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A fine example indeed. I hope I have the pleasure of spending some money at their DZ in the future!

Knock it off. He was trying to help. If you have nothing to contribute, besides negativity, do so somewhere else. Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

I mean something different. For example, if you set down on the water, and do a blindman, and lift off BEFORE completing the move - it shouldn't count (IMO) - or should at least be heavily penalized. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Personally, I don't think a move should count unless you're ON the water during the move. It's one of the things I've never liked about the current system (that pilots can score for moves while being 2 feet above the water). Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Sad Panda...... Performance Designs Factory Team

I'm thinking that'd be a good idea Shane

Yep! Performance Designs Factory Team

Spence, try to think about it in terms of canopy flight......if you keep swooping in the main landing area, eventually you're going to get grounded. Your sig line is a naughty swooper

Agreed. It's just one of those things. The limits we have now are fine, albeit frustrating if you're on the crap end of a wind shift. That said, it happens to all of us at some point so we just have to suck it up and accept it as a part of competing

Seriously? I'm gonna miss this one too?!?! It's the same weekend as the season's last swoop meet in Raeford....wtf. Performance Designs Factory Team

Tell me about it!! Performance Designs Factory Team

That picture would be awesome if Tom Hayden wasn't in it Performance Designs Factory Team

yeah me too. It wasn't until the bigger stuff, though, that I realized how much I had to work on. Much more difficult when you can't just make corrections on a whim

I agree. Performance Designs Factory Team

Shouldn't you be in Siberia or something? Performance Designs Factory Team

So, recently, I got the opportunity to do some pretty crazy big way flocking stuff. The dives ranged from complicated and tight, to looser formations - all focusing on proximity flying. It really highlighted, to me at least, how little time we as HP pilots spend developing these skill sets. Like most of us (swoopers), I've focused almost all of my career on....well....swooping. I'm curious to see how many people out there work on this regularly, and what the interest is in getting a few of us together to do some fun stuff so we can develop this aspect of HP piloting further

Very true. Pretty strong headwind for almost the entire meet - great job from everyone dealing with that. I learned 2 valuable lessons this weekend (amongst others). 1) Tripping on sand, right at the speed exit gate, is not only embarressing, but a great way to get a zero as you face plant right in front of the exit gate

I asked a team member this weekend, and as far as we know, it's still available -just on request. Have you tried calling the company and asking? Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Religious fanaticism?

Damn fat kids..... Performance Designs Factory Team

God I hope not! Poor kid is doomed if they get too many of my gene's. I'll try and pass along the accent though! If they're lucky, they'll get most of the good stuff from Annie Performance Designs Factory Team

Thanks all! We're super excited (till we have a screaming baby at 3am that is LOL). Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Danny, I still think of you pretty much every day, and I strive to make sure that the lessons of your mistake aren't repeated. I definitely miss you my friend. R.I.P. Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Just so we're clear - that was a verticle and there's been so much BS surrounding it I doubt we'll ever know what the true distance was. Unfortunately, it was used as marketing hype which should be taken as just that - Marketing. I've had the pleasure of watching Nick B swoop for a few years now - and yes he goes really far and is a really good pilot - but there are others (under different wings) doing anything from a 270 to a 450 - landing out there with him at the 500+ foot mark - Hans, Marat, Jay, Tommy D, John Zuliani So yes, a 270 can go just as far with the right pilot (although it's a lot less likely for sure). Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

And you're entitled to that opinion - just remember, like most things on this forum, it's an opinion - not fact. Where the pilot is suspended under the wing, amongst other things, dictates riser pressure. You cannot simplify it into "overall high riser pressure = more lift". You're not taking into account a myriad of factors, and are using what I refer to as "junk science" to quantify your standpoint. It's along the same lines as "my canopy dives more in a headwind cause the wind is hitting the topskin" - which we all know is non-sense, but sounds like it'd be true. Very simple. I've done 2 ways with JVX pilots on comparable wing sizes and loadings. I would always out dive them, even with the same turn style. Regarding the actual recovery arc they'd stop turning slightly lower and roll out quicker. If that doesn't satisfy you, feel free to ask Frost (who jumps a JVX, borrowed a Velo and found it dived more), Eric Miller (who jumps a JVX and recently started flying a velo on occasion), Stu, Paul R......etc In a nutshell - from the start of a turn until plane out is achieved, the JVX uses less altitude. This is because it dives slightly less while turning, and rolls out faster because of it's flatter trim. Once again, this isn't a good vs bad thing, it's just different. If that style of wing appeals to you, then more power to you - just realize it doesn't appeal to everyone (just like the velo doesn't appeal to everyone either). Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team