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  2. Hey Clay,
    I am going to have to support Prost on this. Any toggle input is recovered with a diving canopy... Initiated too low, you make the pages of Parachutist. 3 broken femurs at my DZ agree last season that: Velocity = lift, No velocity = splat. Keeping your inputs to front risers allows you to bail out of a turn into brakes (if you turn to low) without the canopy having to dive further to recover... Of course, the brake lines must also be long enough to not curl the tail when you use the front risers... Correctly initiated, front riser turns from full flight will yield more speed than a braked turn and front riser. It is safer and more efficient.
    I say stay with what you are doing. Perhaps shift a little weight to the outside legstrap as you initiate the turn. Moreover, the more you jump the canopy the more your confidence will build for applying front riser pressure which may be part of the issue to. I remember being a bit intimidated on my first 50 elliptical jumps, which certainly effected how much input I applied through the risers...
    Also, talk to people in Eloy (I remember you posting that you were going there soon)... Almost all the staff at Skydive AZ are incredibly capable Stiletto jumpers and are very approachable.
    best regards, Jon
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  3. Wings patch rig with Black, Charcoal, and silver patches with Burgundy binding tape. All Black Chaos98 and a Black Bev Suit with Burgundy grippers.
    Burgundy, the only color since the rest are neutrals, has been a favorite of mine for many years. I see red as a symbol of our passionate instinctive natures and blue as a symbol or our cool and rational natures. I see burgundy as a somewhat of a balance between the two that favors the instinctive, which is how I see myself... Too much time in a color theory class huh?
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  5. I tie toggles on with a surgeon's knot and two locking knots. When I checked my Xaos the other night I noticed that they had loosed and little and migrated from how slick the HMA is. I will eventually finger trap and bartack them. Nonetheless, I would like to know if anyone is using a particular knot or sequence that is working well without loosening and/or migrating?
    thanx, Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  6. Esteemed DZ.comers,
    My sister has signed on for the 150-way. So, I just wanted to put in a plug for everyone to support their local participants and if they don't know any participants and would like to contribute to Kelley's, drop me a private message and I'll send the donation form. Our mother succumbed to breast cancer in Aug of '95 and I am elated that Kelley has the opportunity to honor her memory with her participation. These ladies have to raise 2500.00 each...
    -Jon Frederickson
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  8. Poster: Lindsey
    Subject: Re: XAOS OPENINGS
    ....didn't leave enough excess.....right.....3 words....POOR BODY POSITION! The sooner you get out of denial, the safer you'll be....Hee HEEE.....(tongue firmly planted in cheek)....
    I don't believe that for a minute. My body position is poor on all my deployments... :)
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  9. My 98 spun up once when I think I didn't leave enough excess in the pack tray, which I think caused the d-bag to come out assymetrically as it caught on the corners of the reserve pack tray. Amazingly, the thing did not depart on me and I was able to kick out even after I kicked the wrong way for two turns while it was opening (so much for being proactive!). Otherwise, I've mostly gotten clean openings...
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  13. ....I'm with ya' Kent.....my kid just turned 5 (and is about to lose his first tooth). I still watch him in total amazement.....kids are WONDERFUL. Just don't get too attached to that baby....cause soon they're laughing about farts and spitting and saying "Damnit!" just the way you do.....
    My boy was 3 in February. 6 months ago he started saying dammit after heard Grandpa say it. There he was playing with his Hot Wheels. He crashed a couple into each other, creased his brow and started saying "Dammit you Cars!!!"
    The laughter was incapacitating...
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  14. Poster: GroundZero
    Subject: Re: 2 lines on the EPT?
    I know of the change... this will be #3... 25 year old son (who has my 6 year old grandaughter), and 6 year old daughter...
    Kinda versed in the field, but looking forward to sleepless nights again...oy!
    Chris

    Sorry man,
    Here I am dishin' out rookie advice to a pro... Hell, you didn't sound like a grandpa on the phone when I ordered my Xaos.
    Congrats again!
    -Hixxx

    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  15. A master rigger made one for me out of the same tape that pull-up cords are made of. It started to tear-out on one loop, so my replacement was made of type 17. 12" long, 2" loops on each end bar-tacked; simple, hardy-construction.
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  16. This brings back some memories...
    After Kimberly missed her second period we became a little curious and did a pregnancy test. She told me if there was two lines we were pregnant. Well, I thought that was in addition to the test line that you compare it to. So, when she handed me the positive result, I thought it was negative. We didn't say another word to each other about it. She discretly worried for two weeks without comment before realizing I really didn't know we were really pregnant. I did a really poor job of acting shocked we she told me again, because it was what I had wanted all along. She later would claim I planned the whole thing!
    Anyway, what ensued was the most awe inspiring 9 months of my life. Watching her body change and her belly grow, spotting the first kick to seeing my son take his first breath of air... Incredible!!! But, then you come down from it pretty fast after you start changing diapers, Blah, ha, ha!!!
    4 years later, my son is still the most incredible part of my life...
    Congratulations! Enjoy your peding papahood!
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  18. Poster: SkySurfSnow
    Subject: Re: Ex-Troubles
    Just to clarify, I did call her Mother and all of her friends that I had phone numbers for.

    That should be the extent of what you should do, other than just being a friend to her.
    Honestly, what value can you place on any love she would claim to have for you when she doesn't care for herself... Being the best thing that ever happened to someone doesn't exactly equate to soul mate either. Those word are about as fatal as "But he has a great personality"...Don't allow her to arrest the progress you've made since you left. Go find the right one...
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  19. I was there last year with my sister. Both of our first skydives were tandem jumps into the Florabama at sunset. It was cool to return 5 years later licensed. We were doin a bunch of fun jumps with rafts n stuff. Then doin' CRW on the bottom end and landing 2-stacks in the sand... Very cool, very memorable...
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  21. Yeah, I was kinda shocked that went so strongly against medical cloning, considering that the ethical issues are so less compelling, and over 55% of the american population support it.
    Isn't that the same percentage of the population that voted against him...
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  23. I go to Couch Freaks (actually called dollar daze) every year. There is a wheel you spin in front of the shower entrance, whichever sex you are, you walk in the side where the wheel stops.
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S

  24. You should have at least been provided the satisfaction of beating the crap out of him with a swift kick in the ding ding...
    You have a tough job. That sucks, but kudos to you for what you do. I shutter to think how many more people there would be out there to kill if law enforcement wasn't around :)
    -Hixxx
    "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" :S