skyrider 0 #51 November 4, 2010 With all my insults, and my jumps...I wish I had thier skills....I hope they don;t take this thread personal! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #52 November 4, 2010 Everybody was Kung Fu Flying..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiSzFp4arg&feature=related Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 66 #53 November 4, 2010 Quote I just received my very own personal copy, and might I suggest that any type of free flying shall henceforth be referred to as "gaydiving". You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lauraliscious 0 #54 November 4, 2010 Quote My wife, who is not the least bit interested in jumping, commented that they looked like synchronized swimmers...not that there's anything wrong with that. As a former NCAA national champion synchronized swimmer, I'm offended. They look nothing like synchronized swimmers, there's no knox gelatin in their hair or sequences on their jumpsuits!!! Enemiga Rodriguez, PMS #369, OrFun #25, Team Dirty Sanchez #116, Pelt Head #29, Muff #4091 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #55 November 4, 2010 Quote Quote My wife, who is not the least bit interested in jumping, commented that they looked like synchronized swimmers...not that there's anything wrong with that. As a former NCAA national champion synchronized swimmer, I'm offended. They look nothing like synchronized swimmers, there's no knox gelatin in their hair or sequences on their jumpsuits!!! Just fuckin great...now you gave them ideas for the next cover.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 20 #56 November 4, 2010 I wouldn't use the "G" word to describe what these guys are doing, but when woman like Dale Stewart and Diana Kent started what they called "freestyle" in the early 90s it definitely had a "feminine" edge to it. They were clearly being ballerinas in the sky. When men got into it like Perris's Robin Berg they added a skyboard to make it harder edged and more masculine looking but it was essentially the same thing. When freestyle became a team endeavor it's easy to see the male role more like that of men's ice dancing. I think a man and woman doing this, or better, a man and two woman would make this more palatable to our sensibilities. Right now there's no way around the fact this simply looks like three guys playing paddy cake in the sky. Twenty years from now one these guys will pull the only PARACHUTIST cover they made out to show a young Nephew and the response they'll probably get is, "Really?" Robin Berg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5P1nZHcCDQ NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaymundo 0 #57 November 4, 2010 Gaydar...whoop...whoop.whoop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #58 November 4, 2010 Quote I wouldn't use the "G" word to describe what these guys are doing, but when woman like Dale Stewart and Diana Kent started what they called "freestyle" in the early 90s it definitely had a "feminine" edge to it. They were clearly being ballerinas in the sky. When men got into it like Perris's Robin Berg they added a skyboard to make it harder edged and more masculine looking but it was essentially the same thing. When freestyle became a team endeavor it's easy to see the male role more like that of men's ice dancing. I think a man and woman doing this, or better, a man and two woman would make this more palatable to our sensibilities. Right now there's no way around the fact this simply looks like three guys playing paddy cake in the sky. Twenty years from now one these guys will pull the only PARACHUTIST cover they made out to show a young Nephew and the response they'll probably get is, "Really?" Robin Berg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5P1nZHcCDQ NickD Off Topic Side note here... We had a student from China, that did 15 level 6's, (bet Nick remembers him) Well we at BlueSky Viideo made up a Level 7 tape, of Robin Burg, and set it up with "goals" from exit till opening, just like a student tape....The poor guy was shitting himself, before he realised it was a joke! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 20 #59 November 6, 2010 We did that to more than a few students being briefed for Level 6. The most common question after viewing the video was, "We're gonna practice that a few times on the ground first, right?" It rams home the point how trusting most students are and what a great privilege and responsibility it is to teach them. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #60 November 6, 2010 Quote We did that to more than a few students being briefed for Level 6. The most common question after viewing the video was, "We're gonna practice that a few times on the ground first, right?" It rams home the point how trusting most students are and what a great privilege and responsibility it is to teach them. NickD But this one was caught on Video....and he believed it! Steve Clark was walking him threw the video , three times, each time explaining how to do the move.....(I had the camera on my shoulder,a ndd he didn;t notice it for a long time , as soon as he saw it, he got the joke.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings-n-Things 0 #61 November 6, 2010 I wouldn't know. I haven't received my issue yet! Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 20 #62 November 6, 2010 I do actually remember that specific student. He was also on the Perris Student Blooper Tape that was going around that year. I also recall that day Steve Clark was lamenting the fact he foolishly purchased his own tandem rig (I think he had a thing about "borrowed" gear) but soon realized he couldn't make back to back loads that way. So he leased it back to the DZ and we always made it a big point after using it to say, "Nice rig, Bro, thanks!" LOL! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #63 November 6, 2010 Quote I do actually remember that specific student. He was also on the Perris Student Blooper Tape that was going around that year. I also recall that day Steve Clark was lamenting the fact he foolishly purchased his own tandem rig (I think he had a thing about "borrowed" gear) but soon realized he couldn't make back to back loads that way. So he leased it back to the DZ and we always made it a big point after using it to say, "Nice rig, Bro, thanks!" LOL! NickD That is my blooper tapes, (5 of them) I still have them, BUT, I stopped them from playing any more, they are now for Instructors only...other poeple made too much out of "how it happened" where instructors every time Learn from them...I only show them to people that understand how shit happens now...(BTW, My wife is on Tape one) I never imagined they would be a negative.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #64 November 8, 2010 Hahahaha!!!!!! I had to do it! Cover worthy?*I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #65 November 8, 2010 QuoteHahahaha!!!!!! I had to do it! Cover worthy? Did you order that jumpsuit that way or did they fuck up the order? SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #66 November 8, 2010 Quote Quote Hahahaha!!!!!! I had to do it! Cover worthy? Did you order that jumpsuit that way or did they fuck up the order? Sparky It's a borrowed suit. *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #67 November 8, 2010 Liar...there's tons of pictures of you in that suit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #68 November 8, 2010 Quote Liar...there's tons of pictures of you in that suit It's one of the AFFI's... he leaves it at the dz for people to borrow. Regardless I don't think it's that bad. *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #69 November 8, 2010 It's the white shoez. I mean really! White shoez! Only two kinds of guys can pull of white shoez. Pimps and Miami Vice fans.Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
