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Where's the order form? Didn't see it on the site. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Honestly, I don't know. It's very obviously more docile based on the video. Maybe the KA just illustrated the point better? Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

I still have to get official info, but my understanding is that it's target market is the Pilot crowd. Don't quote me on that, but that's my current understanding. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about the Comp Velo, as well as the Pulse from PD's lunch presentation today. Got that by any chance? Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Announcement is up http://www.performancedesigns.com/ Comp Velo Big Optimums Pulse Canopy. Enjoy

Probably won't hear anything until this evening at best. The PD lunch schedule is TBD so who knows when it'll happen today, and when people will post the info. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Damn Hans, nice! Wish I could have been out there, but I have a friend in town I rarely get to see so I promised it'd be a no-dz weekend. Gotta love Murphy's law that it was also the nicest weekend of the year so far! Performance Designs Factory Team

Got the clearance from the tax man

You'd expect so, but past experience has proven that every little detail has to be absolutely clear. I guess we'll see in the final version

Thanks. I'm still confused though - if there's no zone 0 anymore (no mans land) and the pilot drags all the water gates but doesn't make dry land - what's their score? I didn't see anything in the document addressing that. Also, is there no more 'fall down' penalty - and finally do we have to stop in the zone, or just touch it? Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Filed an affadvit with the bank that issued the check today. Ball is rolling

I'm confused on the meaning of this? Speaking of accuracy, I'd like to see the gate scoring change - currently there's no real benefit to getting gate 4 (most people skip it). Today the scoring is: Gate 1 = 31 points Gate 2 = 16 points Gate 3 = 9 points Gate 4 = 4 points and I propose (essentially switching gate 2 and 4): Gate 1 = 31 points Gate 2 = 4 points Gate 3 = 9 points Gate 4 = 16 points Performance Designs Factory Team

Contact Brian Vacher, he runs the canopy school there. He's a brit too. I'm sure he'll be able to tell you what you need. http://www.safeflightschool.com/ Performance Designs Factory Team

Nice

Folks, please keep this spoiler free. Given the fact that the very topic of this thread is me discovering the show - it's safe to say I'm still catching up (almost done with season 2 now). Thanks. Performance Designs Factory Team

General note to folks. MOST (not all), RDS available today are of good quality. I've also seen some REALLY sketchy stuff - but it's few and far between. Lets not turn this into an 'rds' war - there's plenty of good ones out there. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Unfortunately that's too late. The check was issued earlier in the year - the only reason I even found out about it was because of tax season. I called up the issuing bank and got a copy, and found out it was deposited 9 months ago . Statute appears to be one year, which is why I'm acting quickly. Quite honestly, there was a bit of blind luck in even discovering this in the first place! Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Andy, I'm a huge advocate of using specialized practices, particularly in law, what is the 'type' of lawyer who'd specialize in something like this? Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

You're being silly, Chris. I realize you were kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured for years as a child by a gang of lawyers; but it doesn't always call for this kind of response.

LOL, so true Chris - so true

You're entitled to that opinion. I certainly have my opinions of you, and what you contribute to the swoop forum The fact that you've been banned a few times (none them by me by the way), are a testiment to your history. If that were true I wouldn't have moved this to an area that I don't moderate. The swoop forum is about swooping, the discussion took a turn to discuss an article on DZ.com's front page that I wrote. I felt it was more appropriate to be general skydiving. It's also a forum that I don't moderate so you should be happy - I can't abuse my moderator secret decoder ring here. You're right. I'm in this for myself. The hundreds of hours of free coaching, discussion, mentorship I've dedicated my last few years to (some of them to your son) are totally selfish. Not at all. I have no issue with anyone who doesn't like the article. If I did I simply would have deleted your posts. Please feel free to go back and check that they are all there, or here - where it's appropriate. You're welcome to draw whatever false conclusions you will. I remind you that I sat with your son, and you, giving you as much knowledge as I could after a swoop meet. Don't really believe that shows the selfishness you appear to feel I have. Oh please, read your post. You spend half of it telling me what a terrible person I am. How I'm an abusive moderator, and then you turn around and say I should have made the team? Absurd. My friend, the only person who has showed a lack of respect is yourself. I'm done with you. Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Andy, Thank you. Fortunately the money wasn't drawn from my account, it was just money I was entitled to so while I'm out of pocket - it's not a financial strain

I'm hoping someone here can offer some good help (since I know my fellow skydivers come from a myriad of professions). It recently came to my attention that a joint check, issued in my name along with another party, was deposited by someone else to their account. The check was not endorsed (signed on the back) by anyone at all. Simply the account to be deposited in with the words "for deposit only". The check was a joint check, issued using the 'and' word between names for approx $3000 (ie: Mr X and Mr Y). The bank won't tell me who deposited it, as expected because of privacy reasons. All law, and practices I've found indicate, as we'd expect, that BOTH parties signatures have to be on the check for it to be accepted. This was not the case. BTW, it appears it was sent in electronically (some banks allow that now). It appears at worst, a total stranger was allowed to cash the check; at best it was the other person on the check. As usual the banks are all pointing fingers at one another, but no-one is taking responsibility for the action and as such I'm in the process of escalating it. I'm gathering up all the documents and taking it to the state banking commission, but was hoping someone here has some insider experience, or advice, on the best way to get this issue the attention it deserves. Ideally I'd expect the accepting bank to resolve the issue, but as most of us know - no big company ever actually gets anything done until their back is up against a wall. Thanks, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

That will be their choice, entirely