Water is amazingly hard at 30+mph. Other dangers include the tendency for newer pond swoopers to fixate on the water. Bad Juju. Also when dropping that toe into the drink, watch out how deep you go, it can end your nice swoop quickly. Watch out for the transition from water to land, you can injure your foot, or twist tear ligaments in your leg. Realize the dragging in the H2O is going to rapidly bleed speed off of your swoop, requiring more toggle use to get out, don't come up short because someone always has a camera! Have a safe one, and if you haven't got wet yet, it's just a matter of time. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Sorry, that's rumor out of control. PDF is still it's big bad self. One of the former employees of PDF is now heading the NEW Aerodyne which includes the old Aerodyne, and has merged with the former PISA. Ian Bellis who used to work for PD has also joined the mix. Look for them to do big things in the next year or two. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

5 with any regularity. and 3 of them are mine ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Ditto. What he said. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Don't assume you are going to get a great deal, shipping and import taxes can add up. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

A good loft, and master rigger can do it too. contact loft@actionair.com ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

%$^&#@^ YEAH BABY! NO! Wait go back to the other thing....! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I'm afraid to ask but what is Kate doing in said video?! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Chuck, sometimes your pets are the best friends you have, as I'm sure you full well know. They listen to our troubles, comfort us when the world is against us, are almost always happy to see us (unless they are getting in trouble) and they ask nothing in return. I truly hope everything goes well for you and your cat. I understand the emotional investment we put into our relationships with our pets. If Kitty showed the determination to make it all the way back to you, he has the spirit to recover! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

IMO they are not better, but they used to be. Reversed risers were a band-aid used to fix the problem of mini risers breaking from the weakening produced by shoving a gromett through the type 17 webbing. Then some really smart person figured out how to reinforce the type 17 where the gromett is placed. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

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Think about which hand you are going to use to switch things on and off with. Also which side of the box the fastex buckle is on ( you can chage this). Will you need to access the camera's outputs without taking it out of the box? If I jumped a Bat Rak and a TRV I would mount it on the left myself, for ergonomic reasons, and it would let me put a vertical sharks fin in the middle for my stills camera. The stills (Cannon) is nicer to use in a vertical format when it is set up with the top of the camera facing right, because the shutter release port is then closer to the helmet, and the film loading door release is at the top. Make sure you mock up your set up before you start drilling. The shot shouldn't change much. Edit: My personal set up includes Flat Top Pro, TRV, Cannon Elan 7, Quantum Battery Pack, Couple of flashes. Very modular set up, and I can change things easily (i.e. between loads) ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

They shouldn't because Birdman uses locking style zipper slides. But whatever works for you.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

For sure! See you here! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Add: Precision Aerodynamics Canopies 4-6 weeks Aerodyne International canopies 4-6 weeks And way to go Kelly! Infinitys are a damn' good rig, at a damn' great price! And he's fast? That guy is superman! I'll bet he swoops real nice too! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I am going to have to defer an answer to this to the cameramen out there. I will say however, that the Skyhook will get your reserve pilot chute away from your head (and cameras) faster and cleaner than deploying after a breakaway without it. For instance, if you breakaway without an RSL, fall till you get stable, and then deploy your reserve, you stand a very good chance of a pilot chute hesitation. (After all, stability is the major cause of pilot chute hesitations.) While your pilot chute is "hesitating", it's actually bouncing and spinning, and throwing its bridle all over the place very near your helmet and camera. The Skyhook will totally prevent pilot chute hesitations, and therefore it might possibly become a device that photographers won't jump without. *** Bill, I agree with you about the Skyhook eliminating Reserve P/C hesitation, and as soon as you have it available I'd gladly jump the Skyhook on every tandem jump I do. How ever the bigger concern to me as a camera flyer when it pertains to RSLs is not so much the possibility of a Reserve P/C and/or bridle snag, but a main canopy malfunction involving the camera helmet. It does me no good to chop a mal, and have the reserve deploy with the main trailing from the helmet. This is why I whenever I jump camera my emergency procedure has to be different from a "normal" procedure. It goes something like this: 1:Identify Problem 2:Make Decision to cutaway 3:If helmet is involved, make decision to cutaway helmet 4:Cutaway helmet first 5:Cutaway Main 6:Deploy Reserve when clear. This is the reason all camera jumps involve a higher break off/deploment for me. Just my nickel's worth.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Agreed. If you have a nice surface to slide on (i.e. the grass at Eloy, or the gravel covered taxiway at SkyDance) and can transfer your weight from your harness to your feet smoothly it can be done relatively easily. Of course when it comes to competition, putting your feet down is bad form! Great to see you again at PIA! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.