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Everytime that I see this thread I get very excited. Until I realize that you are not referring to my home state. There is a place called "SkydiveJerseyShore" also. Oh well.

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If you get a helium vest it will be in the negatives!!!!

Listen, you are THE MOST determined skydiver I have ever met. You should definitely take pride in that. However, we are not handicapping here! Pretty soon, we'll have you flying through the sky like a thunderbolt - I mean, "a dove". Well, you know what I mean. LOL ps. love the choice of smileyfaces by the way

the .46 must be a hop-n-pop.

I know of two good freeflyers who jump with one eye. It took them some time to get used to the 2D environment, but up there they said everything is cool.

...you're retirement plan involves trekking most of the dropzones across one continent. -----------------------------------------------------

Can I have some of what you're smokin?

The best way. Get practice with turning 180-degrees and tracking on your back. Otherwise just go out very slowly and do a 360 on the way out of the formation. The more experienced that you get, the bigger dives that you will be getting on, the more useful this becomes. Take a look at the picture attached. All of the flyers here have, like, thousands of freefly jumps. When they track away, they turn 180 and track on their back. You can tell that they are in the process of doing it. Actually, I'm not sure how many freefly jumps you have. Your profile says that your total is 50. If you are still at this level - go get some coaching and don't do anything more than a two-way head down with someone who knows their shit. Please. Hope this helps dude!

I would. Some people are winner's and some are loser's; this is true even of the politicians in this country. Regardless of the fact that he started out in bodybuilding, was mister olympia at age 19, has topped the box office a record number of times, or has married into one of the most prestigious families in the country, does so many things for young children, etc........ All of this tells me things about Arnold, the dude! He is a GIVER, not a taker. He is a winner in everything that he does.

LMFAO... BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHA!!!!!

You should have included piercings. Things get funny at the DZ on rainy days. Tongue and three ear holes!!

Wow! Always wanted to see one of them. What is it like?

Oh, it's a power hour for me baby. Save it up all week and go all at once. This way, I can do my bills at the same time. lOL sike... about a ten minute ordeal

I am so glad that the only way I have to relate to these is my memory from childhood.

Thanks for the compliment. Wise or seasoned would be my arguement. LOL - Is there a difference?

You're crazy dude! The Orange crowd cracks me up.

Can't say that I am broke. But over the years in skydiving, I have definitely taken steps to increase my income due to skydiving. Now, it's a no brainer... I just make enough extra to handle 80 jumps, or so, per month and the rest is normal income. If it happens to rain a lot, and I can't get the full amount of jumps in, I just invest it into my gear, courses, and other skydive stuff. Works quite well actually.

I would definitely question that theory. Seriously consider getting the rings. Bang for the buck is in your favor.

Couldn't you have opened the door and just jumped? What AGL did you notice the sound happening?

Something I like to tell people starting out: Freeflying is just what the word tells you. Open your mind to the possibilities. The sport is much more emotional than it is mechanical. In flat flying, the position of "arching" is all that you need to get started flying stable - and it is basically a mechanical sport. In my opinion, freeflying well has a lot more to do with your mental approach toward 'flying'. Don't get me wrong, the aerodynamics of freeflying are important (even essential), but to people JUST starting out, I like to go over this with them. I often find that my best jumps are the ones when I haven't jumped for a week or so. The week away has allowed me to think about my flying, watch myself on video, watch other professional flyers on video, and start brainstorming the possibilities and the type of flying that I would prefer to explore. This way, when I get to the drop zone on the weekend, my mind is 'free' of inhibitions and hungry for more/better flying abilities. Ok, now that I've said that, here are some tips: 1) get out there and jump more, 2) get as much video as possible, 3) analyze yourself, 'actively listen' to what the experienced flyers are telling you, 4) be positive, 5) and love the sport.

Me and Mike just continued to carve or something. All the while, I watched him in freefall saying to me, "You owe beer, You owe Beer, You owe Beer!!!" LOL Yeah, I bought the beer too. Reluctantly drove out to the nearest store in the Crack Dealing section of Pahokee for a case. Yikes!

ALL OF THEM.

Main pilot chute pulled out at 1500 feet. A jump that ended a team. Tracking on back and person above was stupid enough to keep following the low man down.... WAY DOWN. At 2000 feet I said F*%K IT, went to my belly, turned 90-degrees tracked for two seconds or so and dumped regardless of his location. I got to the ground and questioned my team members ability to skydive safely - right to his face. Our team ended a week later because he quit skydiving.

Hey Wrongway, Ask Olav as many questions about his test as possible before taking it. I've watched him fail someone because their arm-motion wasn't pronounced enough while passing the ball back and forth. Ask him if he will sit in the door and wave the ball back and forth on the count. During that count, never take your eye of the ball. It helped me to sway with it on the way out. Doing this, I made it to the ball before Mike Swanson did. And here is Mike's advice to me before doing the test (and it worked great!): 1) Aproach the ball without reaching. 2) Fly in front of it as steady as possible. 3) Give yourself an extra "Leg's OUT!!!" 4) Reach with both hands and grab. 5) Pick your transitions carefully. You can do two of any type as long as they are different. Remember that flips make you lose the most amount of airspeed. Using this method, the test was over by 9k. Oh, and remember have fun while your taking the test. It's only what, about a $130 jump... actually, I'm not too sure about the price, but have fun anyway.