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QuoteQuoteI didn't get pied for my 100th... but others at the DZ do.
Maybe its just cause I kept my mouth shut!
There is no statuate of limitations on Pie.
I disagree with that! There has to be limitations, I mean its been like 25 years since my 100th and 10 since my 1000th! And if it was for every 100 then I should have been pied 4x's a year, 2 years in a row, forget that!!! Even the Law has limitations eh?
I'm gonna regret posting this aren't I?
Edited: Popsjumper, be quiet! Or we will pie you for finally getting your D license! Deal???
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Ironically, my first 3 static line jumps I went into the fetal position!
I mentioned that to someone before and they replied, "well, thats all you knew" LOL
Damn this is an old post!
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QuoteWho doesn't have a memory of these from childhood? wether they were yours or a frineds..
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-radio-flyer-car-092910,0,1784245.story
Yup remember them well, so well that I went looking for one a couple of months ago. Found it in a hardware store for $120!!! Did not buy it. As a child on a DZ the little red wagon was the best Wagon Draggon ride we had. My brother and I took the wheels off of it and used our Dad's PC on windy days to drag us across the DZ property. Had a blast and of course a few bruises came with the rides.
Broke out a few old canopies on a windy day a while back and really missed having one of those!
Would take a used one if anyone has one to donate. :)
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QuoteI was just looking around my loft and noticed a whole bunch of old stuff that is no longer usable. I was thinking that I could recycle some of those old d-bags and sliders and stuff. What kinds of things have people made from old gear?
We took my fathers old Vectors and made can wraps out of them. I kept the one with his name on the mud flap, but we gave away the rest to his fellow jumpers at the DZ. The cypres pouch was cool had a pocket to hold your DL, keys, smokes, or what ever when drinking a beer!
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QuoteHello. Attempting to take your advice, I searched the gear section of this site for Protec helmets, and saw 0 listings. Are they just not listed here on this website? And as a follow up question, where do you veteran sky-people suggest I purchase my gear. I'm looking for a fair price, but I don't want to over-pay. I'm also not into doing a whole lot of comparison shopping.
http://www.chutingstar.com/newgear_en/helmets/open-face/pro-tec-classic-fullcut-helmet.html
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Airspeed is your friend when hanging.
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Wimp! Would have been real exciting to land with the whirly bird like that!! he he he That would have been a great log entry, and that pilot was good enough to make it happen safely!!
Thought i taught you about snag points with the SF mystery AC last June? Short memory eh? LOL
Hey, glad you made it and you did walk away with a great story and learning experience.
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You suck! I miss that show, and the chance to jump with the Liberty Parachute Team that year! What a great show, you luck bastard! Well, I guess you do deserve it!
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Yup they are out there, just have to know where to find them. Cherry Air, Southern Cross was around for a while, but his come back did not go so well. Many AC you mention are too expensive to run these days for jumpers.
AN2 was grounded in TX, DC4 was not worth it, DC9 is grounded as well as far as i know. Scarabou (carabou) is out there but is way to expensive for any one event.
Oh to have the days of ole back again....
Heard the Beaver is even gone....
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Actually I was not, but am familiar with them, would imagine being Speed Skydiving is more popular in Europe the teflon system would be useful?
If I remember right Amazon's Infinity has two standard closing loops and is single pin. -
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QuoteQuoteokay, i'll bite, what's a teXXas 20 way?
Here's one...thanks going to Chuck Akers.
And 19 others! My 1 jump during SF this year, well not counting the "mystery" ac which we cannot talk about.
Great jump Chuck! Would be great to see it going again!
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Hey Todd,
I agree with Jimmy, excellent post and great attitude! I think you will do well, heck if I was not about to start my own "adventure" I would be calling you.
I grew up on a DZ from the 60's to the 80's. I remember when I got back into the sport about 10 years ago after being out for even longer. The first thing I did was go and visit 3 of the larger operations and visited 2 of the largest boogies in the country. I wanted to see how the DZ managed to pull off 100+ tandems in one day (obviously with large AC, many rigs and staff) but the organizational side of it. Same with visiting the large boogies. I came back and started The SkyFest Boogie which has been considered by some to be one of the largest events for about 10 years now. It was a great experience and glad I did it.
With your posts I think folks would be lucky to have you as a DZO. I would also like to personally thank you for supporting the previous operations on your property and glad to see that you want to give it a go. We need more DZ's anywhere we can get them. Even if they are close to another, they should support each other for the growth of the sport as a whole.
I wish your family and your new jump family the BEST of luck and success!
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QuoteI have a few rigs around here with the belly bands.... with the pouch for the hand deploy pilot chute even.
Welllll how about a 4th of July Boogie here
Dont twist the belly band, might make for an interesting ride, well not as bad as an ROL though.
4th of July is not the best of time in my exp for a large event, at least not since the Nationals in OK. Being it was pretty much the only large event and before the Otter came into use. Seems to be split for family days, and depends on when it falls which is a Monday and that helps. let me look into it, will do some more research. But darn, that still puts two large events in the same month. How far is LP from your DZ? -
QuoteQuoteQuotePssst.. its the NW
Seattle is here in this corner geographically
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You NEVER plan anything around here and expect good weather for it until the week after the 4th of July. We have GORGEOUS weather before that but the clouds do sneak in randomely for a few days till that date.
There is only one place that would have the facilities and that is Kapowsin. They have the planes and Otter and Grand Caravan and a HUGE airport.
Thats what I said NW After the 4th is good, it used to be the 3rd week in July until I moved it to the EAST~ LOL. So something like the 19th to the 25th would do it? Would need to check other events in the area, including the Canadians eh? They have the Rainbow event up there around then dont they? Would love to see the Ferrington's again as well. I'll look into it. How much are jump tickets?
THe only other boogie event about then is Lost Prairie and not all that many people from this side of the mountains go over to LP.... some ... but not a lot percentage wise. Still it would be best to do it the week before during the middle of the month. It would draw from the Canadian DZ's just to the north in Vancouver and from the DZs in Oregon as well as Washington. Heck it might even get some of the California contingent on their way to Lost Prairie.
Nope no Rainbow Event that I know of.... I think that is over in the Toronto area.... 2000 miles away. There is a small boogie earlier in the summer just across the border on the east side of BC that gets the Farringtons Otter or Caravan. Jump tickies are $24
One thing is for sure... it wont have that stiffling humidity and temp indexes over 100 degrees. Not impossible to get HOT here.. but when it does.. its usually humidity of less than 50% when it does.
Sh&! thats right, we used to be just before or overlapping LP back in the day, thats one reason I could never make it to LP when working for Sun Path, or had to go straight from SF to the WFFC, man I hated that. 20+ straight boogie days in a row, one of which I ran.uggh. Hmmm not sure if doing SF that close to LP and only a week before would be the best idea. But that does mean that maybe I could sneak over to it for a few days. what to do, what to do?
Oh and on the chest strap thing again, its just a temporary belly band anyway, remember those? Sure you do!
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QuotePssst.. its the NW
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You NEVER plan anything around here and expect good weather for it until the week after the 4th of July. We have GORGEOUS weather before that but the clouds do sneak in randomely for a few days till that date.
There is only one place that would have the facilities and that is Kapowsin. They have the planes and Otter and Grand Caravan and a HUGE airport.
Thats what I said NW After the 4th is good, it used to be the 3rd week in July until I moved it to the EAST~ LOL. So something like the 19th to the 25th would do it? Would need to check other events in the area, including the Canadians eh? They have the Rainbow event up there around then dont they? Would love to see the Ferrington's again as well. I'll look into it. How much are jump tickets?
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QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteShy lady that you are, you didn't mention that your speed is 3rd in the world for women.
Yeah I gotta work on that once I get my shoulder rebuilt.
I REALLLLY need to get to one of the World Cup events in Europe where the air is thinner at the higher elevation DZ's. I keep going to meets where its hotter than hell, with high humidity and near sea level. All that thick air slows ya down
Still complaining about SkyFest temps are ya? geez! Maybe one day I can take it to Europe, problem is I may never bring it back. LOL Why not Mile Hi? Bet you could leave a contrail there!
Mile High would be a great place to hold a meet
Trouble is.. there just are not that many people willing to compete over here. I would love to see it but for now I think my best option is just to heal and then start training again and go to the World Cup events in Europe.
And yeah... DUDE you need to have a Skyfest someplace with a little milder weather. I know you guys can cope with that hot ass summer weather since you all live it all the time.. but for me... I prefer something a bit more moderate in summer. I grew up in a climatalogically abusive family, winters in WI and summers in FL SUCKED, that is why I like this 4000 mile wide air conditioner just to the west of me. It keeps those summer temps down in the manageable range like today 84 degrees F with 60% humidity... just a wee bit hot for around herehttp://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/tenday/USWA0395
Your the greatest! You are consistent that is for sure! And stubborn too! Soooooo...hmmmmm....you know we have talked about the NW before, care to send me some info on local, dates (usually go for at least 5 days, and what other major events would I need to schedule around) and what the DZ has in regards to hook ups, showers,AC etc....Maybe I am tired of the heat too! I'm in GA now and I swear I might as well be in Houston TX! freakn crazy! 97 with a heat index of 110 and humid!
Oh and that is Erin in the photo, she certainly has her share of the "ladies" as well (hope you do not mind me saying so Erin). Sure that the chest strap is not as low as it looks.
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QuoteI know of a Drop Zone that is intentionally screwing another Drop Zone. Skydive Temple has the annual Deadman Boogie on labor day weekend. They have been doing this for the past 3 or 4 years. Skydive Temple is your family type drop zone that makes you feel very welcome and is not a huge tandem factory. They cater to their Fun Jumpers and are always welcome to new jumpers. Well anyways the near by drop zone Skydive San Marcos (I thought at one time was not like this) decided to do promotional weekend and have a low cost one time fee for as many jumps as you can get in a weekend on the same weekend as the Deadman Boogie to take away from the turn out. Skydive San Marcos is a Tandem Factory that will bump you from a load for a tandem in a heartbeat which is understandable its a business right? Hmm? I know that if I were a DZO that owned a DZ close to a smaller DZ I would work with them on special weekends. Yeah on a normal weekend your on your own, but I would NEVER intentionally screw someone like this just because most of the fun jumpers end up at the boogie for the weekend. Talk about hitting someone from behind. I know that I will personally never jump at Skydive San Marcos again! Come on we are all after the same thing Blue Skies, Jumping from planes with good friends and having a good time
Our first cover was a raft dive on the SIM's for 2007 (I think it was that year). Other than them removing the SkyFest written on the front of the raft it was pretty cool! That raft it made it thru 6 or 7 SF before landing in the alligator swamps in Houston, no one would go and get it for us??
Yeah, I may be bragging, but its really the jumpers that did it!
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QuoteSTF will be having another great event for the July 4th celebration.
July 1-4, 2010
Super Otter jumps will be only $20.10!
Maybe a mystery jump ship????
The Kickin' Chicken grill will be fired up!
Bring your family and friends!
See you there:)
Will you be in charge of the mystery jump ship? Cause the last one kicked my arse.....
I mentioned that to someone before and they replied, "well, thats all you knew" LOL 
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Maybe one day I can take it to Europe, problem is I may never bring it back. LOL Why not Mile Hi? Bet you could leave a contrail there!
Round, Delta, Square...
in Skydiving History & Trivia
So.....riddle me this...
Has anyone ever jumped a round, delta/paradactyl, and an old square (thinking of a stratostar) in the same day? Oh I guess it would also include my Spectre being I will not land at least two of the older canopies. And if it has been done before, when? Was it while the canopies were still in "current" production or being jumped?
Howard, if this has been done PLEASE let me know so I can forget about the foolish idea!
So my thoughts are to give it a go this weekend?
I recently acquired a PC (Churchill in color, I believe it is called) which I have not jumped yet nor the 5 cell stratostar (which I have two if them) it looks like a great weekend to do so.
As of tonight I am thinking I can pull this off, might chicken out by Saturday but will prep the gear anyway.
What am i thinking? This is all the stuff I used to pack as a kid, back then it was cool and groovy, but now........ I'm 43 and possibly wiser.
Would this be a first? Guess I really don't care but I like the idea of doing it anyway. Wish me luck! Or Pray. LOL
Hell, why not its my brothers B-day on the 31st might as well scare him too! Love ya bro!