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  1. Currently ParacleteXP, also the biggest and fastest in the world. A membership for $500 a month gets you 30 minutes a day. A weekly or monthly membership can be had but at a much higher rate. You have to fly unbooked time though.
  2. base698

    Tunnel suits

    It really depends on how the fast the tunnel you are flying in is. If it's a super fast tunnel it's going to blow any suit out pretty fast and in that case you can use it for both. If it's a slower tunnel you might want the ZP for extra lift.
  3. Or there bodies hurt a lot from flying and carrying large members into the tunnel and they've wrecked all their skydiving because they are uncurrent and over think everything. Maybe when I can carve both directions and switch easily without thinking about it.
  4. Last time I saw Kris he couldn't get off the net on his head
  5. Moving the air mass or countering friction?
  6. Yeah like if you get pulled over and spend 40 minutes talking to the cop while driving to Louisburg it's the same distance :)
  7. Why don't we just put everyone in at 95% and pin them to the top so they can't lose altitude
  8. Yeah if you make that more clear in your messages you leave in the middle of the night it would be good. I can't fly with my left leg forward and it's probably going to take way longer than 30 min to break that habit for me. Quickly losing hair on my arms, Justin
  9. LOL Yes it makes a huge difference starting out. I'm sure after 1000 jumps or so most people could somewhat do it their first try.
  10. base698

    VRW Resources

    Where is the intermediate dive pool for the phone?
  11. Nice! Congrats to twins even! Hope you're doing well.
  12. Great seein ya. You should convince the girly to move down here. Raleigh is a lot of fun. Hope you make it up here.
  13. I haven't seen Joe in like two months. Are you sure he works in Raeford tunnel?!
  14. Where's the video of our three way with Louis!!!
  15. Ignoring gear issues. I think having enough awareness to recognize jump run and make sure they are facing perpendicular to it is the first place to start. After that basic stability, which I don't think can really be coached other than saying to relax and fight with your legs. Back flying helps for sit flying because the muscle memory of turning is the same for sit flying and back flying. Maybe we can start with a back flying skills camp :)
  16. No, I was at work ALL DAY yesterday
  17. I'll be there Friday afternoon/night
  18. I think this is the most important regarding not hurting yourself because you turned too low and didn't abort. The others apply when you get into collision avoidance and accuracy. All those equal I think this is the most important rule. I never hear anyone recommending it though.
  19. I believe there is a cardinal rule in terms of hitting the ground while in an intentional turn because you are two low. I think this cardinal rule has always kept me alive. It's always start your turns over when you down size. I was doing 270s on a Stiletto and when I transitioned to a Velocity I went back to doing a left hand pattern straight in. Over the course of 150 jumps I built back up to a 270. I think that helps to develop your sight picture and recognize when you are in the corner so you can abort. Everyone I know personally that has been hurt or killed violated that rule and was hurt within 50 jumps of down sizing or trying the bigger turns. My not so humble 2 cents.
  20. I got a chance to fly in the new super large and fast tunnel in Raeford. I have flown in Flyaway, L1, Skyventure Perris and Orlando. I'm a bit bigger (ie not built like a Chinese gymnast) so sitflying in other tunnels was always very difficult even with tunnel suits. Doing transitions required me to be in very floaty positions. In Paraclete however I could fly up in a normal freefly suit (no need for a $400 zp tunnel suit) and transition without losing any altitude. I imagine head down will be very fast to learn. I did about 10 minutes spotted on my head. Not to mention they have Joe who is incredibly insightful about giving you pointers and advice on how to improve. I imagine freeflying in NC is going to be pretty awesome next summer
  21. Joe, I'm not sure you met Evgeni, you would not be hoping to see him next week if you had
  22. I think he means he likes um big.
  23. I just realized our D-license numbers are highly close together. When you come visit the tunnel we've got a lot of fun jumps you can do