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    Cypres

Jump Profile

  • License
    D
  • License Number
    6500
  • Number of Jumps
    2900
  • Years in Sport
    10
  • First Choice Discipline
    Para-ski
  • First Choice Discipline Jump Total
    213
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Swooping
  • Second Choice Discipline Jump Total
    2500

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    Senior Rigger
  1. You should be the last person to talk about wingsuiting after what happened in Sebastian.
  2. I think I've talked to you a few times on here. You say you are a new wingsuiter and your profile indicates you just started skydiving. And yet on your homepage you caustically attack Birdman in a rather exaggerated way. If you have a problem with them, you should talk to them in person-why publically flame them? Birdman practically invented wingsuit flying and the best teams in the world fly Birdman. The majority of people who fly wingsuits have respect for Birdman. I have a read a few of your posts that were trying to push people away from Birdman. Try not have such a loud mouth about things you may not know everything about.
  3. Hi monkycndo, Thanks for letting me know. So are you going to charge close to $90 for one jump?
  4. I got this by private email. Read it and see if this sounds like a good course. Is this person qualified? He's charging $80 a jump. ------------------------------------------------------ If you are interested in Wingsuit Instruction –a Phoenix-Fly Instructor, will be at our DZ …. This is a basic instructional First Flight Course(FFC) for anyone qualified to make their introductory wingsuit jump. If demand is high, we will offer classes and additional coaching as well. Suits will be available for additional flights if not being used for FFCs. Cost for the course is $40.00. This includes your course instruction, suit rental for the first flight and a video debrief by the instructor. The student will cover the cost of slot for themselves and the instructor. After your first flight, suit rental is $10/jump. The course and rental charges will be paid directly to the instructor and you can do this thru the dropzone. You can call us at . . . or email us to make a reservation for the course. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. The instructor also stated that he would be happy to provide a general safety briefing about WS to whoever wants it. Knowledge is a wonderful tool so if you are interested in this class, let us know!!!! Requirements to make a Wingsuit First Flight and suggested gear type to be used or avoided. Experience 200 jumps within the last 18 months. If student is just coming back after the winter break, they should make at least one regular jump to shake the cobwebs off prior to putting on a Wingsuit. Most important requirement, - listens and wants to have fun. Gear: Required- Wrist mount altimeter and audible Suggested- More of a docile verses HP canopy. A canopy that flies straight even with line twists is best. Canopies that have to be flown through deployment(Stilettos, Katanas, Velos, etc) are not advised. Throw out PC. Pull out PC not advised. If you have a bungy PC, bungy line must be removed/untied. AADs and RSLs suggested. Harness leg strap bungy removed. The Prodigy2 WS connects to the laces of the shoe. Tevas not suggested. We will have a medium, large, and XL Prodigy2 suit for the course. They are adjustable. We should be able to accommodate students ranging from 5'4", 120lb up to 6'4", 230lb. And those making their "FIRST" flight, bring a case of something frosty to pay off your Beerable offense. Here is some background on the instructor: Started AFF Nov 2004 Received coach rating Nov 2005 with 190 jumps Took First Flight Course in 2005 with 210 jumps. D license holder with just over 700 jumps, 200 as WS jumps.
  5. There is a point at which someone has skills that qualify them to instruct. Where that point is (I believe) cannot be qualified.*** But isn't that what a rating tries to do: qualify? It says, look, NOW this person is "qualified" to teach. So it seems you agree that a ws rating fails in what it attempts to do?
  6. That said, just because someone is good at something doesn't mean they're able to teach others what they know. it's not uncommon to find someone with lesser knowledge be the better teacher, simply because they have an innate ability to teach. *** I just want to make sure I understand your point. Do you think it is ok for someone who doesn't have a lot of experience to teach someone how fly a ws just because they talk well?
  7. In our school we generally have in the neighborhood of 40 (that's FOURTY) suits hanging on the rack. All brands, all sizes. Yes, we charge a bit for instruction here and no, we don't get any grief because of it. If you don't want to pay for quality instruction in quality equipment, then feel free to choose another dropzone where people don't care if you rip the asses out of their suits........Isn't that right, Jason? Chuck BMCI-4 *** So, are you saying $=quality? And if someone doesn't pay, they're not going to get quality?
  8. I'm sorry to bring this up, but somebody has to. It seems like the wingsuit instructor system is costing people a fair amount of money when the rating isn't even worth a coach rating. The people getting a BMI or PFI usually pay a lot of money, and then they turn around and expect a student to at least pay their slot or provide other compensation--all for a rating that doesn't seem to really matter. It just seems people are getting ripped off. Bottom line is there really isn't a wingsuit rating and the people who take them seriously are usually the people who can't get more difficult ratings like AFF. If you got your wingsuit rating after you got your AFF rating, you probably feel like you wasted your money.
  9. I don't think you can take an AFF student, a tandem student, a static line student, or even coach without a rating. But anyone who flies a wingsuit can take a new wingsuit jumper up? A few people I've talked to have indicated that becoming a wingsuit instructor is usually expensive. If there is no requirement to get a rating, why charge so much money? Why should I pay all that money when I can teach without a rating?
  10. How come the USPA doesn't care about the wingsuit instructor rating? The reason I ask is that it doesn't show on the membership card along with other ratings. Why does the wingsuit examiner charge a lot of money when the truth is you can teach without this rating! Is it so easy that anyone can get it just to say they have a rating.