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It's not a bad phrase but the definition could use work. When I'm talking to a student about self-supervision I tell them it means it's their responsibility to plan a dive and talk to instructors/staff/pilot about gear, spot, and their dive flow. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Sounds like it was a bad move and they got the appropriate response. No more to see here. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

There are some good DZs in Texas like Spaceland. You'll need to head South on 95 to get to the warm climate first. We'll be jumping at Virginia Skydive Center on the weekends in November and have a campground next to us. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Not helpful. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I'm a new TI but what I started doing is putting my feet under the backs of their knees, lifting them for touchdown and sliding my feet out just as we make contact so I don't break my own ankle. Additionally, I'll have them grab their pants and pull up if when we do a practice landing I see that they're hopeless. I don't think checking their range of motion on the ground is a good indicator of what they can do suspended under a harness although you can make a few assumptions just from having them stand on one leg and seeing how well they can hold up the other. Honestly, I can already make a few assumptions based upon age and physique. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

This is the same woman who thinks it's OK for women to be sexually harrassed in public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRHmHH4CyCs "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Even for Div I football, the vast majority do not make it to the next level. There are approximately 10k young men on scholarship and each year the NFL drafts 224 and invites another couple hundred to training camp. Multiply x 5 years and that's generously 20some percent who get to try out for an NFL team with an average career of 3 years. The odds are much worse for basketball, which has far more Div I schools but only 64 are drafted each year. Only about 30% of college grads find work within the field in which they got their degree so that sounds about right. Also, I'm not saying these guys need to go into professional sports. There are a ton of sports related fields from coaching to physical therapy to product design, sports marketing, sports finace and athletic program management. Athletics has a HUGE market. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

It's time for the collegiate system to quit pretending that these athletes can be pigeonholed into the same curricula as other students. Instead of making up bullshit courses or giving them passing grades or entirely fabricating their transcripts they need to recognize that they're at the school to pursue a lucrative career in the field of athletics. There's a great incentive to create a college course that leads into this. Whether it's product development, broadcasting, or continuing into professional athletics there's no reason to just ignore their education, better work with their education. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Wow, that's an incredibly negative accusation to make against the entire planet of schools with athletic programs. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I recommend watching this documentary. It's the most accurate depiction you'll find of the path to skydiving as a career. Cutaway "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition The rest are just a google search away. Crusades, witch hunts, Queen "Bloody" Mary.... "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I'll take that, I don't know much about meathead. For beer-can I'll source my understanding of cooking that there's no way for the beer to get into the chicken and have any effect on the meat. Better result is indirect heat w/ wood charcoal, rotiesserie - I like using soaked corn shuckings on the coals. What's giving that great flavor is the rub, the crisp heavenly smelling skin, and a light smoke. A can of hot beer sitting in there isn't doing anything. Maybe a really malty beer in a crock pot would make good chicken? Hmmmm. Hungry now. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Open face when it's warm, full face when it's cold. Would rather have something more open than my Z1 but it's what I have. I would also prefer hearing protection for the full ride but there's no way to pull something out so I can communicate during the canopy ride. Some people here talked about a hole to pull plugs through, I'll look into that. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Sorry to crush your opinions about beer can chicken - but hey, this is just an opinion piece, right? http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/debunking_beer_can_chicken.html "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Usually on the internet it's easy to warn people that they should talk to their instructors. This is not one of those cases. Let me guess, you weight about 135lb max? I say that because they're probably thinking that since you're loading it lightly that it's no big deal. I've seen many a light person put on canopies too small or too agressive because someone gave them that advice. One has a permanent spine injury. Yeah, sell it and get something more like what you've been jumping. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Let's remember that this all started with a seatbelt violation. Things like this can't escalate into shooting. Sure, any time a cop pulls someone over it could mean dealing with a felon dodging a warrant but this was just a jumpy normal citizen. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

so it was so bad but u sold it to someone else?...cant have been that bad if u thought it was ok to sell to anyone? A friend of mine bought a canopy that turned out to be a spanker. Seller basically told him "too bad, sale is complete". "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

They get a bad rap because some sabre1's used to smack people. S2 is a normal modern canopy and can't be blamed for poor packing, body position, or maintenance. I've packed thousands of them with the normal smattering of harder openings but nothing more than other makes. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Yeah, for real, I mean she only has 1 jump in 42 years. That's like 0.02 jumps per year which means that she only road the plane to 333 ft and jumped out. Pretty scary jumper if you ask me. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Is this a murderer who raps about babies? Or a baby rapper? No comprendo. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I don't understand why it's so fucking difficult to kill someone. I don't support the death penalty but the methods they use are more like some easily failable and overly complicated device from a James Bond villain. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Or you get all the problems and lifespan reducing issues for just one price. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I'm glad someone caught that. Hahaaa!!! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Being prepared to PLF will save you from broken bones at some point in your skydiving life. A butt slide is absolutely not your go-to at an alternative to a botched landing. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

From what I've encountered, if a black bear wants to get away from you it'll be nothing but a black blur crashing away through the brush. I nearly stepped on one about the size of this guy from the video when he walked out of the brush in front of me. He was gone before I knew I shit myself. The same was true with a momma and two cubs who came into camp smelling our failed attempt to burn away that night's bag of hot dogs. Momma didn't even wait for the kids when she saw me. From what I've read, they've had nearly a million years of being a fatty plump treat on the food chain just below things like dire wolves, modern wolves, various types of brown bears, saber tooth cats and their response is purely flight. Mothers who try to fight a saber tooth cat don't make new babies. When they do attack, they're doing it to kill and eat you. The advice is to fight back with whatever you can; playing dead will just make you an easy meal. The rate of deaths by attacks is about 1 per year. Again, what I think of the video is that there's a jack-ass feeding it on his nature walks and this guy is sniffing around for treats. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher