FourSideDean

I just got my suit and got to fly it this weekend. It was amazing what a proper suit does for you. Also getting the look I wanted was great! She will do any design you want. I liked some designs from other manufacturers and incorporated into what I wanted and they had no problems making it look that way.

Terrie has many years of experience in building suits and knows how to make it for what you are looking to do. I am just getting into freeflying so I want a freefly suit but also still do some RW so I got the flat grips added. With my body type and weight I need to go faster so she made it tight on the body and just enough drag on the legs and arms for control.

The suit comes with some of the extras like a pocket and velcro leg cuffs standard at no extra cost.

The price was great too. Base price is $200. I got grips so add $20. Shipping was $30 to USA (they are located in Canada). $12 export tax... The whole thing came out to $252 delivered! That is a great deal for a custom suit. The same suit from another manufacturer would have cost me over $300. Maybe $50 isn't much savings but with great service and response it's a great deal.

I am relatively new to the sport and needed to save some scratch if I were to get a rig. I found a Sabre 170 and had it relined. All together cost a fair price of $700. Great condition with one patch.

I was consistantly having hard openings... I was packing the way the manufacturer suggested and did what other people suggested but still got hard openings. My neck was sore from all the hard openings... I finally tried the psycho pack. When the canopy was on the floor I rolled the nose like PD suggested but tighter. I think this way I have more control of the rolls and it stayed rolled for the remainder of the pack job. This fixed my opening problem. I also think the psycho pack kept my slider better in place as well. I think a pro-pack is fine as long as you can keep that roll and slider in place.

Now that it opens nice and soft I am very happy!
Make sure you know how to pack well. Wether you use a pro-pack or psycho pack. If you have problems talk with an instructor/coach/rigger and have them watch you pack it so they can give you pointers.

Once it opens I have a great ride. I am 130 lbs and I have a 170 sq ft... So it is a very low wing load. I'm new so I am most interested in landing safely. But I will fly it around and I have a great time.

Landings have been very nice. No problem with flaring. It has a bit of forward motion but I kind of like that... it's like a mini-swoop... I don't know how to swoop but I like the feeling of floating along the ground...

I think this a great canopy as long as you can pack it right. I'm a bit strapped for cash so I went for the Sabre1 but if you can afford it got for a Sabre2. I hear that those are nice and don't have the hard openings... I imagine my next main will be a Sabre2 150.

I still love this canopy and since I am still relatively new to the sport I get giddy everytime I think about skydiving...