EllaBella

For anyone who wants to see the video: https://www.facebook.com/gwindmiller/videos/10153385873067702/?pnref=story Using the fronts is far more effective (than rears) at getting the slider to stop 'flapping' immediately. Make sure you do this asap, as letting it flap around will cause more wear on the lines.

I quite enjoyed the fresh (and cheeky) approach to the trick formerly known as 'accuracy'. ;) It was concise and entertaining. And you mentioned that this is one of many useful tools for accuracy. It would be impossible to go over every single element that may affect accuracy in such a short article. Plus, caveat after caveat would have made for a boring read...which this was not. =)

Great photos, Kuba and Marta! Congrats to all involved. =)

These were all highly experienced skydivers. While we won't be able to eliminate all instances of canopy collisions and/or low turn fatalities, in my opinion this discussion is more about people with lower jump numbers and less experience. This issue of having some guidelines for downsizing progression, etc. is geared more towards the newer jumpers who are on canopies they shouldn't be. (i.e: someone with 400 jumps on a moderately/highly wingloaded crossbrace canopy). And perhaps some clear guidelines or rules for those cases CAN reduce the amount of fatalities. Btw - we wouldn't be inventing the wheel here, as this is done in several other countries (i.e: Norway, Denmark, France and perhaps others?). Here's the other dz.com thread with links to those countries regulations on max wingloading, jump numbers and/or min. size canopy per exit weight. http://www.dropzone.com/forum/Skydiving_Disciplines_C3/Swooping_and_Canopy_Control_F4/Downsizng_Rules/Regulations_P4311980/ It will take some in depth discussion, but the USPA implementing something like this here would be a good thing. Ella Ran