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Actually there was a line in the movie about the winds being turbulent...I forget what it was but I do recall hearing it. Well, actually it seems familiar to me, and the only thing I looked up about the movie were the trailers, and so I am assuming I heard it in the movie... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I think he meant 200-300 dollars a day...not pack jobs. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

confused apparently S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

In my unproffesional brain, the reason the helmets are so high on the neck is so people will have ease of looking up in the arched position. The height of the helmet plus the gear on your back would make it very difficult to receive an impact on the back of your neck, therefore, why bother. This also explains why freefly helmets generally have better neck protection, as freeflyers have more exposed surface. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Exactly...people watch nascar for the car wrecks, people watch vert skateboarding not only for the cool sets, but also for the harsh bails, and unfortunately in our sport, when someone has a harsh bail, it's more likely to cause broken libms, and/or worse...not what the public wants to see. They want things that are extreme, but not THAT extreme. Fortunately We're already hooked and no matter if the x games deems us right or not, this weekend we'll all be at our respective dz's doing what all the others just don't have in em to do. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I'm sure this is common knowledge, but there's a dz in ireland where the landing area is a sheep farm...they have some ritual they perform if someone hits a sheep...I don't know what it is, but I imagine it involves velcro gloves... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

ok, and thanks freeflir (don't think I know you well enough to call you clay regardless of how many of your posts I have read) for having the time on your hands to prove me wrong. I see now that I was rounding 240 Kmph, to 300...probably a gross exaggeration (sp?) to impress the girls. reminds me of another measurement... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

how about Kilometers? hehehehe S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

yeah, but after the conversion from knots to miles...once again, talking about something I can't remember, but... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I may not be recalling my training correctly, but isn't the exit speed of a herc 300 mph? S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I laughed as well when I saw the herc scene...I was thinking "what kind of hard up for money idiot would agree to do that?" they're like, "ok, here's the plan, we open the ramp of a c-130, then when you're mid sentence, we're gonna throw your pilot chute out into the breeze." The guy must have know somewhat what he was getting into, he just must have needed some fast cash. The second thing I thought was I wonder how much, and why didn't they ask me. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

what about XxX? Looks mindless and cheesy to me, but there's skydiving in it, so... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

sounds like some bad past experiences. hehehehe S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

well, I did a few jumps this weekend (and got my coach rating), and still no change...flight is awesome, opening is nice and soft, but it was actually spinning me 180 degrees pretty consistantly this weekend. I think I'll replace all the elastics on the d-bag, and see what that does... I've mentioned it to people around the dz this weekend too, and on my last opening (not all that unusual, but still not on heading) I had three people comment on the fact that I had a funky opening...I don't know I think I'll have some other people pack it if they will, have some other people jump it too, see what happens with that... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I bought my main from skykat online gear shop, and the way they worked it was that I paid for it, they sent it to me, I had 5 days to get it checked out or whatever, and if I didn't want it, I could send it back for a complete refund...never got to try out the refund policy... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

, I might not be able afford my beer (especially if it's a Monday, then I'll jump the Otter and have two firsts). I beleive the rule is if you do two firsts in one jump you only pay for one...I'm not sure though, I could be mistaken. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Hmmm...helmut....sounds like an evil dog to me I like the " could be used for other sports?" I don't know...looks pretty skydiving specifice to me. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I don't do anything to the nose, and noone else at my DZ jumps one...most are into stillettos, but I've had other people pack it, with pretty much the same results as I had. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I read the post about the mean things you do to students, vut what I want to know, is what is the meanest thing you've done to a coach or instuctor candidate. Of course this has nothing to do with the fact that I'm taking my coach course this weekend.... S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Earlier this week I was gearing up a first jump student, and she quite politely asked me to make extra sure her parachute would work. I had already done the pin check on the gear, so I knew it was as safe as I could make it, but she was a cutie, so I abliged, and pretended to take some extra time to ensure that it was fail-safe. Some time later she arrived safely on the ground and came into the packing area where I was packing another rig, and I said "see, I told you it would work." She said "Yeah thanks for taking the extra time to..." I cut her off to inform her, due to a slightly guilty consience, that I really had no idea if her parachute would work or not. She proceeded to give me a healthy sove and an even healthier laugh, so I hope she comes back again so I can check her gear once again. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

your typical Whuffos: So I'm out working with a field crew not too long ago and word got out I skydive. One of the mechanics comes up to me and says: "So I hear your a skydiver" Me: "Yup" "Now, why would anyone jump from a perfectly good airplane?" I reminded him "You know, there's no such thing as a PERFECTLY good airplane" He really didn't say anything in reply. As a mechanic himself I think he understood. Being the smart crew they were for the rest of the job they kept saying "Why would anyone jump from a SAFE airplane?" I generally didn't have a good reply only "it's fun". My answer to that is usually "Why would you stay in one with a perfectly functional door?" S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

here is an oldie but a goodie i heard yesterday at a job interview ! : you jump out of a perfectly good airplane? i said have you seen all the ducktape on the plane? i wouldnt call it perfectly good ! at our dz we promptly correct the offending party with... you mean a perfectly servicable airplane. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

Thanks for all the input...I'm going to try some different things to try and get an on heading opening out of it, but even if I don't...I still love it more and more each jump...I dream of those no wind days. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I don't know much, don't have much experience, but shouldn't the swoopers who have enough skill to fly through the airblades also know approximately how much swoop they get, and how to shut down a little early if need be? That way all you have to do is make it close to the center of the target at the end of your swoop, same as the accorracy guys. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

I'd raise my hand too, but it's currently looking for the money to fund the jumps for this coming weekend...and it's only monday (130 am monday at that...) Damn I love this sport. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".