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Not sure yet, Italy for sure for a couple of weeks. I have to wait for Tony to figure out his plans... Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Here is our tour poster. GET WICKED! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Thanks for the invite, we are mostly in Colorado over the winter and can only get out before the thaw for a couple of specific events. Again thanks for the invite! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Good questions. We are working on filling a few gaps...which include late June and early July. Stay tuned for news there. August we are going to be in Europe doing some hiking and maybe flying.... Maybe we can send some of our agents to Couch Freaks and LP! If you are an event organizer and would like WW to make an appearance then drop me a line please. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

This stuff is lovely. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Mark your calendars, we are coming to your town to Get Wingsuiting and Get Wicked! This year is about getting skilled up for the big way, so join us for flocking. Apr 3 - Apr 8 - Deland, Fl - Skydive Expo. Keep an eye out for the Angels Apr 20 - 22 - Mile Hi, CO Jun 8 - 10 - Skydive Chicago, IL - Big Way camp Jun 22 - 24 - Skys the Limit, PA - State Record! Jul 20 - 22 - Gold Coast, MS - State Record! Jul 29 - Aug 5 - Skydive Chicago - Summerfest - nuff' said Questions? Email us....most events we will be bringing as many wingsuits as we can for FREE over the event! If you want your own then please book in advance to avoid dissapoint... Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Wicked Wingsuits will support the "TailStrike List". As you are aware of tail strike incidents please send an anyonymous safety report to us. Try to include: Suit or Suit Size: Aircraft: Aircraft Configuration: Experience level: Wingsuit Education (self taught, FFC?): Notes: anything else PM or email. As the data is collected we will gladly publish it without drawing personal conlusion. This will be similar the DZ.COM incidents, BASE fatalities and "Small Camera Incident List". No names or locations are needed, we think suit, aircraft, configuration and experience are all that is relevant. Our motive is to allow the majority to review the facts. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

How about a simple release of data containing: Aircraft: Suit: Experience Level: Self Taught? ooops, edited for spelling. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

There are certainly differences in the technical aspects but there any many similarities in the communication, structure, problem solving, etc. Not even sure I agree with that, Simon, except at the most superficial level. John, I think comparing a football coach to a kindergarten is an extreme example also. I like an analogy that I can relate with more is.... Snowboard instructor and Ski instructor. Both receive 60% the same focus on teaching, progression, customer experience and safety but their technical expertise are different. A good teacher can cross over into any subject in my opinion. In the professional world I live in the technical skill is always secondary to the interpersonal skills....mostly because technical skills can be taught....interpersonal skills you either have....or you do not. This is just my opinion, I won't fight for it...."just sayin'n" Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Back to the drawing board! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

There are certainly differences in the technical aspects but there any many similarities in the communication, structure, problem solving, etc. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

I would still like to see the official supporting material that clarifies what a coach jump is. I am getting lots of opinions but I am the only one that has provided a specific section of the IRM. Where can I find something that says "A coaching jump is defined as...". Additionaly, look at the last words for the rating sign off...."and jumps with licensed skydivers.". http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Form_CoachProficiencyCard.pdf Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

I have ~3000 jumps. If I do a 2-way with you, does that count as a coach jump?? If you feel the knowledge is valuable then yes I do. I know you have a lot of jumps but I bet there are still disciplines you have yet to learn everything about. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Ah, you are saying that a coached jump is under the apprenticeship of an instructor so therefore must apply only to unlicensed skydiver, right? If that is the case I would ask what rating an experienced skydiver should ask for if seeking additonal education in canopy eduction, simply experience? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

You want credit for a "coach" jump when you jump with a D license holder? If it is in a discipline they have lesser experience in then....yes. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Giving a straight answer would help. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Hi I'm confused by your profile you only have 200 jumps including ONE wingsult jump and your some kind of a wingsuit coach. I have adjusted my profile. Maybe you could do the same? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

I cannot find in writing anywhere the definition of a "coaching jump" as it is referenced in the IRM Coach Rating Course Renewal in Section 1.G.1.b which states: "1.G.1.b having taught or assisted with the general portion of at least one first-jump course and made at least 15 coaching jumps in the last 12 months." If anyone knows where it is clarified please point me to it. Meanwhile I am interested to know the general opinion or other thoughts on the subject. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

We're in agreement, but there are at least two C/E's that are of differing opinions, and one of them has signed off wingsuit coaching as qualifying for the 15 required. This is one of the by-products of the rating; the jumps would qualify as coaching jumps. If you agree that this is the rule then why did you doubt I have heard from 3 people that they wouldn't sign my renewal? No need to answer. Yours, Confused Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

I appreciate the direct answer Matt. I would like to see a written definition of what a USPA Coaching jump is because I can't find one yet more than a few people tell me it pertains only to unlicensed skydivers. That cannot quite be accurate because a currency jump counts. The PFC rating requires a current USPA Coach rating, as does FlockU. I just wonder how those are supposed to be maintained. I hear opinions but I don't see anything actually in writing. The IRM section I referred to earlier says: "b. having taught or assisted with the general portion of at least one first-jump course and made at least 15 coaching jumps in the last 12 months". This stuff can be like the FARs where somewhere else a Coaching jump if defined...I just want to know where that is! :-) Maybe there are some meeting minutes somewhere that clarify it? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Sorry, I don't buy it. Specifically name the S&TA, I/E, or Instructors who told you this. Send me a PM, I'll talk to them privately if you wish. Again, please answer the question. Do you feel that a USPA coach rating is all that should be required by USPA, for someone who is teaching First Flight Courses? I am going to give you a taste of your own medicine and not name names....you know it happens as you just said there are 22 answers out there. Annoying isn't it, cast doubt on the facts. So if you want pretend those 3 don't exist and I will start over with a new survey, can I send you my paperwork for renewal please? I think as a minimum someone coaching in wingsuiting should hold a current USPA Coach Rating. I don't think a separate USPA Wingsuit Coach Rating should be a priority for the BOD at this time, I think there is a lot of work to be done in the area of canopy safety. I also think when it comes to fighting battles it would be easier to get wingsuit coached jumps recognized as coach currency jumps than a new program. You admitted yourself the chances were slim so why no take better odds as a stepping stone? I don't want the US to become like Europe...I left the UK to come here for good reasons! Freedom Fries!!! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Experience of one jump repeated 100 times does define an experienced wingsuit flier. The criteria should revolve around some kind of quantifiable performance metrics. I agree with you, John. Those metrics should be/are part of the proposed evaluation procedures. If one cannot perform to the standard, one doesn't achieve the rating, similar to any other rating program. "Do Wingsuit Coaching jumps count towards maintaining a Wingsuit Coach/Instructor rating?" As there is no Wingsuit Coach/Instructor rating, the answer would be "maybe." You might find an S&TA willing to sign off on WS Coach jumps as counting, but the USPA position doesn't currently define this. If a rating program is implemented, then of course FFC's and WS coaching would apply towards maintaining a coach rating, just as renewing an AFF/I, IAD/I, SL/I, T/I rating include the coach rating renewal. Would you sign off a coach renewal if the jumps were only wingsuit based? A S&TA isn't required, an Instructor or Coach Examiner can also sign it. http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Form_rating_renewal_2009_07.pdf My point is I don't think it should be a "maybe", I think the IRM should clearly state that the coach jumps need not be pre-A license Belly jumps which is how many interpret it. That would allow wingsuit, freely, canopy coaching all to count towards a Coach renewal. I suppose I need to write a letter to USPA and get myself on a future agenda! Simon What you're dancing around then, is that you feel a USPA Coach rating is all that should be required to provide First Flight Courses, is that correct? You are going to a lot of effort to create a conspiracy again here....the facts are: My USPA Coach Rating expired in Dec 2011 and I need to get it renewed and so far 3 people have said they don't feel that my wingsuit coaching jumps (including FFC) should count and I need to do some belly jumps with non licensed skydivers. I don't agree and honestly I think I might be a danger in that situation...I admit it. Does knowing that make my question any different? I think not. Without a rating I am not a professional and cannot therefore ethically charge a penny for coaching. It also creates other insurance and tax complexities but I don't want to go into that one bit. All I want is to get my coach rating renewed. I can see that as a Coach Examiner you cannot give me an answer so I wrote to my BOD instead. Sorry, I thought you might have been able to shed some light on it. Simon Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Experience of one jump repeated 100 times does define an experienced wingsuit flier. The criteria should revolve around some kind of quantifiable performance metrics. I agree with you, John. Those metrics should be/are part of the proposed evaluation procedures. If one cannot perform to the standard, one doesn't achieve the rating, similar to any other rating program. "Do Wingsuit Coaching jumps count towards maintaining a Wingsuit Coach/Instructor rating?" As there is no Wingsuit Coach/Instructor rating, the answer would be "maybe." You might find an S&TA willing to sign off on WS Coach jumps as counting, but the USPA position doesn't currently define this. If a rating program is implemented, then of course FFC's and WS coaching would apply towards maintaining a coach rating, just as renewing an AFF/I, IAD/I, SL/I, T/I rating include the coach rating renewal. Would you sign off a coach renewal if the jumps were only wingsuit based? A S&TA isn't required, an Instructor or Coach Examiner can also sign it. http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Form_rating_renewal_2009_07.pdf My point is I don't think it should be a "maybe", I think the IRM should clearly state that the coach jumps need not be pre-A license Belly jumps which is how many interpret it. That would allow wingsuit, freely, canopy coaching all to count towards a Coach renewal. I suppose I need to write a letter to USPA and get myself on a future agenda! Simon Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

I'm not clear on what you're wanting in the above sentence. Are you suggesting the BSR should be amended that one must possess a Coach rating to fly a wingsuit? I'd strongly disagree with that idea. Any step forward by the USPA should have zero impact on any wingsuiter that isn't providing FFC's in my opinion. If 100 WS jumps isn't enough to define "an experienced wingsuiter," then what is the right number in your mind? For your convenience, I've attached the USPA Instructor Rating org chart. I believe Wingsuiting is one of the potential instructional ratings to fall under "Other." I am saying to coach someone to fly a wingsuit the experienced wingsuiter should also be a USPA coach (http://www.uspa.org/tabid/169/Default.aspx#984). That is a more reasonable compromise than a full blown Wingsuit Coach Rating. An experienced wingsuiter without the ability to communicate or prioritize tasks correctly is a useless coach\mentor\instructor. That isn't my major point however, I am more concerned about the inability to keep a USPA Coach Rating based solely on wingsuit coaching. I think that is the real gap. In IRM Coach Section 1.G.B you will see you need 15 "coached" jumps a year to maintain a coach rating. I have had people interpret this including Wingsuit coaching and others insist it is only pre-A coaching license. http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Man_IRMEssentials.pdf I still don't have an answer to my original question, you are an coach IE. Do wingsuit FFC & coach jumps count? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com

Regardless of where the Wingsuit Coach rating comes from the best prerequisite I see is the USPA Coach Rating. You need to be able to teach, communicate, and prioritize safety more than you need to be a good wingsuiter to conduct a FFC. Achieving the USPA Coach Rating is a good way of managing this requirement. The problem comes with keeping that USPA rating if you are committed 100% to the discipline of Wingsuiting. I may have missed it but I don't think it is written clearly if Wingsuiting coaching (including FFC) count as the 15 coached jumps you need to keep the rating. I know when I have tried renewing mine I have received mixed responses from instructors and Coach IE. Any one on one coaching related to Wingsuiting, be it FFC, performance, flocking, or aerobatics should count towards renewal of the USPA coach rating. If changes are going to be made in the direction of a USPA Wingsuit Rating then I think a stepping stone is to have the IRM recognize Wingsuit coaching the the BSR being amended to requiring a coach rating AND being an experienced Wingsuiter. Can I get an answer to my question now?