Mar 26, 2008, 10:35 PM
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Re: [upndownshop] SkyFest Family Reunion Boogie- June 4-9, Skydive Carolina, SC
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schedule cleared - i'm in
Amazon Organizing ISSA World Cup Speed Skydiving , PMS Initiations ,SCR Fun jumps Annillos Antigua baseknut BGill (most likely) Bigun Billeisele- Mesa Rodriguez BlueSkiesKel-riding JENNR8R Bolas It's practically in my backyard... Broke (Anyone wanna ride down in a little toyota?) ChangoEnLosPantalones Rodriguez con el ECU skydive club Chaoskitty -disorganizing CSpenceFLY organizing DEnete Danger ROO Delfina Rodriguez Fmmobley - with his new wingsuit FrancoR Freefalle and others from Team Dirty Sanchez I'm sure futuredivot - Selling a few t-shirts; Staying sober to drive if needed; not modeling SkyFest underwear gonzalesna -DD: Designated Drinker iluvtofly kallend Katiebear21 Lauraliscious MicDuran mnealtx (in spirit) monkycndo mouth MWolfe namgrunt nannerbanner NWFlyer Pepe Rodriguez Perra Rodriguez Popsjumper PsychoBob (whoremonger) Rick Rkymtnhigh(if I'm still in the SE in June) Shaggio Rodriguez SimonBones Skymama Smears Sunshine - keeping upndownshop in line Thanatos340 - Organizing Poker Tournament, Bringing Jello Shots, Chasing Women and ACTUALLY Jumping Tmaricle55 (dragging Clay) Traviesa upndownshop
Mar 27, 2008, 7:09 AM
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Re: [billeisele] SkyFest Family Reunion Boogie- June 4-9, Skydive Carolina, SC
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Amazon Organizing ISSA World Cup Speed Skydiving , PMS Initiations ,SCR Fun jumps Annillos Antigua baseknut BGill (most likely) Bigun Billeisele- Mesa Rodriguez BlueSkiesKel-riding JENNR8R Bolas It's practically in my backyard... Broke (Anyone wanna ride down in a little toyota?) ChangoEnLosPantalones Rodriguez con el ECU skydive club Chaoskitty -disorganizing CSpenceFLY organizing DEnete Danger ROO Delfina Rodriguez Fmmobley - with his new wingsuit FrancoR Freefalle and others from Team Dirty Sanchez I'm sure futuredivot - Selling a few t-shirts; Staying sober to drive if needed; not modeling SkyFest underwear gonzalesna -DD: Designated Drinker iluvtofly kallend Katiebear21 Lauraliscious MicDuran mnealtx (in spirit) monkycndo mouth MWolfe namgrunt nannerbanner NWFlyer Pepe Rodriguez Perra Rodriguez Popsjumper PsychoBob (whoremonger) Rick Rkymtnhigh(if I'm still in the SE in June) Shaggio Rodriguez SimonBones Skydave (PsychoBob's supplier) Skymama Smears Sunshine - keeping upndownshop in line Thanatos340 - Organizing Poker Tournament, Bringing Jello Shots, Chasing Women and ACTUALLY Jumping Tmaricle55 (dragging Clay) Traviesa upndownshop
Mar 28, 2008, 4:56 PM
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Re: [Broke] SkyFest Family Reunion Boogie- June 4-9, Skydive Carolina, SC
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What do I have to do (what skills to work on, how to register, etc) in order to get in on my first 8-way? I'll be attending the boogie but really have no direction as far as doing formation jumps. I've only ever done 2-ways etc.
Mar 30, 2008, 5:21 AM
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Re: [SPAWNmaster] SkyFest Family Reunion Boogie- June 4-9, Skydive Carolina, SC
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What do I have to do (what skills to work on, how to register, etc) in order to get in on my first 8-way? I'll be attending the boogie but really have no direction as far as doing formation jumps. I've only ever done 2-ways etc.
Thanks!
Like Spence says. Some helpful hints: do some bigger group skydives before June. Starting with a 2-way, focus on having the other jumper simply lay a base, a target, for you to dive on. Make sure he simply stays in place and doesn't chase you. If he's chasing you, he's not giving you the oppotunity to learn what you need. If you can dock on him, you can dock on a 3-way, then a 4-way, etc.
One reason why you would want to get progressively larger and larger is that you will find that the formation tends to slow down a little as it gets bigger and bigger.
Another reason is that at breakoff, you will find that your tracking lane gets more and more narrow as the formation gets bigger and bigger. Focus on tracking. Focus on flat-tracking. Focus on a straight line and go for as much distance as you can get. Once you can track a straight line with distance, you will be better prepared to try bigger formations.
Focus on continuously flying your body after you dock. Simply grabbing a grip and hanging on is bad....very bad. Take a grip and CONTINUE to fly your body. Try this: take a grip with your finger tips only. Fly your body to maintain a finger-grip only...if you have to grab a handfull of material, your not flying, you're hanging on.
Unfortunately, in FS, there is a lot of grabbing going on...mostly because the guy taking a grip on YOU is not flying his body and pulling/pushing you around...the good flyers are able to counter-act that and minimize the impact of it on the rest of the formation.
There is more to learn. This is just the basics.
Good luck in your progression and have fun at SKyfest!
Mar 31, 2008, 6:41 AM
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WooooHoooo!
Anvil All-Star SCR/SCS jump
Amazon Bigun billeisele Broke CSpenceFly (I took the liberty, Chris) Denete futuredivot Hoyt (I took the liberty, Gary)
3-5 more would be great!
I can fall fast enough to stay with futuredivot and CSpenceFly. (and I could probably go low on them if I tried hard enough ) I'll put on my slick suit and can be an anvil if you need/want me to be.
