marcusr

Guys I just wanted to say I had a great time this past weekend and thanks to everyone who had a part in putting it together - Art, Team Dirty Sanchez, Falling Gators, the pilots, manifestors and DZ staff. I just want to say thank you. It was great meeting you guys and jumping with you all. -Marcus Rothberg (yeah, that guy from FSU)

The answer could also be: " you have 10 seconds to learn how to fly.." I usually just answer: You wait.

my first three skydives were as a tandem passanger. I've made about 800 jumps since then and ridden as a tandem passanger about 4 or 5 more times to help my friends get ratings. I just went through the Tandem rating course this weekend. You might think that riding on the front is scary. I beg to differ. Being TM is what can be scary.

i wonder who you hear from that the children are being hit in daycare number two. what if that informations is just bashing from people sympathetic to the owner of daycare number 1.

hey

oh and i dont live on the dz

start packing and living on the dz. put money aside, buy gear. keep packing, put money aside, buy video gear. do video, keep packing if your time isnt all taken up with video, put money aside, get your coach rating if you havent done so already. put money aside and get your instructor ratings. get a rigger rating too so you have something to do on rainy days. you can do all of this within four years. a tandem instructor has to have at least 3 years in the sport and 500 jumps, so have fun packing, doing video, and coach jumps. i have been in the sport four four years and this is the path i am following... however i am a student and it is only a weekend dropzone so the process is a little slow for me. not to mention i have other expenses for my time and money. hope it works out. -marcus

There was also asingle and double keel Paradactyl, with sliders and OSIs for awhile Quote what does single keel and double keel mean? single surface vs. double surface?

Does anyone out there have a triangular main canopy they would be interesting in selling or loaning to me. I've been reading up about them lately in Dan Poynter's parachute manual and I find them rather intriguing. I my searches, i even found a photo of a RAM AIR-not single surface- triangle! Anybody know anything about that? Thanks -Marcus

hey my name is marcus, i go to fsu and im planning on going to collegiate nationals this year. I'm a senior,i'm 21, i have 360 jumps and i shoot video for my home dz skydive tallahassee. BUT i dont have a team this year. if anyone from any school is looking for a video guy to shoot some video for their team, drop me a line :) blue skies guys. see you all in lake wales! -marcus

thank you very much kaerock and crazy diver. im going to have some fun on my new wing and have a bit more apreciation for it as well. im probably going to look up how my jedei might compare differently to other jedeis manufactured at different times just for curiosity's sake, and maybe at the next boogie im at, i might be able to get my hand on a samurai. thanks again marcus

hey. ive got about 230 jumps and i just got myself a jedei. its my, dare i say, ::first:: elliptical canopy and i really enjoy flying it. in talking to some people about it, they mentioned how it was sort of the prequel design to the samurai, as both of those canopies are airlocked. ive been doing a bit of reading up about the samurai but i find my sources on the jedei a bit limited. can somebody possibly inform me on how those two canopies might have been designed differently and more importantly how they fly differently. thanks, Marcus

well, of course i would attempt to clear my pilot chute in the case of a horseshoe, but that is less likely to happen because the pc would probably be in a slightly different location, considering the removed d-bag from the container, and you dont have a lot of time to search around for it. idealistically or hopefully, clearing you pc during a horseshoe would clear out the whole malfunction, improbable as it might be.

i totally fear the horseshoe. i fear that even after cutting away, the pc in the pouch will keep the bag above your head and wrapping with your reserve marcus