Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Canopy Downsizing Chart by Brian Germain   1 2

   By BrianSGermain, January 27, 2009
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   • thetreehugger
   • September 9, 2017

2. Basic and Advanced Canopy flying: educational materials and videos   1 2

   By frost, April 14, 2009
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   • dukertc1
   • May 21, 2015

3. Small jumper not being strong enough to flare   1 2

   By bodypilot90, February 26, 2014
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   • beetnerk
   • April 21, 2021

4. Post your picture threads (links inside)  

   By ianmdrennan, July 11, 2007
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   • ianmdrennan
   • July 11, 2007

5. Be Constructive  

   By ianmdrennan, May 7, 2013
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   • xaviercomelli
   • November 11, 2013

6. UpnGo Dropzone in Udine/Italy start a democenter with cooperation with jojowings.com and his swoopmachine "XF15"  

   By mar.rei, January 19, 2010
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   • ianmdrennan
   • January 19, 2010

7. Post your Hot Swoop Pic(s)   1 2 3 4 38

   By freeflydrew, September 18, 2003
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   • Chocolate
   • June 14, 2012

8. How aggressively did you down size?   1 2 3 4 8

   By Nerra, May 6, 2014
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   • base615
   • March 3, 2021

9. Scirocco - new x-braced main by Skylark   1 2 3 4 5

   By frost, July 19, 2010
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   • BMFin
   • November 28, 2013

10. New FAI Distance Record in Colorado   1 2 3 4 6

    By FAC, September 16, 2005
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    • Canuck
    • September 23, 2005

11. A Better Canopy Wing Loading Calculator  

    By darklow, May 25, 2014
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    • darklow
    • February 7, 2017

12. Fluid Wings Airwolf   1 2

    By HUPRA, February 17, 2017
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    • rjklein4470
    • July 1, 2019

13. New Prototype NZ Aerosports 'Petra-lite'   1 2 3 4 6

    By Sakeryzf, January 27, 2014
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    • Sakeryzf
    • July 18, 2014

14. How to swoop !   1 2

    By rendezvous, January 10, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • January 26, 2002

15. Crossfire 3  

    By NvyZero, January 11, 2015
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    • freeflyfree
    • December 26, 2018

16. Paraglider Vs Parachute   1 2

    By bqmassey, June 24, 2011
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    • piisfish
    • July 3, 2012

17. Valkyrie Hybrid   1 2

    By danielcroft, February 28, 2017
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    • topspark101
    • December 16, 2017

18. KA2 and Crossfire3   1 2 3

    By nad, July 18, 2016
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    • dangerWilde
    • July 28, 2020

19. Icarus NEOS   1 2 3 4 6

    By Sonicfreefly, July 19, 2006
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    • svdree
    • November 25, 2008

20. peregrine video   1 2 3 4 7

    By ianmdrennan, January 25, 2013
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    • Juzzie
    • April 5, 2013

21. PD's next canopy?   1 2

    By danielcroft, November 13, 2014
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    • ph.nilsson
    • June 20, 2017

22. Valkyrie pics   1 2 3

    By Skydive2, February 24, 2015
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    • danielcroft
    • August 21, 2016

23. Riser length advantages/disadvantages Longer vs shorter   1 2

    By trigger, October 29, 2011
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 29, 2014

24. Luigi Cani reportedly landed an Icarus VX 39   1 2 3 4

    By mjasantos, May 12, 2004
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    • ManBird
    • July 14, 2004

25. Terminal Comp Velo Openings Please Post Vids   1 2

    By matt3sa, February 11, 2014
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    • Luck
    • May 23, 2017

26. Aerodyne's Sensei   1 2

    By andyhughes, March 30, 2009
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    • JohanW
    • March 21, 2010

27. Right Rotation Approach Videos...POST HERE!   1 2

    By freeflyit, January 7, 2017
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    • freeflyit
    • August 8, 2017

28. Cut in laterals?  

    By geofsmth, October 7, 2008
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • May 7, 2014

29. Fluidwings Gangster  

    By Crispy., February 14, 2018
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    • Tfal25
    • April 30, 2019

30. Swooping without front risers   1 2

    By BMFin, May 27, 2013
    • 34 replies
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    • danielcroft
    • December 23, 2014

31. Post your Hot Swoop X-Rays   1 2 3 4

    By dharma1976, December 1, 2006
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    • DaVinciflies
    • April 10, 2012

32. Body position on high performace openings   1 2

    By zsombi, May 31, 2015
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    • zsombi
    • February 14, 2016

33. Crossfire3 reviews?  

    By Ste87, January 20, 2017
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    • danielcroft
    • August 1, 2017

34. icaros crossfire VS neos VS Katana   1 2 3 4

    By gilead1, May 25, 2010
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    • alexispainchaud
    • August 21, 2012

35. So I want to swoop...   1 2 3 4

    By Quagmirian, August 19, 2012
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    • jackjbradford
    • February 28, 2013

36. JVX 69 - can someone tell me anything about the opening? Someone out there who fly this size of canopy?   1 2 3

    By mar.rei, March 1, 2010
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    • mar.rei
    • March 15, 2010

37. Valkyrie 67 demo first jumps   1 2 3 4

    By cmulli4, March 24, 2015
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    • CrazyL
    • July 11, 2015

38. comp velocity   1 2

    By h83, May 10, 2009
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    • polarbear
    • November 29, 2009

39. gSwoop 2.0   1 2 3

    By raymod2, March 12, 2015
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    • raymod2
    • March 7, 2017

40. Cross Braced Canopy  

    By SLIDER, August 17, 2004
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    • Jordan82
    • May 23, 2017

41. Whats the best advice you have ever received regarding Canopy Control.   1 2 3

    By trigger, November 2, 2012
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    • DocPop
    • August 5, 2013

42. Neos / JFX comparison?   1 2 3

    By mircan, March 20, 2011
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    • daleskydive
    • December 21, 2011

43. Safire 2 - strange openings even with new line set   1 2

    By lintern, April 1, 2017
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    • lintern
    • April 4, 2017

44. JVX VELO size comparison   1 2

    By marks, March 14, 2007
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    • Guinness_fr
    • February 6, 2009

45. Valkyrie 79 / Leia 79 comparison  

    By danielcroft, March 25, 2015
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    • danielcroft
    • May 4, 2015

46. groundlaunching a Stiletto ???   1 2 3 4

    By cdhezel, September 19, 2013
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    • mattjw916
    • November 13, 2013

47. How is speedriding any different from...   1 2 3 4

    By jrjny, February 26, 2011
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    • danielcroft
    • September 30, 2011

48. Katana 97 W/L 1.9 for swooping  

    By fink, February 28, 2017
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    • tynmdy
    • October 14, 2020

49. Swoop pants   1 2

    By aerialcameraman, December 2, 2008
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 29, 2009

50. Crossfire wing load   1 2

    By freeflydemon, July 20, 2005
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    • parad0x
    • April 2, 2015

51. first crossbraced canopy  

    By rjklein4470, September 15, 2017
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    • berchtoldaj
    • November 13, 2017

52. 90 degree front riser carve to double fronts for landing - conservative/safe approach?   1 2 3

    By 5.samadhi, April 2, 2012
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    • beowulf
    • April 23, 2012

53. Leia vs VK  

    By nzdan, June 10, 2015
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    • angryelf
    • February 3, 2016

54. Katana -vs- Velocity   1 2 3

    By SkydiveNFlorida, July 6, 2005
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    • Helmut
    • January 22, 2007

55. Pilot (9-cell) and Flare   1 2

    By shadeland, June 28, 2017
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    • GoGoGadget
    • November 18, 2017

56. Swoop Gone Wrong - The Aftermath   1 2 3 4 5

    By skybytch, June 26, 2010
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    • chuckakers
    • June 27, 2011

57. removable slider?   1 2

    By skyshimas, March 3, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 13, 2008

58. Can you share your Flysight swoop data?   1 2

    By daffes, November 3, 2015
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    • daffes
    • February 26, 2018

59. JPX Petra - stability issues?   1 2 3

    By frost, December 1, 2011
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    • bofh
    • December 19, 2011

60. CP 2014 Event Master  

    By Rookie120, October 10, 2013
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    • berchtoldaj
    • June 25, 2018

61. The "godfather" of swooping?   1 2 3

    By AggieDave, June 21, 2005
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    • thegrump
    • March 17, 2010

62. barrel roll  

    By towerrat, February 21, 2005
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    • rhanold
    • March 21, 2009

63. Any info on the XF15?  

    By Rory81, November 4, 2008
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    • tamagotchi
    • May 17, 2009

64. crossfire 2 vs a same size sabre 2   1 2

    By josheezammit, February 14, 2006
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    • josheezammit
    • February 22, 2006

65. VELO openings with RDS   1 2

    By peedeepalmer, June 22, 2015
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    • Burger0889
    • July 25, 2022

66. Canopy downsize progression   1 2

    By andrewstewart, October 7, 2002
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    • dragon2
    • November 1, 2002

67. Glide ratios  

    By gus, January 4, 2002
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • January 29, 2002

68. VK slider   1 2

    By skydivebb, May 18, 2015
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    • cmulli4
    • April 23, 2016

69. Recovery Arc vs. Wind Speed   1 2 3 4 5

    By jtravis121, October 24, 2016
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    • Bufobufo
    • November 8, 2016

70. Using my rear risers   1 2

    By skydive435, December 28, 2012
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    • Bloomin0nion12
    • August 1, 2013

71. Low jumpers and Stiletos   1 2 3

    By mrkeske, November 4, 2014
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    • artard
    • January 12, 2015

72. Drop zone is thinking about banning turns over 90°   1 2

    By Marc84, July 19, 2014
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    • skydivah1
    • March 29, 2015

73. PD Factory Team X-Project Update 2   1 2 3 4 5

    By m0ng00se007, September 29, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • January 31, 2009

74. JFX vs Velocity  

    By tofou, March 26, 2012
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    • Helmut
    • May 10, 2012

75. Put your money where your mouth is - Swooping "Normal" canopies   1 2 3 4

    By Chris-Ottawa, August 23, 2012
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    • ianmdrennan
    • September 9, 2012

76. To start swooping   1 2

    By LittleSkyWitch, March 20, 2003
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    • sneaky
    • July 4, 2003

77. Is removable slider worth it?   1 2 3

    By SRI85, August 3, 2011
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    • masterrigger1
    • April 26, 2013

78. Are there plastic snaps on new Velocities?   1 2

    By skydiverek, January 8, 2012
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    • gb1
    • November 29, 2017

79. Your canopy choices and downsize history   1 2 3 4

    By frost, December 11, 2007
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    • swoopgaz
    • September 1, 2008

80. Valkyrie Lineset Improvement Notice   1 2

    By 28337, October 14, 2016
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    • skow
    • December 13, 2016

81. PD Spire   1 2

    By brianfry713, October 16, 2007
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    • kitesurfa
    • March 19, 2009

82. Using weights  

    By freeflyit, February 2, 2017
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    • Royreader8812
    • February 9, 2017

83. Spinning Linetwist Recovery Techniques?   1 2

    By BrianSGermain, August 4, 2013
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    • manchuso
    • December 20, 2013

84. how speedwings sizes are measured.  

    By jf951, February 28, 2014
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    • theplummeter
    • May 15, 2014

85. Ground Launching Survey   1 2

    By kitesurfa, August 22, 2010
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    • freeflypimp
    • February 15, 2011

86. R.A.G.E.   1 2 3 4 6

    By freefly68, July 16, 2003
    • 135 replies
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    • Fandango
    • September 29, 2004

87. Ground Launching, SpeedFlying, Bladerunning Etc.   1 2

    By Bolas, December 20, 2007
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    • Hausse
    • June 26, 2009

88. Katana 120.... Next step?   1 2

    By DocPop, January 2, 2013
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    • Fast
    • September 3, 2013

89. Swooping a PD Pulse  

    By rymasm, May 22, 2013
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    • Bloomin0nion12
    • April 16, 2014

90. Intro to Swooping - lesson 1   1 2 3

    By davelepka, August 19, 2009
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    • dima39
    • November 27, 2009

91. Lifespan of sail  

    By Antoine64, October 23, 2017
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    • Jiggs
    • August 17, 2018

92. NEW Crossbraced Canopy !! : Designed by - Parachute Systems - V-MAX 27   1 2

    By skysaintj, May 3, 2007
    • 39 replies
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    • piisfish
    • January 17, 2011

93. Define: HOOK TURN- Pleez??  

    By somethinelse, October 5, 2004
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    • somethinelse
    • October 9, 2004

94. Downsizng Rules/Regulations  

    By michaelqld, May 2, 2012
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    • rem
    • May 16, 2012

95. Slider placement on Hop n Pops   1 2

    By Bloomin0nion12, June 27, 2013
    • 32 replies
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    • Kurbe105
    • May 9, 2014

96. Downsizing - no patronizing please   1 2

    By Freeflaw, March 7, 2013
    • 28 replies
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    • AggieDave
    • March 20, 2013

97. riser pressure   1 2

    By uberchris, September 21, 2012
    • 49 replies
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    • Kurbe105
    • March 28, 2015

98. Fluid Wings Helix 79 / VK79 / Hybrid Leia 79  

    By danielcroft, August 11, 2015
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    • danielcroft
    • August 26, 2015

99. Atair Radical, has anyone info about it?   1 2

    By phoenixlpr, January 19, 2007
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    • Emu
    • October 2, 2010

100. PD Reserves   1 2

     By freeflyfree, September 27, 2016
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     • JerryBaumchen
     • January 6, 2017