jdobleman

Memorial Day Weekend, May 29-30th.    Welcoming all Muff Brothers and wannabee Muff Brothers to Bay Area Skydiving in Northern California.   Muff Brother Stars and other shenanigans. Jump with Muff Brother #1, maybe #2 if he's still alive then.

FFI. Mad John MB #166.       No sky too high..........

 

Memorial Day  Weekend,  May 25-26,  Byron.  ( Bay Area Skydiving)

Inviting all current Muff Brothers/Sisters and Newbies to come and play.  All-Muff Loads, Muff Stars, fun.

No Registration, just show up

No Sky too High, ...

 

Byron is now open Wednesday-Sunday. Best to call out and see when the tandems are showing up Wed-Fri to get an idea of how many loads will be flown.

Damn!!

madjohn

BAS has a caravan, not a sky van.

From NorCal, a frequent sight at Rich Grimm's boogies.
Life of the party and really nice guy overall.
A solo car accident last Friday morning.

RIP Tall Paul

madjohn

Skydive Elsinore on April 23rd and 24th. A fun gathering of SOSers before the record begins and it's in honor of Bud LaPointe so any friends/admirers of Bud are welcome to join us.
Monday: 4 way scrambles and PC untangling contest
Tuesday: Speed scrambles and Hit-and-Crutch accuracy.

FFI : Mad John. here or [email protected]

Along with the Re-Opening of Byron, we're inviting all Muff Brothers in the area and those who'd like to join us to come out on Memorial Day Weekend. We'll have Muffs and decals and maybe appearances by MB 1 & 2.

Muff,muff,muff

madjohn MB#166

His last years were a model for us all. A great guy.

madjohn

At Skydive Elsinore, for SOS members and friends and admirers of Bud LaPointe. Monday will have 4-way Scrambles and PC untangling contest. Tuesday is Speed Stars and Hit-and-Crutch Accuracy.
This will be in-between the JOE,WSOS, and SOS record attempts at Perris.

Facebook Page SOSFest 2017 for more information.

madjohn

Anyone know if anyone/who is currently in charge of Muff Brothers numbers? I've been sending in names but no one has been added to the "official" site since March 2015.
No answer from the admin listed.

Muff, Muff,...
madjohn
MB 166

Pretty sure that's not Martha, too early. One on left looks like a young Skiz St.Goar. 3rd is definitely Mr. Deb.

madjohn

Ok, this isn't about the Original Beagle chant but a reply chant that came out of the Northwest, probably Idaho. I heard it it from some guys, at least 15 years ago at Lost Prairie.
It started off "Cat shit, rat shit, fry it in a pan" and ended up with "We're the " name of group, "Motherfuck You"

If anyone out there knows the complete chant and its origins I'd like to hear from you.

madjohn

While it is really great to be staying at the Prairie, you won't be the only one commuting home to a cabin. If you're staying at McGregor Lake most of the cabins are rented to jumpers.
When it's hot, lots of folks will be heading to the lake anyway.
And nothing says you have to leave when jumping stops.

Either way you're going to have an unforgettable time.

madjohn

Knew it was coming, still so sorry to lose him.

blue skies Peter.

madjohn

When????

Hey John, glad you're enjoying Hawaii. Even though I've avoided rotator cuff surgery so far, I've decided that my next tandem physical will be my last one, so 2 years later I will retire from tandems. Even though I'm feeling healthy and know a few guys who have continued into their 70's, my own personal feeling is that passengers don't need to put their lives in the control of someone whose chances of stroke/heart attack are in the higher percentiles. IMHO. But don't want to get into an argument with anyone who feels otherwise.
Stay Safeish

madjohn

SOSFest 2016, in memory of Bud La Pointe is happening April 11th & 12th at Lake Elsinore, prior to the SOS World Record Attempt. A chance to jump with other SOS members for fun in Bud's memory. We will be having 4 way scrambles and a PC untangling contest on Monday and 10way Speed and Hit-and-Roll Accuracy on Tuesday.

We already have Andy Harris and Doug Garr for team captains and could use a few more. If anyone wants to shoot team video in exchange for your jump ticket please let me know, we could use you.

Working on lodging discounts.

Come and play and support Bud's memory and the SOS record attempts.

There is also an event page on Facebook so you can indicate you're coming.

"GROWING OLD AIN'T FOR SISSIES !!"

madjohn

The Cracks have one in their repertory based on it.

madjohn

I remember Paul Landry once jumped a cheapo stuffed in a Safeway bag, maybe thats who you saw.

madjohn

I like the idea of cross connectors sewn into the risers. Any CReW Dogs see any problems with that? Also interested in knowing what the demo guys are using. We used to connect our French links for temporary stirrups but since lots of folks are using Slinks, would you trust a Slink for a stirrup connection? I considered using mini carabiner clips as attachment points to the slinks do keep wear down but haven't actually done it yet. Thoughts?

madjohn

Rear riser flares worked well for me on my Sparrow, but I was always ready to PLF. One thing not mentioned here yet, always look up and make sure you have the rear risers, due to the configuration it was easy to reach up and grab the front risers if you didn't look, resulting in much harder landings.

madjohn

Yeah, so much for "free stowing" your lines after that. The Altitude Shop had a highspeed video/movie of free stowed lines coming out of the container that was one of the scariest things I'd ever seen.

madjohn

Balloon jumps are pretty rare in NorCal these days, and you're coming in the middle of winter.

madjohn

Possible simple fix: We had a guy at our DZ who was having a similar problem, video showed perfect body position on opening but bag twisting almost right away. Turned out final line stow was too tight, causing bag to begin rotating. Loosened it (used larger rubber band) and problem went away.

hope it's this easy for you too.

madjohn