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  8. What helped me was getting my landings taped by someone. Then discuss the tape with your instructor/Canopy Control Specialist and let them teach you what to improve. If you keep that up for a day ot what of jumping or so I know you're landings will improve! Goodl luck!

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    I wanna join, the weather suc.. overhere!! How do I do this & what do I have to sacrifice? My first canopy?



    Dude, in a few weeks I'll be getting my NEW rig...Will I be able to jump it? WHO KNOWS!!, I hope so, because I'm broke right now, and these Ramen soups are getting on my nerves.

    Okay, Okay, Okay
    I'll burn my first canopy in a ritual and dance around the fire as soon as it is full moon.. I'll ask for some jumpable weather for us both!
    Maybe a good idea that you burn your old rig on the same night ;)

  10. [You have no idea how many novenas, prayers and sacrifices I'm making to the Sun god.



    I wanna join, the weather suc.. overhere!! How do I do this & what do I have to sacrifice? My first canopy?

  • "It is better to walk further, then to be carried a short distance."

    And just learned this one:

    "Succes is more often the flawless execution of a simple plan than rare moments of brilliance"

  • They say on the website that you should call and make reservations. We did that, I think so should you. So far so good.
    The problem is that you during that day never know at what time you're flying. It is not like in Orlando where you book an hour from 15.00 - 16.00 or so.
    In Paris you'll get the hour allright but spread over timeframes they see fit.
    Well it was good to be in a tunnel anyhow. I'm sure you're gonna enjoy it too. Have Fun!!

  • Went to the tunnel in Paris two weeks ago. It was nice going to a tunnel on driving distance instead of flying the 10 hours + jetlagbonus to Orlando.
    Bottum line: it's a pretty nice place to train and fly in, here are some pro's and cons:
    1. The air is much more "steady", you're not going up and down due to turbulence in the tunnel.
    2. It's also much bigger, so as a 4-way you can practice almost any block in it (heard the french 8-way team is even training in it). 3.
    It's also blowing faster, it feels more like real freefall. The downside of that from a training point of view is that you have to give less input so maybe you built less "body awareness" while flying in it.
    Cons:
    1. That tunnel in FU>>ING expensive. I'm not kidding when I tell you it is TWICE the price of Orlando (especially with the low $ at the moment!).
    My team calculated that if we wanted to fly six hours we are better of flying to Orlando and doing the training there.
    2. It is managed in a weird way. We wanted to buy time by the hour, knowing what time to be there to start. That's not the case in Paris. You're supposed to show up at the opening time and say how much time you want to fly. Then they give you minutes when they feel they can plan you in. So sometimes you have 15 min. on a row, then 30 min. etc. etc. You never know on what timeschedule you are. When you are unlucky a bunch of "funriders" go in with you and then you're timeframe is like: 2,5 min. of flying, 30 min. waiting inside, 2,5 min. flying etc.
    So you never know how much time you're traingsession is going to cost. It might as well take you all day.
    3. They have no debrief/video room. So in between sessions you can't debrief really good.

    Paris is a good start for Europe to have a tunnel but they could def. use some competition so the prices get lower and the management is more willing to fill in requests of the skydivers!!
    Europe needs MORE tunnels!

  • Okay, I didn't make this one up myself, heard it at a meet a couple of years ago:
    "Team I slept with last night"

    It was pretty funny to hear: Will the team I slept with last night go to the boarding area now?

  • Michele, that's a wonderful story. I hope you enjoy skydiving with it very much. That (and the beers, hughs etc. etc) will problably thank them the most!

  • My team and myself came over to Dealdn to do some training. One night we went out to a bar and I got into a conversation with this man. Curious about the American Lifestyle (if there is one) I asked him all kinds of questions about life work etc etc. Finally he got into it and went on and on and on how Walt Disney is ruining Florida. I wanted to get away so I askes him (dumb look on my face on) : so mister: You blame it all on Mickey Mouse? (dumb look of, assuming he would understand I was only joking.
    On the contrairy: he thought some long thoughts and replied: Yeh, Yeh, you understand me: You can blame it all on Mickey Mouse!! AND HE MEANT IT!!
    By that time I had to leave him because I didnt want to offend him, but I couldnt stop laughing.
    So from now on: every exit we funnel, every block we bust.... we blame it all on.....

  • Hi everybody,
    followed the forums for quite some time now, thought it's about time I made a post.
    I like the way all kinds of info is shared here. Though I'm not a total newbie I've learned a lot just reading and catching up with this forum. So thanx all for that (and for the times you made me laugh also!).
    Icebreaker