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  1. Unless you happen to above one and it prematures for what ever reason..... Then alot of gun shot going at 155mph to some lower speed is going to be coming at you....like a shotgun I don't reckon using a Vladiball changes the basic rules for jumping a ball. Still something you have to deal with and stress over a little!
  2. Where did you read that? In the skydiving mag? Good advice, but you can't do it can you! Like Andy says and..... I start it with a slight side slide then try to have forward motion with constant turn. Keeping legs down and leaning back with hips forward. This will ensure fall rate is unchanged and forward motion is easier. (remember when you move you slow up a litte - forward motion requires a little more vertical speed in the position to compensate for the increase in body surface area presented to the air) Don't forget to imagine a center point and your 'imaginary orbit / circle' to work to. Good luck this weekend too Andy, go dominate mate!
  3. Not sure about this He reads these forums now and again, so me thinks clown feet might get a big head!!! Ha ha, just kidding, Mikey is a good flyer for sure. Think he was concentrtating at bailing out a plane with Andy (Andrewnewell on here) at 1600ft yesterday!!! Hope he managed to show some skills from that delay. Broken rudder, no problem for clown feet!
  4. Heard good things about Lillo and the euphoria set up. I had a great time out there last Xmas, lots of good jumps, good vibes and managed lots of jumps despite the DZ being still quite 'young' / 'new'. Cool place. The UK scene is difficult to pin down, but there are more and more people who are keen, with a good basic level looking to hook up and jump. Sibson, Langar, Weston, Hib, South Cerney all have some representation, so just listen up and make sure you try to get involved when you pick a DZ.
  5. Bruno in second! Fantastic! Local going hard! Go Bruno. Great to see Vince, Tom and Steff in the finals too, go Babylon! I know alot of the locals have been training hard and it is fantastic to see them doing well. I think that seeing some of the PD factory guys miss the final is a complement to how the level is improving. It must be a real pain when every competition you are marked; but then at the same time a complement that people would like to beat you. Jay and JT are bad ass swoopers that lots of people you love to place higher than. fantastic event it would seem. Anyone know how many rounds there are in the final? Does the scoreboard reflect final standings now? (a couple of rounds have gone now)
  6. Email from Lapalisse about Espace Boogie states that there will be no freefly organisers. No An-72, no freeflyer organisers......real shame.
  7. He he, like that one! Needs a little more french in the phrase / name I reckon. Not going to bang on about this guy too much more, but seriously, he really is the daddy in the sky. Going to make sure I do some more jumps with him at some point. Think I need to check Antigravity out again and get some tips! If anyone has the chance to jump with this guy they should. First generation freeflyer who has no compromise. Love that description of his flying...."no compromise!"
  8. Yeah, was alot of fun. I liked one of his comments: "You find the limit when your body begins to shake.....but with training your limit increases" It made me smile. If you can imagine tracking with straight body but in an angle (slight or steep) to pick speed up then making turns. If you stay on the flat surface which is your chest to legs you will be sliding around in turns and wasting the energy. He was flying positions which cut the air. The upper torso was angled on the side with the shoulders cutting the air. He had one knee down and one up, it looks like a flat flyers point turn using the knees, but with a slight twist. Basically it is a carve turn, possible because of the speed he uses I guess. Not sure as it is totally a unique style. Because of the speed in the jumps he uses the whole body as a wing. We were tracking in straight lines in an angle to pick speed up, then trying to make turns before going stright again. Picking up speed in the turn then releasing it. I guess not too unlike a hook turn. Build up the speed then release it in a direction. I guess a good description might be like a whirl pooll or water going down a plug hole in the bath. We were doing 3-4ways including him, I wouldn't do it with more people as the speeds were too much for my ability. Its alot of speed and the ground you can cover is amazing. Phillippe Vallaud is the daddy, he is all over it in the sky. Don't think you will ever catch him on a big way, but this type of skydiving is his thing. It is one of the reasons I went to the event to hook up with him. Had a smile on my face all day. Good when you realise how good someone is and how far ahead of you they are.
  9. Great event, could only spend three days. Ippo Fabbi, Eli Thompson and Phillippe Vallaud. If anyone ever gets the chance to jump with Phillipe Vallaud they should do. He is totally different to anyone I have ever jumped with and is truely bad ass. Had some great jumps with Eli and Ippo too, but jumping with Phillippe and trying to follow was something a little different not to mention special. Phillippe is the guy from the old film Anti Gravity who flys around on his shoulders and burns around the sky. He is so fast in the sky. The jumps are super high speed and really challenging. His concept of how to use the air and utilise the power that you can generate is amazing. He uses his body as a wing and flys alot on his side aswell as cutting serious turns, as apposed to sliding around the sky. If anyone doubts that tracking is one dimensional and flying free is dead they should go hook up with him. Also the event provided Jan's Beech 99, Super Otter, Super Porter, and an A-Star Turbine Heli which to my suprise dropped us 14'000ft above the French Alps. This event is / was wicked, apart from going back to work, I also miss the $1500 film festival!
  10. Ease up Zenister!! Have you ever jumped with them or met them? They ain't trade marking anything or trying to make some stuff people have done before sound like they discovered it. As with most generic terms, the term atmonauti has evolved to describe the type of jump. I agree that the belly position looks and is indeed a little similar to a crab position. However it is not meant to be a static position to let the back flyers know to 'crank it up'. They are trying to start with some basic jump briefs, generate some skill level and move on from there. I think it is cool that they have a project in their heads and are starting the skills at an accessible point before moving on form there. I totally agree that good trackers / flyers can do atmonauti. But like anything you have to train at it Which they do alot, producing some fantastic jumps. The name for the jump just helps with the association of what actually is going on. As you mentioned, they are concentrating on one aspect of flying and developing the skills of a lot of people and themselves in the process. Which is cool. Train hard to raise the level. Cool. If you get the chance you should jump with them and talk to them. Gi is bad ass. Back sliding head up / flocking is alot different to what she is doing and the positions she holds. They fly so stuff which is really difficult and pretty cool. The original thread was about feet first head up atmonauti, which she does belly up, a super fast head up position or tracking feet first facing the sky. That is super hard, and is pretty cool to see. Don't get me wrong, I am for total freefly, being able to get where I want and when I want. You shouldn't be so sceptical with Marco and Gi and what they are doing, it is a positive thing for freefly and definitely not a self worship thing.
  11. No Rob, haven't got a clue, but this isn't your main aim for the trip is it?
  12. Thanks for the info. I hope Adam has not crashed any more cars since Gap in France...... Would love to check Sydney out, but unfortunately my plane is heading to Melbourne. Shame about Skydive City, had some people I have met who jumped there. Will have to get hold of Dingo and check out Skydive Nagambie if he is still around towards the end of the year.
  13. Is there any DZ on the coast to jump?? I remember something about Skydive City being on the coast east of Melbourne. What is the freefly scene like around there? Do you guys know Dingo and his team? They were one of the Aussie teams, got a feeling he might jump in Victoria. Heading out at Xmas to see family, also interested in details of DZ's to hit and how busy they will be around this time.
  14. Your memory is not too fuzzy quite yet Sounds like you're talking about the 'bomb'. Keg attached to tube, full of water and colour. Russian AAD fires at set altitude releasing the water and colouring the sky. Sylvain Turin was the inventor, he also invented the tube. The original one is in Spain. Now it is retired. Think it made its debut in Eloy at the 1998 freefly festival with the Frenchies when they visited. Would be cool to see some jumps like that again.
  15. Nils and Martin's web page: FunkFlyz: http://www.funkflyz.com/ Locations for them on the webpage, Skydive Linares (formerly Train in Spain, Bailen) and Skydive Voss (Voss Valley, Norway).
  16. Just to let people know. Jan is back in Bailen (South Spain) and the DZ is up and running soon, which means the original Go Verticals are back. Go Verticals are 16,000ft tickets for normal price so freeflyers get that working time...for the people who did not know The DZ is called Skydive Linares now, not Train in Spain, has the same stuff but now with Jans bad ass Beech 99. can't wait to check it out, just need time off work!!! Check it out, first Go Vertical is soon at end of March!! www.skydive-linares.com
  17. Sometimes you can tell what time it is when you are in the tunnel and what people are doing out side in the car park due to the lack of air filters for the skyventure wind tunnel. This phenomena normally occurs around 4:20 or in the evening
  18. Glad to see Reynolds is making news on a global level now. Think he needs his eyes testing to help his swoops... Good luck to both of you in Florida
  19. Tom Naef 6th Bruno Brokken 7th 8th ??? Rolf Kuratle 9th??? Can not remember the other results... anyone else
  20. Coaching for sure. Especially as it tends to be much cheaper than in the sky. Also you happen to be near the Orlando tunnel, so it is so there are loads of coaches around. 3 to check out, are Juliana, Fabian and Joao, who are now based in Skydive Space Center @ Tuitesville, but have many many hours of tunnel. I think their flying in the tunnel is amazing. There are alot of good freeflyers out there for sure, but watching and being coached by these people, is so much fun. I think they charge $75 for 30 mins on top of your 30mins tunnel time, and they will organise you to go with others so you can share time and have breaks between the 2 min intervals. I would say go for coaching now, you will progress faster, have more fun, know what to work on, and get the most out of your time. As for videos, Chronicles 2 is a favourite. It is old school but bad ass. Lots of the stuff on the video is still of a high standard for the 'normal' jumper to reach. Pure flying with all the names and majority of the original freeflyers. Check it out.
  21. A russian AAD attached to large keg containing water. keg attached to tube. At preset alititude aad fires and water enters the sky....appropriately called 'The Bomb'. Last used in Eloy 1998 I believe, check old freefly festival photos. Bad arse.
  22. Andy, You have too much time on your hands. Shouldn't you and Piers be trying to wind each other up instead??? Get back to training and stop dreaming of squirrels. I hear good things about your jumps bro. How about hu hd with both feet touching, hu guy totem on hd guy. so hu is rear of door facing earth head towards tail, hd guy facing earth head towards wing in front of door. Keep feet touching and exit, fly hill, then vertical. It will look like a mirror image all the way from exit to the vertical. Andy would probably call it the 'mirrored squirrel'
  23. Okay, here's a shot at answering you. To be a 'Good' coach you got to have the basic requirement of a decent freefly level, and have some idea / philosophy of why you teach people certain stuff. On top of that there is other stuff like how you relate, but the skills takes a lot of time and money to get. Then, imagine you want to have a freefly school. You need to make a living, 99% need a job to live and feed themselves etc... So if there is a smaller season, less predictable weather etc.... you can't be as current nor more imortantly jump as much. So how can you survive with less jumps and income compared to else where?? The schools you have mentioned can't compare to other established groups because the flyers have no where near the experience of the top freeflyers. The Uk does have some good flyers though. People like Chris Lynch, the Meacock brothers, and Ash Crick etc... have been around in UK coaching. But to be a bad ass flyer doesn't happen over night. Chris Lynch has been in the sport for years, and the Meacocks have spent time every where (Eloy, Empuria etc...). bascially I think it comes down the weather and being able to support yourself. Being 100% in the sport is full on. Some times people come and some times they don't as far as coaching goes. If you are at a busy DZ where alot of jumps are done you have a better chance of surviving. Check out where most coaches are. As far as quality of debriefs and briefs, that is up to the coaches involved. But people who have a personal philosophy and vast quantity of experience will be able to answer most questions as they know why the are saying certain things. Also, apart from the less opportunities to jump, people tend not to take time off work in the UK to jump in the UK. If you take a week off for jumping most would head abroad, so that means your market tends to be weekends. Cost comparisons are also important, cheaper tickets are available abroad. I feel like the list goes on. I hope some of these points may explain why the UK schools are not quite the same as the larger schools run abroad. But also remember, there are some hot freeflyers who are British, and not all of them jump in the uK at all!
  24. Minimum requirements : + 35 jumps (French: B degree ; for all : up-to-date logbook); + 15 jumps within the season; + a valid licence; + for the foreigners : a certificate of third party liability insurance valid on the French territory including the repatriation; + for the EC citizens : a E111 social security form (http://www.google.com/search?q=E111); + parachute documents (reserve packing validity : 6 months). All parachutes deemed in bad shape will be systematically refused; + revised AAD; + for the group jumps : corresponding degree (for the French : B2 or B4 degree); Beginning of registrations: Friday, August 6 (18:00 to 23:00) Load organizers 2004 espace : Freefly : Eli THOMPSON (FlyBoyz), Charles BRYAN (FlyBoyz), Stéphane FARDEL (BaByLoN), Fred FUGEN (BaByLoN), Olav ZIPSER (the godfather), Tazio MADLIGER (XLR-8), Arno FLETCHER (Team Gandhies) Formation skydiving : Patrick PASSE, Milko HODGKINSON, Dario JOTTI, Dave MORRIS, Benji REFFET, Manu SARRAZIN (VR8 France), Guillaume BERNIER (VR8 France), Jérémie ROLLETT (VR8 France), Mathieu BERNIER (VR8 France) Wingsuit : Loïc JEAN-ALBERT (Fly your Body), Stéphane ZUNINO (Fly your Body) Video team : Wendy SMITH, Tim PORTER, Willy BOEYKENS FS Video : Jean-Pierre ROY, Téo MONTEIRO, Conny JOTTI, Willy BOEYKENS, Laurent PECHBERTY, Alex PEREIRA, Thomas RICHAUD, Stéphane MISTROT DIT PACHET Prices (incl. IVA) : - Boogie registration: 55 € - Plane ticket destination 4800 m (15750 ft) : 22,50 € - Organized load extra: 3 € - Plane ticket with no boogie registration: 29,50 € - Parachute rental (per jump, including packing) : 16 €