Your best excuse as to why you screwed the pooch on that swoop...

[JohnMitchell 14]

My radio wasn't turned on.

-or-

My new line set is a little out of trim.

[jimmytavino 16]

my pilot Chute's been acting up!!!

j

[FreeFlyer2100 0]

PD didn't tell me that my Lightning swoops as well a polished turd

[JohanW 0]

"Somebody else sucked even worse .."

Johan.
I am. I think.

[Heatmiser 0]

I only have 100 jumps, and I'm jumping a 190 Stiletto knock off at 1.2, and I'm attempting 90 lefts. Oh wait, that's not me

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[Cheach 0]

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I only have 100 jumps, and I'm jumping a 190 Stiletto knock off at 1.2, and I'm attempting 90 lefts. Oh wait, that's not me

I just laughed- a lot.

(he wasn't talking about me people.....)

I woke up next to a blowup doll Ash....so what do you think?

[yoink 321]

I didn't botch it - I meant to leave a divot there.

[headoverheels 291]

When it's windy like this, the wind blows on the top of the canopy when I make my 180, causing me to lose lift and dive steeper.

[headoverheels 291]

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Got new contacts and didn't take them into account.

Wendy P.

Well that may be true. New bifocals certainly made a difference for a few landings.

[riggerpaul 1]

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Got new contacts and didn't take them into account.

Wendy P.

Well that may be true. New bifocals certainly made a difference for a few landings.

So, the really smart swooper would say, "New contacts - things are going to look different - maybe I'll hold off swooping until I am comfortable with the change."

[Halfpastniner 0]

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When it's windy like this, the wind blows on the top of the canopy when I make my 180, causing me to lose lift and dive steeper.

I like this one! I can totally see my buddy telling me this

BASE 1384

[wildcard451 0]

"Well, if I had let go of the fronts, I would have missed the gates..."

[jtnesbitt 0]

I caught too much air in my vagina during my 270 toggle whip and it killed my speed.

"If this post needs to be moderated I would prefer it to be completly removed and not edited and butchered into a disney movie" - DorkZone Hero

[SkydiveJack 1]

For an Aussie from down under jumping in the USA for the first time-

I always start my swoop with a left turn and I forgot that the Coriolis Effect is opposite up here in the northern hemisphere!

[Scrumpot 1]

My last one wasn't so much an excuse, as it was an observation :

"Yeah, it was like 80 feet of pure glory, followed by another 30-40 of pure CHOW!" (as I was spitting turf out of my mouth)

...Or then:

"but the elevated swale got me, right when I had NOTHIN' left!"

For real, peeps!

coitus non circum - Moab Stone

[Skypup 0]

" I just needed an new nickname."

T.S.S # 5
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To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman
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[djmarvin 2]

I followed AggieDave :P

DJ Marvin
AFF I/E, Coach/E, USPA/UPT Tandem I/E
http://www.theratingscenter.com

[billvon 2,384]

"I didn't realize the guy who just landed had a 190."

[AggieDave 6]

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I followed AggieDave :P

That would do it!

"Roger that Spaceland Center, Velo111-heavy making final, left turn 18 on lake boyd...caution wake turbulence..."

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[raftman 12]

I heard them announce on the P.A. that the beer light was on.

[turtlespeed 212]

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I followed AggieDave :P

That would do it!

"Roger that Spaceland Center, Velo111-heavy making final, left turn 18 on lake boyd...caution wake turbulence..."

"For a minute there i thought it was my home DZ, boy was i wrong!"

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Long on balls, short on skillz.

[airdvr 197]

I think its funny that swooping now only applies to canopies. Ah back in the day swooping was a hot approach to an RW formation.

And...umm....never screwed one of those up.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[mjosparky 3]

The earth rotated….honest.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[diablopilot 2]

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I think its funny that swooping now only applies to canopies. Ah back in the day swooping was a hot approach to an RW formation.

And...umm....never screwed one of those up.

As the OP, I'll point out I did leave it open to interpretation.

And yeah I've never botched one of those either.... [avoiding lightning strike]

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