Sangi

A bit of an overkill there don't ya think? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

They really need to watch where they're going.. Impacting that round in freefall, can't imagine what the guy on the receiving end of this felt "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Yeah I guess I made my point. In the end, enjoy flying whatever you're flying.. Over and out. P.S. I'm still for the JVX anyway "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

What if those pilots flying JVX's aren't good enough? What if you gave these PD pilots JVX's and what if they've spent the same amount of time on those JVX's as they had on the Velo's..? Wouldn't the new design and material prevail? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

I really do agree that the pilot is what makes the biggest difference in the end, but come on man, you can't deny that the design of the canopy and material used has no real significant difference.. There has to be a design and material that's superior over another.. So by this logic, there will never be a consensus oh what canopy is higher performing.. And basically any new design and material used will never really beat any of the old design and materials, because the pilots will never fly the wing "perfectly"? So in the end, there is no point in different canopies and brands, besides choosing the one that has specific flying characteristics suited for you and there will never be a canopy that generally has the most potential and power of them all? And last of all, everyone can continue flying a dated Velocity for the next 20-30 years and be happy with it? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Someone probably wants to do a show on how skydiving is terrifying, dangerous, horrible activity, thus choosing a video like that and interpreting in their own distorted ways.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

The whole downsizing crap is a pain in the arse, I don't know how people do it (specially if you don't have mountains of cash for new canopies and new containers).. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

"Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Well I don't know much about Team Extreme (last I heard the team members disbanded and went over to PD?) or their past and their past achievements with different canopies.. That's why I'm asking here (even though it might seem in some places that I'm making bold statements, but they're more of in a question form).

True, but when it comes to competition speed and distance, I guess my ultimate question is - what if the PD guys flew all sail JVX's instead of Velo's, would their performance increase (speed and distance wise)? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

From my limited knowledge a VX and a JVX (specially made from all sail material) are two very different canopies, with the latter having much better performance.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

I'm just saying that if those pilots that work for PD and fly a velo for that long would have flown an all sail JVX for the same amount of time, maybe their results would be even better? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

http://www.chutingstar.com/archives/00000128.html "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

This is because PD lured in all the best pilots with their sponsorship.. I wonder if those pilots flew all sail JVX's... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Have you ever wondered what the future of skydiving is going to be in like 50-100 years? Do you think that people will develop the technology to fly without the constraints of metal birds? Like really fly, not fall or glide.. Do you think that when this day comes people will finally get bored of skydiving/BASE because humanity will have finally achieved the dream of true flight and these sports will plunge to history..? Share your thoughts.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Thanks for the pics. Now I'll have something to show to all those wuffos asking if you can have sex while skydiving.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Mega awesomeness! Why don't more people get some cool looking embroideries or their wingsuits? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

I really don't understand why you all are comparing cameras like sony cx100-105 to cameras like GoPro HD / Countour HD... There's really no comparison at this moment, no point in trying to compare... Really funny to read all those comments that GoPro isn't up to par with full fledged cams like Sony.. It was never made to be on par! "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

As far as I've seen they have super sticky tape on the mount, you just peel off the protective paper off it, place the mount over the helmet area you want and press it so it glues to it.. Then attach the camera to the mount.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

I always thought foreigners won't be able to correctly pronounce my real name - Ignas (I is short and not "AY", and G is short and not GYYY), so I came up with Sangi, which is my real name the other way around.. I was wrong though, at least Brits have never made a mistake reading or and pronouncing it correctly.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Can you please give me direct examples of how PD customer service is good and how Icarus service is bad? "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

The first video looked really awesome regardless of the danger, because you actually looked as if you were flying a long with the plane without losing altitude! "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Everybody wants their products and they're the biggest canopy manufacturer.. They may not fully be that, but they seem to steadily grow towards that position.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

Here's a few that I took a while ago... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

In a way that it seems that PD is the monopolist in the skydiving's canopy industry... Monopolists are never good.. "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean