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I was about to vote "Too close to call" but that would be a copout.... I thought to myself: "Hmmmm, masterbation vs. the wind tunnel?" I voted skydiving My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Hehe, I guess if you don't pull, it's "Blue skies...Blue screen of death?" My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

too late

Lol, my bad, thought I was in Talckbac... there's another too. I've already PMed Billvon to correct. Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

OOPS! I thought I was in talkback I just posted a joke here too... I'll ask to have 'em moved. lol My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Tummy Trouble A little boy walks into his parents' room to see his mum on top of his dad, bouncing up and down. The parents stop and his mum quickly dismounts, pulling the covers around her. "What were you and dad doing?" the boy asks his mum. "Well, your dad has a big tummy and sometimes I have to get on top of it to help flatten it." She explains. "You're wasting your time." says the boy. "When you go shopping, the lady next door gets on her knees and blows it right back up." My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Might be a repost but check it out: Type "Weapons of Mass Destruction" in the Google search engine. Click "I'm feeling lucky". Read the message. Methinks sombody was feeling malicious My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

I can visualise... I can SEE it in the vid now that you mention it . Thanks a lot for the input, it will most definately prove useful... unfortunately only in visualised jumps until the weather 'round here allows otherwise . I've seen the Pizza delivery style... Did a couple solos doing just that, bringing my hands up as far as eye level to feel the difference... don't like it much though. The next time I'm doing HD solos, I'll be moving my hands around alot like clapping the in front and behind... pretending to pass an object from hand to hand around my body... presenting docks to nobody... Sigh... soon. Blues, Thanks again. Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Will-do buddy. I just got off the phone with Brian and I'm ordering myself a copy. He told me a second vid is in the works. This will be in the same fashion as the first but focused on Canopy Flight! Like I said, I've not see 'vertical journey' but from what I hear, it's one of the only vids out there that takes a point by point instructional view at FF... Now I'm looking forward to the Canopy one. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Ouch... decapitation? That does NOT sound like fun at all! lol That second shot looks great! My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Looks like a sit train... going upside-down hehe. It also looks like FUN! My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Very Cool! Yeah, right out the door there was an orbit. When we release grips, we are facing one another parallel the long beach. I was orbiting him (to my left). When we are perpendicular the beach, he gives me the 'legs' sign and I manage to stop it abit. However, the inputs for the orbit were still there: We attribute this to my left arm. During the entire jump, it seems that I stick my left arm out less then the right, allowing the right arm to push me to my left. I've figured that likely, I was focusing so hard on maintaining that certain level of air resistance that he had shown me on the arms but because of the alti on my left, an equal amout of pressure on each side would require my right arm be put out further. Does this make sense? Also, you'll see my harness slip slightly off the left shoulder () wich didn't help. By the time we are parallel the beach again (but opposite, i.e. he's done a 180). I am no longer orbiting him but my left hand seems to be constantly working to maintain it. The dock was not planned, I was to approach then back away three times but as he saw me praticing putting one hand forward and one back on the ground, he presented his hand when the dive was going well. Anyway, after the third time, he would turn 90 degrees and I was supposed to present him a shot of me from the side... well, I blew right by! lol, turned around and came back to give him the side shot right before breakoff. Much appreciated

Thanks for the input guys. I wasn't told to leave the arms limp per say... but to keep 'em semi-rigid, straight out to the sides. I had a tendency to have 'em out in front of me a bit (my hands were always in the bottom of my peripheral vision). This had a tendency to tilt my body so that my legs would be slightly back. It gave me a forward tendency wheras I understand one of the most common error is backsliding. Glen had me stand infront of a mirror with my arms relaxed and at my sides. He told me to push them straight out to the sides and not forward or back he provided slight pressure on them from behind me simulating the air resistance I would encounter... then he turned me sideways in the mirror and got me to memorise what "Head, on top of Neck, centered on shoulders with a straight back" felt like. Major distace was to be covered with legs and up close and personal (small) movements would be made by moving my head slightly back and forth. You see once I am hapily face to face with him, I stick my chin out slightly to move towards him, then move my head back a bit to stop it and move away from him. (this is where you see the 'ok' sign) I do this three times before he presents a hand for me to dock on. MY PRE-SECOND!!

Oh, the whisltler area eh? Don't you worry about a thing. Thos parts are used to the hard-at-core . Been there before? Riding/skiing? You'll have a great time. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Who's 'We', and where are you all coming to? I'm near T.O. If you're heading this way, perhps a night touring the bars is in order? Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Oh I'd bet you'd be right. Many a skydiver has an addictive peronality so it can't be uncommone to find the addicted at a DZ. However, generalisation is a very very bad thing Ron. Here's a generalisation that most won't disagree with however. And that's that skydivers respect eachother, quite possibly more than anyone else. Here's another, skydivers hold to a tight-knit, family-like group. Sure these things are present at most (I would be willing to bet all) DZs but does that mean that it's a bad place for kids? I don't think so. IMO, a kid at a dropzone will be there with his parent(s), it's not bad, simply to be exposed to these things... It could be a good thing actually, if the parent is aware and teaches the child properly about them. And I'm willing to bet that these things would 'dissapear' from the childs view the moment anything was said by the parent(s) (in most cases anyway).. ignoring the parent(s) such wishes would just be disrespectful and dumb. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Hi all, Posted in the Freeflying forum Here Please check out my vid. Any feedback is welcome. Thanks a bunch, Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Hello all, Silvere was kind enough to host this vid for me. I'm pretty excited to share it with you finally and hopefully get some valuable pointers should anyone have 'em. This was jump number 126 for me, in August. About my 10 attempt at head down. The coach is Glen who posts here from time to time as Glencannon (he had done a writeup called "Gettin' down the tube for beginners") He was very helpful and got me to stay in close proximity on my own. Please check it out, any comments are welcome/encouraged as I've seen very useful input come from posting a vid here in the forums. Enjoy! Nick My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Cool! Thanks alot! My very f... er,... "Pre-second" video on DZ.com! I'm gonna start another thread with it to get some valuable critique

I think I got mine from a bumber sticker some time ago... not even sure... It has just stuck in my mind for a while. Was raised a Catholic and am very interested in learning about various religions. I no longer practice any form of organised religion however. Instead, I find that Joy is brought to me by simply being good to others. Good Karma has made my religious Dogma unnecessary. Nick p.s. good thread

Hi, I assume from your post that you will be coming home shortly? Glad to hear you are

I like when Bart become Mr. Burns heir... Homer is being told to leave the property and says: "Or what?!? You'll release the dogs?... or the Bees?... or the Dogs with Bees in their mouths so when they bark, they shoot Bees at you?" lol, or when Homer was tripping out on the Guatomalan Insanity Peppers and went missing. He askes Marge how she knew to find him and she says: "I knew you were on foot so you couldn't have gone far. Plus, I knew you would have headed west because the ground sorta slopes that way." My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

I've heard the Vertical Journey vid is very instructional. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

Hey, I've not seen it, but I've heard many a good thing about the Vertical Journey video by Brian Germain. Supposedly, he breaks down the body positions and takes a point by point view of what inputs are necessary for desired results. Thinking of ordering it myself. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

That used_to_be the norm. However, I have seen some pretty sad stuff on that show. One that comes to mind is a Crab-fishing boat which takes a huge wave over the bow. Some six people are washed off into the freezing water. They show the rescue attempt and then they highlight and circle a black dot being crushed by another wave saying: "This one is not so lucky and perishes." I'm not knocking it, however, if all involved (family) are in agreement... But I remember thinking the same thing about showing someones death on the air. I haven't see the vid you guys are talking about but how old is it? My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!