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I have been trying to buy one for the last couple months. GRRRRR, I want one.lol

I have about 500 jumps on a board back in the late 90's. It's fun, but lonely

on the cutaway system it two parts. The lower part is to release the right and left heal, so the cutaway is a Y. The upper part attaches to the lower part and goes under your spandex or some form of pants to hold the cable tight to your body. you cut a hole in the pants up by your thigh, letting the pad poke through. The velcro of the release pad will attach to the under shorts, that has velcro attached to it as well. So you have under shorts with velcro that the release handle attaches to and the spandex pants covers the cable running up your leg and has a hole for the handle to be exposed.

I think you should check out Tesla from Fluidwings as well. Xfire, has a short recovery arch, the Crossfire should be longer.

that's fair. My comment was kinna rude, but it was not meant to be. My apologies.

take this with a grain of salt. Love your enthusiasm for the sport of skydiving, however it doesn't feel like you have the experience to be giving advice. I am always very careful about giving advice, but I am happy to have a conversation. so instead I would " gear " your channel to a conversation about .....

Also practice tracking and get some video doing it. Cupping and rolling your shoulders forward helps. Learning a really flat track will help, but it's not one thing, it's all the small things that will get you good separation.

The roll packing is good. You can see it on Ranch Pro shop pro tips. https://www.theranchproshop.com/pro-tips

I want one, I think it sounds pretty cool.

at age 26 he is worth over 30 million, so I think I will cut him some slack.

IMO Logan handled the mal pretty well.

FYI, you can demo the reserves from PD. In the past I have always jumped my reserve as a demo. So if and when you have to goto your handles, that little voice in the back of your mind is gone. Years ago I was flying a " Nova" this canopy will date me, lol. I had a small rip in one of my end cell's. About that time the NOVA was known to acting funny in turbulence low to the ground, collapsing. Even though MY NOVA with the rip was acting fine at altitude, flair was fine, turned fine, recovered fine, I still decided to chop it. I had several jumps on my reserve as a demo, so in the end it was the right choice. I sent my Nova back to Glide Path for the repairs, and they said that they would not repair it, but would replace the canopy or give me my money back. This is when the news of the canopy collapsing started to spread so I had them send me a check.

I purchased one with my new rig, and I am impressed with the ease of use, and the multi settings. I would say yes it might hurt the sale in a beginner rig, but in a advanced rig I would say no. Most experienced skydivers would not be turned off by the brand.

I was in this same situation, and I chose the Peregrine Manufacturing Glide with the Ace Mard system. I got my custom rig in less than six weeks, quality is outstanding, and Dave was amazing to deal with. I would take a look.

I guess the only real way to find out about the degradation of performance is to have flight data the first day, and every day after. I love having new canopies, but hate packing them! So maybe the softer material is to aid in ease of packing thus better customer feedback.lolol

I am not sure about this comment ^^^^^^^^^^^ We know that PD, and all the top manufacturers do lot's of testing. So without input from one of their engineers, we are all guessing. I really doubt the manufacturers are using cheaper materials, but I could be wrong. Rob

in the late 90's early 2000's I racked up around 500 jumps on a board. It's like trying to stand on a surfboard in the deep end of a pool at first. Make sure your core is really strong is the best advice I can give. practice your recovery technique. That would be sit flying with the board out in front of you. You really have to own this move. make sure you are 100% stable standing with your arms in all different positions before you move to more complex moves. If you wave off and pitch, and then become unstable it could be bad for you. I spent around 25 jumps on each one of those moves before I moved on. Not sure a AAD is a good idea, I always turned mine off canopy choice is important. I always jumped with a stiletto. I felt like it was a great canopy for jumping a board with.

I would buy a used rig for your first. There are several complete systems in the classifieds. Jump the shit out of it, then get what you want.

Yedi just came out with a line of Waterproof duffel bags. The Panga 100 looks like it would carry a rig, helmet, and the basic gear. https://www.yeti.com/duffels/panga-100-duffel/YPD100.html

well how do you like it.

https://www.purehockey.com/product.aspx?itm_id=18155&div_id=2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8O6887Hm1wIVhrjACh2cnwpIEAQYCSABEgL8l_D_BwE I wore a hockey helmet right off student status, but back then there was only one skydiving helmet. http://tonflyusa.com/helmets.php I like the TonFly helmet, I think they offer some good protection vs weight

I am 6-7 220 without gear. And I really had to work hard on my tracking form. Cupping your shoulders and de-arching, trying to cup as much air as possible is what I try to do. Also when I wave off, I go back to the giant X vs Frog, to try to slow down as much as possible for the small wings.

Albert, Thank you for the great advice. And yes once I figure out when I am coming down to Florida I will call. Thank you, Rob

There she is, all the parts

http://www.motosport.com/ogio-big-mouth-gear-bag this is the gear bag I use