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It's just Eli and Charles now though. Fritz retired from the team.

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They are way overrated and always have been. And thanks to "Bone-O", they're pretentiously silly as well.

Opinions are like assholes...

I recently got these Rudy Project sunglasses for about $140.00. I like Gatorz but my eyelashes always seem to touch the lenses and it drives me crazy so I got these instead.

http://www.rudyprojectusa.com/products/sunglasses/styles/graal.htm#

Steve Curtis from Eloy did this too.

http://www.azflightclub.com/fc_curtis.html

If your going to quit a job for skydiving at least wait until you have all your ratings or enough jumps/experience to be a highly rated coach. There is not a lot of money in skydiving and it is hard to make ends meet. If you don't have your ratings you end up packing and most of the time if you do that you don't end up jumping all that much.

This is a story I heard from an old schooler. His son packed tandems at a dz and he came to visit. I do not know if this actually could happen? I never wanted to try it to find out.

Said old timer made a few jumps one day. Last jump of the day he landed off and was waiting for someone to pick him up. Decided to daisy chain his lines and close the rig since it was the last jump of the day. The dz came and picked him up and he went back to the hanger and had a few beers and went home.

His gear sat at home all week...

Saturday morning he went out to the dz and there was a 10 minute call. He wanted to get on the load that was being planned so he got on it. They geared up, went out and got on the plane. Up to altitude and out they went. Had a good dive, he tracked away...

As he deployed he watched as his lines became undaisychained rather akwardly above him. He forgot that he daisy chained his lines and closed the bag the previous weekend! He said he had some line twists but it opened and he landed the canopy!

I laughed really hard when I heard that story.

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I know quite a few people who do exactly as you mentioned, work full time at the DZ and have no insurance. They however would NEVER take a dime from anyone if they fucked up...they understand the risk and know they are responsible for themselves..

I know a lot of people who would never ask for a dime either. I know people who have hurt themselves with no insurance and never asked for a dime.

I agree with you all that EVERYONE should have insurance. I have insurance. I was just saying the reality of this sport is that a lot of people don't. I'm not saying they ask for money when they are hurt. They don't. Although I have seen instances where it wasn't expected for people to give money to help someone in need but a lot of people did.

I'm not saying I disagree with you all. I am just saying realistically, it doesn't happen all that much!

I agree with you Mar but how many people don't jump and save that money for insurance at dropzones. Some probably, but I have not met that many.

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Maybe they should get another job. One girl I know who works at our DZ has TWO other jobs. If you can't live on your income, find another one to supplement or God forbid replace it.

They skydive full time at busy dropzones (such as Perris or Eloy) and still don't make the money for insurance. They do it because they love the sport. I'm talking about some of the best skydivers today that do what they do because they don't want to work a normal job.

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I think it's irresponsible for people to skydive without insurance and without savings set aside for a back-up plan. Sorry if I sound harsh.

However, most everyone I know who works at dropzones can't afford insurance and jump for a living. Is it irresponsible of them? Not really. They don't make enough money to eat sometimes let alone pay for insurance.

When they interviewed Clint Clawson in Parachutist magazine they asked him about his AAD. His answer was "I can't afford one." Probably the same thing with insurance too.