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1. Dont be afraid to talk with an Instructor about using a radio on your next jump back, or even doing a coached jump since you haven't been in the air for awhile. 2. If the winds are not blowing the way YOU want them to be that day, DONT JUMP, simple as that! If you are signed off as able to jump unsupervised, then than means YOU should able to decide whether the winds are right for you to jump and land safely. 3. If you see the jumps landing below you are flying an unusual pattern, land somewhere else. Some place way out of the way of other traffic and fly the correct pattern. Never think you have to land by the cool people landing area. 4. Make sure you wear ankle support for awhile, until your ankle gains all of it's strength back. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I always make sure I dont have a nut under one of my leg straps before I jump. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

I dont need to be jumping if I'm too lazy to pack my own rig. But I'll let them pack a tandem rig for me anyday! Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Look at this Redmeat Comic I found........ Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

My opinion is here Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Craig, good job, glad you didn't die!

Do you give the student the toggles? I always hand them the toggles, if they choose. Some do, some dont. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

How would I know how you train your students -- don't even know you. I just find it amazing how 'professional skydivers' (the ones that make their living skydiving) are able to do so many jumps in one day and not sacrifice quality for quanity. Lighten up I am talking in general to all professional skydivers. I personally train / jump and /debrief my students, the reserve side is there also if it is a 2 instructor jump. We train on the ground until it is perfect(minimum of 20 minutes) gear up with student doing a gear check on their own gear (minimum of 5 minutes usually longer) plane ride and skydive (25 minutes) debrief - talk - video - corrective training if needed and go over what will happen on the next jump.(20 minutes minimum) Total time for AFF jump--- best time probably 50 minutes usually longer. I am not a professional skydiver and maybe I spend a little more time training than everyone else because of this -- and I don't do nor do I want to be a meat hauler. Lighten up Shark I was not directing my post at you personally. And I have been thrown on the reserve side on a 5 minute call --- but I was there for the debreif w/video. I am sure there are DZs out there that do things different than mine -- we manifest students when they are ready we are not told they have to be geared up and ready on a 20 minute call. So how is it at other DZs I am curious Once again Shark I am not directing this post at you Hey Jason I used to think the same way as you when I worked at a small Cessna DZ on the weekends and Instructed to balance my fun jumping. Larger DZ have a large student population and require Instructors to work abit harder. Learning new techniques to teach a student and debrief a student is essentail when doing it for as living at a large DZ. Some students do take longer no dout, but they are given plenty of time to comprehend what we are teaching before they go into the air. The debriefing part doesn't need to be attended by a reserve side because they were there just to assist in holding the student, so the main side could give the proper in air instruction. Some AFF I's like the reserve side to help give signals, but some dont.... Truely not every Instructor that is making alot of AFF jumps and tandem jumps in the same day are under teaching. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Glad it was you and not me....... Then again, in todays litigious society, people might sue before even making their jump...... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

That term came when guys started "chopping" up or cutting the frame at the front end, raking or bending the neck of the frame so the forks were at an extreme angle to the original rake angle, then adding over extended forks. Though it does sound funny at times when use these days. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

You oughta fit right in then....... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Got it, fixed. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

True. Though we do teach a slight rotation of the hips for proper PLF, they sometimes forget that part also. Depends on the landing area the students have, I've seen some pretty shitty ones. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

So you think doing a PLF is easier facing straight forward, then at a slight angle such as 30-45 degrees? Hmmm.... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Ultimately, from the time they leave the plane, the entire skydive is their responsibility, until they land back on earth, isn't it? Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Thats kinda the point. We do NOT jump rounds anymore. Todays student canopies have a forward speed and approach. Sometimes not enabling the student to get into the best PLF position. Drilling it into a students head, like he or she is in a military FJC, for hours and hours is stupid. If they learn the reason and the dynamics of it during the training, and they exibit that they can do it correctly, then it's time to move on to other areas of the training program IMO. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Could have been reserve side.....? Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Is an hour enough? Depends on the student...... I only privately train one student at a time now. Some understand it and get the technique in a short time, and then some dont. It's not a hard thing to do, but at times, under canopy, they get mind overload and unfortunatly forget. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Sometime you could spend over an hour or more explaining and doing PLF's on the ground, and the student seem to forget it upon landing. Duct taping their legs together seems to be the only way they do it everytime..... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Cool Jim. Will you have some for the AOB Boogie? Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Fixed it >>>>>>>>Clicky Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Skydivingmagazine and Parachutist, you can read both entirely in one shitting...... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Thats funny shit, some I forgot about! How about Rat Patrol or Man from Uncle? I had some Man from Uncle Walkie Talkies and used to watch the Galloping Gourmet, now they watch Emeril..... Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

Always. Before boarding, after sitting down, before exit and during freefall. Then the continueous checks so the student stays away from them until we land. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

*BUMP* This great information should be made sticky, IMO. Be safe Ed www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com