Fuzzwah

Any chance of getting a photo of someone wearing a helmet with this mount all set up?

Might be time for you to do some reading about the NSA......

It seems they've busted the playlist by removing one of the videos. I recreated a working playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTYsjH7DSVA&list=PLk7oiO9xalU3lX8WQwC8NlS-4-ogWOEAR

At 1st I thought you posted because of the student's body position on exit.... then I got to the bit you really meant. Wow.

There aren't, but there are more advanced canopy courses available through a number of sources that you can voluntarily take. Don't let the lack of a requirement stop you. It's also good to get back to a basic class every so often - a refresher and a day focused on you and your canopy skills is never a waste of time. I probably wasn't clear in my post. I realize there currently aren't further canopy licenses for C and D. I was responding to the proposal of adding these. I also realize there are canopy courses run by different groups. I did mention that I would look at doing those as I progress. I just wanted to point out that having something standardized by the USPA at C and D level makes sense to me.

Hopefully even though I'm a low jump count newb my input might be helpful. I'm doing my B canopy course with Axis out at Eloy on the weekend and I'm looking forward to it greatly. If there was subsequent canopy courses for C and D licenses I'd be eager to do them too. While I'm a low jump count newb, I have been around skydiving for the better part of 20 years. From the time of my 1st tandem at 14 to now at the age of 34, canopies have changed greatly. Frankly the tiny, beach towel sized high performance chutes I see swooping in for landings scare the utter shit out of me. I worry for younger people who are coming into the sport with out seeing the progression in canopy performance which I've seen. Kids will come out and do their AFF jumps and swooping will be the norm to them. For this reason I think that some kind of licensed progression is for the best. The talk of whether this is worth doing because idiots will just continue being idiots and find a way around any rules which are implemented misses a big point (imho). There are newbs like me who WANT to learn. If / when I want to get under a high performance chute I know that I could go and find a canopy course to complete. However I think that an officially sanctioned USPA progression would be the best thing. The upside for me would be that I could quickly explain to instructors / gear sellers / riggers / etc what my level of skill is. "I've just completed the C license canopy course and have been comfortable jumping with a 1.2 wing load" paints a pretty simple picture.

I did 3 tandems while waiting to be old enough to do my AFF jumps. I can honestly say I wasn't scared for any of them. I figure that I just had a lot of trust in my TI's. It also helped being a 14 year old invincible kid and after hanging around the dropzone for 4 years watching my Dad jump I was just so excited to finally experience it. For my 1st AFF jump I was nervous as I went to the door. On my 2nd jump I was very anxious / scared. I put this down to now having some idea of what was going on, how quickly things happen and could possible go wrong. With less excitement I had more time to be worried about details. After I'd completed my AFF jumps I don't think I was anxious or scared at the door any more. I was so focused on having a nice stable exit and learning from every jump I didn't give myself time to worry. Then I had a malfunction on my 14th jump.... and climbing to the door for 15 was nerve wracking. Since then, I haven't felt any worries at the door. I really love that feeling of stepping out of a plane and look forward to it eagerly. I've had long breaks away from jumping (2x 6 year gaps) so I spent a lot of time dreaming about skydiving and realizing how much I missed it. I think this gave me an easy way to remove the fear and focus on the fun.

While I had my 1st tandem at 14 and did my AFF while 16-17 I then dropped out of the sport. I did another handful of jumps through my 20's, but it wasn't until just recently at the age of 34 that I've felt the drive to really throw myself into the sport completely.