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  1. Trafficdiver
    Good attitude. I'm sure you will perform your your EP's at your hard deck next time. I would have a good rigger inspect your canopy...and if it happens again burn it and bury the fucker.
  2. Trafficdiver
    I don't wear knee pads or elbow pads...but sometimes I really wish I had elbow pads on.
  3. Trafficdiver
    Everyone is going to die, whuffo...Not everyone is going to live.
  4. Trafficdiver
    People get killed in Boston like this all the time and it doesn't even make the front page of the metro section. In a battle between a texting bicyclist and a texting bus driver, the bus driver wins every time.
  5. Trafficdiver
    I have not had a cigarette or a coffee in over 15 years. The thought of either disgusts me now (although I still like the smell of ONE cigarette being smoked near me).
  6. Trafficdiver
    There's lots of extra tents down there. No need for a trailer.
  7. Trafficdiver
    Kim is the real life version of Joe Izuzu. Anyone remember the old Izuzu commercial with Joe Izuzu? The one where after every claim he made there was a red sign that came up on the bottom of the screen saying "he's lying." That's Kim.
  8. Trafficdiver
    Still more thought put into this post than any of yours.
  9. Trafficdiver
    Instructors buy tunnel time in bulk so you don't have to pay "birthday party" rates they have advertised.
  10. Trafficdiver
    San Diego is about to get some brand, spankin' new wind tunnels, and I am jealous as shit. Have fun. Then make sure you can get in the first FJC of the season next year. With the weather out there you can fly through your student progression.
  11. Trafficdiver
    Call Z hills and sign up for an FJC (First jump course. Z Hills instructors are EXCELLENT!) Go to FJC. All of your questions will be answered plus questions you never even thought of. Oh yeah...I would do as many jumps as I could per day as it makes the stress go away faster. IMHO .
  12. Trafficdiver
    Skip the second tandem. Go right to AFF. Trust me, I'm a professional.
  13. Trafficdiver
    I'm 5'11" 220 Lbs. When I fly in the tunnel I used to have them slow it down to force me to use every inch of my body to stay off the net. Try to stretch your body out as much as possible and stay flat. Also keep your head straight down. Don't let any air spill out. There comes a point where you can't do any better. Normally a big way with floaty people it's very difficult for me to get there unless they are all arching hard. Free flying allows me to use my body to slow down to almost any other flier.
  14. Trafficdiver
    Buying a rig because there are lots of them on the market is stupid. It's closer to a 1.2 anyway. Have patients a nice 190 will show up soon. Even a nice 210 will be fine. Bet you're going to go answer shopping anyway.
  15. Trafficdiver
    She has a Ferrari?
  16. Trafficdiver
    My 1000th went the same way. It ended up being a silly 5 way that went to shit. . I'm just glad I didn't get pied.
  17. Trafficdiver
    I found it very difficult to learn in the tunnel and slightly less difficult in the sly afterward. Both in sit and HD. Back flying I found very difficult in the tunnel and fairly easy and natural now in the sky (although the rig on my back makes it a bit tougher in the sky). Most FF people that I have spoken too that learned it in the air first, felt the opposit. They had a difficult time learning in the air, but then it cam more natural in the tunnel. Both are unique, and for me at least, difficult. I sucked my first hour freeflying in the tunnel. And my second, and third... I can't tell you which hour it was that I finally could sit. It's brutal. For me though, the difficulty is what drove me to keep going. Now I can head up fly rock solid and my HD is getting good. Which makes me realize how far there is to go watching people carve and fly dynamic...I hope I can get to that level someday. Good luck. You will no doubt pick it up faster than I did.
  18. Trafficdiver
    It is not the destination my friend it's the journey. Enjoy every single skydive and don't try to get to the D license or have any real goal other than enjoying each and every jump, because each one is precious! wlecome to the journey
  19. Trafficdiver
    That guy would make a great union thug...
  20. Trafficdiver
    Z Hills or Vermont Skydiving Adventures. I don't know if either is great as I did AFF but they both have the program.
  21. Trafficdiver
    Whoa! I will not drink bourbon and post I will not drink bourbon and post I will not drink bourbon and post Sorry yes, Nick Batsch. I do not know either of them but I am sure they are infinitely better canopy coaches than me on DZ.com. Good luck in your canopy progression!
  22. Trafficdiver
    Flight 101 and 102 are not about adding speed into your landings. That's flight 201 and 202 which you should take, before getting too deep into these shenanigans. Edit: saw you booked a course with Nick (Bartholmew?). So great I think that's the best plan of action.
  23. Trafficdiver
    I just got a 2015 Sabre 2 150 a couple months ago. Stock colors because I hate waiting and choosing colors.
  24. Trafficdiver
    Shame he didn't land in the big field before the power lines.
  25. Trafficdiver
    Good work man! Let's jump soon. Also you should get involved in the VFS tunnel competition at SVNH in January.