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QuoteProbably avoid skyhook. Jury's still out about whether it's a good idea with wingsuits as far as I'm concerned. It could mess with AAD deployments. My wife's vector doesn't have it for that reason.
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I like that, (the 25% way of wording it!) -
7/13-7/15 Flock 'Til You Drop Skyvan boogie with Travis/American Wingsuit Academy at Sky's the Limit, PA
9/1-9/3 SIS/Labor Day Boogie with Sam Smith and Jay Veenendaal at Sky's the Limit, PA -
Organizers, discounted meal plan (if you are not registered you cannot use the resort meal plan), all transportation to/from your commercial flights and to/from dz/resort/landing area, goodie bag, t-shirt, super bowl party on the beach, and additional beach party. This is not a “cheap” boogie, we are creating a dropzone from scratch at a luxurious resort on the west end of the island which we are making exclusive to skydivers. More info on the Facebook page if needed, -
check out the discussion section of the facebook event page, a lot of people on there are posting about sharing a room. https://www.facebook.com/events/1845452465785341/ -
Updated Info:
Register here:
https://goo.gl/forms/Vgf2tgQYYoyDLnEU2
After registering call STL to make your payment: 570-420-1011 or 1800-335-jump
THE MOST EPIC STL WINTER BOOGIE YOU WILL EVER BE A PART OF!
I'm going to nickname this our SKYDIVERS ISLAND - since we will have our OWN private airstrip, our OWN skydiver only resort, our OWN clubhouse to use as our dz. They will also be putting on some sort of festival/parade to celebrate us midweek.
These are not shacks, tents, and scraps. This is Skydivers PARADISE. The resort rooms are beautiful and can be split between 4 people. The menu is being designed by us and will offer fantastic meals each day.
Travis from American Wingsuit Academy - confirmed. Wingsuit organizer
Sam Smith from Darkside Freefly - confirmed. Freefly organizer
Jay Veenendaal - confirmed. Organizing beginner to advanced freefly/angle/canopy flock/XRW
Louis French - RW organizer. All things belly!
More organizers to be announced soon...
Registration fee: $350
Registration Includes: world class organizers, access to the inclusive meal plan at the resort (3 a day!) (or you have the option of a "basic" no meal package), all transportation to/from your flights and to/from dz/resort/landing area, goodie bag, access to the STL beach parties, access to STL Super Bowl party, T-shirt, and discounts to those pre-registered by January 13th 2018.
Jumps: 10 jump minimum ($35/jump for block of 10 if pre-purchased otherwise $37.75/jump)
Non jumper fee: $200
Children under 16 will have free registration.
Location: Freeport, Bahamas
Resort: Old Bahama Bay - to be booked through STL ONLY
http://www.oldbahamabay.com/home
Rooms: $225/night + tax
*They have 2 bars which will be opening early for us.
*Up to FOUR people can split a room #cheap
COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES
Beach - Enjoy the calm waters, sandy beaches, swaying hammocks, and chaise lounges.
Swimming Pool - Our 4,000 sq ft oceanfront pool contains an infinity edge and lounging area.
Water Sports – Complimentary beach activities include paddleboards, sea kayaks, fishing kayak, and more!
Bicycles - Complimentary.
Meal plan: $40 per day + tax (includes 3 meals a day)
Airport: West End Air Strip
Landing area: Beach or golf course - you pick on every jump!
Requirements: B license, A license allowed on case by case basis
Floatation devices are required. They will be available to rent ($5/jump or purchase $82.50). Or you may bring your own. We will be selling Co2 cartridges.
We will be flying the STL aircraft (grand caravan / super otter)
We WILL be offering TANDEMS for ALL AGES (we have all equipment you will need).
We will have a rigger on site and packers available.
Rental gear requests to be done by January 13th. Please inquire for details.
How to get there: Fly commercially into Freeport (we will have our van bring you to the dz/hotel - there will be an AM pick up and a PM pick up), or bring your boat and park in the harbor, or fly your own plane into west end airstrip (land for free - and customs will be waiting for you)
All questions come to Melissa or STL only.
Checks are preferable method of payment but credit cards will also be accepted.
Registration is NON-REFUNDABLE, but it IS transferable. -
The last time I went to the Bahama's my bf did a shark dive, he raved about it. Looks like there's a lot of places:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS744US744&tbm=lcl&ei=XZwAWru0A8SjwAL0m7eAAQ&q=scuba+in+freeport+bahamas&oq=scuba+in+freeport+bahamas&gs_l=psy-ab.3...0.0.0.29385.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.PRlXRgZ9ZoA#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:!1m3!1d19337.94689975247!2d-78.631559!3d26.5174675!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i505!2i260!4f13.1;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1 -
Awesome! Can't wait to see you all! -
https://www.facebook.com/events/1845452465785341
Sky's the Limit Skydiving Center (in northeast PA) is hosting a Boogie in the Bahamas's February 2-11 2018. Details in the facebook event ^^
MORE DETAILS TO COME:
I'm going to nickname this our SKYDIVERS ISLAND - since we will have our OWN private airstrip, our OWN skydiver only resort, our OWN clubhouse to use as our dz. They will also be putting on some sort of festival/parade to celebrate us midweek.
These are not shacks, tents, and scraps. This is Skydivers PARADISE. The resort rooms are beautiful and can be split between 4 people. The menu is being designed by us and will offer fantastic meals each day.
Travis from American Wingsuit Academy - confirmed Wingsuit organizer
Sam Smith from Darkside Freefly - confirmed freefly organizer
More organizers to come...
Registration fee: coming soon$ (within a week)
Registration Includes: world class organizers, inclusive meal plan at the resort (3 a day!), all transportation, 10 jumps, goodie bag, and access to the STL beach party.
There will be a slightly cheaper registration fee for non-jumpers. Children under 16 will have free registration.
Location: Freeport, Bahamas
Resort: Old Bahama Bay - to be booked through STL ONLY
http://www.oldbahamabay.com/home
*They have 2 bars which will be opening early for us.
*Up to FOUR people can split a room #cheap
COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES
Beach - Enjoy the calm waters, sandy beaches, swaying hammocks, and chaise lounges.
Swimming Pool - Our 4,000 sq ft oceanfront pool contains an infinity edge and lounging area.
Water Sports – Complimentary beach activities include paddleboards, sea kayaks, fishing kayak, and more!
Bicycles - Complimentary.
Airport: West End Air Strip
Landing area: Beach or golf course - you pick on every jump!
Requirements: B license, A license allowed on case by case basis
We will be flying the STL aircraft (grand caravan / super otter)
We WILL be offering TANDEMS for ALL AGES (we have all equipment you will need).
How to get there: Fly commercially into Freeport (we will have our van bring you to the dz/hotel - there will be an AM pick up and a PM pick up), or bring your boat and park in the harbor, or fly your own plane into west end airstrip (land for free - and customs will be waiting for you)
We will also have packers.
All questions come to Melissa or STL only.
Checks are preferable method of payment but credit cards will also be accepted.
More details to come, SAVE THE DATE -
One week left to pre-register! -
I hadn't thought of that! But definitely could have been the case (I didn't get out of those) -
No, standard infinity without any wingsuit options on it -
I don't have a fly site :( but was jumping a small acro suit.
From our video it looks like maybe the bag got stuck in one corner coming out then got twisted around, I was stable/symmetrical during pull time. -
See attached - my pilot7 (loaded a little over 1:1.2) flew straight the whole time I was working on these (over a minute -- I pulled high). -
http://www.performancedesigns.com/video-horizon/
Has anyone demoed one of these? What do you think compared to the Pilot7? -
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https://www.facebook.com/events/473569669698589/
FLOCK 'TIL YOU DROP!
Travis will be invading Sky's the Limit Skydiving Center in East Stroudsburg, PA July 15th and 16th!!!!
He will be offering Intro-to-Acro coaching and also organzing small-large flocks depending on your experience, so don't be shy ;)
Working on something particular that you'd like coaching on? Let us know!!!
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/american-wingsuit-academy-at-skys-the-limit-flock-til-you-drop-tickets-31599702561 -
I reached out to Sunpath with some questions about this container. One of them being that when i'm not doing working (belly) jumps that I like to wingsuit-and what their thoughts were about me using this for both.
Their response was "This container is designed specifically for Wing Suit applications and we would not advise that the container be used for any other discipline" -
I have an Infinity I-33 (bought new a few years ago) and it was ordered with a Pilot 150 in it (got the OK from Velocity Rigs). It was tight, but it worked. I've been jumping a Zulu 132 in it for awhile and it fits nice. (all standard ZP). I recently started wingsuiting and went back to putting the zp Pilot 150 in it, works just fine. I have also flown a Zulu 120 in the same container and it also fits fine. I was originally told by Velocity that the rig I ordered could fit a 117-150. Hope this helps! -
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Sky's the Limit will be open this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in East Stroudsburg, PA
www.skysthelimit.net -
Sky's the Limit will be running in Panama for the winter this year. But while they're there our BOOGIE will be held February 4th-8th.
Our facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/873810452702269/
Details:
FLY: into is Panama City international Airport. (PTY)
STAY: http://coronadohotelpanama.com/ it's about 7 minutes from the dz. We have a dropzone discount - Sky's the Limit has rooms blocked, please call STL (570-420-1011) to confirm your room and make your payment ASAP before they are sold out.
TRANSPORT: can bicycle there from hotel to dz, but they are in the works of setting up a DZ van, also available: uber, taxis, rentals.
LANDING: NO MIN. license requirements. We will have the choice of the nice grass dz landing or the beach --LARGE beach
DZ: they have one airport locked in right now and are working on the other, both are only 15 min. from each other. Details coming up. -
Straight from Aerodyne:
Aerodyne Research, LLC The Zulu is a fully elliptical canopy which offers exceptional performance with harness input. This means you can execute beautiful 90 and even 180 degree turns using only harness input. It also means, if you are asymmetrically loading the harness because your wing suit is challenging you during opening, that you can spin the canopy up during a wing suit opening.
We had a lot of the test jumps on the Zulu done by one of our most experienced wing suit jumpers, but we cannot really recommend it to any but the most experienced and talented wing suit flyers. You need to be able to fly your wing suit throughout the opening sequence with near perfect harness symmetry, and today's ultra high performance wing suits make this quite a challenge indeed.
Aerodyne recommends the Pilot as a perfect canopy for wing suiting. It has great performance when highly loaded, but offers very forgiving openings. And for those who prefer a 7 cell, we've been testing a 7 cell Pilot which we hope to release in the third quarter of 2015. -
July 31-August 2nd
Want to get your coach rating?? Below is all the info needed for you to partake in the Coach Course coming up at STL.
You need to have a minimum of a B license and 100 jumps.
Your Pre-Requisites are:
1.Teach all general sections of a FJC until proficient and get an aff instructor to sign off the coach proficiency card (can be downloaded and printed from uspa website)
This can either be done in real fjc classes or you can have a mock fjc with an instructor to get requirement done prior to course
2. Have a SIM and IRM dated within 2 years to be used during the course.
3. Read entire coach section in IRM and take coach test (test will be graded at course, if you do not pass the first grading, you can retake the test during the course)
4. Read entire ISP in SIM (integrated student program)
Fee is $275 for course + travel + lodging for instructor. The travel and lodging will be split amongst the participants so the more participants, the less it will be.
You will have 2 eval jumps. You will have to pay for both slots & video if you want it + the USPA rating fee at the end of the course.
Reading the sections in the IRM will notify you of what to expect during the course.
Course will be Friday, Saturday & Sunday and begins at 9am Friday. Friday will mainly be class work with the remaining days jump days and evals.
A deposit of $50 towards your course fee is required and can be mailed via check to Theresa Nadeau.
Address will be provided when you are ready to register.
Course is scheduled for July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd.
Also, if you need to find a FJC to sit in on and help teach we can take a look at our upcoming classes so you can plan accordingly.
Contact us at manifest to sign up or if you need more information. 570-420-1011 or email us at [email protected]
Anyone tried the Om7?
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Anyone tried the new Icarus wingsuit canopy? I'm curious what you thought of it compared to the Pilot7, Horizon, or Epicene.
http://www.icaruscanopies.aero/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=676
"The ōm-7’s multi stage controlled deployment sequences will allow you to fly your wingsuit and experience worry-free, soft, on-heading openings. Peace of mind to conclude your wingsuit flight. Namaste"
The ICARUS WORLD ōm-7 is a 7-cell, semi elliptical tapered canopy specially designed and engineered for wingsuit pilot, but it's also suitable for all skydivers looking for the reliable performance of a contemporary 7-cell canopy.
His hybrid* construction (ZP, F-111), 2+3+2 nose configuration (external inlets partially closed, central inlet fully open) and parabolic low distortion reinforcement tapes allows the ōm-7 to deliver all you would ever wish for from a top-notch wingsuit canopy:
The RESULT is a "fun-to-fly", enjoyable, practical, easy to pack, outstanding 7-cell wingsuit canopy as well a parachute with enlightened performance for all other facets of modern skydiving.
* Optionally available in full ZP