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There is no info on Ostankino 2006 yet, it may or may not happen. However there are plenty of other objects (and jumpers) in the area - if you need a fix you will get it multiple times bsbd! Yuri.

Any footage of a jump gone wrong: fatalities, object strikes, freefall collisions, hard landings, close calls etc etc. It can be either shocking or funny to make the tape. bsbd! Yuri.

Yo ! http://d3company.com/base.html bsbd! Yuri.

Yo ! A new version of the tape is in the works. Please PM if you have appropriate footage you want to contribute. bsbd! Yuri.

You must've gotten lots of good painkilers... or is it a kind of gay pride ? I only say that because you can't kick my ass. Here, try to catch me! That'd be the silliest sort of special olympics here 'till spring time! bsbd! Yuri.

Yo! He would be laughing his ass off bsbd! Yuri.

A de M with wingsuit?? No, i wouldn't. But there's another infamous spot that provides 7k of wingsuit altitude. bsbd! Yuri.

Are you kidding me??? They have such at every exit and LZ in Europe! I prefer 7000' in a wingsuit, though. bsbd! Yuri.

Well it is a joke. I'm glad somebody noticed bsbd! Yuri.

Ground(s)crewing with a spotlight was way more fun than jumping.... glad i could be helpful, hee hee bsbd! Yuri

Yo! Here's a nice landing shot: http://www.sexy-archives.com/amateur/busty-gwenyth/busty-hot.html bsbd! Yuri.

These qualities coexist peacefully. Let's just say that every doctor i met in our small BASE world went far beyond the call of duty

Yo! Just bumped into an awesome shot: http://www.exway.ru/Photo/2005-2-6/anten11/pages/287_jpg.htm bsbd! Yuri.

An instructor in the air can definitely help with learning how to fly better - but only after a student figures out how to fly. An instructor can do nothing to help a hopelessly spinning and tumbling student. An instructor here is more like a freefly coach, rather than AFF jumpmaster. Such coaching should be available, but it should be optional. bsbd! Yuri.

That is, indeed, a perfect solution students should follow. You don't learn how to swoop Velocity in AFF course. You learn it when you buy Velocity. Of course there's nothing wrong with saying "on advanced suit you will have to unzip". It may add 10 seconds to the briefing. Then again, 99% of the population figures it out on their own. I love Darwin at work, and would like to say "serves them right"... but in reality, after 30 flights anybody but a complete idiot will be able to fly (and survive) an advanced suit without going to school. It just isn't rocket science The bottom line of this discussion: Keep It Simple! The whole BMI thing got way out of hand. A very simple thing is being presented as an open-heart surgery. It makes perfect sense from a business point of view, but is ridiculous otherwise. bsbd! Yuri.

Yo ! During a tower trip last weekend our friends in Moscow took time to rehearse a guy wire rescue. I'm not sure if anybody plans to post a full report, but some of the pictures are here: http://people.skydive.ru/drluv/GA.html bsbd! Yuri.

I agree, this is the root of a problem. And here is what i think about the first flight: Flying a wingsuit is very easy and natural for most people - much much easier than learning anything in a regular freefall. An average jumper needs to relax, then he flies naturally. A few minutes of very basic information is all that is required to make a first flight safe and fun. One problem is when people don't get these basics. Another is when people get too much. A current BMI training was designed for older, complicated suits. While very thorough, it presents flying a wingsuit as an overly complicated task, thus frequently making a student stiff and scared. This was at least partially justified when you had to spend time connecting the suit to your rig without covering the handles, then worry about going unstable, finding your PC, hesitations, unzipping or cutting wings away after deployment etc. New generation of suits removes the entire "straightjacket" problem. They do not restrict you at all - there is nothing to hook or unzip, you can grab your toggles right away and there's pretty much no way to go unstable or spin badly. Hell, they don't even look like wingsuits - it's just pants and a jacket. In short, jumping these is a regular freefall unless you make it fly. It is as relaxed and safe as it gets. So keep it simple! You give somebody pants and a jacket and tell them "don't hit the tail on exit", "fly the pattern", "come back to DZ", "drop the wings before pulling". That's it. You can add "stick your butt out if you want to fly good" as a next step. You can go and play with them later on, work on the body position, etc etc - but all of that is optional and advanced training. The bottom line: new suits change the whole approach to getting into WS flying. They make it simple, relaxed and fun. They also destroy the current business process, but that should not be a concern - you will make plenty of money doing coach jumps later on in a student's progression (if he is a sucker for it) and those will be more fun than watching a first-timer falling straight down bsbd! Yuri.

Yo ! Of course they are brave, by the very definition of the word. bsbd! Yuri.

Yes, this is exactly what is covered in a 5-minute briefing. What i meant is that it is unnecessary to have an instructor to go up in the air with a student or inflate this briefing into an hour-long "training" - and charge for both. BMI institute has evolved into a rather efficient money-making machine. It made sense a few years ago, with old suits and limited general experience. Now it is unnecessary. bsbd! Yuri.

Yo ! "Lucifer" over trail 666 "Legalize it!" in Romsdal "Little Kjerag" on Italian Subterminal Wall But of course, French have the best site names bsbd! Yuri.

Yo! I believe there needs to be a separate piece on the new generation of non-restrictive suits (Access, Prodigy and such). They are so simple and safe that standard jump number recomendations are a huge overkill and need to be reduced greatly. Training for them can also be reduced to a short briefing. Both manufacturers that currently make these suits share a similar opinion, AFAIK. And while on that subject - such suits are much better and more logical choice for a true beginner suit. Now that they are out in circulation, i see no reason for anybody to fly a Classic-style suit at all. First-generation suits are obsolete, because they offer all of the complexities, restrictions, inconveniences and dangers of the traditional design while having less perfomance than new non-restrictive suits. Their only advantage is being dirt-cheap, and anybody picking up Classic or GTi for more than a couple hundred bucks is a fool. Another issue these innovations bring up: the whole BMI institute will have to change or become obsolete too. As of right now, a student with Access or Prodigy does not need an instructor for a safe and fun first flight, period. An experienced coach may be useful further along the road, once the sport developes to the current freefly levels - but such coaching should be optional. A short 5 minute briefing on the ground is all that a prospective student needs to begin flying the modern gear safely. bsbd! Yuri. edit for thread title ~TA

Yo! Stereotype is an adrenaline junkie. Truth is a seriously fucked up adrenaline junkie. bsbd! Yuri.

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Yo ! A direct video link: http://www.flurl.com/attachments/2005/Nov/23/FLURL-dot-com-8711-658120.wmv bsbd! Yuri.

That's precisely what i meant, when big-boned people try to fly... bsbd! Yuri.