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hmm i didnt know this was called a "power band" what you described seems to me like it is just a perfectly executed swoop...... ive never heard it called "powerband" untill now.. i guess you learn somthing new every day

it was a tradgic accident and im sorry for whatever you have had to go through... im also sorry for whatever rod is haviing to go through....

actually! i think your right!....

i understand what your talking about but ive never heard that called the "power band " before... i guess it depends on who you talk to.

i mean look at hans paulson... he sucks!! but is consistant!.... so he gets fourth at the world cup... congrats hansie... keep on suckin! ok ok you rock hans... it is good to have learned from one of the best....

well it "feels" faster doing it that way.. but watch all the pro's.. do you see them diggin?.. i think a good swoop is more about consistancy not being "the fastest" or the "most accurate" but the most "consistant" if you have 5 runs and go verticle on one.... well most likely it is over for you..... now the guy that hit the gate every time.. but wasnt as acurate as you or as fast as you .... beats you because he was consistant and hit the gate every time.... then of course there is other factors like blade strikes , chow, whatever else i might not have mentioned.... if you are the most consistant at everything then you will do well...

well what hans needs to do is watch it because the student is going to overcome the teacher soon..... hes gettin scared smellin me coming!....

hans doesnt dissagree i taught him everything he knows. he is just pissed hes got to clean my toilet tonight... ok ok im kidding... but i know he doesnt dissagree he is just being a pissant

the power band is a myth.. when your stuck in the corner and you dig out with your rears your body acts as a pendulum and you "feel" this great accelleration due to your body swingiung under the canopy..... it means your too low in your swoop and your digging out... i dont suggest this at all.... but im sure somone else has an oposite opinion...

just be carefull/... and i suggest you take some of these things and talk to one of the instructors at your dz before you try any of this.... since they have seen your landings and maybee be better able to explain it in person

it isnt really weather you should start earlier or not.. but looking at that pick it looks like that is what you need to do...it is more a judgment you make with experiance.. you not going to get it right away.. so dont kick youself...it isnt satges.... but you could think of it that way.. it is more of a fluid motion.. non stop flare.. "just slowly" but it is a judgment you make when you "feel" your body sinking then you "flare a little more" when you feel your just about out of lift then put your feet down..."note: if you canopy falls behind you when you stop .. that means you put your feet down too late and "stalled the canopy" if it falls in front of you.. then you were still flying thae canopy..." you want it to fall in front of you....use the pendulum effect to tranition to horizontal and bleed off speed with lift... do not use the pendulum effect to swing you body out in front... edit: like a car comming to a stop light.... you dont lock up the brakes and skid to a stop hoping you going to stop in time..... yet you gradually applly the brake pressure slightly then slightly more then just a bit more... till your compleatly stopped

leaning forword isnt going to make any changes in your landing exept for where your looking.... this is 100% correct. you built the speed in that landing but flared too much too late wich swung your body out front. at least that is what it looks like.... that speed that has your body swung forward can be used to "surf" the canopy. if flared correctly. try flaring lightly to create forward motion with the canopy and aqs you start to sink a little pull more toggle down to keep you body at the same height it is at when you planed it out... then slowly do more and then a little more with the toggles, untill there is just about none left then put your feet down.. also once you get a few more jumps "you can start this high right now" "at altitude" pull the front risers down a little and let the canopy dive and then slowly let them up and then transition into you toggle flare, plane out canopy then slowly flare more to keep your body at the same altitude. its good to see you have a curiosity about swooping. and when peaple tell you to learn to swoop a larger canopy and it will benifit you in the lon run "they are telling you correctly" and i suggest you do just that.. but i dont think what your jumping is out of your leuge. "but ive never seen you land" but just take it easy and learn.. it takes time... before you know it you will be giving advice.. also keep asking questions it is a good way to learn. dont close your mind to input and you should always get somone elses opinion.. later mark edit to add: what he means by swinging your body forward is... well think about a grandfather clock.. you know the pendulum? well your body is the pendulum under the parachute. use that energy to "surf" the canopy. not swing your body out in front of it..

if your in the united states then you need the pc105.... ntsc

pc105=ntsc pc105e=pal

me and my roomate need a ride from long beach airport to the chicks rock boogie. we arrive at long beach airport friday morning at 9:00 am. tomorow... if somone could give us a ride i will love you forever..... haha.. ok thanks

added the last two b/c I though they were on already! see you on sat morn adding my self Hottamaly I'll be there in the evening with my famous Jell-O shots. Will 100 be enough? I will be selling them at the Tiki bar. i think 100 will be enough for me....

the only difference i found was the price... thats it...

make me an offer... how far is it from atlanta... if the crowd isnt into progressive trance/ house.. then im not the one you need.... i have a full set up of equipment exept lights.. let me know.... pm me and we can talk.. dj insight. later mark

my one word := assholes this is why i will not sell any of my footage to those assholes at real tv.... it should be called "were a bunch of fu@(%*ing drama queens" tv.

huh?

what are you doing next weekend? Dude.. I'm not a whuffo! ya.... she's not a wuffo.... you wanna be my pack bitch?

Im sorry but I would really like to see when someone carves 360 or even a 180 with a canopy loaded 1.1:1 That I could call skill.. edit to say i didnt read the post i was replying to fully

i will be at long beach airport at 9am .. looking for a ride... TJ come pick me up........... if i get a ride i should be there bout noon

look at that lense and look at the dimond lens side by side.... they appear to be exactly the same.. i cannot tell a difference on video or by looking through it or by holding it in my hand,.... they appear to be exactly the same lens.. just the one from flyers pit is cheaper....i ordered it from there and it came from tokyo in less than a week

yes and that too... im at 2.0 on the vx.. i was 1.9 on the crossfire..... ive lost weight since i bought the vx ... thats why the small difference.....