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I believe they are just a bit smaller (or larger) than extra medium people. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Thanks everyone. The pattern was made by a company that takes photographs and turns them into patterns. If it is important to anyone, I can find out the name. We started thinking about the path the image itself took to end up in the magazine. It is an old picture and this entire process took years. First there was the original subject and the image thereof: ME which was captured as an image on a NEGATIVE FILM The film was processed which produced a COLOR PRINT I scanned the print as a digital image to JEFF'S COMPUTER My non-computer savy parents asked for a printed copy for a Christmas surprise so I sent it via EMAIL to WALGREEN'S COMPUTER in order for them to make a COLOR PRINT The print was eventually forwarded to a company who scanned it into their COMPANY COMPUTER from which it was transformed into a PATTERN GRID IMAGE which was printed on a PAPER PATTERN This pattern was followed in order to make the CROSS STITCH ART I needed a picture of the art so I enlisted my wife to take a picture of it on LAURA'S CAMERA from which she transferred it to LAURA'S COMPUTER and then sent it to me via EMAIL where it resides on JEFF'S COMPUTER so that I could sent it via EMAIL to PARACHUTIST'S COMPUTER from which it was sent via EMAIL to the GRAPHICS COMPUTER where it was combined with other images to form a LAYOUT IMAGE which was sent via EMAIL to the printer where they made the PRINTED IMAGE that is seen in the May 2012 issue of PARACHUTIST Short version: Image to Negative to Color Print to Digital Image to Color Print to Digital Image to Paper Pattern to Art to Digital Image to Printed Image. And my parents specifically asked for a picture with me in a jumpsuit. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

OK ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to grab the latest issue of PARACHUTIST magazine and open to page 9. I'll wait ............ If you can tear yourself away from my smiling face, look at the name of the artist, with no skydiving credentials. Pearl Dawson is my 83 year-old mother. This counted-cross stitch was my Christmas present from my parents (Dad got it framed). Mom worked on this project for about 5 months. We figured that there are over 36,000 stitches in this picture. I think she said there are 29 different thread colors. Without a doubt the coolest present I've ever received from them. Aside from being a phenomenal piece, it is terrific evidence of their support of my passion. I'm thrilled that she got published for the first time in her life and thousands get a chance to see how talented she is. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart "Skydive naked from an aeroplane...." Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Not a pretty picture, no matter how you look at it. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Definitely not a problem we encounter. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt to cover up said road rash. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

No jumpsuit, no clothes at all. Why? Because it is safer! There has never been a naked skydiving fatality! Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

First of all, I have no ratings. I'm just a weekend warrior who has been around for a couple years..... The major advantage of a tandem is to give you the experience of a skydive under controlled conditions. You have experienced that and decided you want to pursue the sport. What you can be taught on tandem jump is limited. AFF will teach you to skydive. It is ALL about teaching you. An AFF jump is more like real world jumping. After you graduate, there will be very few situations where you will be in freefall with somebody laying on your back. In the end, which ever you choose to do next, YOU ARE SKYDIVING! Eventually, you will get to the same point either way. Enjoy! Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Go AFF as soon as you are able. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Where's the "Take off your clothes, & keep jumping all winter/Boobies!" option? Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

And there are no 12-step programs for us. You can only treat the symptoms ....... by more jumping. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Yeah, but when is it? Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

A Frenchman, an Englishman, a Texan, and a Mexican are flying in a plane. The pilot explains to her passengers that the plane is too heavy and in order to avoid an ugly crash, some weight needs to be removed from the plane. After removing all the unnecessary items (baggage,etc.), the pilot reports that the plane is still too heavy and yet more weight needs to be removed. She then asks if any of the passengers would be brave enough to give up their own lives to save the others. The Frenchman stands, raises his glass,says "Viva la France!" and jumps out of the plane. This not being enough, the Englishman stands up, raises his glass, says"Long live the Queen!" and jumps out of the plane. Still this is not enough weight removed so the Texan stands up, raises his glass, says "Remember the Alamo?" and throws the Mexican out. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Enjoy !!

Has there EVER been a jumper who has regretted logging all of his jumps? ...... EVER? Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Where are you doing this tandem? Have fun! Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

So you are saying the chances of me getting sponsored by a jumpsuit company are slim? Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Hey, it can happen to the best of them. I know it was only a static line jump but Charlie Sheen let one get past him. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

MOST excellent story!! Do you have any more? Did you make any more night jumps? Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

You peeked! Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

Nah. I'm too shy. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

As a matter of fact, I am. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

I noticed and like the new fonts, BTW.

Back in the rec.skydiving days, there was a skydiving FAQ published. It was mostly legit FAQ that had this particular piece of almost believable bullshit as a question's answer. This, coupled with the dead woman in the movie Goldfinger, conned a good number of people into believing it. As a matter of fact, it was repeated by reputable (?) national news organizations. Maybe that's where this particular band of evil-doers got their information. Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving