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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.
You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is.
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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...

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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...



if you spend 30+ minutes packing...you SHOULD get smacked! :P










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I started naming my canopies when I bought my first Velocity.
As it was going to be a more groundhungry speedy monster than everything I flew before that, I called it "Fluffy", the Idea was that a canopy with such a sweet name wouldn't try to hurt me.
Then I bought a Velo 96, a yellow one with one red cell at the end and PERFORMANCE DESIGNS in giant screaming letters on the bottom skin. I called that one "Spam"Then I bought An Icarus FX, by chance it had exactly the same colour scheme as my girlfriends Spectre 150, she calls her canopy "Nacho", so I called mine "Hermanito" (little brother).

I recently bought a brand spanking new JFX, colour picked and all that, I also recently became a father, the first day with the new canopy at the dropzone I was talking to someone about the Maxi-Cosi (a brand of baby car seats), when someone else asked: What size is it (referring to my canopy), So my latest canopy is called "Maxy-Cosi 94".

Seriously dudes, name your canopies, they'll open way nicer.
Telling them sweet things during the opening sequence also helps! (This is a truth people like Flight 1 and Brian Germain are trying to keep from you!)
"Don't make me come down there" - God.

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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...



if you spend 30+ minutes packing...you SHOULD get smacked! :P


sorta newbie here ^_^. I used to take 45+ minutes to pack when I first started learning it (could have something to do with the fact that it was a brand-spanking new rental spectre 210, more slippery than an eel). Nowadays, I usually take 15-20 minutes depending on the canopy (I'm actually better at free-packing a tailpocket lightning than pro-packing my Silhouette) and the weather. If there's a hole in the clouds approaching, I manage to pack it

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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...



if you spend 30+ minutes packing...you SHOULD get smacked! :P


sorta newbie here ^_^. I used to take 45+ minutes to pack when I first started learning it (could have something to do with the fact that it was a brand-spanking new rental spectre 210, more slippery than an eel). Nowadays, I usually take 15-20 minutes depending on the canopy (I'm actually better at free-packing a tailpocket lightning than pro-packing my Silhouette) and the weather. If there's a hole in the clouds approaching, I manage to pack it


Just remember - the longer ya take to pack, the longer it takes to open! ;)










~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...


Like that streamer you managed to pack into your lightning? :ph34r::ph34r:
"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport."
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Ying Yang might be a good name, and also a good symbol for artwork on it.

You bitch pack me, I bitch open on you.
You pack me nice, I open for you nice.



Sadly, it doesn't often work like this. Some of my best openings on a Lightning (quick and on-heading) have been packed in under 10 minutes. Some of the worst were when I spend 30+ minutes to iron out all the creases before gently sliding it in. Bloody thing...



if you spend 30+ minutes packing...you SHOULD get smacked! :P


sorta newbie here ^_^. I used to take 45+ minutes to pack when I first started learning it (could have something to do with the fact that it was a brand-spanking new rental spectre 210, more slippery than an eel). Nowadays, I usually take 15-20 minutes depending on the canopy (I'm actually better at free-packing a tailpocket lightning than pro-packing my Silhouette) and the weather. If there's a hole in the clouds approaching, I manage to pack it


Just remember - the longer ya take to pack, the longer it takes to open! ;)


this is the motto i use for packing my BASE rig. :S

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I don't think it's crazy, since I've always had names for my canopies - although I have gotten a few reactions to it ;-)

My storm 120 is named Stella, my VK90 is Vilja (Scandinavian name meaning willpower) and my VK75 is Vimse which again is a Scandinavian name, which can be roughly translated to fluttery.

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Not crazy at all, Sharky is living in Clara and Miss Yellowpenny in Julia right now. So far they have gotten along quite well B|

Anybody that does not name his or her canopy and/or rig doesn't take the sport seriously imo :P

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