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Is that positively so? I didn't lie, I just wasn't a skydiver when I bought it. But now I am way past the two year period. I was considering paying more to cover skydiving but according to what you state it would not be necessary... Never asked the company, though. If you didn't plan on skydiving and hadn't before when you bought the policy it doesn't matter if you do after you buy the policy. If you up the coverage they may ask when you go through underwriting. usually not a big deal with most companies. Especially if you jump frequently. Currency does mean something with them vs a 10 jump a year person. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

Most companies will have you fill out an additional form asking different questions regarding your skydiving habits, delployment altitude as well as safety devices used and training. Depending on your answer they may or may not allow it. If you lie about it and say you don't skydive, you can't die skydiving before the two year contestablity period. After that you are home free. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

What I use when its cold are for snowboarding. They are called Pipe gloves. They are similar to newmans, but a re made of neoprene. This provides form fitting and warmth without loss of grip. They feel so good I forget I have them on. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I wear a neptune on wrist and dytter in helmet. Got on plane once and neptune battery had died. Just used dytter. then used my eyes to land. All else fails, pull when the ground gets big. Don't get me wrong though, I would have preferred to have the visual as well. Kind of trip to look over in freefall out of habit and see a blank screen. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

That is the funniest thing I have heard today. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I would agree that 1.32 was aggressive for 66 jumps. I flew it pretty conservative. Also later I found out that my brake lines were to short, so my canopy wasn't even flying at full glide. So maybe that was a good thing, because when I did get my lines lengthen, it felt like someone took the training wheels off. My over all point though is each person needs to be evaluated by their progression and skill level at that point. My instructors felt that this would be a good starting point for me after I discussed it with them. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

What it really comes down to is your ability to fly your canopy in any condition. If you haven't gotten everything you can out of your current canopy, then it might be a good idea to get everything you can out of that . If you have, then maybe its time to downsize. Another option I heard someone else mention is to stay on the same size canopy, but get one that is higher performance like the Sabre 2 you flew. Remember that you are ultimately responsible for your safety. I started out with a 1.32 wing loading at 66 jumps on my current canopy. I still want to make about another 100-150 jumps before I think of downsizing. I can fly my canopy well, but I can't get everything out of it that it has to offer. May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!! -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I live in the Northwest and usually use first layer under my jumpsuit. I use Snowboarding pipe gloves. The neoprene keeps your hands warm during freefall and under canopy. Have fun in FL. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

Jumping by yourself a lot can get old really quick. Jumping with friends is awesome. You can bullshit later over bonfire and beer about how you nailed a skydive or how so and so screwed it up. But they are all good. Perfect or not. The best part of getting your A is that there isn't anybody out there testing you anymore. No more pass/fail. This is also a good way to develop into a better skydiver. I love jumping with people more experience because it makes me better and I can learn from them. Having somebody who knows what you are doing wrong and can tell you what to do to correct it will more than likely speed up your learning curve. Congratulations and have fun. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I did have to buy beer, and a bottle of Sambuca for my rigger. I don't loosen the velcro. I just reset it. Velcro over time can gain greater adhesion. Especially because people are constantly pushing on it. Its something I learned and it makes since. It doesn't make it so your handles just fall out. It prevents hard cutaways. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

When I learned AFF I learned two hands on each one. After I got my license, I learned one hand on each. I just had my first cutway last weekend, and I used one hand on each. No problem. One thing I do though, is during my gear check, I reset the velcro so it doesn't make it so difficult to pull handles. Plus with one hand on each, I kept my handles and saved about $90. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

Even though My canopy turns during opening, I love flying it and it is a great canopy to learn on. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I have about 90 jumps on a Sabre 2 170 loaded at 1.38. The only hard opening I had was due to my packing error. Sabre 1's are notorious for hard openings. My Sabre 2 does tend to dive or/turn on opening. However I have changed some packing techniques and this happens far less frequently. I know people who jump Sabre 2's and always open on heading. On the Sabre 2 if you fold the nose to deep in the S fold that can create a hard opening on Sabre 2's. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

I didn't use a wind tunnel and like others still learned. It can be a great aid in learning but from what i understand that it can create some problems later sometimes. some people don't wear their rig in the wind tunnel. Anybody who has ever skydived knows that a rig can change your body position slightly. and with skydiving it doesn't take much variation in body position to have a big effect. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!

AFF4 got me the first time. Then I went back and passed it. There usually comes a point for most people where there is one level or another that they have to repeat. My moment really came when I started learning to do hop n pops. I just couldn't leave the plan stable enough to deploy within the prescribe time. But I stuck with it and got them passed and now I enjoy skydiving all the time. -------------------------------------------------- May the skys be blue, but never your balls!!!