Power First
Control Second
Safety Third
ALWAYS trust your rears
NEVER, EVER give up the gates.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

you forgot
"when in doubt add another rotation."
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When it comes to choosing a canopy, remember that you are a grown ass man, make your own decision, life is too short being told what to do. That goes for when you sell your canopy to a newbie as well. Got money??? You've got my canopy.

I am a student of

SoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying

I believe that the smaller you canopy is the easier it will be to pack... the rest will come

Dont turn yourself into the ground and keep head on swivel. Watch for other canopy's

i was told last weekend something that made me decide to put my new canopy in the closet for a while and stick with what i got.......
(its ok i have it and its not going anywhere)

its not when everything goes right that youre gonna get fucked up, its when anything and everything goes WRONG>...

low pull, shifty winds, landing WAY off the DZ on hilly terrain downwind, etc. etc.

...and the Lord spake, saying

"First shalt thou open thy parachute,
When thou seekest to land thyself
then shalt thou do three hook turns,
no more, no less.
Three shall be the number of hook turns thou shalt do,
and the number of the hook turns shall be three.
Four hook turns shalt thou not do, neither hook turn thou twice,
excepting that thou then proceed to three hook turns.
Five hook turns is right out.
Once the hook turns are three, being the third hook turn,
then prepare thou thy most precious face and sacred body to meet earth,
and thus since thou art being naughty in my sight,
I shall snuff you deep into the ground for all to see,
and behold my wonderous power."

-- Landings 2:9-21 words from greg Gasson