Emma

Odd thing to post, for a skydiver. If you wish to vent your strange views, may I suggest Talkback?

Hey... 16th till 29th Dec... Tracking, bigways, flat stuff (4way???anyone???). I'm going out earlier than 'normal' (gotta love freelance work eh?) so happy to hook up with people for some jumps and beers :) Quite excited now Emma

Yeh, thanks, I know. But the funny thing is, I didn't thing there could be anyone who didn't know these guys' names...Well, not in the RW forum anyway... However - suits me, I haven't been able to reserve my slot yet, so all the better if the hoardes stay away while I try and remortgage my grandmother or something...

Wow, you make Alienangel look like Germaine Greer... Impressive!

Not to worry, if God was a guy he'd have put testicles on the inside...

Hi, It's not just about arching, it's also about body position. It depends if you fly boxman or mantis (ish). A lot of slow-fallers I know who were trained in the box (scourge of RW) tried to go faster by moving their arms further and further back. This isn't very effective in increasing your fall rate and crap when you want to take grips. Make sure your suit fits tightly, is made of fast-fall material, get some coaching in a good mantis position and learn how to increase fallrate by bringing your arms IN instead of trying to push them further back. Make sure your weight belt is around your waist and not on your chest, and don't be scared to load up on lead - most of the top teams have at least a few members who wear lead. I wear around 21lbs in the tunnel. :)

Do you mind me asking how you know that? Out of interest. Thx

I researched this as part of a post-graduate in education and would say it's true. There is an equal tragedy for boys in the classroom, whose academic achievement is increasingly falling below that of girls. This is largely due to the disruptive nature of their bad behavior. Boys acquire status among peers through negative attention, girls through creating micro-cultures of selective exclusion - and the latter generally does not disrupt studies so dramatically. Schools definitely need to change the ways they teach and discipline children based on gender, to counter-balance current cultural influences.

Nice

Watch out on those 'personal attacks'...

I'd hardly worry about that, it's all over the press. It's personal attacks and judgement on here we should avoid (and I've seen no-one on here out of line on that score). The arrests might come to nothing.

Their photos were on the front page of Metro this morning. It is common knowledge who has been arrested.

I don't think skydiving will ever really appeal to the general public as a spectator sport because they will never be able to relate to it. Even with live big-screen footage of 4way/ 8way/ 10way etc, the public just won't 'get it' because a skydive, let alone a fast RW jump, is so far removed from their experience that they can't possibly understand the skill involved. For instance - let's take skate-boarding, BMX, even synchronised swimming - people all have some experience/ idea of being on a board/ bike/ in a pool, so they can see that the stunts or moves require some impressive skills. Freefall is too difficult for people to appreciate. Maybe swooping will appeal as it's so fast and immediate, but freeall - no. Not until tunnel flight becomes as widespread as say, kids getting on a board in their neighbourhood. And it's a lot cheaper to get into BMXing or boarding even at a low level than it is to start skydiving.

And don't forget AZ Warp Factor who missed the Advanced silver by only ONE POINT (and had an awesome round 5). A very close meet with great performances from all medalling teams (and many of those who missed out!). It's great to see so many Advanced teams pushing up the standard.

Sounds pretty specific to me. From the article: PALLBEARERS QUESTIONED Two teenagers who acted as pallbearers at the funeral of skydiver Stephen Hilder are continuing to be questioned by police after being arrested on suspicion of his murder.[.....]The pair were arrested at Scunthorpe Police station yesterday and taken to separate police stations in the Humberside Force Area to be interviewed.

In order to do what?

No-one knows who they are therefore it is not yet possible to answer that. I'm sure once more news breaks it will be on here. Spanner - I think they have to have some evidence to arrest but sometimes the 'questioning' is designed to elicit more evidence in order to charge them. The CPS will not let the police charge a suspect without serious and credible likelihood of a conviction. If anyone knows better please feel free to add/ correct. Let's hope these are the right people but let's not be too hasty - the judicial process works in a specific way for a particular reason. And Remy - I didn't notice you displaying your hard-on online....Wonder what Karen would say..

???? Is this a Carry On film? 'Carry On up the Dropzone' perhaps...

Definitely worth the money, world class coaching geared towards the individual's level and ability. The combination of tunnel and skydiving (2 on 2 with XL) uses bodyflight techniques learnt in the tunnel, and builds on them with 4way instruction on exits etc. Comprehensive debriefs, video etc, lots of fun. I did a camp last year with some friends and found it a very intense learning curve, particularly good for people who may not have a team yet but who want to learn 4way skills. Also a good way to meet people to do a team with for the coming year. In the long run it's probably one of the cheapest ways to raise your RW skills up a notch or 3. I believe they get booked up pretty quickly though as they don't run throughout the whole year and get students from the US, as well as those who fly in from the UK / Europe just to do the camp.

Are they the preferred brand of the British 4way team from Sebastian? These guys really will stop at nothing for sponsorship eh?

Press-ups are good, especially for girls. You can also tape some weight to your wrists if your arms are getting really floaty.

The coaches mentioned on the Perris PP site: CHRISTOPHER IRWIN SHANNON PILCHER DAN BRODSKY-CHENFELD PAT MCGOWAN KAI WOLF ANDY DELK are the only coaches for the Dec camp. The other coaches named on the web page will be participating at other camps throughout the year. XL have been running a tunnel/ jumping format for some time and I think it works well, as tunnel-honed terminal skills can't totally compensate for shoddy exits. $2k doesn't seem like an unfair price to me but I guess it won't suit everyone.

Mike...a true gent, that's what we like to see on dz.com Any more insults, Remy, and I'm gonna have to tell you to TAKE IT TO REC! Now...where did I put those pies...?

Gus jumped with metal and then when his ankle was strong enough he got it taken out. I wouldn't risk jumping with metal in. You might end up an amputee . Oh yeh, the surgeon told him never to jump again though. They tend to be rather doom n gloom imho. Good luck with it Colin, I hope you're back in the skies again soon. If not...tunnel?

I doubt that the stats for a reserve failing are as high as those for a main failing, given the difference in the way the two are packed. Plus, you have a mal on your main, unless you have balls of steel you're gonna chop it. If you have a mal on your reserve you're likely to make the best of a bad situation... And not necessarily die. But if my assumption is wrong I'm gonna start paying my rigger £4 instead of £35 a pop...