LisaH 0 #51 May 17, 2007 GodspeedBe yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #52 May 17, 2007 I just cant believe this...I am just totally in shock...Duece was always one of the first people at Byron I would look for when I traveled down there... I just cant believe this... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #53 May 17, 2007 FUCK!!! I'm so happy we hugged and kissed a week ago. I lost my second oldest friend in Byron. I will miss you beyond words. Ho-ta-pe...! Ooh-ha-ha...! It's still not real. It won't be. I love you, man!!! a Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetace1 0 #54 May 17, 2007 I'm still standing in the same spot in the kitchen where I was over an hour ago when Gareth told me. To try and embody all the thoughts, emotions, memories and stories here would be impossible. At the end of a training day, JP was always the last soldier standing with me in the kitchen of the Elsinore team house drinkin' a beer. The next morning, JP was the only person crazy/dumb/hungry enough to wake up an hour early just to have breakfast with me at Annie's before heading to the DZ. JP always ordered extra wheat toast knowing full well I was the one who was going to eat it. The last time I saw JP we were all hanging out at the Elsinore Casino pool. JP was picking up his girls and tossing them into the pool over and over and over and over...those little girls adored their Dad. JP, thanks for listening to me rant and rave about crap no one else cared about. Thanks for laughing with me when I dislocated my knee and everyone was freaking out. Thanks for letting me be there to see the uncontrollable joy and excitement on your little girls faces when they got in the wind tunnel for the very first time. Most of all, thank you for being you... Bobby Bobby - Onyx 4-Way Team www.onyx4.org "I thought you said you fall fast." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #55 May 17, 2007 JP..all you had to do was pick up the phone...I and many others were here for you...just as they were for me a year ago..I have been in your shoes and felt your pain and thanks to happythoughts (bill) he talked me through the hell I was feeling and the actions I wanted to take...I'm still here thanks to him..why oh why didn't you call us? this could all be so different now....shit... damn..my heart hurts so bad right now.....I'm helpless...and am really sad about that... _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #56 May 17, 2007 Rky, dont feel guilt. This was his choice, he made this decision. It was his time, for whatever reason it was his turn to go and theres no time machine and this isnt a april fools joke.Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coconutmonkey 0 #57 May 17, 2007 Deuce! Just talked to him a couple weeks ago about heading up to see him now I'm on the same side of the country as soon as finals were over. Gonna miss ya man. Hearts & Minds 2 to the Heart- 1 to the Mind- Home of the Coconut Lounge, Spa, & Artillery Range Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #58 May 17, 2007 You are so wrong! It was NOT his time...and it was not his choice...He was in the wrong mindset and prematurely took his life..he had much more to fulfill..he wasn't done with his divine purpose here... _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #59 May 17, 2007 I know me and you have our history but listen to me ... it had to have been his time because he is gone. His divine purpose was that he impacted people the way he did and now his purpose lives on but in a different form. As I type this to you I want to shout and scream and throw things because although what I just said is the truth I dont feel it either.Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #60 May 17, 2007 Stop asking why. Only JP knows the answer. Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS 0 #61 May 17, 2007 It's cause I laughed at him for going low on an AFF L-3 on Sunday. I just know it. I'm trying to laugh through the tears... Don't know what to say. _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #62 May 17, 2007 Holy shit! I mean this is just totally unbelievable. Words can't express what I am feeling right now, but I'll try to post more later. I have a great video of him that he told me never to post for embarrassment reasons. I think now that reason holds no water. I'll try and find it. Blue Skies my friend. I'll miss you. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #63 May 17, 2007 Here's the video clip. I'm only posting it cause it might turn some of those frowns into smiles for just a few seconds. I know it worked for me. Some of you have seen this before. The Setting: Eloy Holiday Boogie 2002 and JP is smashed.... Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigben 0 #64 May 17, 2007 Utterly devastated. Blue skies my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #65 May 17, 2007 Oh my God. What a thread to wake up to. It's not just Byron who is weeping, it's most of the old-school dz.commers too. This is horrible. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #66 May 17, 2007 roger THAT....skymama.one of the first folks with whom I shared PMs.. A proud Father, and as we verify in this thread a friend to all. he promised me a cold beer, and I promised him a lift ticket, during an early correspondence... we seemed to see things in a similar way... I'll miss his posts on all varieties of subjects.. damn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 3 #67 May 17, 2007 QuoteThis is horrible. And then some."When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 256 #68 May 17, 2007 Agreed Although my abiding memory will be his grinning face as he came down to use his wings and pull me back up to the 4-way he was filming that i had gone low on Oh - and that night in London with the tequila.... It hasn't been a good month. Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,121 #69 May 17, 2007 Deuce and his superman gear were one of the high points of the dz.com boogie I went to in 2002. He was a gentleman, and a good soul. I'm sorry his demons tormented him that much. My prayers are with him and his family. And my he loved his little girls. His pain must have been unbelievable. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefalle 0 #70 May 17, 2007 RIP JP. You will be missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #71 May 17, 2007 Holy shit. I am absolutely shocked and deeply saddened... and I only met him once at the Holiday Boogie 04. Deuce, you crazy fuckin window-licker, I am sorry that things got this bad and that you had to take the actions you did. Just know that you were an amazing man who a lot of people looked up to. That night around the beer truck at Eloy was probably the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. Thanks for all the stories... Fly free, JP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taz 0 #72 May 17, 2007 I woke up early this morning and couldn't figure out what was wrong, but something was. This is terrible news. I didn't know him that well, but I will miss him. I'm so sorry for his family and those who were closest to him. -T It's the Year of the Dragon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #73 May 17, 2007 Yeah, Andrea -- a great way to start the morning on dz.com.Words just fail me ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #74 May 17, 2007 Another one gone. . . Be free my friend. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaGimp 0 #75 May 17, 2007 heres a few of my good buddy, RIP brother, you will be missed.... "Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
