4waynut

So far 11 teams have confirmed for the meet, including Perris Snatch Force and the British Womens Team Airkix in addition to GT, Fury, Storm, Helion, Equinox, Aerofiles, Momentum, Katalyst, and Gravity...sounds like a great turn-out.

I just found out that there is free tunnel time for participants. I will ask Quade to post it on the SSL site so Steve/Dom/Bill don't hog it all.

Perris Helion and Elsinore Momentum just confirmed...

Fine, you guys post here but don't write back to my e-mails asking for a head count? (except Steve who did write back and Mel who got spoken for by Erin). Elsinore GT, Perris Storm, Elsinore Aeorfiles, Elsinore Gravity so far. Anyone know about... Elsinore Alloy (is there a 4th yet?), Perris Quest, Perris Rebels, Element Perris, Perris Fury, Perris Helion, Arizona Divewerkz, Elsinore Equinox, Elsinore OS, and Perris Katalyst??

I never post but while I am here smackin' with Dominic: AAA Gold: Arizona Blade with an average of 16.83 Silver: Perris Schoolboys with an average of 16.67 Bronze: Elsinore GT with an average of 14.33 AA: Gold: Perris Pending with an average of 8.83 Silver: Elsinore Equinox with an average of 8.17 Bronze: Elsinore Fuse with an average of 6.17 These should be up on NSL and SSL sites by tomorrow, along with a write-up of the meet. It was awesome, big thanks to the staff at Skydive Elsinore.

Ummm...Dominic...yes Eliana is awesome but you were you not aware that you were on the plane all day with Thomas Hughes who is the penultimate tunnel body pilot? Ever seen him carve around people standing in the tunnel while on his head and wearing a bootie suit? He competed at the World Meet last year for the Brits and on Saturday he, Mark Kirkby, Natasha Montgomery and Beat Steffen won their second SSL gold medal with an average of 16.83.

That was quite a rant about my ranting. We do not all communicate in the same way and yes, I am very passionate about helping weekend fun-jumpers like myself learn more, and exposing us west-coast jumpers to the kind of talent you in Florida have at your disposal and perhaps might even take for granted. It has taken a lot of work and dedication, and dropzone.com has actually yielded some interest in events and tunnel trips. It was fairly thankless even before reading your post Just as you are entitled to disagree with and dislike my posts, I am entitled to communicate my ideas in an environment of respect as is shown everyone else without being singled out. Based on the PM's I have received, not everyone agrees with you either. Albatross: I love you man! Quade?

It's NOT too late. Just set up a coach, what's so involved about that? E-mail or contact the tunnel folks or see if David is available. You are spending big bucks for the tunnel time, dont' waste it---mark my words, as soon as you get there you will see that your dropzone.com pals are looking out for you. Good luck, write back and tell us how it went!

Quade, Most folks are flying in Friday after work and departing Sunday after the camp, which will finish by 5:00 p.m. We are coordinating airport transport (sharing cabs) and hotels (sharing rooms). The camp itself will be all day Saturday (7:30 - 5:00) and all day Sunday, with an opportunity for some night (extra) time as well with the coaches. Most camps are organized by coaches to make money. This camp is organized by COACH-EES, to suck less. Check us out!

It's intended to be a weekend camp. We have virtually both Saturday and Sunday booked all day. We are coming in from the west coast and have to work (ya know, jobs and stuff), so we are flying out late Friday night and returning Sunday evening or early Monday morning. We are inviting folks to sign up for the time they want (one hour, two hours, etc.) over the weekend and we will fold it into our schedule to ensure no one's pec's poop out too early. Come on! Albatross is coming and Quade is supportive, too. All of our dropzone.com "body flight" soap-boxers will be there!

That's $100/day per person.... I've had less expensive coaching in the tunnel and found it was a waste of money. These guys have a proven curriculum and accolades beyond mention. More importantly, their energy is patient, professional, and positive. Are you available to join us??

You are not that far away from Perris and Elsinore. Get off the computer and start watching landings and listening to stories. If you are to find opportunity and insight, that is where you will find it. However, I like the advice you were given about money: make lots of it, this is a spendy sport.

We want to suck less!! We are a bunch of left coast folks who have booked time at the SkyVenture Wind Tunnel the weekend of January 25th and we have slots/space for a few others to join us. We have arranged for coaching by David Van Greuningen and Shannon Pilcher (possibly more coaches if our group grows) with a ratio of 3 campers per coach. First-class coaching at a reasonable (ok everything is relative) price: Cost: $10/minute for tunnel time plus $100/day for coaching. Let us know if you are interested in joining us! Don't mock my zeaous posts on body flight without giving it a try... [email protected]

Can you tell I am BLONDE and worked all day??? David Van Greuningen's e-mail address is: [email protected] Gotta lay off the Diet Coke and get some rest.

There are lots of tunnel curricula out there. I agree with Albatross (as I usually do) that going to the tunnel without a coach is not a good idea. My pick: David Van Greuningen [email protected] He is so utterly competent at coaching and is a heck of a nice guy. Split his daily rate among your group and he will put your through the paces. The wonderful folks at Skyventure can also direct you to a coach, but Albatross and I are products of his coaching and so is the above-mentioned Grizz (Geoff Grizzard). Good luck!