BKW82

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    Plenty of people out there hurf and blurf about how they don't have an RSL because they need to get stable after a chop. If their freefall skills are so shitty that they need 10 seconds to get stable, they need to take that into consideration when planning out their decision altitudes.



    I completely understand what you're saying.

    Now take a look at the video again... this guy is leading a very nice tracking dive/angle flight while on his back, then at the end of the tracking dive, he flips to his belly with precision. You can CLEARLY see he is an experienced and capable skydiver if you understand what you're watching. This would then lead me to believe, which has also been confirmed by people who have been through this scenario, that getting stable after cutting away from a violently spinning canopy is actually quite difficult.

  2. In regards to an RSL, The first rebuttal you'll here from a person that owns a x-braced is "I want to get stable after a cutaway from a spinning line twist." My rebuttal now will be, did you see this video? And second, no one stuck a gun to your head and made you buy the Velo. When I get line twists on my semi-elliptical pilot, fly's straight. Choices choices choices.

  3. cashflow

    ***Looks like the same type as the tunnel in vegas.

    Those rates seem really high, have you tried asking someone at your drop zone if there are better rates you can get if you book directly through an instructor? Skyventure tunnels charge much higher rates for non-skydivers and first timers who book their "first time package" but I have no idea if it's similar at this place.



    http://www.niagarafreefall.com/freefall/

    Sadly my home DZ is 3000+km away from the tunnel so any friendly discounts are out the window. I would love to go iFly Seattle (closer to where I actually live) but that isn't feasible for now. I'll see if I can negotiate with them once I show up though.

    Dude, that tunnel looks fucking awful... don't waste your money. You're not going to learn how to fly your body in there, only how to fly a trash bag that will be flying you.

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    Nice find. I bought a Mirage G4 and not sure if there is any way around paying taxes with SQ1 since I live in CA, but with Chutingstar, not paying taxes meant saving over $600 on a complete rig.



    If they ship it out of state, then you save the taxes, close family member/ friend in a nearby state? Just a thought.



    Why would I go through all of that trouble to save on state tax when I can do the same with Chutingstar and they ship it right to my front door? Come on, guy.

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    Does having a little forward motion or slight heads down postion on deployment help or are there any other body position tips other than what has been discussed?.. stable, symetrical, etc.



    Although head-down attitude seems imprudent on deployment, I do notice more on-heading openings when I have a bit of forward coast left over from my tracking. This is not high decent rate, mind you, just forward movement. It seems to give the canopy a place to go. If anyone else does this as well, please chime in.



    +1

    I always deploy while tracking flat... softest openings and consistently on-heading.

  6. If you freefly, seems as though most of the premium suits you see (i.e. LiquidSky, Vertical, Ouragan) are made from Taslan. From what I understand, it produces more lift than traditional fabrics, so you don't need to wear all that extra material. I can vouch for this since my older Tony Suit (pretty baggy) doesn't have quite as much lift as my Vertical suit (tailored fit).

  7. So weird... I never experienced this before until I switched to Sorz goggles and immediately started getting popped blood vessels in my eye. The only explanation I could come up with was maybe something to do with pressure building up inside the goggles? There aren't any vents in these giggles like others...

    Anyone care to take a stab at it?

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    But I bet 90 percent of skydivers couldn't discuss safety pros and cons of various rigs. And that's really sad for life saving devices.



    It's been my experience that the majority of jumpers (with less than 10 years) don't know how their rig actually works. A lot I know in the USofA dont even know how to pack their rigs so they have someone else pack them for $5, and at NO stage do they even get to inspect their kit for wear and tear, let alone anything that might indeed be life threatening.:S:S:S:S.
    There's way way too much apathy in the sport:|


    Such an elitist type comment... how do you walk around with that big head of yours?

    I'm pretty sure any skydiver with a little bit of experience fully understands how their rig works; how to inspect the rig for wear, how to properly put the rig on, how to deploy their main, and how to deploy their reserve. Are you assuming that everyone should understand their rig at a rigging level? I also fly planes, but I guess I'm ignorant because I don't know some of the insignificant pros and cons between Cessna, Diamond Star, and Cirrus. I say "significant" because on paper or in a forum like this, you may be able to split-hairs on subjects to feed your ego, but all planes previously listed, from what I understand, have a pretty good safety record. You could say the same for "life saving devices" others have listed as well. Wow, a parachuting system must be so much more complex than a $200,000 plane. Please enlighten me wise one because for a second, I almost forgot how to use a parachute [:/][:/][:/][:/][:/][:/] (whats up with your overuse of emoticons?)

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    That is an awesome number of GoPros on a single jump. I'm surprised the footage wasn't edited to include everyone's POV. That's why you had that many, right?



    My thoughts exactly. I mean, guys I was really hoping for each of you to have the front and backwards facing GoPros on your helmets. I'm telling ya, if you just had more POV action shots, you guys wouldn't have looked like assholes ;-)

  10. I'm actually in the same boat as you; have about 600 jumps and will be coming back to skydiving after a 3 year layoff. From what I've read, sounds like most places will just have you do a coach jump and maybe even have you sit through FJC. Guess I'll find out in January, but I'll also have 4-5 hours of tunnel time by then (started racking up the tunnel time a couple months ago) ;-)