jrodrod

Way to make a straw man argument. Sliding landing is not landing on your back. Tandems do sliding landings often. Yea it's not possible to PLF with 2 people but mainly it's less injury prone and easier. OP has already gotten hurt, like many others, trying feet first and PLF. Spouting the dated official line is what got him hurt. Good feet first landings early on are luck. Beware internet advice that tells you to ignore something that the poster doesn't understand in the first place.

I've seen people land barefoot so I'll agree to forget special shoes. There are "jump boots" but they're for round chutes that make you land vertically instead of in a glide. When starting out, I would suggest the sliding landing. It allows you to get closer to the ground before flaring all the way. After some jumps and you get more comfortable judging distances, then you can go for standup landings. Students will suck at judging height in the beginning and the sliding landing is more forgiving during that time. It's not "proper" and probably no AFFI would teach it but looking back, I consider it irresponsible to tell a student to try to land on 2 feet. Landing-related injuries are unfortunately common for AFF students and the sliding landing could've prevented many if not most of them.

Thanks. Sounds like it's safe from those twists. But I still sometimes take a tumble in the mud when winds get tricky. I'm guessing you can't put the audible cover back on after mounting?

Is the audible completely exposed when mounted outside the Kiss? Or is there some clear protection over it? Not sure what it's called but I've had openings in which the risers twist violently, knocking the side of my helmet. Another one gave me a blister on a finger. I can see that slaying the audible if it's uncovered.

Pretty impressive anti-fog. How did you decide between Aero and Rev2?

Can you put the audible cover on with the audible inside? I'd rather have it covered up. How'd the G3 pocket get trashed? Just regular wear and tear?

The BH has cutaways built-in. Though the reviews did have a bit of a sponsored feel to them.

Looks like it's been a while since the last full face thread so thought I'd ask for all the 2016 shoppers. Rev2/Aero got a lot of posts here but at DZ's I visited, they've been invisible and all I see is G3's and an occasional unrecognizable, among full face helmets. The G3 seems to leave the bottom half of the back of the head less protected. What's the design consideration there? Lighter weight? Are the BH users still sticking with their BH's? How did you decide between Aero vs Rev2? I asked some guys at the DZ and they didn't seem to have spent much time shopping; a common thought is "sure everyone else has one but there must be a reason they all have one." For me, spending $400 for plastic isn't very appealing.

What's the hurry?

I paid ~$70 a few years ago. Hurts more than my last hard landing in turbulence.

I had a few failures during levels 3,4, but basically for the same reasons. 3,4 are kind of like 1,2 again but with the instructor(s) completely releasing you. a few tips that hopefully will help: - clap your feet (aka toe tap) a few times, this kind of resets your legs to be parallel - after clapping, push down a bit on the feet to feel some air on it. - I was told to relax while arching. However, relaxing turned out to be a flat body for me. To get a proper arch (from video replay), I had to bend over backwards till the threshold of pain. Maybe it feels relaxed for the instructors but for me as a beginner, "relaxed" definitely wasn't the best description. - use up the rest of your tunnel time! If you haven't, tell the tunnel instructor what you're trying to learn. My tunnel instructor spent the entire time teaching me stability and turning. It felt better learning it there than during freefall. Take it easy, focus on 1 thing at a time. GL!

I was approaching the landing area when I noticed a herd of cows in the LZ. The LZ is not in view of the airstrip. It was ~my 10th jump and I had not been warned about the possibility or heard about it ever happening before. I didn't know what to do and the cows started trotting as I'm coming in to land. I tried steer slightly into an empty patch of grass in their midst but then they all started moving. I didn't yell or make any noises; guess they just heard my flapping and looked up. I ended up turning slightly to land behind a cow crossing sideways in front of me, landing halfway on a large soft mound courtesy of the herd. I remember feeling glad they weren't at blind running speed by the time I touched down. It was sensory overload as I tried to land (still wasn't landing softly) while trying not to think about getting stepped on. I think I just zoned out after landing, probably would not have gotten away in time if one were coming at me. Somehow none did, and I just let jumping out of my mind for a while after that.

Great question about the tandem, didn't think of that. I guess these days, news outlets are content with soliciting cell phone video from those remote events :)

Came across this about former CNN'er Christiane Amanpour: "parachuting into conflict areas" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Amanpour Wonder if news organizations train their correspondents to do that, and how common jumping into the story is today.