Calvin19

Yes, he really did. You just don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Seriously though ... hidgaf Yeah!!!! He showed You!!!! wait... what is going on? -SPACE-

I agree with you man, this got turned into a pedophile bashing and shit flinging fest. but jimmy is a cool guy, and it seems clair is as well. i bet they are just laughing at us.

precicely what got me into my first BASE jumps. this hot European girl convinced me to drive her to idaho. a great weekend. her rig was small though. ouch.

So a house, Wal Mart, or Trump Tower are not buildings either, by your definition. I don't care what you call a building either. And BTW I'm gettin my naked kazoo BASE soon. Thanks for the idea. Not much to BASE here, so you take what you can get. Come down sometime, and we will help you get your naked kazoo BASE! 321CYA Sitflybaseboy children, children, keep in mind that as we have discussed before, my imaginary freind is cooler than all of yours. so, get over it.

if i didnt know the poster, i would worry. and you would say that wouldnt you?

we get winded out in the city all the time. she will always rule. a lot of us dont mind these random posts, and welcome them. but im sure mac or someone else will burn you for shareing your thoughts. this site is, afterall, only for things that everyone thinks is useful.

dont you mean, NPS- 297ish BASE JUMPERS- 0 ?

i dont like dropzones either. and i take skydivers with a grain of salt. I would say skydiveing is the best way to get your track right. try different things. tracking suits are good man. even for bricks.

are you sure you are measuring the turn speed correctly? i mean, pulling the riser down the farthest? it could be that diferent canopies have different riser or toggle pressure and you just need to crank on it a bit more.

and i agree, those are really good pictures. i saved a few to my comp, because they were very well shot. who took them?

what could possibly go wrong? if bridal routing has been checked before walking out on the bridge, than there should be no problem with that.

tell him i need the devils number, i lost it. i think my contract is almost up as well.

Im no expert, but i would bet to say that the speed a canopy turns is directly proportional to its wing loading, and size. the higher its loaded, and the smaller it is, the faster it will turn. and that goes for everything. rear riser flips, toggle whips, etc.

That maybe so, but "pure" (i.e. no skydiving experinece) PG and hang glider pilots will not have any body awareness, so beyond S/L and PCA, much still needs to be learnt. You can't take a PG pilot with a couple of PCAs and no skydiving experience to a terminal cliff, for example. well, you could. its been done a few times. I have seen video. it looks ugly. really ugly. terminal handheld is scary looking.

i have flown with BASE harness. it works, but it is for comfort, and wind resistance. and back protection. and other reasons i cant think of. its harder to fly a PG with weight shift (how they are flown) in a stand harness. so, its just not that fun. I have flown a wing with my BASE harness, but the risers connected to the hip rings. its really weird, but you can weight shift stear. the sitting position makes it so the pilot can impact with his but OR his legs, you can be standing in your harness. the plf is good thing, but does not save everything, i mean, my flying partner said that i PLFd on impact. maybe it helped. i dont remember

correct. the big one out here just puts a voice on a loudspeaker telling us that the popo men have been called. not buying it. of course, since we can get around it, we dont set it off.

like that talus at the bottom of the really really big rock?

wait, did you get drug off an outside climb? or did you get sucked through a whole in the structure? that would be cool.

that looks sweet! like an intentional front flip. hell, do that BASE the same way, pull at the right time and you will be fine! front flips are fun.

It's not a real sewing machine unless you can hear the flywheel come up to speed when you hit "on", and keeping your fingers out of the way is a survival skill. Bonus points if it has a sticker prominently displayed that says "Always wear safety glasses." hey, if real men can sew, then real bad ass men can do the same things with whimpy machines.

so, are we being sarcastic here? everyone knows I am the only BASE god out there. and its not called a 'god', I am a jedi. a jedi Master.

what are yout trying to say? those of us without a FAA ticket cant sew or rig for shit?

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dude, I have 2 sewing machines, one is a 1983 brother(no idea on price, moms), the other is a 2004 brother(128$ at target). both stock off the shelf stay at home mom machines. I have been able to build harnesses for climbing and parachuteing, pilot chutes, canopy repair, I have tested risers and sling i have made, and their tensile strength is equalt to or surpases that of commercial slings. i dont have a harness testing machine, so i dont know about those. I break a lot of needles, and the old brother's motor is making noises it shouldnt, but i can do pretty much anything a rigging shop can, minus bar tach, and push through 8 layers of harness webbing. but creativity in design is fun. working on whimpy machines is very tedious, and half the time requires hand cranking to push through, but it is fun, and i can fix my own parachute, or change a lineset, instead of leaving it at the loft for a month.