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Skydiving to meet women is like joining the Navy to meet women. The odds are no bueno.

Uh, no. None of those things that you are pointing at to minimize the story. The thing that amazes me is the fact that the school board closed all their schools down in reaction to the threat. The media did not create the story, the media did not decide to close the schools. The media did not send threats to the teacher or the school. The media did not gather in the local church to protest. The school chose to close with no actual threat. Its says that clearly in the article. Its also the last day of school before Christmas break so... The teacher more than likely grabbed Arabic text off the internet probably without considering its meaning. Some drama queen mommy did what she does best, create drama. She went to her church and stood in front of a handful of people in her congregation and latched onto some ridiculous drama grasping at straws. There is no story here. Americans are not categorically stupid or ignorant because a news outlet finds 1 mad mommy and 1 student to go on camera.

Nailed it.

Not sure what to make of what: 2 people who are opposed to the assignment? The assignment? The fact that the news is portraying this as actual news?

I had bulging disks at L4/L5. Got them at the young age of 26. Had surgery it was worse than the injury. Couldn't get out of bed without a 3 point turn. Went to a VA doc, she told me to quit smoking and it would probably clear up. I quit smoking and 3 weeks later I was completely pain free. Surgery was 10 years ago and I have no limitations whatsoever. If I start smoking even for a few days then my back problems come right back.

Tunnel for sure. You should be able to learn to fly slower pretty quickly.

I see that you're in Killeen so maybe you could get her a Xmas present hour at Ifly Austin to be split with the family. If splitting an hour doesn't get her at least a little interested in bodyflight, then you're looking at a hard no for sharing a hobby. There's plenty of peeps at your dropzone that could help line you up with a coach and smarter ways to purchase. If she likes it there's a ladies night once a month which is a really cool, very affordable huck jam to look forward too. Also there's a certain stigma non-skydivers think about a dropzone. You should address that as well.

You may very well get bored on a 190 after a season. It really depends on what you enjoy in the sport. Nobody can tell you the answer. I've switched mains each season so far. Partially because I wanted something that flew or opened differently, partially because I compulsively window shop I personally would suggest buying low bulk canopy like a pilot zpx or a pulse. They hold their value exceptionally well and allow you a greater container range for purchasing used gear.

Which is why fun jumpers should always be welcoming to tandems and give footage to the DZ to help with marketing.

I had problems with backflying when I first started. Sit came very natural but it came with my bad habits. I'm mostly a sky learner and then took it to the tunnel. Most things are easier to learn in the sky since the air is softer but you only get 40 seconds or so, you can't go to the net and reset, and you can do a season of skydiving in a week of tunnel time.

His idiotic statements and generally stupid demeanor seemed genuine.

Yep, find a jump partner or two. Its a journey, you might choose to go away from the wingsuiting discipline, you might choose to do it on your 200th jump. You never know. Whatever you do, make sure you enjoy the ride, there really is no end point.

I only know of a single jumper that most people won't jump with for personal reasons. And the funny thing is he's actually a really good guy when judged by his actions. Its what he says... you talkin' about me!? I don't know you so... Maybe some of your "friends" would say that.

I know Carnage and Cat Videos. I don't need views, I just find it funny what goes viral. WTF are you doing David! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8PcPK617Ss

Yeah my best video only has 400 and I put a lot of effort into making it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBJusZ1bMo&list=PLg9OH3VClnZZDypff8wMZg9okSgNuMmMs&index=8 edit to URL

I only know of a single jumper that most people won't jump with for personal reasons. And the funny thing is he's actually a really good guy when judged by his actions. Its what he says...

No thanks. Don't worry I won't start trolling this thread again. You have carried this thread and its now at 472 posts about a very relevant issue in skydiving. It had finally died when you declared that you did a camera jump at 180 something jumps. (which is kind of like bragging about speeding by 4 mph) So it the interest of keeping this thread going, show the video. I think the vast majority of us are probably tuning into this thread out of general boredom so why don't you continue to entertain us.

Show the video. The one from your coach's camera.

This thread definitely went to tar and feathers. I read: Want a smaller container because I take freeflying seriously; Want a container I can make many downsizes with. I don't fly my canopy radically and may start HP landings next season. How that turned into Sangi 2.0 is really posters feeding off of posters comments and not really what the OP was saying. What size did you end up buying? Are you considering going to a low bulk main? etc. Hope it works out for you. Sadly, one of the most important questions people ask (Should I downsize?) is always responded to with tar and feathers.

You might have to accept needing more than 1 container downsizes to get to your goal. Downsizing your container is downsizing your reserve which is really just not worth it for marginal improvement in freeflying. I have a friend who jumps a Mirage that was built for a 170 main. He jumps a 150 now but started with a pulse 190 in the rig. He went to a Head Down World Record Camp and he narrowly missed getting an invite and only has 400 jumps (works for Ifly). You can fly with a larger container. I have another friend who bought a Curv vc0, put a pilot 120 in it. Had a few cutaways shortly thereafter and got scared of the container. He's having a hard time selling the container. He has a new container which is a size larger (canopy is 135). He's a good sitflyer but not a headdown flyer. His switching costs were pretty large. Don't buy a tiny container that you might immediately regret because you're worried about having a rig that lasts you a decade. You don't need a shiny new container, you need a used container with a harness that fits which holds canopies that you can fly now. The risks you accept should clearly give you a reward. The reward is simply not worth it.

Thanksgiving Turkey: 1) Buy Pre-Brined Turkey 2) Peel off Skin 24 hours before cook (this allows smoke to penetrate deep into the meat instead of creating a dense, acrid smoke on the skin) 3) Inject Turkey with: Diced Jalepenos, mustard, diced onions in 3-4 sticks of butter sautee 4) Basic rub (3/4 Cup Paprika, handful of seasalt, 1/3 cup pepper, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of salt lick rub) right before bedtime Morning: 5) 10-15 charcoal briquettes in my smokey mountain weber till grey 6) Put an aluminum pan with oak wood on the charcoal for 3-5 hours (pan lets the wood smoke without catching fire). (Use another grill to add charcoal briquettes, keep the temp as low of you can as long as lots of wood smoke is being produced.) 7) Put quart of apple juice in the water pan fill the rest with water and add turkey (meat smoking at cold temperature accepts smoke better) 8) Remove turkey about 4-4.5 hours before dinner, bring temp to 350 using oak lump charcoal 9) Put turkey back on with fresh water pan, coat turkey with a light butter mop 10) When its 10-15 degrees away from being done, mop with Sweet Baby Ray's (you want about 30 minutes for the mop to carmelize) 11) Keep turkey on until it comes up to temperature 12) Let sit until you can handle the meat, also take pictures and text to your brothers, don't forget to gloat 13) Remove the meat in full sections, breasts, hind quarters etc. 14) Make cuts from the surface of the meat inwards so each slice served has the same amount of smoke flavor. Leftovers: Smoked meat gets smokier being in the fridge so plan on the smoke flavor getting better on day 2, best at day 3, then starts to be overwhelming. Start giving co-workers/friends/dogs leftovers on day 3. It takes a long time and its mostly monitoring, aka Call of Duty

I'm going to assume you are talking about moving forward in the freeflying discipline since you asked in the freeflying forum. There are plenty of articles about starting in freeflying. The common themes are: 1) Don't backslide on the line of flight while learning how to sitfly. 2) Ensure your rig has adequate bridle, pin, and riser protection to freefly 3) Don't freefly without an audible altimeter. My suggestions: 1) Get a jump partner. I'll be a contrarian to what most other people will tell you. Get someone who is roughly at your skill level (once you can hold a sit from exit to breakoff altitude). Jumping with people who are significantly better than you robs you of the opportunity to do a lot of necessary work such as level changes, big forward movements, etc. You need to be able to make level changes and large forward movements to get you into the same time and space as your jump partner. Jump with your jump partner as often as you can. You don't want to be jumping with different people at different fall rates etc. You want to preserve working time and know the habits, routines, expressions of your jump partner. It maxes your learning. Keep the group small, 2 ways are great, 3 ways are the largest group you will need for a very, very long time. 2) Get video of your jumps. What other people recall from your jump together is a very poor substitute for you studying video of your body positions. The majority of the learning you will do is after your day of jumping has ended. 3) Breakoff high: 6k feet is good. Freeflying is fast, you need to be able to do a count of 8 breakoff sequence and ensure that you SLOW DOWN and cook off all forward drive from the track before you pull. Freeflying exceeds the speed you should deploy at, delta tracking exceeds the speed you should deploy at, get back to flat flying speeds or you'll do some damage to your gear and your body. Its hard to stay close to your partner throughout the skydive for your first couple hundred jumps so if you set break off altitude higher, you're probably not taking useful time away from the skydive anyways. Don't move your breakoff altitude lower until you are efficient at breaking off and slowing down. 4) Always be a student: There is no end to the freeflying skillset. There is always something else. If you ever get big headed and cocky and think you know everything and everything that doesn't go to plan is someone else's fault you are only holding yourself back from areas you could improve and being an unpleasant jump partner. 5) Figure out how serious you are: Some freefliers are completely progression oriented. They're not happy unless they are in a group dedicated to learning and irked when someone is not in the dive flow. Some freefliers are progression oriented and then mix it up with no plan dives, belly dives, wingsuiting etc for fun. Some freefliers just like to fly around and have fun. Do your best not be critical when you are more/less progression oriented than your jump partner. Their reasons are just different from yours. 6) Tunnel: Its expensive but it will teach you a lot of skills that take a long time to learn in the sky. Its not a requirement, you don't HAVE to learn anything in the tunnel but it is there.

I would assume that since it is so widely used in general that it was widely adopted as soon as Ram Air Canopies came out and it fits so nicely in defining the perfect timing of a flair. Good Luck tracing it down, I think its really cool how jumpers preserve the history of the sport.

There is no good reason why he can't get a paypal account.

619's are great suits. The 1000d cordura is super powerful. They really give you a wide speed range. I've heard lot of jumpers say that the suit is very advanced and will hold you back if your not a rock solid flyer but I don't particularly subscribe to that philosophy. I was stable but not very proficient at HD when I got my 619 and my flying improved immediately.