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some that are rig-specific (like the wings) you almost have to get from the rig manufacturer but for everything else I get them from Jump Shack (disclaimer - I work there sometimes too but when I rig in the field or the loft I get them from here). They are high quality, heavy duty spandex, bound with binding tape and about $15

keep telling people, I'll buy from them for that!! (oh, and welcome home)

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I saw a very damaged airport on the news this morning...

that was at Daytona. As far as I know there was no damage at DeLand airport, now on the drive in to Jump Shack this morning I did see a huge billboard had crashed through the roof of a Hess station on Hwy 17, a trailer in the lot opposite just flipped upside down and significant (read catastrophic) damage at adjacent trailer parks. I guess some folks around here didn't have too merry of a christmas

This is for the Jump Shack rating

http://www.jumpshack.com/default.asp?CategoryID=TANDEMCERT&PageID=TC_02&SortBy=INDEX

most manufacturers have similar requirements (and it helps if you've been lobotomized too )

#2 looked nice

Mods, I'm not trying to advertise here,but we just posted a few deployment videos on the jumpshack site http://www.jumpshack.com/default.asp?CategoryID=Video%5FGallery - they're pretty instructional for newer jumpers

oh... and if you look at my myspace page http://myspace.com/sidsrigging there's a "failed Promo Video" that's pretty funny too

and here's my 350 tandem opening (again with the handcam) - I love that canopy

here's my Firebolt - opens the same way (almost) every time

ps: handcam video, so the video is not being held in one spot......

I just added a couple of pages of photos from the festival and around Lodz on the website...

http://www.jumpshack.com/ the link is in the L'il Blue box at the bottom right of the homepage.

nope! I always use a pen

If you set up a dropzone site at www.skydivingweather.com you can set it to show you the winds aloft....... there's a pilot site too but Dayumn they're hard to decipher

dig a little through this site www.eiff.com you may find some interesting material and some links.....

when I open my own sport rig I recognize it by the cobwebs.......

I think you'll find the weight limit for a tandem is dictated by the reserve, not the harness........ call Mark at RWS and check though, I've been known to be wrong

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Everything was OK and i landed without incident.But that hurt hope it was only a one off.

don't bank on it my old Sabre 1 would beat me down at random....... I think just because it could.

and the kicker at the end (I won't spoil it, but Olive's dance routine) had me falling on the floor.......
and when the host asked her "where's Granpa now?" - "Oh he's in the trunk of the car"

nice find. I use a Craftsman "Contractor's Briefcase" from Sears. It was about the same price (maybe $10 cheaper) and has all the space I need plus you can throw the thing over one shoulder if you need to.......

good job.........FfG

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Oh lol and since I loved it so much, and cant stop thinking about it.

Should I just jump to AFF training or stick with the static jumps first?

you've already witnessed one of the true fundamentals of this sport...... "You should never skydive without parachuting immediately afterwards" - my $0.02 is stay with the program you're on, you will be much better armed to handle the canopy when you get into freefall training which will only be in another few jumps.

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If you find some dodgy stitching..It will just go to prove, kids these days can't do anything right.

I done told you already - Kathy Lee corrected that whole situation (sewing lessons)

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In those cases it sometimes makes sense to tell them about the OTHER DZ they might try...

Jimmy - I always tell'em to call Dick's place

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Air, Inspect, Repack.

actually (technically) Air, Inspect and Recertify....... (as airworthy) but you do have to pack it to make it airworthy so...... either will do

I took a tandem student on Saturday and I think she was trying to tell me something in freefall. You can definitely see her lips moving on the video, which you can see here
http://www.sidsrigging.com/galleries/galleries_index.htm

It is the last one, and is titled "Lip Reading Service Needed" - if anyone can help.........

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because they provided the colors I requested) ,

You picked those colors, I just assumed that they fucked up the order.

ouch yeah - I'm in a retro black and white phase right now............ still think I should have had them make the ass green though - "Feet UP! We're gonna slide........"

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A group buy sounds good on the surface, but we'd have to arrange shipping to each location once it made it to the States, or arrange with them to ship to various locations and I'm not sure how amenable to that idea they would be. I suppose we could always ask and see if it makes a difference.

For a chunky lad like myself, I'm guessing I'd need to let them know I need my suit to be larger than the average Pakistani? Do you know if they have suits that will fit a 5'11", 215lbs guy?

I'd ask them. Just make sure you don't go by US sizing markers. For instance that suit in the pic is marked XL and I'm 5' 7" and 175 lbs........ it fits well, but XL????? Maybe in Karachi

However, that being said they sew them to order (because they provided the colors I requested) , just tell them your actual size.......

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Something I discovered, wash in cold and hang dry.

I now look like a nerd when I skydive and I'm sick of people telling me the flood's over!

Very well built suit, though!

I've seen you skydive, it's not the suit dude! (payback's a bitch ain't it?)