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It might be a good idea to look into using another ankle support device. That active ankle looks a lot like what was briefly used in the military called the PAB( parachutist ankle brace). While initial studies showed it reduced the number of ankle related injuries there was an increase in the number of tib/fib breaks and other lower leg injuries due to the device placing the stress further up the leg once it was being used in the field by more troops. The PAB is no longer used for this reason. The active ankle may be excellent for ground based activities but its similarities to the PAB may produce similar results if you ever land wrong while skydiving, which is a concern. Hey Lou, Thanks for the warning, I'll keep my mind opened to any other solutions out there. If I understood right what you were saying is that with that type of ankle brace the tib/fib have more chance to break from the middle of the bone. If that's the case I was aware of it and it's the same thing with having boots. When I spoke with my doctor he told me that usually fractures that are not close to the joints are more easily to recover from and they tend more to be open fractures. In a perfect situation the bone can bend a lot before actually breaking. The bending of the bone absorbs the shock. If the bone it's only bending and not breaking in the worse case scenario you get only some micro-fractures. Just like you said it if you restrict the bending of the bone, it will break more easily. The section area of the bone varies and if the pressure point is focused on a small area part of the bone the bending process will be bypassed. That is the case with the tib/fib. Tib/fib have more chance to break close to the ankle joint and that adds a hard recovery (ligaments affected by operation&hardware + losing some range in the ankle, you know, the whole 9 yards). Also I still have the stainless-steel inside the ankle and the holes in the bone act like tension points that will shatter the bone if the shock is big enough. For me, today, my tib/fib bones can safely absorb less shock than 1 year ago. No structural ankle bracelets absorb just a little bit of shock so I've chose a structural ankle bracelet that allows me to have pitch mobility and restrict more the roll/yaw rotations. Those are the reasons why I've chose the structural ankle support. Is it the best solution to my problem? I don't know for sure..... If anybody else cares to share other solutions that they are using I'll be look into them for sure. Blue skies, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Hi autoset, If the ankle brace is made of only fabric and velcro and no structural reinforcement it acts only as an external muscle. Basically it just takes the effort out of the ligaments. It's good if you have bad ligaments and/or atrophied muscles in the ankle but they give little structural support in case of a big shock such as hard landing. I use that type of ankle brace when I go to the gym or running or play with my longboard. My ankle muscles are not 100% recovered after my accident and that brace really makes a diff in all the day to day sport activities that doesn't involve jumping. When I'm prime to bigger ankle shock I use active ankle that acts as external muscle and has structural reinforcements (that starts from the bottom of the shoe) that can help absorbing an unwanted shock from a hard landing. I'll suggest you to add your instructor and your doctor into the loop so you can find suitable solution from booths sides (it has to be air worthy and to fit your medicals needs). When you find a solution share it with us. Cheers, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

For ankle protection I'm jumping with active ankle and regular comfy sport shoes. www.activeankle.com or if you want to be snag points free http://www.orthoticsandbeyond.com/p-23-aircast-airsport-ankle-brace.aspx Some regular boots have snag points and add some restriction to your ankle movement (if you land without wind you need to run a bit) but if you really, really want boots take a look at those paragliding boots: http://www.flyaboveall.com/highflyboots.htm Keep in mind that they have snag points even if they say, and I quote: Unique shock cord closure - no line snagging. I've personally tried all those 3 products and choose active ankle in the end. Might want to check it with your instructors before buying something. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

There's a nice forum for paragliding at http://www.paraglidingforum.com/. Can we try to merge with them? Their thread organization looks to be similar with ours (General Discution/Safty & incidents, etc). Maybe they'll lern about the 3ring system and about the CReW lines and in the future we can have paragliders ready for CReW. Imagine CReW for 30 min. And we can learn a lot about micrometeorology. Just an idea Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfK1tqL9JMY I wonder why are they doing that? Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Robin Williams has a good explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X04wZpqx3U Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

A paragliding tandem doesn't involve any big shoulder usage while a skydiving tandem does. Flying again is a big morale boost and it motivates you more while in the rehab time. If a person gets prime shoulder condition in 4 month (almost same strength and range in both shoulders) and at that time he's ready to go back to the sport that dislocated the shoulder in the 1st place (he is ready to handle the same stress level that dislocated the shoulder on the same shoulder in the same position without any problems) then after 2 or maybe 3 month in the rehab when he only got mild discomfort for holding the hand at shoulder level while sitting in a nice lazyboy for 5-7 min he is ready to try paragliding. ICE after & before. Yes, you might need people to help you collapse the glider in strong winds so you don't have to fight a big force by yourself and maybe some help for take off when you inflate & charge. You can also choose the days when the wind is good. Piloting a paraglider from a comfy lazyboy generates a smaller stress level on the shoulder when compared with what freefall&arch + opening shock can do. Hardlanding is the same in shoulder stress level in both sports but flaring a paraglider is a lot more easy than a student parachute and it has usually bigger size. Also even if this MIGHT be true on a statistic level it has to be dealt with by a case by case method. That's why he should speak with his doctor and the paragliding instructor. I know a paragliding pilot that dislocated his shoulder and after 6 weeks was piloting again with some help on landings and take off. He got almost good condition in 2 to 3 months. Building the muscles was the key. I know paragliding is viewed as a lame for most of skydivers but maybe he wants to try it. just my 2 cents. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

It happen to someone I know last season. Last jump with 1instructor. Dislocated during free fall. The Instructor open for him and he landing with a weird flare but on a 300 sq ft parachute. After the operation he plans to continue the AFF. Warning YASA (Yet Another Student-newbie-beginner Advice) During those 4 month do something close to skydiving like paragliding so you'll still be flying a canopy and you don't give a chance to the fear to saddle in. I did the same thingy after my accident. Paragliding and kite boarding. DHV1 is the key word in paragliding and bow-kite is the key word in kiting (total depower). That and really, really fly in the days with good wind. You'll love the ground lunch! But BEFORE doing anything check with your doctor. I'm thinking that paragliding is not be that intensive for the shoulder. Cheers, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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I was expecting to freeze in the plane, to have an heart attack when the door opens, to mess up big time my exit and to be unstable in the free fall part. The entire day at work before going to the dropzone I was telling myself that maybe I should begin the season with a tandem.For the last 3 month every time I was watching the same movie with a Cessna exit I was getting the bad vibes. In my previous jump, 6 month ago, I've I broken my left ankle due to a brain fart and a downsize from 260 to 200 (WL ~ 1.2). It was the opposite! Very relaxed in the plane. Speaking with the pilot a lot about what's a 30,45 and 60 degree roll turn and seeing them in action, learning what is the stall kit and what's the air speed when we open the door. I was really expecting to be more than 90 km/h. Door opening was no big rush. I was the last one to exit and had a very controlled and stable exit. Stable free fall and good opening. I had a bad bad bad bad spot. Almost didn't make it back. I've made a 90 degree right turn with soft input to the right toggle at 150-200 feet and enter in my final. No wind. For my canopy I really knew the sweet spot. Almost shoulder level. Flared at the right time and 2 stage flare. 1st stage flare to level out and then gradually finish flare to kill the horizontal speed. It didn't kill it all. This is my way of saying: IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. Blue skies, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

It's was hard for me to believe but thinking of all his life achievements I didn't said nothing. Maybe someone can bring some light to this matter. I really wanna hear if there is a psychological truth behind that! Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Wow .... This brings into my mind something that I've heard from a Airbus test pilot from Toulouse, France. 35 years in the job now retired and building spit-fire replicas. He told me that airbus psychologist insists to force retire any person that had a close close call and survive because, they say, in the next close call is most likely to freeze. He has given me the example of a Belgian pilot that successfully landed with no hydraulics after a big failure and after almost 1 year got force retirement. Isn't it a bit to exaggerated to assume that all pilots will perform the same way in the 2nd close call? Is that BS? Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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Sorry for the retarded question ... but I just want to understand .... Who is the low guy? Is the guy who thinks "what's the worst that could happen?" Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

What really is cool about the woopy is that apperently you can't stall it. Everytime you change the angle of atack it comes back to neutral flight even if your body is still in a diff position relative to the wing. Or at least that's what they say on the web-site. I hope it does it without losing a lot of altitude... http://www.woopy-fly.com/ Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

My love so far has been the Bego600 a 6 m beauty from MacPara. High Aspect ratio! Great lift, sweet jumps and soft landings. I do buggy & snowkiting. I've made some small modifications to change the projected area so I can adapt it to different winds. This is usually a low wind wing so at 20 km/h it's a beast. The upsetting thing about it is that with powerlines it turns so slow. With breaks it turns faster but it loses power. This one is made from Ripstop nylon not treated with silicon. Do you think that if I spray it with food grade silicon it might improve the turning speed? For sure it's gone to change the power/lift but I can compensate that by reducing the projection area (making it more like a U). ... sigh ... I Hope I'm not going to destroy my kite from all the modifications that pops in my head....sigh... These days some guy named Mike Steen adapted the bullet into a skydiving canopy. Pretty cool. I think the biggest size for the bullet is 12m = 129 sq ft. How low can they go? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrMQitk5vk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9H5utUzlA Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Men, you're on fire!! You've done it all !!! Hang Gliding, Para Gliding, Kiting, Skydiving and Base Jumping. Did I forget something? What kites are you flying? Inflatable or open cell? One thing that I love about open cell kites is that you can modify whatever you want to modify and just go try it and feel the results. As long as you don't ride with harness and you don't do jumps with it right after the modification, you might be pretty safe. I wish I was a rigger so I could know more! Right now I'm just doing trial & error Did you ever try the woopy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj0ri4PG-i4 What abot the bullet from Ozone? I can't believe they sell that to anyone!!!! Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

It also depends on what wing you are flying. With a DHV1 it might be imposible to do that! Here is a nice video of Hellicopters and Infinity done with paragliders. It ends with a wing over! http://www.macpara.com/galerie/movies/close%20to%20infinit%20web.wmv Edit: spelling Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Sorry for the offtopic but does anybody knows what happen with para filte? Did they close down? Their website is not working anymore. www.paraflite.com They used to have a canopy called Intruder with 4:1 ratio for HAHO missions. They had some cool graphs for gliding ratio vs toggle input. I only have the graphs for PARIS . I really wanted to have a canopy like that that can give to a noob soft landings but after I discovered that is for HAHO I began to doubt that I'll ever be able to fly it. I've attached the graphs for PARIS. Wouldn't be nice if we could have more graphs like that

http://www.johntedwards.com/2006/10/15/little-irish-girl-prank-calls/ The first one, "Becky’s Demolition Company" is verry good! Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Men, I was searchin' for this one! I first saw it back in the day in the '90s. I remember that I've like it but I had no idea what I was looking at. Last year when I've began to jump I've remember the forgotten video but couldn't remember the band name. Now I got it!!! Thank you. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

What kind are you thinking about? My opinion would depend on whether it's a type that I consider morally acceptable. Blues, Dave I was thinking bank heists. I don't wanna rob old ladies of their pension checks or anything. You mean like in Point Break? If you're going to do that could you were a mask with the face of Michael Jackson? That would fuck up big time da pollice! Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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