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BEER!

anyone have one? what do you think? how does it fit?

Yeah, we have a great gear store, but they usually only have large and xlarge freefly helmets in the store. I have been borrowing them from my friends to see which model I like best. I had a velocity, but I bought it used and it was always too big and drove me nuts. Then I went through an idiot faze where I didn't where any helmet at all. DUH! When my friend broke his neck last month in a freefly collision, I decided I was being a moron and needed to get a bucket pronto.

"the old style with the audible pocket on the outside and the Pimp-Daddy cloth" THAT'S THE ONE! why is there no pimp-daddy cloth anymore? that is so comfortable. do they at least fit the same? it's the only helmet i've tried that was super comfy and fit great and looked good all at once.

My friend has an older version of the Mindwarp and loves it. I've jumped his helmet a lot and it fits great, looks great, etc. I told him I was going to buy the same one and he said that they don't make the old model anymore and he doesn't like the new one. What should I do?!?!?! Does anyone jump the new mindwarp? What are the differences?

I'm finally ready to move on, but my Triathalon 160 has been an amazing first canopy. It's very stable and forgiving. Very easy to pack. Very soft openings. Consistent openings. Easy to land. All around great first canopy.

Everyone at Skydive Tecumseh is extreemly safety oriented (well, most everyone). Nobody would really pick on me in a serious way for checking handles - but they WOULD pick on me for anything they possibly could in a joking way. With well over 300 jumps, I stand in the door doing practice touches like I'm on my first BOC jump. Well, that's exagerated, but you know what I mean. I also go through the motions of cutting away at least once on every plane ride and when I put my gear on. I encourage newbies to do the same. I check my gear - chest strap, alti, 3rings, etc - as well as the gear of all other jumpers around me. I believe that it's this perspective on safety that saves a lot of careless mistakes from occuring. When I did finally chop, I felt like I had done it a thousand time before. Check, recheck, and check again.

It's nice to know that all of my training has paid off. I'm the one on the plane that everyone goofs on for checking my gear over and over again - touching my handles 3 to 4 times on the plane each skydive. "They're still there," everyone always tells me. And I laugh and say, "whatever." Well, turns out it wasn't such a bad idea afterall. Two way freefly. Great skydive. Breakoff at 4500 - very clean. Nice flat track. 3500 wave - stable deployment. Look up. Left side of canopy was a pile of crap - obvious lineover. Grab my toggles, try to clear it - puts me on my back in a spin. 2400 chop (throw handle - doh!). Arch - belly to earth - only for a second as I reach for my reserve - Deploy reserve at approximately 1900 (oh crap - there goes second handle) - in reserve saddle by 1500. I was hootin' and hollerin' the whole way home. It felt really good that all the times I had practiced the procedure throughout my 340ish jumps had payed off. The lineover was my own packing error. Looking back, I recognize that I was distracted by some new freeflyers that I was trying to make feel welcome at the dz, and that I was fairly sloppy with both the nose and the tail. It was a triathalon 160 that has about a gizilion jumps on it. This was a fairly expensive lesson that I learned - $40 for the repack, $20 for my riggers bottle of Jim Beam (thanks JR!), about $80 for my new handles. So that's all. Just thought I'd share. While I spent the rest of the weekend on the ground with no gear, I passed my D license test. Yay!

'' yup. as far as i know, it's 15bucks on wednesdays and fridays. you should come hang out with the hellfish.

It took two years of convincing to get my mom to the dz to watch me jump. Even then, she was so nervous - that she made me nervous - and so last minute I decided to land on the other side of manifest from her in case something did go wrong. It's tough because we used to be a lot closer. I think it just takes more time with some whuffos than others. Good luck!

okay, but i kind of screwed myself on this one. i've been trying to convince him and some other college buds for years to do this. i think at the start of my convinving he really did only way 230ish. as he's gained the weight over the years, i just let him continue to yap about it, thinking he really never would want to, so it wasn't a big deal. well, here i am and he's saying he's ready. freakin whuffos!

he's from out of town and wants to come visit and make a jump. he probably ways 260 if i had to guess and we cut it off at 230 i believe. i'd have to tell him before he decides to come visit.

how would you explain to a good friend that he is too heavy to make a tandem? (or she if that were the case)

sucks bout da friends. glad your gear wasn't in the car. my friend kenny got his car stolen this year with his rig in it - so we put him on the beer board and made him buy us beer for the first time he had his gear stolen - a few days later the car was recovered with the gear still in it.

Hey #408... what up? Unfortunately, I don't think any Michigan Hellfish will be there. To be honest, with all the craziness this month, I haven't even heard mention of it around Skydive Tecumseh, home of the Flying Hellfish. Hey, to answer your question... YES. Hellfish # 408 will be there, right? If you are, be sure to recruit as many new fish as you can! No response from HF#1. Uh-oh, unresponsive! Call the medics! Quick!

Sweet! You guys are great! I love dz.com - ask and you shall receive. Thanks, Deuce!!!

does anyone have a picture of a hanging exit off the bar of a skyvan? i'm at work and i'm trying to explain the skyvan exit to a whuffo friend of mine. all my pics are at home.

I seam to be the only one here who has hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Piccu. I highly recommend this to ANYONE who likes adventures. Here's what I've done: 4, 6, 7, 11, 15, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 40, 47 Plus: 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 62, 69, 76, 80, 83, 86, 89, 91, 94

Hey, I always thought it would be cool to have a virtual beer board at dz.com. that way people would have a place to post all their firsts. just a thought.

here's a poem for everyone... THE POEM: First the Lord made man in the Garden of Eden. Then he said to himself, "There's something he's needing' ". After casting about for a suitable pearl, He kept messing around and created a girl. Two beautiful legs, so long and so slender, Round, slim, and firm, and ever so tender. Two lovely hips to increase his desire, And rounded and firm to bring out the fire. Two lovely breasts, so full and so proud, Commanding his eyes, as he whispers aloud. Two lovely arms, just aching to bless you, And two loving hands, to soothe and caress you. Soft, cascading hair hung down over her shoulder, And two dreamy eyes, just to make him grow bolder. 'Twas made for a man, just to make his heart sing. Then he added a mouth. Ruined the whole fucking thing.

holy s#!% that is the funniest joke i've ever heard. i'm rolling on the floor with this one.

Hey, alright! Happy Birthday to YOU! Sweet. Virgos rock. Especially skydiving chick virgos!

sweet! the Second Degree is the best one by far.

wow, long time since i've been on dz.com... it's my birthday and i'm stuck at the office - bored as hell and wishing i was jumping. somebody please tell me a joke!!!!

Who's out there? Just wondering what hellfish frequent this board.