JasonCT13

Hello everyone! My girlfriend made her first tandem skydive this weekend a LOVED it! That night we went to a wedding and within about 2 hours of partying she was drunk of her ass, puking in the bushes, and sick the rest of the night. The thing is she only had 3 glasses of red wine! So my question, being that she made her 1st skydive earlier that night could that have effected her body in anyway? Any info would be great!

Hello everyone, I am interested in some advice about changing canopy and down sizing. I currently have a little over 100 jumps most of them on a Sabre 190. Somewhere towards the end of the season I am thinking about changing my canopy. I am interested in purchasing a Stiletto, but am cautious when down sizing and changing canopy type. Anyone have experience in this matter?

Are there any rule or regulations forbidding an experience jumper to jump out with a Tandem? I now have 100+ jumps, and a friend of mine would like to make their first tandem. Would I be able to jump out with them, and perhaps dock even?

I will soon be traveling to sunny Florida for the Christmas holiday, and am planning on jumping while I am down there. I am traveling by airline, and I am wondering what the best way to take my rig with me. Can I carry it on? If so, will the airline give me a hard time? Should I pack it in my bag?

Quote The other mistake you made was not getting rid of an unlandable canopy at your hard deck. If you had played with those line twists for a few more seconds this could very well have been an incident. Well being that I was under a good canopy then having this problem, if I were to cutaway, and go to my reserve at anything under 2000ft I think might have been worse off. Wouldn't it take much longer for the reserve to open, since I am not falling as fast as if I was terminal. So that would leave me even less time to fly my reserve to good landing area.

Hi everyone, I am pretty new to the whole sport of skydiving, being that I now have only 35 jumps. I weigh about 190 and am flying a Saber 190. Just yesterday I had a very scary moment, which I would like to share with you all. It was my 3rd jump of the day and I did a little sit flying, which by the way went very well. After a good opening and stable canopy I proceeded to practice toggle turn before I made my downwind approach. At about 2000ft, I made a toggle turn, and to my surprise the canopy made a hard dive and wrapped itself around and around, to the point where I had 3 or 4 line twist. At this point I am pretty much shitting a brick, do I cut or stay. Luckily after the inital lines twists and diving turn, the canopy was stable, and fly straight. I kept my head, and kicked my way out of the line twists. Once I was out, I was at 1000ft and was close enough to make it back to the land area landing downwind. After discussing my scary, yet humbling experience I believe my mistake, was too HARD or SHARP of a toggle turn. Turns should be smooth, and slow, which allows the canopy as well as the pilot move as one in the same direction. Anyone have any input or suggestions? Ever happen to you or someone you know? Luckily someone upstairs was watching over me, and turned what could have been terrible experience into a learning experience. Hope this helps, be safe, and best of luck.

A friend of mine wants to sell me his rig. He told me to make an offer on it, but I am not sure what it would be worth can anyone help. J-4 DOM 2001 Saber 190 DOM 2000 PD 193 DOM 2000 Cypress DOM 2001, (NEW BATTERIES) Total Rig has less than 40 jumps on it! Can anyone give me some advice into how much this is worth? Thanks