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Gregory is my new hero. I also see the riders are sitting on their knees with their legs completely on the wings on either side of the wings. Could you take a picture or video in a mockup door showing the hand and foot placement of both rider and pilot. (i want to be able to show my rider the video and have them mimic it.) And I have taken a guy on a rodeo. Am I the only one? (The attached picture has nothing to do with this post, I just figured that if people are going to read this crap- might as well give em something to look at : Rolf backflying) There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

oh wow! Do you have more shots of that exit? The rider and pilot are inside the plane. The pilot gives a count and holds the rider's knees? or suit? the rider looks to be sitting on the rig on exit and stays there. I have been doing it wrong/different all this time... I intend to hijack this thread to put together the "This is what works for me" check list for rodeos. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

I have an empty life and needed to fill a hole. Doing this expensive and dangerous activity allows me to look down on wuffos. I like to answer questions for people who are too lazy to do some research. a) This is not a question: you have smoe grramar and sepling miskates. b) Adrenaline exists in skydiving for the first few jumps. Very soon it is replaced by rationalization of risky behavior, complacency, ego, self aggrandizement and negative cash flow. This is the definition of a bad question: It makes the assumption that it is possible to "push" skills. and that there is a "next" level. There is no "next" level. It is a continuum with many branches. You can work on gaining a specific skill (for example: 4-way linked exits) and still be unable to perform another (like turning pieces or sit-fly). Every jump is a training jump where you are improving your skills even if you don't intend for it. some more notes for you: Skydiving is not for "extreme" athletes. Do a tiny tiny bit of research and you will find that most are old-er and not in the least bit athletic. The number of people who compete in skydiving at a professional level is small. A bit more if you include canopy piloting in skydiving (YMMV) There are many many papers on the psychology of risk and "extreeeeme" behavior. The risk in skydiving is real, the level of risk in public perception is grossly over-inflated. IMHO: if you want to learn about the psychology of risk, ask people why they drive fast. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Actually I believe that location is LEGAL I am going to need coordinates so that I can confirm. Map 39.1431, -113.4096 There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

After the recent Red-Bull space jump, one of my wuffo friends started calling skydiving "MAU (manned aerial unvehicle)" activity Clever, funny. I like it There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

[joke]I will leave you that honor, your majesty.[/joke] There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Neither do you. Nice to meet ya. I have foot in mouth disease, it is not contagious. You are probably qualified to answer any question here, that is not up for dispute. I have no problem with the answer, rather the question, it's location, and the OP's lack of research and understanding that they should not solicit advice here. Anywhere else but here. Not likely to happen in an open forum. Even then many of the questions could very easily be answered by a lot of experienced jumpers (who aren't riggers, instructors, DZOs and S&TAs). Agreed. Many of the questions could be answered by anyone. Moderators can lock threads, make them sticky, delete posts and so on. What is preventing the "gear and rigging" moderator from transporting this thread, then deleting the stupid my posts and leaving only the posts from users that the moderator has verified are qualified to answer. It is my opinion that you two did a great job in answering but, OP should have searched and would have found this, should have posted to "Gear and Rigging", called DZ rigger, asked at DZ... anything but here. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Well, I am an instructor and a rigger. 2 out of those 4 ain't too shabby. I believe you, but he doesn't know you. Believe it or not, that ain't gonna happen. You think the guy that told the last DGIT he was good enough to downsize to that handkerchief that he killed himself under is in any 'trouble'? Ha! I apologize, There really is no need for snarkiness here. What I should have said was - In my most humble opinion, without trying to start a flame war, this thread should be moved to the "gear and rigging" forum because it looks to me like an important issue that should be answered by people qualified to do so and that we could all benefit from it. - This issue has been discussed about several rigs in the past and a bit of searching could yield some information. - There is no way for a regular user to know if the person answering them is qualified to do so. - The DZO or instructor who told a DGIT to go ahead and jump a small canopy...should they get in trouble? Its a good question. I don't know. - I would like to see threads called "ask a rigger" or "ask and instructor" or "ask a dzo" where the only people allowed to post are verified riggers, instructors or DZOs. If Bill Booth post something about a rig, it's probably right on the money. Same with TK Hayes about running a DZ. Sorry if I offended. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Do not, under any circumstance, solicit or listen to advice on the internet. Ever. Period. End of discussion. The internet is for: 1) Pr0n 2) Videos of pets 3) Stalking you ex on facebook 4) Buying stuff you don't need with money you don't have 5) Unleashing an all caps rant about how much you hate/love a TV show (or celebrity or band...) 6) Finding random occurrences on Google StreetView 7) Searching for obscure facts to win an argument, on principle. 8) Trolling other users' posts on forums and hijacking the thread (kind of like this post) 9) More pr0n As it relates to skydiving: 1) Find out about or organize events 2) Organize carpool to boogies 3) Market "awesome" videos 4) Wild speculations about incidents 5) Wingsuit brand wars 6) NSFW threads 7) Pictures/Videos/Announcements about skydiving related stuff that the general media misses or gets wrong or covers superficially. 8) Get ideas and advice from people who you already know and are qualified to answer them. 9) DB Cooper stuff The list goes on, but nowhere on that list will you find an entry that says " Solicit advice from random people about how to do something that could potentially kill me" All questions of that nature should be directed to: Instructor, rigger, DZO, S&TA. Or someone who has any authority and could get in trouble for giving you the wrong advice. If I was a moderator here, This thread goes directly to "gear and rigging" with a stern warning that anyone who answers this had better be a rigger verified by a moderator. I err on the side of caution. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Update to boogie costs Carolinafest 2011 $50 Registration $127.89 Gas $75 Speeding ticket $36.90 Beer $650 Jump tickets at $26 a ticket $7 Condoms $3 Whipped cream $17 Nipple clamps $48.69 Food $6.19 McDonalds (not included in food because it is not. Seriously disgusting) $64 STD test $20 to pitch in for bail(again) Total cost 1105.67 Update to boogie costs Arizona days boogie, Eloy $162 9 jump tickets @18 each $0 Bail (I see this as a sign of personal growth) $32.34 Gas $342.16 Alcohol (I see this as a sign of personal growth) No speeding tickets (POS car can't go fast enough to get one) No STD test, No morning after pill, No feather duster, No riding crop. (Top tip for saving some money: Lose some hair and gain 15 pounds. Lack of personality also helps) Total cost: $536.5 Chicks Rock 2012 (Only Saturday and Sunday) $45 Boogie registration $75 Transportation $250 Jump tickets $41.43 Beer $7 PD canopy Demo(Peter is such an awesome guy, PD even gave me a free T-shirt and lots of insight about canopy choices) $3 Tamale. A really good tamale. $23.54 Food at Walmart Total Cost: $369.67 There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Skydiving costs: Getting to A license - $1500 to $2500 Gear: Rig 4000 (includes first reserve pack, shipping...etc) , suit 200, alti 75, helmet 200 100 Jumps after A license: $2500 gas: $18 each time you go (based on 30 mpg, 75 miles each way, $3.5/Gal) Just getting started = $8600 to $9600 in the first 125 jumps This does not include: food, beer, boogie fees, video, coaching (post license), license fees, tunnel time, reserve repacks, Regular packjobs, water training, videos, pictures, speeding tickets and many other incidentals. (If you think my math is off, I checked my records and the first 128 jumps cost $10,237) $200 are a drop in the bucket and not a factor in making a decision. Prepare to spend at least $5000/year (about 150 jumps a year) Skydiving is an expensive hobby. There are much cheaper ways to get your thrills, impress the ladies, find meaning in life, have an adventure, fill a hole in your soul, get a personality, die or main yourself, make friends, get out of a funk, have a midlife crisis, check an item of a bucket list, find your tribe, be part of a small club, learn to master your own body, learn from your mistakes, learn from other's mistakes, be a rebel.... It is not just money, it is time. Skydiving will also alienate you from some people. You will spend your weekends at a dropzone while your friends are out socializing and trying new things. The explosive high from the first few jumps will transform into the high of getting better and succeeding, but if you are just in it for the adrenaline and the "rush" your tenure in the sport might be short lived. Waking up every weekend in the season at 6:30am and driving an hour and half to the dropzone. Sitting on the ground while the winds are too high for a student and driving home too late on Sunday to hang out with your wuffo friends. And you are already off to a rocky start. Zero jumps and you are already asking for advice on the internet. The internet is the number one worst place to learn to skydive. Because even as you read this you must be aware that I could be full of shit, making honest mistakes, misleading you on purpose, drunk, and idiot and all of the above. Close the browser, delete the link to this page, delete your account and call a dropzone. Call 20 dropzones. I will even give you the numbers to some of them: 9256347575: Bay area 8566294600: Crosskeys 6192168416: san diego 5204663735: Skydive AZ 8137839399: Z hills 18665867872: Chambersburg 3867383539: Deland 2815953772: Spcaeland 9784339222: pepperell 5409436587: Orange 9512459939: Elsinore Call any one of these and say "I would like some advice from an instructor, S&TA, or DZO" tell them your story and listen. I repeat "listen". In three hours on the phone you will get more information than three years on the internets. Better yet, go to a dropzone. Furthermore: You will be lucky if there is one dropzone close to where you live. What choice do you have? You take whatever is available at that place. You could do a destination course. Travel to a busy dropzone, pitch a tent, hand over a credit card and don't leave till you got what you came for. You are young, you will survive Welcome to the sport! There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

I should answer something like "It depends on how cute the tandem passenger is" or "If the tandem passenger is a smelly engineer, then its ok to scare them" or the many other remarks you would regularly post. Instead I am just disappointed and not surprised. If you just searched, you would find several lengthy discussions on exit separation dating back to the Wright brothers. Same for lurking tandems Same for exit order Same for freefall drift Same for Learning to sit Same for Sliding all over the place Same for Starting Freeflying In my opinion: 1) You will do better if you learn to skydive in the air, not on the computer. 2) Spend your time on this site by going to the last page of the forum and start reading. No posting. When you get to the first page do the same for the other forums. 3) Write out a post on a different program and wait a day or two. If no one has posted with your content at that time, consider why. It could be that no one has thought of this (You will find out that this is unlikely if you follow suggestion 2) or your content might be inappropriate or irrelevant or unwanted. 4) Make real friends. This is a life long skill that will help you in many other ways. Your skydiving buddies will be "old farts", n00bs, swoopers, vidiots, manifesters...and they are the ones who jump with you, not the people on this site. 5) The DZO and S&TA at your home DZ are the best people to talk to about anything skydiving related. They are responsible for: the property damage, the incident report, the fatality report, the insurance lawsuit and the reputation damage that you will might cause. 6) You need new material. Read the "Bonfire" thread. You will find both the funniest and most disturbing concepts woven together in a chaotic jumble of words. Also: every couple of years someone comes to regret posts from their early days. 7) People who post on DZ.com, me included, just have a valid email address. None of their claims or advice should be taken seriously or taken at all. Log off, delete your account and never return. These people could be trying to get you hurt or killed. If you believe everything you read on the internet, I have an exciting business opportunity for you with a Nigerian millionaire who keeps emailing me, looks legit to me. End of rant There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Next big thing...Wingsuit wind tunnel Lets build it, can't be that hard. Landing a WS took some boxes and two huge brass balls. Maybe the megaramp money can be used for a tunnel? There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

What are you talking about?? Its a slot perfect, grid worthy, 20 way, first of its kind all Purple WS record jump. Haters gotta hate There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Relax. People are bored, drunk and tired. They need to vent somewhere and this is the place they choose. I have no idea how many WS pilots there are in the US or the world but I am sure that most of them don't pay any attention to this crap. On the subject of Purple Mike: We have never met. I have seen his videos. He is good, just look at the authentic picture.(Copyright belongs to whoever own it. Can someone help me with a proper citation here. I don't want to infringe.) There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

I didn't know her, but tears in my eyes There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

As one n00b to another... You post your home DZ as Perris and 9 jumps. That is puzzling. - Why do you even own gear at this point? - Downsizing? What is that? Why do it? Please explain to me. Should I be downsizing too? - - Yes. -But we behaved like it. 1) We read a LOT of posts on many different forums before posting on anything. 2) We never asked material questions on a forum before getting the (S&TA/DZO/AFFI/Experienced jumpers) at our home DZ to weigh in on what is appropriate for ME. 3) We never complained about getting slapped down for a newb mistake on the forum, because the people who slam us down the hardest on the internets will usually go out of their way in the DZ to put us on the right path. 4) We listened intently to answers on the forum. We did not just say "F@&K ya'll, I gots mad skilzz. Haters hate" - No one here has a problem with the question. However, people here might be concerned by the person asking it. - Maybe a little problem with the question: --It is like someone asking about what color the helmet should be for a triple bus jump after just getting their training wheels off their bicycle. --Or like someone asking if a static or dynamic rope is better for a multi-pitch ice climb after learning to belay. --Or asking about indeterminate pressure setting in your decompression regulator for a trimix, multi-stage CCR dive after doing a resort course. You get the picture? Questions like this show a dangerous lack of basic knowledge from the person doing the asking. - If you gotta ask...the answer is No. Why wait till then? Check your ego at the door right now. People here have stopped using their ego a long time ago. Ego is not a factor here at all. All the "ego" jumpers have left the sport due to injuries or worse. To answer your question: BASE or wingsuit? Neither, right now. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Hide the liquor and the virgins!!!! About time you came out to play. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

Should be sticky at the top of the forum... Who isn't!!!? I saw a guy on student status doing a solo belly (sits right next to the big freefly group) try to pick up (name redacted) on the plane with some macho-ness!! To her credit, she didn't flinch, she was totally a steely eyed professional. Another guy on the load whispered some words of advice to Mr. Macho that went something like: "When you see a person with custom embroidered gear, a rig that is smaller than most girls' purse, organizing a big way freefly group and runs to the tram with their other rig after having just landed-swooping the entire length of the landing area...you need to rethink your macho strategy. Try flowers or beer instead" SDAZ has some good looking skydivers, both men and women!! They could do a calendar "Hot in the desert sun: SDAZ" A couple might even be single Spot before you jump... There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

I call shenanigans on that. I have a healthy amount of fear. canopy collisions dust devils main+reserve entanglement tail strike allowing my ego to reach beyond my skills corking into someone neglecting my friends and family someone tracking under me and a "pilot chute in face" malfunction forgetting leg straps on WS jumps speeding tickets on the way to the DZ car accident on the way to the DZ -(most dangerous aspect of skydiving, if you think about it. You are driving an extra 200 miles a week where at any second some idiot can plow in to you at high speed with an SUV. Your car is a piece of crap because you would rather skydive than get a new car. While they were texting and killing you, you are aware of every flesh tearing moment of the accident as your jalopy disintegrates on the highway) Just to name a few I admit that I am concerned about these things, but I am not an experienced jumper. I know a few 5000+ jumper who admit to having those same concerns, so they plan their jumps to try and minimize the probability of these things occurring. skybytch: I agree. fear can be a motivator for experienced jumpers to leave. But an experienced jumper could come up with so many many more excuses: -significant other won't let me -too dam expensive -DZO banned me -I saw too many friends go in -Too expensive -DZ is too far -Got syphilis in the last boogie -Moved to a place where there are no DZ's -My knee/back/shoulder is not up to it -I don't have the time for it -DZ became a tandum factory -DZ shut down -Weather sucks -Dropzone drama There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

You are full of it!!! I ought to whack you over the head with Brian Germain So full of it So full of it So full of it Let me Google that for you So full of it There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

I skydive because the bowling alley decided I am not cut out for it. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

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excel sheet Single line per day, separate line for special jumps DD/MM/YYYY #(321-326) 4way10pt,3wayWS,2x5way, HnP DD/MM/YYYY #327 9way naked tracking. note to self: peeing in full track gets your shoes wet. also, I put it on my calendar a single entry per day. I can write a lot in the "meeting notes", attach video, pictures, maps of WS GPS, links to DZ homepages if it is not home dz... What I like about it , is that it is searchable and sortable. There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers

6th Marko Mike Wingsuit Boogie Results FIFY There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers