lawrocket 3 #1 March 9, 2003 Lesson learned: do NOT wear a shirt with a collar when jump. It'll smack your face - repeatedly - like a dang snare drum. Anybody else ever wear something stupid? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 93 #2 March 9, 2003 The collar might also lay over the top of the 3-rings. Not a pretty thought, is it?People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #3 March 9, 2003 I had a sunglass strap come out from under my helmet and smack the hell out of my neck once. It left a huge welt and it hurt too! You can read about an incident that our very own Sangiro had with a pair of pants he wore on a jump here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=242477#242477She 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
Jessica 0 #4 March 9, 2003 Don't wear long shirts that aren't tucked in. They could blow over your handles. I got one hell of a lecture when I was just off AFF and showed up on a load like that.Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #5 March 9, 2003 Don't wear convertible pants, you know the ones that convert from long-legged to shorts with the zip of a zipper. High speed air is liable to open that zipper permanently. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #6 March 9, 2003 Rugby shirts, my Tikki necklace (Maori bone carving), spare chin strap webbing, and the excess elastic on my goggles have all given cause to wince.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,116 #7 March 9, 2003 Quote spare chin strap webbing, The red mark from that looks just like a hickey . 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
ianmdrennan 2 #8 March 9, 2003 Stay away from shoes/boots with those hooks on them too :)Performance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flash 0 #9 March 10, 2003 Had my collar come out of my jump suit before except it had a button on it Now you talk about hurt like HELL! I tried putting it back in while in freefall and my friend that I was jumping with said I looked like I was haveing an attack or something... Gravity powered...Air cooled! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #10 March 11, 2003 They'd need to be good-sized collars to coer the rings, kind of like a Bozo the Clown outfit. With smaller golf-shirt collars (sometimes I end up wearing them on a jump), just make sure there is a jumpsuit over them and that they are covered by its collar. Then it ends up being OK.I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #11 March 11, 2003 I'm always surprised at the number of people who wear rings when they jump. If you know what the word deglove (not for the squeamish)means, you probably wouldn't do it.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nemo 0 #12 March 11, 2003 One of the first jumps I did in a pair of nylon shorts taught me not to wear boxer shorts as an undergarment! Near the beginning of freefall from 13'500 the shorts begin to smack my thighs, which I could handle, but soon afterwards the boxers began to flap against my family jewels! Ouuuuuuch! Needless to say, I spent the rest of the dive clutching the loose material and my jewels, whilst attempting to remain belly-stable for the remainder of the descent. I was basically doing a practice ripcord touch for several thousand feet until pull time, with excellent form. From then onwards, any dive I make in shorts has been and will be in a pair of briefs, and snug ones at that. Guys, pay attention and learn from the mistakes of others or Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #13 March 11, 2003 Very difficult to explain to the mrs.L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #14 March 12, 2003 Quote I'm always surprised at the number of people who wear rings when they jump. If you know what the word deglove (not for the squeamish)means, you probably wouldn't do it. GNAAAARLY DUDE!!!! Thanks for the visuals 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
sunshine 2 #15 March 12, 2003 Do not wear those pants that snap all the way up the side. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #16 March 12, 2003 Quote Lesson learned: do NOT wear a shirt with a collar when jump. It'll smack your face - repeatedly - like a dang snare drum. Anybody else ever wear something stupid? Dude, Don't you listen to your instructors??Shark AFF/I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meridianjumper 0 #17 March 17, 2003 I made the mistake of "wear" one of those disposible camera that have the big green rubber band on it. I put it over my left arm and it beat the ever living snot outta me in free fall. Note to self: Never do that again. Blue Skies, Jeremy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #18 March 17, 2003 Don't wear boots with speed hooks, either. That could be bad..--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #19 March 18, 2003 On my 12th jump I exited visor up with my Oxygn A3. I spent the whole freefall trying to get the visor latched and the helmet back down over my head. When I finally got it together, I could see my jump coach 50 feet away just laughing his ass off. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTPi 0 #20 March 18, 2003 Do not wear your goggles loose! On my first AFF jump I thought I had them tight enough in the plane but the minute I was out of the plane they popped up on my forehead. I didn't even try to fix them but I remember thinking, "Man, if I hit a bug, I'm screwed!!!" They've been secure on every jump since! -- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpnfun2 0 #21 March 19, 2003 Don't wear a tank top while jumpmastering S/L students out of a C-182. When you lean out to spot, the student gets an eye full. Refered to as a student flash, I owed beer. The student didn't seem to mind, but it took me a moment to get his feet out on the step...oopsSue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #22 March 19, 2003 Quote Don't wear a tank top while jumpmastering S/L students out of a C-182. When you lean out to spot, the student gets an eye full. Refered to as a student flash, I owed beer. The student didn't seem to mind, but it took me a moment to get his feet out on the step...oops No, Don't stop! Think of the students! I was flashed by one of my IAD jumpmasters when I was a student. That was the first time I left the plane with a smile.She was a bit red in the face though... KrisSky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpnfun2 0 #23 March 19, 2003 Quote No, Don't stop! Think of the students! I was flashed by one of my IAD jumpmasters when I was a student. That was the first time I left the plane with a smile.She was a bit red in the face though... Kris Ya, But debriefing the guy was painful. He just wouldn't stop smiling.Told me it was the best thing he had ever done. Had a ball, etc.... Didn't seem to remember much of the jump tho....Sue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #24 March 19, 2003 Ok, Who's finger...or lack therof...is that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #25 March 20, 2003 On our Telesis student rigs the main risers covers wear out and becoem useless. I never really noticed it until I did a jump without a helmet and the damn things beat the tips of my ears raw. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
