steveorino

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About steveorino

  • Birthday 01/26/1955

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Gear

  • Container Other
    Mirage
  • Main Canopy Size
    150
  • Main Canopy Other
    stiletto
  • Reserve Canopy Size
    135

Jump Profile

  • Home DZ
    SKYDIVE AIRTIGHT
  • License
    D
  • License Number
    26782
  • Licensing Organization
    steveorino.com
  • Number of Jumps
    5025
  • Years in Sport
    21
  • First Choice Discipline
    Instructor
  • First Choice Discipline Jump Total
    3500
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Freefall Photography
  • Second Choice Discipline Jump Total
    4600
  • Freefall Photographer
    No

Ratings and Rigging

  • IAD
    Instructor
  • AFF
    Instructor
  • Tandem
    Instructor
  • USPA Coach
    Yes
  • Pro Rating
    Yes
  • Wingsuit Instructor
    No

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  1. I replaced my Left Knee in April 2016 - I was jumping by June and doing tandems by July - It was sore, and originally hard to bend fully, but I rehabbed that mother like no tomorrow. I replaced my Right Knee in December and didn't jump until March or April. It stayed stiff until this month. I rehabbed it hard this time too, but I'm older 65+ so the time to heal was a lot slower. My surgeon brags to his patients I have 1600 jumps on my new left knee.
  2. Let me update my answer. The DZO is closing in on 50 and I'm 64 with 3000 tandems. Heck I have over a 1000 tandems on my new knee. Age is a hell of lot more than a number! STEVEMACHINE!
  3. BSBD Hand carved, original, OOAK, Hobo Nickel on EBay now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/123586616269 steveOrino
  4. I carved this for a GK and it got lost in the mail so I made him another one. Today the Post Office returned it to me. It is now on EBay for anyone who wants to bid on it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/123257257440 steveOrino
  5. The time on EBay on this one is almost up. I included another skydiver coin with it. Two for the price of one! steveOrino
  6. That is a damn nice one! Thank you -- I'm learning as I go steveOrino
  7. One more on Ebay. I'm getting better. http://www.ebay.com/itm/122434678522?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 steveOrino
  8. latest with full face helmet. Available on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/122399870452? steveOrino
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_nickel steveOrino
  10. Check out my latest Hobo Nickel on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/sch/docphelps552/m.html?item=122394327518&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 steveOrino
  11. Unless it is cold I don't wear a helmet now (I did when I started because I wore a protrack) Most of my students don't either. I only have 2500 tandems but have never been head butted because I'm looking UP at the canopy as I deploy. And as one who was given head lice by a pastor visiting from Africa, I don't blame people for not wanting to put a hat on their head worn by 100s of people. steveOrino
  12. One halloween I jumped in a reggae dread lock wig under my helmet. As I deployed I felt a hesitation before canopy inflation. Then I felt the canopy open. A good assumption was the dreads got caught in 3 ring system or risers. Never again! steveOrino
  13. +1 Nothing prepares you for the AFFI course like practicing Cat C&D jumps with an AFFI or a tunnel rat who knows what that is. And learn to teach a class. All the 4 way skills in the world won't help you with that part of the course. IMHO docking on a 4 way ain't nothing like chasing a student across the sky, stopping spins and flipping upside down students. steveOrino