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6th Annual NH Tunnel Meet - Date and Registration Information Event Announcement – 6th Annual NH Tunnel Meet! Dates: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 for 4-way FS Cost: $80/person for FS regardless of competition class, $60 for each additional FS event. Registration cover warm-up and competition flights, judging, access to digital video of the comp flights, a t-shirt if you register early enough, water, and pizza lunch. Registration information: First come first serve - limit of 36 total teams. Register by Thursday, December 20th to receive a t-shirt. We filled up last year so register early - registration will likely fill prior to the deadline. Email nhtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com with: team name, team members, each person’s t-shirt size (I’ll assume standard “men’s cut” unless you specifically request “women’s cut” for a specific team member), your competition class, and every team members email address (list is just used for this tunnel meet and never given out to anyone). Don’t be a pain and ask me to save a spot for your incomplete team… just email me with all the requested information at once – I won’t register a team without it. Please format your information as follows: (email subject: “Registration for Toasted Nuts”) Team Name: Toasted Nuts Members: Chuck Norris, Uncle Si, Master Mike, Walter White T-shirts: 1 XL, 2 Large, 1 Medium Class: Open (obviously, Chuck Norris is on the team) Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Registration confirmation: Unless you get a confirmation from me saying that you are "all set," don't assume you are registered. I will not save spots or register partial teams. Format: Same as last year, 10-round meet for Rookie, Intermediate, Advanced, and Open meet starting at 9:30am. There will be no separate Rookie/Player coach meet. Meet Director: Ben Liston (FS meet only) and Chief Judge: Jim Rees (multiple other national judges will be on site this year). Ari will be running the VFS meet again. Email Ari directly at NHtunnelmeetVFS"at"gmail"dot"com for questions about the VFS event. Teammate finder spreadsheet: Enter your info here if you are looking for teammates https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApFFDKFiX0PedHctZnRiUzRwVEtNLTR1cUJVYVB2bEE&hl=en This document saves all changes, so please be careful not to mess with anyone else's info. New for this year: Bring your climbing shoes and bathing suit, the climbing wall and Surf’s Up @ Skyventure New Hampshire (32ft wide surfing wave!) will be open. There will also be additional dining options on site at the Oasis cafe, which will have wraps, smoothies, pizza, fresh squeezed orange juice, chicken fingers, and other stuff. Sandbagger prevention - Any Intermediate teams that includes two or more members who won the Intermediate class last year at the tunnel meet, have won an Intermediate gold medal at US Nationals, or any medal in the Advanced or Open class at US Nationals should register as a “guest team” if they want to compete in Intermediate. That means that they can compete, be scored, and will be recognized, but will not eligible for medals. Advanced class team teams should not have more than one USPA Open Class competitor in the line-up (or register as a guest if they do). With these guidelines in mind, teams select their own class. Class Information: Rookie draw is 3 randoms per round - Random G from the USPA dive pool is not included. Intermediate draw is 3-4 points, all randoms plus blocks 7 and 9. Advanced draw is 4-5 points plus blocks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, and 15. Open draw has 5-6 points and will include randoms plus 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22. Communication: I have a full time regular job and I typically respond to questions and confirm registrations within one week. Please include your phone number if you email questions so that I can have the option of calling you with my response. This will be the only email you receive from me if you don't register. Registered folks will get one more large email with logistic info and one final reminder email. Rock & Roll Jokers - FunBlocker, out. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

I'd suggest http://www.seattlefabrics.com/ I've built both FS and VFS jumpsuits and they have both good quality cordura, spandura (which is a durable spandex cordura blend), and water resistant separating zippers which are great for durability. Drop a line if you want any tips... I've done about 6 full bootie and lower leg replacements and learned a few things along the way. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

We had another solid year with 33 teams across 4 divisions. Over 125 competitors participated in the one day FS meet. Check out http://www.skyleague.com for the results, stories, and video. If anyone would like to run satellite meets at other 12ft. tunnels next year, I'll be happy to share (for free) all the communications, spreadsheets, and details about the meet structure. It's not rocket science and just needs one motivated organizer and one judge to get it started. Start with with 3-5 teams and let it grow... contact me through nhtunnelmeet"at"gmail"dot"com if you are interested. We'll likely run next year's meet in early December. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

I was able to get permission to expand... We have 26 teams now registered for the afternoon meet with 4 slots left. We have 7 slots left for the morning Rookie meet. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

I was able to get permission to expand... We have 26 teams now registered for the afternoon meet with 4 slots left. We have 7 slots left for the morning Rookie meet. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

3 team slots left for the afternoon meet.... Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

3 team slots left for the afternoon meet.... Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

For the FS afternoon meet for Intermediate, Advanced and Open class teams, we have 17 of 24 spots taken. If you are getting a team together, please register ASAP. First come first serve. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

For our afternoon meet (Intermediate, Advanced and Open classes) we have 17 of the 24 team slots taken. If you are getting a team together, register ASAP. First come first serve. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Yup...typo. 2013. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Event Announcement – 5th Annual NH Tunnel Meet! Dates: Saturday, January 19th, 2012 for 4-way FS Cost: $75/person for FS regardless of competition class, $55 for each additional FS event. Includes pizza lunch, waters, meet t-shirt, judging, meet rounds, practice rounds, one DVD for your team (or digital copies of flights) and any free stuff that manufactures send up. Registration information: First come first serve - limit of 12 Rookie teams and 24 Intermediate or Open teams. Register by Thursday, December 20th to receive a t-shirt. We filled up last year so register early - registration will likely fill prior to the deadline. Email nhtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com with the full names of each team member, their email addresses, each person’s t-shirt size, your competition class, and your team name to register. Don’t be a dummy and ask me to save a spot for your unformed team… email me with all the requested information at once – I won’t register a team without it. I will assume that you want man’s cut t-shirts unless you specifically say “women’s cut small/medium/large.” Registration confirmation: Unless you get a confirmation from me saying that you are "all set," don't assume you are registered. I will not save spots or register partial teams. Also please put in the subject line of your email, "team registration for _________ (team name)." If you already sent your team's info, I will plan to process it on Tuesday. Format: Same as last year, 5-round Rookie meet starting at 7am, 10-round afternoon Intermediate, Advanced, and Open meet starting at 11am. Meet Director: Ben Liston (FS meet only) and Chief Judge: Jim Rees (multiple other national judges will be on site this year). Ari will be running the VFS meet again. Email Ari directly at NHtunnelmeetVFS"at"gmail"dot"com for questions about the VFS event. Teammate finder spreadsheet: Enter your info here if you are looking for teammates https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApFFDKFiX0PedHctZnRiUzRwVEtNLTR1cUJVYVB2bEE&hl=en This document saves all changes, so please be careful not to mess with anyone else's info. New for this year: There may, or may not, be minor changes to the draw for Advanced and Open classes. There will also be on site NSL coverage for the meet. We expect additional industry sponsors, as well. Sandbagger prevention - Any Intermediate teams that includes two or more members who won the Intermediate class last year at the tunnel meet, have won an Intermediate gold medal at US Nationals, or any medal in the Advanced or Open class at US Nationals should register as a “guest team” if they want to compete in Intermediate. That means that they can compete, be scored, and will be recognized, but will not eligible for medals. Advanced class team teams should not have more than one USPA Open Class competitor in the line-up (or register as a guest if they do). With these guidelines in mind, teams select their own class. Class Information: Rookie draw is 3 randoms per round. Intermediate Draw is 4-5 points, all randoms plus blocks 7 and 9. Advanced draw is 4-5 points plus blocks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, and 15. Open draw has 5-6 points and will include all randoms plus blocks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22. Player/Coaches: The “player/coaches” for the 2-on-2 Rookie class will be drawn on site the night before the competition – there will be no pre-formed full 4-way teams or requests for this class. Let me know if you’d like to volunteer as a player/coach – don’t just assume that you are one. Typically, player coaches should have scored a 12.0 average or higher at US Nationals. Communication: Only email me the nhtunnelmeet address, as opposed to my personal account, for meet questions and registration. I have a regular job that keeps me busy, but I typically respond to questions and confirm registrations within one week. That said, I will be out from October 25th to November 4th for Nationals and have a kid on the way (due in mid-December); thanks in advance for your patience around this events. Please include your phone number if you email questions so that I can have the option of calling you with my response. This will be the only email you receive from me if you don't register. Registered folks will get one more large email with logistic info, official rules, etc., and probably a final reminder email just before the meet. Ben ______________________________________________________ Read this info if you didn’t compete last year: The 5th annual NH Tunnel Meet is on! 4-way Formation skydiving tunnel competition will happen on Saturday January 19th, 2012! Same deal as in past years, there will not be any cash purses, but prizes will include tunnel time and donated prizes from manufacturers. There will also be a 2-way VFS meet on Sunday January 20th. VFS meet director Ari Perelman will send out more details about the VFS soon. Registration prices (for the Saturday FS events) will be $75 per competitor regardless of her/his competition class. Price includes a pizza lunch, bottled water, a DVD (or digital copy) of each team’s competition rounds, your meet flights, two-minutes of official warm-up time, and if you register before the December 20th deadline, a free t-shirt for each team member. The four competition classes are Rookie, Intermediate, Advanced and Open. The Rookie class will be a 5 round morning meet, and the Intermediate, Advanced, and Open class flyers will compete in the afternoon over 10 rounds. For the Rookie meet, two competitors will be paired with two veteran 4-way folks who will serve as “player/coaches” (at no additional charge!). Rookie competitors start at 7:00am and should sign up with as a pair and provide me with a team name and t-shirt sizes. Payer/coach pairings will be drawn on site and the awards should be done by 11:30am. The Rookie class is designed to give folks that are new to 4-way a chance to get involved – no sandbaggers please! Folks interested in being player/coaches should contact me. Your fee covers the same stuff as the other classes, but your meet is five rounds. You get half the rounds because you have only two paying members to cover the cost of the flight time. Intermediate/Advanced/Open teams should arrive no later than 11:00AM. The competition rounds will be completed by 7:00PM, and the awards ceremony will either happen as soon as the judges finish (at about 7:30PM). The meet will be modeled in NSL fashion for the four divisions of 4-way. The Open class will have 5 to 6 points per round and use a modified dive pool for the meet (all random formation plus blocks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22), the Advanced Class will have 4 to 5 points, all randoms, plus blocks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Intermediate class rounds will have 4 to 5 points per round and consist of random formations and a blocks 7 and 9, and the Rookie class will have 3 points per round and consist of only random formations. The maximum number of Intermediate and Open class teams (combined) will be 24 and the maximum number of Rookie class teams will be 12 – teams will be registered on a “first come first serve” basis. To reserve a spot for your team, all you need to do is email Ben at NHtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com with the team name, the competition class you will be competing in, the full names of all four team members, each team members email address, and each team members t-shirt size. No partial registrations will be honored or spaces saved, you have to email all the above information to register. -- Ben Liston Meet Director New Hampshire Tunnel Meet Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Hi All, This winter's NH Tunnel Meet will be happening over the MLK weekend in January. 4-way FS will take place on Saturday, January 19th and again include a 2 on 2 player/coach format rookie class meet that will be 5 rounds in the morning and our 10 round afternoon meet that will have intermediate, advanced, and open classes. Registration costs will remain low and include food, water, video, judging, practice rounds, awards, and give aways. Last year we had 109 FS competitors field a total of 35 4-way teams - it will be important to register early. Our first registration email will go out later this week to everyone who participated last year, if you'd like to be added to this list, please email me at nhtunnelmeet"at"gmail"dot"com. Please do not post hear or PM me to request more information. The VFS meet will run under the direction of Ari Perlman and will take place Sunday, January 20th. Please contact him directly for VFS information. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Hi All, This winter's NH Tunnel Meet will be happening over the MLK weekend in January. 4-way FS will take place on Saturday, January 19th and again include a 2 on 2 player/coach format rookie class meet that will be 5 rounds in the morning and our 10 round afternoon meet that will have intermediate, advanced, and open classes. Registration costs will remain low and include food, water, video, judging, practice rounds, awards, and give aways. Last year we had 109 FS competitors field a total of 35 4-way teams - it will be important to register early. Our first registration email will go out later this week to everyone who participated last year, if you'd like to be added to this list, please email me at nhtunnelmeet"at"gmail"dot"com. Please do not post hear or PM me to request more information. The VFS meet will run under the direction of Ari Perlman and will take place Sunday, January 20th. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

To get the most updated version, download the Competition Manual from the USPA website... here's the address: http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Man_SCM_2011.pdf and then check for updates. This might also be helpful: http://collegeskydiving.com/tips-from-the-pros/relative-work/12-4-way-basics The second documents explains some things about "mirror images" that will help make sense of the USPA divepool. Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

You could try contacting Scuba Steve through the Mass Defiance website. www.massdefiance.org He won't be up for a season, but I imagine he might be up for some individual days or weekends, especially over the summer. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Cut and paste didn't work out so well. Score Sheet attached - we had about 109 competitors for the FS meet with 35 registered teams. 11 teams for the 2on2 player coach 5 round morning meet and 24 teams for the 10 round afternoon meet (Intermediate, Advanced, and Open) Huge thanks to Skydive Pepperell, SkySystems USA, SkyVenture NH, Chuting Star, Bev Suits, Bonehead Composites, Gu Sports, and United Parachute Technologies for sponsoring the event. Ben See you all next year! Rookie 133 Uconn Rehab 18 13 22 18 19 90 18.00 1 112 Persistence 13 12 16 12 15 68 13.60 2 111 Jager Bombers 13 10 13 14 16 66 13.20 3 121 Paranoid Pandas 11 8 12 13 18 62 12.40 4 122 Team Excelsior 14 9 17 7 14 61 12.20 5 142 Paragon 14 8 12 17 9 60 12.00 6 132 Rooks and Cooks 9 10 15 11 12 57 11.40 7 141 Bonsai 7 10 9 10 20 56 11.20 8 131 Rock the Meeker 9 7 16 9 12 53 10.60 9 123 Team Peppersmell 12 8 12 7 11 50 10.00 10 113 2 chicks looking… 3 5 5 4 6 23 4.60 11 Intermediate 241 Fusion 15 15 15 13 14 15 15 19 11 13 145 14.5 1 233 Fake Air 10 13 15 15 12 15 16 15 11 15 137 13.7 2 221 3 Dudes & a Girl 12 12 13 13 13 13 15 14 15 15 135 13.5 3 213 Abracadabra 11 12 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 15 128 12.8 4 222 Moresome 4some 6 14 16 10 13 13 9 12 14 13 120 12 5 231 Fourplay 9 9 12 12 12 9 12 11 14 11 111 11.1 6 243 Is that a camera guy? 7 10 8 10 9 11 10 8 12 9 94 9.4 7 232 CT Detox 8 6 8 9 11 10 9 8 8 7 84 8.4 8 223 JT Power 7 8 3 8 8 5 7 5 11 10 72 7.2 9 211 Window Lickers 2 6 7 7 2 6 3 0 6 6 45 4.5 10 242 AARP 1 1 3 1 4 5 9 5 7 7 43 4.3 11 212 Air Quattro 4 3 6 2 5 4 7 5 4 2 42 4.2 12 Advanced 371 T-Minus:01 33 23 18 19 28 18 13 19 47 23 241 24.1 1 351 Sky Ninjas 26 21 15 16 31 19 14 19 49 19 229 22.9 2 363 50/50 33 22 15 16 31 19 10 19 37 21 223 22.3 3 361 bu-who 20 14 12 14 22 15 9 16 27 17 166 16.6 4 353 SnatchForce 21 15 14 13 17 16 10 13 24 19 162 16.2 5 362 Monster Wildcat 18 14 13 13 19 14 7 13 25 16 152 15.2 6 352 Hot Lesbo Action 16 17 10 11 15 13 8 10 30 13 143 14.3 7 Open 482 Schmeland 21 21 19 23 18 23 20 25 25 25 220 22 1 481 Defiance 20 19 18 20 18 20 20 22 21 26 204 20.4 2 473 Fallout 19 19 12 21 16 17 16 22 23 23 188 18.8 3 472 Centerline 18 15 13 17 15 16 12 17 15 18 156 15.6 4 483 Spagetti Monsters 9 11 14 15 14 13 9 13 16 8 122 12.2 5 * Blatant judging error found Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

We have space for one more Intermediate, Advanced, or Open team for the afternoon meet (currently at 23 full teams!) and space for two more Rookie teams for the morning 2 on 2 player coach meet (currently at 10 teams). Please contact me immediately if you want to register. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Afternoon meet full with 21 registered teams. 10 Rookie teams registered with just 2 team slots left. Get 'em while they're hot... Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

We are now slightly over capacity with 19 teams for the afternoon meet and a 20th that I anticipate registering tomorrow. We do have about 5 Rookie class team slots open and 7 rookie class teams currently registered. If you have planned on competing you should get in touch with me ASAP. I will contact the tunnel to try to secure time for additional teams, but can't make any promises at this point for Int., Adv. or Open class teams who aren't already registered. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Registration is currently at 18 afternoon teams (which is technically capacity) and 6 rookie teams (with room for 6 more). If you have not contacted me and want to compete, please get in touch ASAP. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Event Announcement – 2011 NH Tunnel Meet! Dates: Saturday, December 10th for 4-way FS Cost: $70/person for FS regardless of competition class Registration deadline: First come first serve - limit of 12 Rookie teams and 18 Intermediate or Open teams. Register by Tuesday, November 22 to receive a t-shirt. We filled up last year so register early - registration will likely fill prior to the deadline. Email nhtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com with the full names of each team member, their email addresses, each person’s t-shirt size, your competition class, and your team name to register. Don’t ask me to save a spot for your unformed team… email me with all the requested information at once – I won’t register a team without it. I will assume that you want man’s cut t-shirts unless you specifically say “women’s cut small/medium/large.” Format: Same as last year, 5-round Rookie meet starting at 7am, 10-round afternoon Intermediate, Advanced, and Open meet starting at 11am. Meet Director: Ben Liston (FS meet only) and Chief Judge: Jim Rees (multiple other national judges will be on site this year). Ari will be running the VFS meet again. Teammate finder spreadsheet: Enter your info here if you are looking for teammates https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApFFDKFiX0PedHctZnRiUzRwVEtNLTR1cUJVYVB2bEE&hl=en New for 2011: There will and Advanced class in addition to the Rookie, Intermediate, and Open classes. Sandbagger prevention - Any Intermediate teams that includes two or more members who won the Intermediate class last year, have won an Intermediate gold medal at US Nationals, or any medal in the Advanced or Open class at US Nationals should register as a “guest team” if they want to compete in Intermediate. That means that they can compete, be scored, and will be recognized, but will not eligible for medals. Advanced class team teams should not have more than one USPA Open Class competitor in the line-up (or register as a guest). With these guidelines in mind, teams select their own class. Class Information: - Rookie draw is 3 randoms per round. - Intermediate Draw is 4-5 points, all randoms plus blocks 7 and 9. - Advanced draw is in the works, but it will likely be 4-5 points plus blocks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, and 15. - Open draw has 5-6 points and will include block 18, so the total draw will be randoms plus 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22. Player/Coaches: The “player/coaches” for the 2-on-2 Rookie class will be drawn on site the night before the competition – there will be no pre-formed full 4-way teams or requests. Let me know if you’d like to volunteer as a player/coach – don’t just assume that you are one. Typically, player coaches should have scored a 12.0 average or higher at US Nationals. Communication: I have a busy job. I’ll respond to questions and confirm registrations within one week. Please include your phone number if you email questions so that I can have the option of calling you with my response. -Ben __________________________________________________ Read this info if you didn’t compete last year: The 4rd annual NH Tunnel Meet is on! 4-way Formation skydiving tunnel competition will happen on Saturday December 10th, 2011! Same deal as in past years, there will not be any cash purses, but prizes will include tunnel time and donated prizes from manufacturers. There will also be a 2-way VFS meet on Sunday December 11th. VFS meet director Ari Perelman will send out more details about the VFS soon. Registration prices (for the Saturday FS events) will be $70 per competitor regardless of her/his competition class. Price includes a pizza lunch, bottled water, a DVD of each team’s competition rounds, your meet flights, two-minutes of official warm-up time, and if you register before the November 22 deadline, a free t-shirt for each team member. The four competition classes are Rookie, Intermediate, Advanced, and Open. The Rookie class will be a 5 round morning meet, and the Intermediate, Advance, and Open class flyers will compete in the afternoon over 10 rounds. For the Rookie meet, two competitors will be paired with two veteran 4-way folks who will serve as “player/coaches” (at no additional charge!). Rookie competitors should plan to be on site by 7:15am and should sign up with as a pair and provide me with a team name and t-shirt sizes. Payer/coach pairings will be drawn on site and the awards should be done by 11:30am. The Rookie class is designed to give folks that are new to 4-way a chance to get involved – no sandbaggers please! Folks interested in being player/coaches should contact me. Rookie fee covers the same stuff as the other classes, but your meet is five rounds. You get half the rounds because you have only two paying members to cover the cost of the flight time. Rookie competitors should have the ability to do three way random formations in the tunnel while maintaining levels and not touching the net or hitting the ways. If you are unsure if your skills are high enough for the event please visit the tunnel and get feedback on your flying from the tunnel staff or tunnel owners. Intermediate/Advanced/Open teams should arrive no later than 11:00AM. The competition rounds will be completed by 7:00PM, and the awards ceremony will either happen as soon as the judges finish (at about 7:30PM). Ben Liston, Meet Director NHtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com http://www.skyventureNH.com Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Event Announcement – 2011 NH Tunnel Meet! Dates: Saturday, December 10th for 4-way FS Cost: $70/person for FS regardless of competition class Registration deadline: First come first serve - limit of 12 Rookie teams and 18 Intermediate or Open teams. Register by Tuesday, November 22 to receive a t-shirt. We filled up last year so register early - registration will likely fill prior to the deadline. Email nhtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com with the full names of each team member, their email addresses, each person’s t-shirt size, your competition class, and your team name to register. Don’t ask me to save a spot for your unformed team… email me with all the requested information at once – I won’t register a team without it. I will assume that you want man’s cut t-shirts unless you specifically say “women’s cut small/medium/large.” Format: Same as last year, 5-round Rookie meet starting at 7am, 10-round afternoon Intermediate, Advanced, and Open meet starting at 11am. Meet Director: Ben Liston (FS meet only) and Chief Judge: Jim Rees (multiple other national judges will be on site this year). Ari will be running the VFS meet again. Teammate finder spreadsheet: Enter your info here if you are looking for teammates https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApFFDKFiX0PedHctZnRiUzRwVEtNLTR1cUJVYVB2bEE&hl=en New for 2011: There will and Advanced class in addition to the Rookie, Intermediate, and Open classes. Sandbagger prevention - Any Intermediate teams that includes two or more members who won the Intermediate class last year, have won an Intermediate gold medal at US Nationals, or any medal in the Advanced or Open class at US Nationals should register as a “guest team” if they want to compete in Intermediate. That means that they can compete, be scored, and will be recognized, but will not eligible for medals. Advanced class team teams should not have more than one USPA Open Class competitor in the line-up (or register as a guest). With these guidelines in mind, teams select their own class. Class Information: - Rookie draw is 3 randoms per round. - Intermediate Draw is 4-5 points, all randoms plus blocks 7 and 9. - Advanced draw is in the works, but it will likely be 4-5 points plus blocks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, and 15. - Open draw has 5-6 points and will include block 18, so the total draw will be randoms plus 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22. Player/Coaches: The “player/coaches” for the 2-on-2 Rookie class will be drawn on site the night before the competition – there will be no pre-formed full 4-way teams or requests. Let me know if you’d like to volunteer as a player/coach – don’t just assume that you are one. Typically, player coaches should have scored a 12.0 average or higher at US Nationals. Communication: I have a busy job. I’ll respond to questions and confirm registrations within one week. Please include your phone number if you email questions so that I can have the option of calling you with my response. -Ben __________________________________________________ Read this info if you didn’t compete last year: The 4rd annual NH Tunnel Meet is on! 4-way Formation skydiving tunnel competition will happen on Saturday December 10th, 2011! Same deal as in past years, there will not be any cash purses, but prizes will include tunnel time and donated prizes from manufacturers. There will also be a 2-way VFS meet on Sunday December 11th. VFS meet director Ari Perelman will send out more details about the VFS soon. Registration prices (for the Saturday FS events) will be $70 per competitor regardless of her/his competition class. Price includes a pizza lunch, bottled water, a DVD of each team’s competition rounds, your meet flights, two-minutes of official warm-up time, and if you register before the November 22 deadline, a free t-shirt for each team member. The four competition classes are Rookie, Intermediate, Advanced, and Open. The Rookie class will be a 5 round morning meet, and the Intermediate, Advance, and Open class flyers will compete in the afternoon over 10 rounds. For the Rookie meet, two competitors will be paired with two veteran 4-way folks who will serve as “player/coaches” (at no additional charge!). Rookie competitors should plan to be on site by 7:15am and should sign up with as a pair and provide me with a team name and t-shirt sizes. Payer/coach pairings will be drawn on site and the awards should be done by 11:30am. The Rookie class is designed to give folks that are new to 4-way a chance to get involved – no sandbaggers please! Folks interested in being player/coaches should contact me. Rookie fee covers the same stuff as the other classes, but your meet is five rounds. You get half the rounds because you have only two paying members to cover the cost of the flight time. Rookie competitors should have the ability to do three way random formations in the tunnel while maintaining levels and not touching the net or hitting the ways. If you are unsure if your skills are high enough for the event please visit the tunnel and get feedback on your flying from the tunnel staff or tunnel owners. Intermediate/Advanced/Open teams should arrive no later than 11:00AM. The competition rounds will be completed by 7:00PM, and the awards ceremony will either happen as soon as the judges finish (at about 7:30PM). Ben Liston, Meet Director NHtunnelmeet”at”gmail”dot”com http://www.skyventureNH.com Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Event Announcement – 2011 NH Tunnel Meet! Date: December 10th for 4-way FS and (December 11th for VFS) Just wanted to get the dates out. This year we will have Open, Advanced, Intermediate, and Rookie classes for the FS event. More details to follow... email NHtunnelmeet"at"gmail"dot"com to get on the email list. The price will again be low, and the competition will be fun. We filled to capacity with 30 teams last year. Plan to register early so you don't miss out. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

Event Announcement – 2011 NH Tunnel Meet! Date: December 10th for 4-way FS and (December 11th for VFS) Just wanted to get the dates out. This year we will have Open, Advanced, Intermediate, and Rookie classes for the FS event. More details to follow... email NHtunnelmeet"at"gmail"dot"com to get on the email list. The price will again be low, and the competition will be fun. We filled to capacity with 30 teams last year. Plan to register early so you don't miss out. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!

There is a "save settings" option in the menu, but if you change out the battery, you loose them. I forget where the option is in the menu, but it's definitely there. You can set the white balance, ISO, MPs, burst, etc. and it will default to those when you turn it on. Ben Mass Defiance 4-wayFS website sticks!