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thanks ! UV protection is probably not as important for skydiving. but i am using these goggles for paragliding - where UV protection is necessary to protect the eyes during longer flights..

I am happily using those Flex-Z Goggles for a while now. But i would like to know if they have some amount of UV protection ? Does someone know the material of those Flex-Z goggles ? for all kinds of sunglasses regardless of the price and the tinting it is known that hey have 100% UV protection if they are made out of polycarbonate.

fresh from the tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4q4hrqybg (jump to 1:40 min for the exit) the first plane exit using a stock acro paraglider with custom built slider and d-bag.

@piisfish: thank you very much for the hint to the revofly canopies ! This is very amazing ! strangely / sadly the website is offline: http://revo-fly.com/ but there is an image in the webarchive: http://web.archive.org/web/20101016064059/http://www.revo-fly.com/accueil.php is the company already dead ? that would be too sad. the videos look so promising ! could be the combination of both sports i am dreaming of. @Deyan: what could be the consequences of "too low" wing loading, other than those i know from paragliding: 1) more prone to smaller collapses - but those collapses are softer and with less energy 2) less agile handling 3) lower airspeed hence less head wind penetration

i am paraglider pilot that just recently started to learn skydiving. i am quite impressed by those pro - skydivers with their "downsized" canopies with their impressive, breath taking (and obviously dangerous if timed wrong...) high speed looong swoop landing.. the hissing noise alone is mind sweeping :-) but i would like to strive in the opposite direction. i really would like to enjoy the flying and thermalling, the very same i do when paragliding. the hunt for the next thermal, soaring together with the birds is some magical experience for me. what a waste, releasing the canopy at 1500 meters right below the cumulus clouds and not using those smooth updrafts.. next time i jump i will take my vario with me. at least i want to try (and fail) soaring those student canopies. i am also curious what the sink rate will be at different brake levels. that said i heard that a big crossfire is soarable to some extend. any opinion on that ? another question: how many jumps / experience do one need to jump such high performance canopies at the lowest possible wing loading (i.e. taking the biggest one they sell)? is there any downside of flying a big but high perf canopy except head wind penetration ?