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    Rochester Skydivers
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    30041
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    USPA
  • Number of Jumps
    925
  • Years in Sport
    3
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    Freeflying
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    Freestyle

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  1. I saw some skydiver suncatchers and ornaments on Skydivestore.com and EBay and thought they would make great wedding favors. My fiance and I are both jumpers. However they are $15-20 a piece. Does anyone one know someone who makes these or can get them cheaper if purchased in a large quantity (150ish)?? I would really appreciate any help you can give us on this. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  2. Congrats on jumping your own pack job for the FIRST time! BEER!!!! Remember they WANT to open...really they do. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  3. Have you checked out Blue Skies Mag?! Its along the same lines as Skydiving. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  4. I don't see why I couldn't get out over the swamp or something. I would obviously ask about it first and get safety pointers instead of just doing it and asking later. As for the people saying an orange won't do damage ... you might want to see the jai-alai episode of jackass where oranges got hurled. I think that is what people are saying. If you are going to do it, just make sure you are not over anything you don't want to damage. Swamp sounds like a great place. I'd have to guess that an orange would fall straighter than the pineapple with all the bumps and leaves on it?...? Well behaved women don't often make history.
  5. I believe you are correct Rover. I began jumping a camera around 250 jumps while freeflying. Then I went to tagging along on RW jumps and videoing for free to learn. I just recently jumped with my first tandem (BEER!). I have been going out with the tandems without a camera to concentrate on learning how they fly. Soon I will go along and video the video guy on tandems. I have found it to be a good (and safe)progression. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  6. skron

    Freestyle 2009

    Merriah, you sent me some things once on beginning freestyle along with a video, which I really appreciated. If you have any new documents I'd love to see them. I have really been enjoying freestyle. I'm definitely not good enough for competition yet, but I have been able to get a lot of the moves you suggested I start with and a few others I came up with. Thanks for your help! If anyone knows where to see more freestyle videos can you post here or PM me, I think I've watched all there is on youtube. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  7. At his jump numbers this advice is irresponsible. If you already have an AAD, use it to jump, jump, jump, and jump some more. A camera is nice to have eventually, tunnel time is not skydiving (I know I'll get ripped apart for that but I have my opinions about tunnels....sorry), a new canopy is pretty, but jumping as much as possible is the only way to improve your skills. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  8. Engineer I'm not, but I do try to be a responsible jumper. Anytime you take an object out of an airplane you should consider using a spot over an open area in case you were to lose it. I believe it could kill someone if it were to hit them on the head, but even if it only knocked them out or dented a car or hangar, do you want to be responsible for that damage?? Skydiving gets enough bad press, do us all a favor and air on the side of caution to avoid more. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  9. Wow! That sounds like one busy day!! Well behaved women don't often make history.
  10. Is it a Safire or Safire2? I too went from a Sabre to a Safire2. I made the mistake when I first got it of packing it like I packed my Sabre, rolling the hell out of the nose, and on those jumps I ended up with off heading openings and line twists. If it is a Safire2 you should not need to roll the nose at all. Just push the nose in slightly then roll your tail. It may not even make a difference but I always make sure the seams of the tail match up before rolling. Also make sure you are not rolling any of the nose into the tail...that can slam you. One other tip, when you roll the tail pull it out and roll it straight in towards the center of the canopy not off on one hip. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  11. If you already have sinus issues jumping will definitely make them worse. I only get what you're talking about when I have a sinus cold, but last summer my ears clogged really bad. When it didn't go away after a week I went to my Dr and he said my ear drums had collapsed. He put me on antibiotics or something and they got better,but he said if it happened again he wanted to put tubes in. You should definitely consult your own Dr. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  12. I started sitflying at 25 jumps. On jump 49 I broke my back when I dumped immediately after coming out of a sit. Obviously I didn't fully understand the dangers of the higher speeds of freeflying. Not to mention I now have 502 jumps, I am a good freeflyer and freestylist but am hesitant to get on RW loads because I am not confident with my belly skills. I don't think there should be a 'general standard' for freeflying. First of all like any other standard, if it were set at say 100 jumps, that limit would be pushed by many to 75 or 50. Also, in skydiving, it always depends and the student (and student should mean someone learning any new discipline no matter how many jumps) should defer to their instructors for guidance. One jumper may be ready for something at 100 jumps when another might not be ready for the same thing at 300 or more. Maybe this belongs in another thread, but one other thing I can't help but notice is the number of people with less than 300 jumps referring to other jumpers as their students. This just scares me. And before you fire back with Coach Rating requirements, I am fully aware of them...but it still scares me. I know at 502 jumps I have so much more to learn, I am not ready to have anyone else be considered my "student". Well behaved women don't often make history.
  13. We had 26 at Rochester Skydivers in upstate NY, which is a good turn out for a small DZ in March in NY. We don't usually jump at all on Safety Day in order to keep everyone's attention, but it was actually about 50 degrees so we couldn't help ourselves. We only made 3 loads since many didn't bring their gear. We had a couple people get recurrent and the first tandem of the year. It was a great day! Well behaved women don't often make history.
  14. OP, where in NY are you? As JimmyT points out upstate NY can be very different to different people. I jump at Rochester Skydivers and I love it. Its a small one cessna DZ, but its a great place to start jumping. There is also Frontier further west and Ovid to the east. PM me if you have more specific questions. Well behaved women don't often make history.
  15. Wow, I got slammed every time on my Sabre. Try having another experienced jumper you trust pack it for you a few times after telling them the problems you've been having. If packing doesn't solve it, demo other canopies. Well behaved women don't often make history.