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Forget the winds, how much flooding were you guys expecting that justified his pants??!

Blues,
Dave

now that's funny right there, I don't care who y'are, that's funny

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Good thing he's already fathered a child!

yeah - that may be all she wrote for that subject.....

Springtime in New York, safety day, howling winds and time to practice Emergency Procedures..... we caught Chris on tape practicing in Badfish style.

We did actually have video of the complete set of procedures but Gabe was laughing too hard to hold the camera steady. So here's what we got, and he held on to both handles and didn't spill a drop!
http://sidsrigging.com/galleries/galleries_index.htm

Can't wait for the safety nazis to get hold of THIS one

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It's not really a secret, but somehow I doubt I am supposed to be snapping and posting pictures on the internet.

Warning! The next time that you see Cowden's Picture, it may be on a milk carton!

I'm pretty sure that's a "Square Bear" made by Jim and Suzie Basse....... in Palatka, Florida

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The bottom line is this:

You must be 18 to to do a tandem.
In most states, you must be 18 to make any kind of skydiove, not because of skydiving, but because we have you sign a legally binding "Assumption of Risk" (contract) which most States will not honor unless one has reached the age of majority.

There are dropzones near you that willl allow an AFF skydive at 16 with parental consent - if both biological parents sign. If you are the product of a divorced family; both biological parents would need to be present to sign the waiver.

That's not strictly true. for example Skydive Columbus Ohio will take any minor that fits in the harness with parental consent.... http://www.skydivecolumbusohio.com/cfaq/index.php?qid=45&catid=3

Call JumpSHack on MOnday, you can rent an intentional cutaway rig

If you rent the intentional cutaway rig from JumpShack (I've jumped it a few times) you can cutaway a malfunctioning reserve, and the tertiary is a belly mounted round. You still have to deploy it into clean air... luckily I've never had to.......

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Most manufacturers offer at or near a 150 and 170. Does anyone make a 160-ish main?

Jumpshack offers a 164 sq.ft. Firebolt (I jump one, it's awesome)

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has anyone got any pics showing the stages of a reserve pack?

some pics here
http://www.sidsrigging.com/articles/What_do_I_get_for_$40.htm

and packing instructions for your reserve will be in its manual. eg see under "manuals" for the reserve manuals on
www.performancedesigns.com/canopyinfo.asp

Damn I've got to change that page, I charge $45 now...

phew - for a moment I thought you were going to ask if a Rigger would ever pencil his/her own rig I would NEVER do that

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I've seen it - they have one person hold the reserve PC and the jumper walks away, simulating a deployment.

I fail to see how it is a "more realistic test" than the other video posted. In both cases the force applied is in parallel to the lines.

Can someone explain, please?

I am the jumper walking away and that's my rig.... (also, in the interests of scientific study it hadn't actually been repacked in a while ) - the speedbag uses motion to control and order the deployment of the lines before the final group of lines, which run under the top flap, peel it back. There was no hesitation or indication to me that the canopy had released until it hit the floor, I just kept walking and would probably have been in Daytona if they hadn't called me back.
Laying the bag on the floor and pulling it slowly is unlikely to generate enough kinetic energy to peel back the flap, but the simple action of walking forward does.
I really want to let this thread die, because all of the answers are in here and you are either going to believe them or not, so I'm not going to debate this post, and if I used the incorrect terminology (kinetic energy, shmenergy) I apologize now.
In EVERY realistic test - and in actual use, in both cutaways and canopy transfers, the speedbag performs flawlessly. It ensures that the lines deploy before the canopy and is an evolution of the diaper principle that I, as a rigger and a skydiver use on my equipment because I believe it is an advance in reserve deployment safety.

Pete Draper,

Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?

Can't wait to check that out. I was listening to Bruce, Baker, Moore this afternoon while packing reserves, dammit that guy can play..........

I don't have any knowledge on the machines themselves, but Alienware had some MAJOR product placement in the new movie "Stay Alive" (and they looked really cool)

Happy Brthday B2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I used to love gettin' pissed on a Friday night and going for a Ruby.......
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Thankfully it still happens Should i maybe organize a skidvers curry nite

Well, I don't really get pissed any more, but I could murder a ruby.........

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Jacobs Crackers - Knackers

Thank you Thank you Thank You - I was compleyely stumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then I haven't seen Jacobs Crackers for many, many years........

In the movie "Snatch" there were a couple of references to "Jacobs" for testicles......., now I was born in the East End, spoke rhyming slang but couldn't work that one out. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Holy Cow! I used to talk like that too!!!!!! The thing is, it's an evolving dialect too...... I saw a movie recently with rhyming slang and didn't know some of the references. Many years ago Sir Anthony Blunt was tried for treason, and if you wanted to call someone a cunt you called them "a right Sir Anthony....." now - nobody knows who he is.

I used to love gettin' pissed on a Friday night and going for a Ruby.......

(Ruby Murray - Curry)

oh.... and I wandered off topic - Hopeful!

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oh.... I'm drunk

No shit?

(shhhhhh - actually I'm sober, haven't had a drink for a while (read weeeeeeeks))

MEATLOAF RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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(Written by Meat Loaf, by the way...)

not challenging - just questioning (I'm in enough trouble on here) wasn't this written by Jim Steinman? Neverland Express and a TRUE musical genius????

Google knows all. If Rolling Stone is to be believed, he wrote all the songs talked about in this thread so far.

Yeah he did - and I knew that - I was being 'umble! I saw Jim Steinman perform all of those songs at the "Ammersmith Odeon!" Steinman is (forgive the language) a fucking genius with language and music! Check out his solo album and everything he ever wrote for The Neverland Express (read Meatloaf) - he is angst personified - lyrical hyperbole and musical wonderment..... "objects in the rear view mirror"

oh.... I'm drunk

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(Written by Meat Loaf, by the way...)

not challenging - just questioning (I'm in enough trouble on here) wasn't this written by Jim Steinman? Neverland Express and a TRUE musical genius????

Bollocks!

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Great picture Art! Who was the photographer?

Art may be jumping, so while I'm watching it snow on his behalf....... Tammie took the pic I believe