dontiego

I'm not really with you. With shear of the air mass, I guess that you mean different wind speed at different altitudes? The canoe turns because one end of it reaches slower flow while the other end does not. Ok. The canopy goes down in altitude and reaches the slower wind *the whole at once*. It's not like one side of the canopy catches the slower wind earlier than the other, inducing a turn, is it? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Well, in theory you're right: whatever how big the canopy, your weight is divided in 40 pieces, supported by every 40 lines. This is valid in flight with constant speed and direction (this is why I still don't understand why people say you have to use a larger canopy to do a Mr.Bill, because of the increased weight). In spirals however, you get to add the Gs to your weight. A smaller canopy gives you more Gs, so the lines endure more strength. (I guess?) "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Then the record of naked formation skydiving, above Säve, Göteborg, Sweden (not switzerland ). "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

What's all this freedom speech about? Sorry, I really don't understand how "feeling freedom" is, and thus never quite experimented it... I think. @OP: It's windy. It feels a bit strange not to have anything in your vicinity (no ground, no ceiling, no wall). It feels more like hanging in the air than falling (beside the wind). You will hopefully be proud after you land. You DID it!! "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

He has nice trousers. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Freeflyers use to have open face helmets. Some say that's because they like the wind on their face, some say it's because a full-face blocks your vision downwards or to the side... Some others say it's easier to lose altitude-awareness when behind a visor... But i feel it's really only a fashion thing. I read some comment somewhere: "you could absolutely use a full-face helmet while freeflying, but don't you want to feel the freedom?". I thought this was a very crappy argument. Team Mandarin (who rock at VRW) wear full-face helmets. If full-faces were a hinder, they wouldn't. Get what you feel is best, there's nothing against full-face even in FF. If you jump when it is cold, you'd love to have a visor... and you could laugh at these open-face people whose nose falls off after a jump I also feel that i can set my audible to the lowest sound level and still hear it (i'm really cautious with my ears). Not sure it would work with an open face... "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I want to see pictures of her cheeks in freefall! Hope they mask her eyes :) "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Uh... this is a joke, right? I know G.W. Bush mixes Sweden and Switzerland, but it feels so unreal that I thought he was the only one. Chocolate, cheese and clocks in Switzerland. Rotten fish, Ikea and Volvo in Sweden. Yodeling in the alps against sex bombs... in both cases you'd be disappointed if you came to Europe. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I heard that the facing back position was best for identification in case of crash + fire, because the teeth of the victims were more likely to be intact. Was it a joke or does it make sense? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

... Ok, i'll think about breathing. It might help me not to fly backwards. Did he give you any other sign? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I guess that the content of the replies means that no one uses hand signs to correct the body position of the coached jumper? But you were very funny, both of you "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

hi! I wonder if any of you FF-coaches use similar hand signs as AFF-I (like straighten out legs, arch more, pull, ...). If yes, it would be interesting to know which are the signs you use, and what they mean! Legs apart? Straigthen legs? Straighten back? Hands forward? Switch to belly? Thx! "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Happy socks are cute... on girls. A man does not wear happy socks. White socks are for virgins and tennis players. If you're a virgin, then ok. If you play tennis then it's ok *while you're playing*. If you're not a virgin and not a girl, then wear black socks. The best with black-socks-only is that it doesn't matter if you lose one... you can form any pair with any of your 31 all-black-socks! A small label or dark and small motive on the side of the sock is ok. But then you lose the easy pairing side of it. Actually, the downside of black socks is that it doesn't match well with dark blue trousers. But since you have black shoes anyway... That's all for the sock theory, hope this helps Edit: Ooo, the easy pairing theory implies that you do not need to sort them after washing anymore!!! "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I read about someone getting a tatoo in freefall. The tatoo is just 4 letters: WFFT (world's first freefall tatoo). "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Kicking all he can with legs and arms, maybe? I've seen videos of student doing that... Or falling very fast, in fetal position . If he's big enough, you'd have a hard time catching up. (just suggestion, i have actually no clue... so please don't flame) "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com