TEXAS CPC Meet #4

[Levin 0]

This Sunday, 8/7, at Skydive Aggieland. Register by 9 & comp starts at 10. cya there!

[Amanduh 0]

How did the meet go?

[AggieDave 6]

It went kinda slow and was running late, but everyone did pretty well with their swoopy swoops.

1st: Todd
2nd: me :)
3rd: Levin

I don't know the break down for Kat and Brit, though. Only 5 of us were there this time, which sucked, but atleast those that were there did well. Everyone has really improved a lot over the course of these comps, its impressive really.

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

[IMGR2 0]

So you gonna go to Colorado?

[AggieDave 6]

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So you gonna go to Colorado?

I can't, for two reasons.

1. I didn't complete the Gladewater meet due to a sprained knee and I can't go to Spaceland's meet, so I won't be eligible.

2. I'm in the police academy so I can't anyways.

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

[hookitt 0]

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I can't, for two reasons.

1. I didn't complete the Gladewater meet due to a sprained knee

2. I can't go to Spaceland's meet, so I won't be eligible.

2. I'm in the police academy so I can't anyways.

Luckily good math skills isn't a requirement.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[IMGR2 0]

That's Aggie Math 101 isn't it?

[Yoshi 0]

glad things went well there.. maybe next year Ill be back in the competition mode... just couldnt bring myself to come to the meet...

congrads to everyone else that competed
-yoshi

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[brits17 0]

Kat and I left out early, I had a final the next day and it was already late. So we sacrificed our top positions to get back to Houston at a reasonable hour

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[Levin 0]

here's the results from the meet...

Accuracy
1. Levin
2. Todd
3. Kat
3. Brit
3. Dave

Distance
1. AggieDave
2. Todd
3. Kat
4. Brit
5. Levin

Speed
1. Todd
2. Levin
3. Kat
4. Dave
5. Brit

OverAll
1.Todd
2. AggieDave
3. Levin
4. Kat
5. Brit

thanks to everyone that helped setting up the courses and judging. Stan, Reg, Chris, Kat, Brit (hope i didn't leave anyone out). thanks to CBS for covering the event. haven't seen the broadcast but supposedly it was really good. Kat and Mazzy were all over it. looking forward to our last meet of our 1st season.

[Levin 0]

u didn't miss anything. not 10 minutes after u left the winds picked up to 15+. we called it with only one speed round. storm blew in.

[tspillers 0]

The news spot is at www.kbtx.com It was front page.

Don't have time to look now.

Off to jury duty....

I am not totally useless, I can be used as a bad example.

[Amanduh 0]

http://www.kbtx.com/news/headlines/1655356.html

Hobby or Competition, the Sky's the Limit
Updated: 10:25 AM Aug 8, 2005
Steve Fullhart

Talk to regular skydivers about their freefalls, and you'll find their head in the clouds.

"It's hard to describe until you've done it, and once you've done it, it's hard to describe," said Todd Spillers with Skydive Aggieland.

Their path to the skies are usually simple enough. "I had a friend that started skydiving," said another diver, Katrina Autry, "and I just went out with her and came out and watched a whole bunch and said, 'Hey, that looks like a lot of fun.'"

And when it comes to deplaning from a flying jet, packing a chute is packing one's life. "You can't play the game without having the equipment ready, so you've got to get the equipment ready," said Skydive's David Lund. "It's just something you've got to do."

On Sunday, you could add a dash of competition to the mix. Coulter Field played host to the fourth of five meets in the state's canopy piloting event, with tests of accuracy, speed and distance. When the competition is complete, two Texans will compete in the nationals, with $5,000 on the line.

"Most of the competitors have a minimum of 500 jumps," Spillers said. "Most of them have around a thousand or more. And basically, you're diving at the ground at 60-70 mph.

"It's kind of neat to be able to have something, making a living and loving to do it at the same time," he added.

"When it comes down to it," said Lund, "these competitions are really low key. Everybody here is friends. We've known each other in skydiving long before we started competing with each other. We're out here rooting each other on and having a good time."

And for those who've already made up their minds about diving, "Never say never because life is always changing," Autry said, "and one of these days everyone should do it at least once just to experience and so they know what it's like."

"People think skydivers have a death wish," said Lund. "Skydiving isn't about death. Skydiving is about life. It's about living your life, and living it to the fullest."

And with a little cash on the line, it's that much more fun.

[FemaleFlyer 0]

That was great shots of us. Really liked the angle and how they fast forward our swoops. Made them look really nice.

And yes mazzy looked nice too......


By the way when and where is the next meet?

Kat

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