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I was trained in Sweden and we all had hook knives. But we have 4 days of 8h++/day theory before we get to do out first jump. I was shocked when I went to Spain with around 15 jumps and noticed that the rental rigs for students had no hook knives. When I asked why the answer I got was something in a line of that it gives "to much to think about". I really can't see a reason why any dropzone wouldn't give a hook knive to students, is it just to save time on training them when to use it? :/

Yeah my best video only has 400 and I put a lot of effort into making it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBJusZ1bMo&list=PLg9OH3VClnZZDypff8wMZg9okSgNuMmMs&index=8 edit to URL To much dubstep, to much slow motion, there you have it Good flying though :)

What is the point of asking if you only look for people to tell you to go for it and ignore solid advice? Do what you want and stop posting. EVERY SINGLE THREAD about downsizing aggressively ends exactly the same. It's your life and in the end you will have to make your own decision and live with the consequences.

Phoenix fly does recommend 120 regular skydives for the power ts, not 120 jumps in original tracking suit. I think original TS should be included here, it was slightly re-disigned in 2006 I think. It is a great TS with plenty of power plus it's easy to use. I actually had Power ts after around 80 jumps on regular Ts but then sold it and bought back my old one. I can still keep up with most people in bigger suits like Tube 4 or Power suit even though I'm far from a badass tracker :P BTW, I only talk about skydiving experiece here, I have not base jumped it yet. Yeah, I love tracking :P

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I can't find any information about this on your website, can you please post a link that works? It sounds interesting :)

I know many people that had this malfunction, me included. It's actually pretty easy to do. In my case I was in a hurry and I left way to much slack in the lines before putting the bag in the container. Line check was fine. Here is a picture of mine in the attachment. Here is a video (in swedish) how it happens (look carefully). https://vimeo.com/133882369 On my home drop zone we call this malfunction a T-rex. If you are ever in Sweden at a Stockholms dropzone near Gryttjom you can ask around ;) It's actually a pretty funny story

I recommend Stockholm Fallskärmsklubb, about 260km south of Sundsvall, probably the biggest drop zone in northern Europe :) We have 2 big planes (Twin Otter and Cessna grand caravan), cheap jumps (170kr for a member, around 17 Euro), bunk house, sauna, lots of competitions and activity during summer months and from june to end of august we jump every day (except one week in june). English shouldn't be a problem! The drop zone is located 120km north from Stockholm and a newly opened wind tunnel for the days with shitty weather ;) It's close enough for you to make multiple trips to us and it's a great dropzone :) If you are gonna stay in Sweden I would recommend getting a swedish licence from the start, it will make it much easier :) 2 weeks should be enough for getting A-licence depending on weather. If you wanna sign up for AFF you should do it soon as the courses usually fill up pretty quick :) http://www.skydive.se/311/m-eng-home.html Send me a PM if you have more questions :) EDIT In sweden you get A-licence after 10 AFF jumps if you don't have to repeat a level.

http://grellfab.com/

https://youtu.be/NRpORLQllMw?list=PLx_lhicNaTAxdmiavMfw_veSzrf6HgCzM clicky ;)

Base jumpers usually use tracking suits, to keep tension on the material and create a bigger surface they need to spread their legs more than in a normal skydiving max track. And about your other questions, just go and jump and try different stuff :) Coaching would increase learning curve as well :) You can't really learn to track reading tips on internet.

http://skydivebalaton.com/en/ If you find yourself in Europe :) 2 Mi-8 helicopters.

Yes, Az1 is a step down. Watch the review :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2zRz-QHGGc

Overheating issues, Wifi works like crap, corrupted files (might SD card problems), very short battery life. Plus its way to expensive for now, I will wait for 4+ :P

BUMP I got a AZ1 super cheap, I planned on getting Go pro 4 anyway for jumping but after reading about some issues people are having I think I will just use AZ1 for for now. I would really apprieciate it if people could post pictures of how they mount their AZ1s, I'm mostly intressted in top mounts, really don't want that thing ripped off by a riser

If you wanna do tunnel time, hurry up and go to Russia!!! Thanks to the shit storm in ukraine, exchange rates are silly right now, you can buy 1h+coach for like 350-380 euros! After that...well it's your money, I would spend it on travelling and jumping :)

I feel like I'm reading bunch of teenage girls fighting over which mobile phone is best for making selfies

I love tracking! Alone, with others, steep (angle), tracking suit...but yeah it takes time to get reasonably good (and safe) while flying with others, I still have lots of work to be happy about my flying. My worst close call was when I was supposed to be "the rabbit" on what seemed like a relaxed, easy 3 way tracking dive. I was a foot or so from a very violent collision with another jumper which could easly break my neck/knock me out. So be carefull, differences in speed between jumpers can be huge. Coaching with video is the best what you can do.

None of the pictures you posted work here. Upload them here; http://postimage.org/

Your the dude making your own parachute? Your diagnosis explains a lotI have 2 very close friends with Aspergers (one of them with ADHD too) and what they have in common is that once they find something they really like they can have 100% focus on the project and devote completely to it for a long period of time. Every time I was reading your thread about your little project I was thinking how much determination and time it takes :p I don't really see Aspergers as being a problem in Skydiving as long as you can honestly say that you have no problems concentrating on safety, checking your equipment and so on.

Well I guess it's personal. Meds turned me in to a emotional zoombie, I quickly realized that and decided to stop taking them. Few years later i still have some darker periods but I'm much MUCH stronger than I was back then. It worries me how much people trust in medication to be the cure. I say look for the cause of your depression and work on that instead of just trying to fight the symptoms. I know it's easier said than done but it's worth it.

I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw the video for the first time. I hope this picks up, I would love to see this type of competition live :D

http://www.grellfab.com/product/3-3housing-gopro-hero33-on-cookie-g3 Many people on my dropzone use it and as far as I know they like it ;)

Get a Go Pro instead and this mount http://www.grellfab.com/ ;)

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