amychmelecki 0 #1 October 1, 2008 Skydive Arizona November 1st and 2nd Halloween Boogie Currently the biggest sit round that we know of is the 15-way we built last spring; let’s make it bigger! We will start by building a belly round then key it up to a sit round. Everyone who thinks they have the skills is invited to give it a shot. Please understand that because you register does not mean you will be on all the attempts. We may have to make cuts to make it happen. This will be a two day event! We will do about 5 jumps per day. Registration is free. Fill out the attached registration form and give it to the Skydive Arizona manifest by the time manifest closes on Friday, October 31st. You can faz you registration from to manifest at 520-466-4720 Meet at 8:30 am on Saturday November 1st to kick things off. Saturday night is the costume contest at the Bent Prob. There will be a DJ, dancing, prizes and boogie beer! Questions? Contact Amy at amychmelecki@hotmail.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonBones 1 #2 October 1, 2008 I understand and respect the movement to make some head up records, but why start it out from the belly? Why not keep it sit from begining to end? Surely it can be done.108 way head down world record!!! http://www.simonbones.com Hit me up on Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dharma1976 0 #3 October 1, 2008 I was at one of the sit invitationals and man with some of the best sit fliers around it was awfully hard to build big accordions Cheers Dhttp://www.skyjunky.com CSpenceFLY - I can't believe the number of people willing to bet their life on someone else doing the right thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyimpaired 0 #4 October 1, 2008 Quotebut why start it out from the belly? Why not keep it sit from begining to end? Surely it can be done. If you were to import the top head up flyers from around the country they probably wouldn't have much difficulty building a 20 way sit. (but you also wouldn't be offering an open invitation on DZ.com) Then the rest of us would all have to sit at home and wish we were that good. Amys events aren't geared for the best of the best. Amys events are geared towards skilled jumpers who (1) want to have fun and (2) want to be challenged. This event in particular is an excellent opportunity for your average weekend skydiver to do all of the above along with getting their picture in the magazines and being able to claim they've been on a world record. :) I think its a lot more about the fun and the challenge than the World Record part. "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wonderwoman07 0 #5 October 1, 2008 I think it'd be a great idea to bring back the head up challenge/work on building bigger and bigger "all-head up" sit-rounds, but that doesn't mean that these belly to sit rounds Amy is organizing aren't bad ass too. In fact, I'm a huge fan : ) I'll do my best to make it. I certaintly wouldn't want to miss another go at it! (even if it means flying out from Florida on back to back weekends) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bomb420 1 #6 October 2, 2008 Amy, Sign me up (wait I'm not following instructions like always).... Ilea you have to come.... Oh and guess who's been working on his belly skills... no more red rover, red rover let Trunk come over ;-)HYPOXIC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #7 October 9, 2008 Would rock to build a 10/15-ish round with the belly-to sit transition, and getting a few hard-core skilled mutha's to fly in and do normal sitflying docks and build some stingers, so you get something cooler than just a circle...and you could still have the mixed-bag of skills around to do this..JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amychmelecki 0 #8 October 10, 2008 all in good time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wonderwoman07 0 #9 October 17, 2008 I just bought my plane ticket out for the sit-round. Be there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bomb420 1 #10 November 13, 2008 Day one footage... Freefliers on their belly aka 20way round attempt Day 2 looked cleaner and we briefly built a 17way Thx to Greg Gasson for his patience and outside footage. And of course Amy who is always a blast to jump with and a bad ass organizer HYPOXIC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #11 November 25, 2008 You make it sound like anything from the belly is bad, like belly is loserville,,,,whats the deal here, ?what diff does it make where you start so long as you achieve the goal, no ?smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #12 November 25, 2008 I don't think thats what Simon is saying. It's easier to build a 20 Way round on the belly. It's much harder to chunk a sit round and and build from there. I think he's asking why not just go for the harder attempt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #13 November 26, 2008 Quote I think he's asking why not just go for the harder attempt. because it not all JUST about breaking a record with multi thousand jump gurus. It's also about getting folks you are an intermediate skills level in a place where they can jump with and learn from some very talented and skilled people, AND in the process maybe break a world record. It's not all about the glory. but i could be wrong You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #14 November 26, 2008 thats a valid point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amychmelecki 0 #15 November 27, 2008 Also, A 20 way belly round is really really really hard!!! We had a blast trying!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #16 December 2, 2008 Yeah, I was just going to say that. :) A 20-way belly for freefliers is about as hard as starting from the sit! Who we kiddin? ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #17 December 2, 2008 Ha........Yeah your'e proabably right. Hell a 4 way Belly jump is probably really hard for a free flyer. Also synchornizing the belly to sit transition, is probably equally difficult. Hey Simon............Shut the Hell Up !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonBones 1 #18 December 2, 2008 We damn near pulled of a 32 way belly to sit transition at Lodi a few weekends ago! 32 freeflyers made a big ass belly formation, turned to a second belly point, and all went to a sit. Unfortunately the outer formation broke in the sit transition. Real freeflyers can too belly fly!108 way head down world record!!! http://www.simonbones.com Hit me up on Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #19 December 2, 2008 Nope.............REAL Free flyers have no interest in Belly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetra316 0 #20 December 2, 2008 Quote Yeah, I was just going to say that. :) A 20-way belly for freefliers is about as hard as starting from the sit! Who we kiddin? Yep the video is very entertaining watching 20 free flyers trying to belly fly. See where dissing the belly gets you? Zoo loads! Bad ass flyers like Amy excepted of course Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bomb420 1 #21 December 2, 2008 I have to get the footage from the second day, our belly skills got dope after the halloween party festivities... HYPOXIC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #22 December 3, 2008 I'm being sarcastic of course......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #23 December 23, 2008 *bump* any video of later attempts?-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bomb420 1 #24 January 13, 2009 Thx for reminding me....GREG!!!!HYPOXIC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
