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Making your day brighter and happier?? Imagine me. Imagine my day yestarday!! It was so beatifull. I am smiling until now!!! :-))) You, Wendy, Billvon, Skratch and Fudd make it happen!! Oh, yeah!!! Relaxation was the fourth and powerfull magic feather. Now I know that doesn´t exist bad students, but students without magic feather(s) :-) I will try to give these good advices. Djan, very, very THANKS for make me more confident about my skills. Aragao

YEEEAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! I GOT IT. I Passed my level 7, I can fly. Djan, Wendy, Fudd and Billvon: Because I am not a good student, I decided not to use just one magic feather, but three magic feather :-))) On saturday, before to try the level 7, I made a relaxation jump with my JM. Just to relax and make any maneveur. Fudd, I go to the plane with my first magic feather: light shoes.The others magic feathers I have to get on the sky!! I made a good exit, 13000ft and, like expected, I begun to spin. Yeah Djan and Wendy, As soon as I begun to spin I sticked a little my legs and I could feel the wind. But I can have one more magic feather, that´s right Billvon?? At the same time that I sticked my legs I looked above my shoulders and used my arms using curves principles. Magically, I STOPED guys!!! I made curves (360 left and right), track and I smiled to my JM. Yeah!! It´s was the first time that I smiled on free fall :-)) Now, on the same day, I tried may next jump: LEVEL 7. It´s was a beatifull day:Sunset. Good exit, but anything is WRONG: Where is my old and friend spin :-))) I am not spinning???, very, very strange. I make a backloop, curves, track. Very good!! I PASSED MY LEVEL 7!!!!! Some beers to relax. Next day, sunday, my first SOLO jump and a little nervous. Good exit, Just relax, stable. Spin??? What´s that?? :-)) Yeah!! I can see the sky, the ground. Yeah, great, I never saw the ground on free fall. It´s beatifull. I would like to thanks Djan, Wendy, Fudd, Billvon, Skratch and everybody that give me good advices and good magic feathers. You are a great family. VERY, VERY THANKS!!!! CHeers, Aragao

Hi, All I did not jump this weekend My JM took a trip But I will try on the next weekend Cheers, Aragao

Ok, Now I understand. On my AFF course I learned Delta, not Tracking like written on my AFF training material. Thanks, Aragao

Hi DJan, Thanks for clarify this point. And, don´t worry, I will not track better than you, at least this weekend Aragao

Hi , What´s the difference between DELTA and TRACK??? Thanks, Aragao

Olá wendy, tudo bem?? Uma curiosidade: Voce é brasileira ou apenas fala portugues?? Eu nao entendi sua mensagem: "para a mesma resposta em portugues, pode olhar nas mensagens." Existe algum tradutor ou coisa parecida?? Abracos, Aragao

[If all else fails learn leg turns - most spin problems I've seen have been due to legs doing the wrong thing. To practice these get on a creeper and put your feet on a couch. While pressing your feet against the couch, use them to turn yourself left and right. Exactly the same motion works in freefall to turn your body. ] Billvon, Do you know any site where I can learn leg turns?? Thanks, Aragao

Good advices, Mustard and Billvon. Now I am more confident. Until yestarday I was so scared I think that I have no problem with my height and weigth: 1,73m and 72kg. Like Mustard said, I have to find my "magic feather", so I will start with Billvon and Mustard´s advices. Thaks all CHeers, Aragao

At first, I would like to thanks everybody for yours goods advices. Mustard, very, very, thanks. You touched on a interesting point. Of course a video will help me to fix my problem, but on exit I am too scared, because I know that I will spin, but I don´t know how can I stop it. If I know that I can stop I am sure that I will make a good jump. This saturday I will talk to my JM and I will try to stop my spin with your suggestion. Now I am more confident to the next jump. Another thing-> to tracking on spinning what´s is the best order: first spread out the arms and after the legs or first spread out the legs and after the arms??? Very Thanks, Aragao

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Really it´s a good advice. But because money problems, I have to decide between 2 jumps per month or one jump with video

Hi, I am very disappointed with my student performance. Let me talk about my story, but, at first, I´d like to sorry about may bad english. I started my course on ASL and I had 16 jumps. Sometimes I had a spinning problem. Sometimes I get stopped on spinning using curve principles, but, sometimes, the spinning was so hard that I can´t stop it. So, I decided to go to AFF. I started my AFF on level 3: -Level 3: good -Level 4: old spinning problem -Level 4: again: good -Level 5: good -Level 6: good -Level 7: old spinning problem -Level 7: again old spinning problem I don´t know what´s happening. My spinning is so hard that I can´t stop it. I Can´t understand what is happenning because I am relaxed and, like my JM said, my body is simetric. My JM told me that had students with this problem: body apparently relaxed e simetric, good box position and the spinning just happen without reason. If I have spinning e can get stopped, no problem. But scare me when I can´t stop it. My JM have to grip, so that I can open my parachute. Anybody can give any suggestion on this point?? On the next weekend I will jump again. My JM said me that I don´t need to think about 7 level anymore. I will jump with he, relax, relax, relax and I decide what maneveur I want to do. When I am good on this kind of jump, I will be free for solo. Like student I am very, very frustated. On ASL+AFF I have 25 jumps and I am not ready for solo yet. I am a stupid student or this kind of sport is not for me?? . I love skydiving and I don´t pretend to stop it. I will apreciate if anyone have any suggestion for this bad student. Thanks

Hi all, Thanks for your advices. I can´t jump this weekend because it was raining, so I will jump on the next sunday. Congrats Kerry, I am ansious for this moment... Wendy, vou tentar me divertir neste salto!!

Thanks you all for your advices. I am scared about this exit but I will try to relax and have fun

Hi, I am new on Skydiving and I am an AFF student. On this sunday I will complete my last level (7), but I am worried about may exit. There is any advice to make make a good superman exit??? Thanks, Aragao

Hi Remster, Thanks for your suggestion. I will apreciate if anyone know about a more detailed glossary. Best Regards, Aragao

Yeah, It will solve my specific problem.But I didn´t find anything like that. But any glossary that explain this thecnical terms in english will be very useful for all skydiver in every world Thanks, Aragao

Hi Sangiro, Thanks for your reply. I have read this glossary before. It help me very much, but I am in doubt about a lot of terms yet. So I think that in it can be added new thecnical terms (for dummies) like: panes, parachut´s parts, etc.. Best Regards, Aragao

Hi, At first, I would like to say that I love this site. I am a Brazilian ASL student. Dropzone site have a lot of safety questions that is very important to everybody on the world, but I am having some problems: I am god in writing and reading in english, but I am having difficulty on technical terms. For example, what "line over" does mean?? I believe that these question can save my life. what about a glossary for dummies?? It will help anybody that is a begginer and/or is from another country and have problems with technical skydiver terms. Thanks, Aragao