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To add to popsjumper's comment - only the Revolve can be converted to a fully open face helmet. I highly recommend it.

Very good advice. Like I said, the Revolve by Bonehead can be easily changed to an open face helmet and when you feel comfortable enough, you can make it a full face again. I really like mine. Anyway, happy learning and always seek advice!

I recommend the Bonehead Revolve. Not only does the front swing all the way open, You can easily remove it and use the helmet as an open face helmet whenever you want. It's about the same price as a G3 and, I believe, more comfortable. The only drawback is they don't offer tinted shields.

There is no difference. It's still a Removable Deployment System. It's your choice, to use the removable slider only. To use the removable deployment bag only involves a length of line that attaches the bag to the slider. I also use only the removable slider on three of my rigs. I just wrap the slider around my main lift web. I agree that the Precision RDSs are best.

That wasn't a flat turn. Looks like he passed through a small dust devil.

You would be wrong. Skydiving Instructor Dies, First-Timer Lands Safely in Tandem Jump Published February 02, 2009Associated Press U.S. soldier Daniel Pharr inShare Strapped to his dying instructor a few thousand feet from the ground on his first skydive, Daniel Pharr found himself floating toward a house and some trees. The military taught the 25-year-old soldier not to panic. And TV taught him to pull the toggles on the already-deployed parachute to steer. So Pharr grabbed the right handle and pulled to avoid the house and tugged again to miss the trees, landing safely in a field about a third of a mile from their intended landing spot. Pharr said he wrestled out of the harness binding him to his instructor, George "Chip" Steele, and started CPR trying to save him from an apparent heart attack. Steele was later pronounced dead, but the tragedy could have been worse: Other instructors at the skydiving school told Pharr if he had pulled the toggle too hard, the chute would have spun out of control, and he could be dead, too. "They told me afterward that it was amazing that I knew to do that. This is my survival instinct at that point. I just kind of did what I had to do," said Pharr, taking a break Monday from his job at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Ga. The jump was a Christmas gift from Pharr's girlfriend. The two went to Skydive Carolina in Chester on Saturday to jump from 13,500 feet in the air while attached to instructors. Steele, 49, gave instructions as the plane climbed. He told Pharr he loved skydiving, having jumped more than 8,000 times. They were the last of about 10 skydivers to jump out of the plane. Pharr enjoyed a minute of free fall as the cold air rushed by. "He pulled the chute," Pharr said. "It got super quiet. It's eerily quiet up there. I made the comment to him, 'It's surprising how quiet it is.' And he's like: 'Welcome to my world."' A few seconds passed, and Pharr asked his instructor another question. This time, Steele didn't answer. Pharr repeated his question. No answer. "And then I just looked up at him and he looked like he was conscious, but just talking to him, I realized something was wrong," Pharr said. "So at that point I realized I was just going to have to do what I had to do to get down to the ground and try to help him." The pair ended up about a third of a mile from the airstrip where they were supposed to land, blocked from the spectators by trees. Pharr's CPR failed to revive Steele. "My only thing walking away is that I wish I could have helped him," Pharr said. "I tried as hard as I could — all my training, I did everything I could." After paramedics arrived and stepped in to diagnose Steele, Pharr asked them to call his girlfriend, Jessica Brunson, and mother, who was watching from the air strip. Pharr's mother said all they knew at the time was from a brief message on another staffer's radio: A tandem pair was down and it didn't look good. "It was an eternity," Darlene Huggins said, when asked how long it took her to hear her son's message he was safe. "No, really, it could have been 10, 15 minutes." After talking to authorities, Pharr got to see his girlfriend, who he said kept her composure. "Once she saw me, she was in tears," he said. Huggins said she asked the Lord to keep her son safe. "I just give the glory to God. He was just covered with that hedge of protection that us mamas pray for," she said. Initial indications are Steele died of a heart attack. Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker said he would wait for a written report from Monday's autopsy before releasing an official cause of death. Skydive Carolina General Manager James La Barrie released a statement saying it appeared Steele, a test jumper and instructor, died from a medical problem. No one answered the phone Monday at a listing for Steele in Sumter. Pharr had to work Sunday, so he immediately went back to Fort Gordon, which is home of the Signal Corps, the communications nerve center of the Army, and deals heavily in military intelligence. He joined the Army a year ago, leaving his job in Columbia selling alarm systems because he wanted to serve the country like his two grandfathers and get money to go to college. When asked what he does, Pharr laughed and said "can't tell you." Fellow soldiers have been asking him about his jump for the past two days. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime story, and I told them I hope I never have to top it," Pharr said. Pharr wants to jump again, but it looks like his first skydive will be his last. "My family has told me I have to keep my feet on the ground," he said.

I totally agree with you. It would be very insulting to me as a professional and I would most likely immediately quit. No passenger needs to stare at a huge red sign, putting doubt in their mind as to whether their instructor will forget procedures. What's next? A sign on the inside of their goggles, asking if their instructor wil pull?

You got the twists down to the risers and then just gave up! Oh! You were SO close to getting out of them. All you had to do was reach up to the links and push yourself out of the twists. That technique works great for me. It's one of the first things I learned from being a packer at a skydiving school, way before I got my tandem rating. I've had plenty of line twists and I've never had to have my passenger help me. I'm not a big guy, either. There was one time when I thought I would have to cut away from twists, but soon as my hands went to the handles. It started to unwind. Leaning hard to one side in the harness actually does wonders, rather than messing with the toggles. It's always a learning experience. Keep at it! Blue Skies!

It's just awesome when a troll can hijack my thread and completely dismiss the point I was trying to make. The mods here must be way too busy. This is my first and last time trying to get any information from this site. Enjoy your troll playground everybody.

Well, that's the real problem. Calling safety recommendations "nazi crap" just shows people have to regard for rules and the injuries/fatalities will continue. I guess it's a good way to weed out the ones without Mad Skillz.

I recently questioned a visiting jumper on the ride to altitude, wearing a GoPro and he admitted he was on his 50th jump. Another guy just posted a video of his first cutaway on his 131st jump, in the Incidents forum. I'm sure it's easier to get away with it at larger drop zones. Who knows how long he's been jumping a camera. We really need to keep our eyes open for these "kids" that have no concept of the danger involved with jumping cameras with such little experience. Or should that safety recommendation/dz rule be on a case by case basis? What do you think?

I haven't had any exposure problems with my Hero 3 Silver. I love it for taking still photos on tandems. I really want the Black edition but I'm wary about the reported exposure problem.

The bad news: You already suggested that to me and I told you I need the BacPac on both cameras, in order to take advantage of the wifi remote capability. I was really hoping you would stay in contact with me and let me know when you had such a glove available.

Unfortunately, with shipping, that puts it out of my price range. And I presume you have no intention of making an old style glove that can accommodate BacPacs for the Hero 2's (like Simon Wade's)?? :(

$220?? Jesus.

I have the dual GoPro glove that Chuting Star sells and it works great. Just be aware that the beeping from starting and stopping the still camera can be heard in the video camera. This can get a bit tricky, unless you set the still camera to silent, but then you're not sure if you've started or stopped it. Not a really a big deal, unless the editor doesn't want to keep deleting dozens of useless pictures. The plastic over the buttons makes it hard to feel the buttons as you press them. Some people take a hole punch and punch out a few circles of gaffer's tape, then stick them over the buttons. I just discovered that Walmart sells these small stick-on, rubber feet. They're working great for me, so far. I'm sure the heat of the day could cause the adhesive to slide. We'll see. For this reason, I really wish the glove had space for the Wifi BacPac, which would allow me to start and stop both cameras with the one remote button, at the same time. Anyway, it's a great glove. I'm really happy with mine and I recommend it.

Todd was one of the coolest DZOs I've ever met. He treated me very well, when I was at Skydive Houston. I will always remember the good times we shared. Fly free brother! I will see you again, when my time comes!

Aloha Kilika! I work at Pacific Skydiving Center on the North Shore. I'm from Southern California. I've been here six years and this is one of the best places to learn. We hope to see you jumping soon! Hit us up sometime.