gearless_chris

I've had that happen also... twice. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Sorry, looked like you landed 90 degrees to the cars and ran it out between them. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

You could also make a panic turn to avoid this guy... right into the person beside you. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Not sure how many I've broken, but it is a lot. Mostly from my Cobalt, it was brutal, like a BASE rig, but harder and with more linetwists. I broke a line on my Nitron, just replaced it and kept going, the other went 40 jumps later. I guess if you break one you should probably replace the other. I bought my Samurai used knowing that it would need a line set soon. Made it to the last jump of the day at Nationals in 2011. Had the rigger there replace both lines to get me through the rest of 4 way and 8 way, then had the line set replaced over the winter. Apparently I exceeded the number of jumps on the HMA lines, I had 4 or maybe 5 lines break on it. They were HMA so no real warning, and it wasn't a hard opening either. Here's the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhZBVLxotU It's long, you don't need to watch it all, unless you want to watch me land my reserve, run to the hangar, grab my other rig, and still make the turn when the plane lands. :-) "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I had a malfunction once where the left brake released, but the right would not. I took a couple wraps on the left toggle so it would fly straight with both hands all the way up, then did a bunch of practice flares with the risers. It worked out okay so I landed it, not all that gracefully, but it wasn't bad. That was a Samurai [email protected] w/l. I have not had to deal with both steering lines broken on the same jump before, so I can't comment on what to do with that. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I've landed on rears a few times due to broken steering lines. It wasn't an issue having one toggle still, I have some slack in the brake lines already, and you don't have to pull the risers that far to flare. I would not flare with one toggle and one riser. They do different things and will cause a turn. Lots of people have done it with the same bad results. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I thought this was a different video too. I love all the faceplants, and random landing directions, and S-turns on final, and landing the wrong direction in the wrong place on a night jump. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Other than auto racing, you're probably a lot less likely to die from a distraction in the other sports. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

"Exit order is: 1) Belly flyers, largest to smallest group 2) Free flyers, largest to smallest group. 3)Students and Tandems 4) Wing Suits Trackers must plan with the others on the load based on intention, group size, and wind conditions." The only exception I have seen to this was at Skydive Chicago a couple years ago, Standard (4 way VFS) went first. That exception was made because they routinely pulled lower than most of us, and had 84 velo's or smaller. With them first the rest of the load didn't have to worry about the pocket rockets cutting through traffic under canopy. We were typically the third team to exit, and I could see Standard running to the hangar when my team broke off. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

No idea, but I'm a fan. :-) "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

It was Hannah Betts. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151946782252442&set=a.10151925322962442.1073741829.286190607441&type=3&theater Please vote for my friend Michelle in this contest. Click on the link, then like the picture, then please share so maybe we can get back in the lead. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I heard back in the day of rounds, they would just backslide a little, and open facing each other. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

After missing a very cool shot of the river at the 2010 Nationals because I had two videos and no stills, I can up with this to mount two CX150's vertically. One has a Liquid 3, and the other has a Liquid 5. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

When I asked Brian Germain why they don't make crossbrace canopies for fat guys like me, he said you can't just scale up the size of the canopy 10%, it won't fly like the same canopy. The thickness of the canopy has to change a different percentage than the square footage, and he hadn't figured it out yet. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Sounds like I got lucky, he just blocked me for whatever reason. :-D "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

It was a while back in another thread. It reminded me of a lot of the youngster freefly videos with 9 GoPros on 6 jumpers, for multiple camera angles of black dots way off in the distance, with the occasional collision. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

A couple years ago Sandy Grillet had a pick up team at Nationals called, "Rook you have a call on line one." "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

That would be correct. I'll settle for naked. Same here. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

I have a 6D, and love it, but I'm not jumping it. Too heavy for me. I jump a T1i with a Canon 10-22, which is awesome. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Nope, just like a GoPro, you'll have to point and yell something, and the person is going to stare at you and nod their head yes. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Norman jumps a Red, and a 5d or two. I've seen pictures of Lew with a Red also. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Looks like they use a different cutaway set-up now. I have a 2k Composites chincup cutaway on my Bonehead Mindwarp helmet. It looks a lot like the Cookie system. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

See if you can get the team to give you a nice, "Shake Shake Shake, Ready, Set, Go" for the count, and do it at a consistent speed. I cut off the "Shake Shake Shake" of the 4 way exit, but you can see it in the 8-way exit around 2:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL9FKe8XokI&list=UUthB5kWQ5inWhTV3YMnzEcg&index=11 "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

Probably to cut down the wait time when 4 teams land at the same time. "If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.