JumpCrazy

ok, I am adding up the weight of my rig here using shipping weights given on gear store websites:

Silhouette 150: 8 lbs
Tempo 150: 7 lbs
Cypres: 1.5 lbs

But I don't know how much my container weighs. It is an Infinity designed to fit the above canopies. It isn't articulated, it has mini rings, and a standard D style reserve handle. Oh, and it's BOC. Anyone know approximately what this would weigh?

I really like this one.

Taken by freeflyanvil (Dave Cvetanovski) at the Richmond Boogie 2003.

edit to say: pilot dave posted the same thing while I was typing this.

oh well.

There's no such thing as centrifugal force. It's just something that people make up to help them understand centripital force.

If you think about it, this is true. What could possibly be pulling you away from the canopy when you are spinning? nothing. You body has the tendancy to travel in a line perpendicular to the direction of centripital force. This causes the feeling of a downward force (centrifugal) that isn't actrually there

Ok all you guys, this was meant to be a joke, and I didn't write it either (just got it in my e-mail). Take it for what its worth.

But I still can't help myself here:

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Is this in Bizzaro World? Baseball was invented in the US. See this http://www.hickoksports.com/history/baseba02.shtml

Actually this game (in Beachville ONtario) pre dates the one you posted:http://www.ocl.net/projects/beachvillem/baseball.shtml

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Actually, it was invented by a Canadian in the US, Springfield, Mass to be more exact.

Alright I knew that but being invented by a Canuk is good enough for me

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Penicillin was discovered by Sir Andrew Flemming from Scotland.

You're right there but he did invent it in Canada.

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Velcro is a Swiss invention.
The phone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell who was born in Scotland, moved to Ontario, then to the US where he invented the telephone.

Ya, those are both correct. Don't know why they were on the list.

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A Canadian discovered Insulin, he didn't invent it.

techicallity. what are you....some kind of lawyer?


Ok ya happy?

Oh ya, almost forgot. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world (USA isn't first for all who don't know that).

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And this is a good thing?

You know it!

1. Smarties

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp

3. The size of our football fields and one less down

4. Baseball is Canadian

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Roger’s ass

10. Tim Horton’s kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass

11. In the war of 1812, started by America,
Canadians pushed the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon MaKenzie King who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came home and partied...Go figure.

12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.

13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone. Anywhere. EVER.

14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and it lasted a little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught.

16. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.

17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.

18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes.

19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.

20. We don't marry our kin-folk.

21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. We have coloured money. Yes, that’s COLOURED not COLORED.

25. Our beer advertisements kick ass
BUT MOST IMPORTANT!

24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada!!

25. And we don't bomb our allies.

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.

Double fronts has worked for me before. The winds were strong but steady (not gusting). In full flight I was coming straight down above a fence and was at about 100'. I applied some front riser pressure (only pulled 2-3") and moved about 10-15' past the fence. I released the front risers by about 50' and landed safely (not on the fence). I jump a silhouette 150 loaded at 1.1

I wear contacts and never had a problem. I wear mini flex-z goggles and they never come off. I guess some contacts must fit some peoples eyes better.

I am very light and fall slow (150lbs, 6'2"). When it comes to breakoff time, my track is usually flatter than other peoples and I can see everybody below me. This way I can make sure that I have enough seperation from everyone just by looking down and behind.

However, some of the other skydivers on these jumps have expressed concern because they can't see me easily. Should I try to track more at their level, or not worry about it? I guess they might feel nervous because they are putting more trust in me if I am above but what do you think?

I jump a Sil 150 and have just over 100 jumps on it. The only other canopies that I have jumped are the Sabre and Sabre 2.

I bought the Sil used and it had about 50 jumps on it at the time. I load this canopy at 1.13:1 (about what you are planning)and it flies nicely providing fast turns and soft landings. I am still happy with this canopy and will probably keep it for about 100 more jumps before I downsize.

Retail value may be an issue but I bought it used so it was cheap to start with. Let us know what you decide

was it worth it?

From my recent new jumpsuit thread.

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i think somone needs to post in the hottie thread!!

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How long did your suit take(just wondering what delivery time is)?

You can order it rushed (15 working days) for $30 extra. Mine arrived at my door exactly on 15 days. I think they had it done in about 10 days.

Regular wait time is about 8 weeks. I had to get it rushed so I could have it for Florida next month.

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Awesome! Now, your next rig should look like this.

Sweet! When I do buy a new rig it will look something like that for sure. I bought this one used a while ago so I didn't have much choice.

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So, when Do you get to try it out?

Well, thats the part that kinda sucks. I am in Canada and our last weekend of jumping for the year has just passed (the DZO has gone to California). However, I will be going to Florida to do some jumping around Christmas time

In due time my friend. I think wingsuits are very cool and when I have enough jumps, I will be trying one out for sure!

Its a Freak-n-Suit. So far I am very happy with it. I can't wait to try it out!

What do you think?

What about Skyventure? Someone has to be bringing in some serious cash for that. I am not sure who, or if he/she is even a skydiver.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Went to the DZ last saturday along with 4 other skydivers. Low clouds all day so we did H+Ps. Its the end of the season in Canada and we don't get much good weather in November so we all really wanted to jump no matter what. Altitudes ranged from 2800' to 4000' and we had a blast.

The other good thing about H+Ps especially on a cessna DZ is the short climb to altitude. We took off, jumped, packed and took off again inside 1/2hr. Where regular turnaround times for the plane to 12000' at our DZ are 1/2hr.

The DZO at my home DZ made his own mal video. He told us how he just couldn't cause a baglock mal. He tried looping line stows through each other, knotting them up....none of it worked and the d-bag just kept opening up. So he resorted to some good old duct tape and it worked! (or didn't work...you get the idea).

Not like this thread has been hijacked enough...oh well...here goes.

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you should come up for our end of year party this weekend and jump our super otter before we fly it off to skydive south beach, the new pahokee, florida dropzone (not a plug, really, no advertising here!)

Hey....I'm gonna be there! I'm coming all the way from London, On, Canada. I sure hope its warmer in Tecumseh....its like 3hrs south. Seriously though, I can't wait.

I'm placing my freak-n-suit order tomorrow so I'm happy to hear the good news!

My reserve is due for a repack within the next month. So, I am going to do an intentional cutaway(with a belly reserve just in case) within a couple of weeks. I think it is a good idea to experience a cutaway, although it would be different in an actual emergency. Also, my reserve has never been used, and I would like to see how it flies before I need it in an emergency.