TheMonkey

As an animal lover... I feel hungry! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

any idea when you will start taking orders jason? thanks --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

sorry you took offense! this is a good thing...let me also point out that more experienced jumpers that have posted tons of information on these forums have not only done their homework like the above mentioned newbies but additionally have actually put a lot of jumps on this gear...i will take experience and knowledge over 'doing your homework' any day of the week! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

if you move to maryland, they require you to check civil liberties at the door, along with your brain....i would rather have my knee caps smashed with a ball-peen hammer than live in maryland! plus, skydive virginia and skydive orange are the 2 closest dz's to dc, so living in virginia would put you closer on the weekend ps - skydive orange rocks, but skydive virginia kicks more ass than a two-legged guy in a one-legged-ass-kicking-contest! pss - if you ask nicley, i will tell you how i really feel about everything! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

you know it baby! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

my advice, would be to take all advice you receive here with a grain of salt....no offense to anyone, but a lot advice is given by people that should not be giving it. do searches in these forums for mains and containers pros and cons, it will keep you busy for days....most importantly speak with your instructors and the more experienced jumpers at your dz! good luck! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i should get in touch with BR, they forgot to include the 'backup' chute in my base rig --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i'm with djl, that sounds like fun...skydiving is supposed to be fun! all work and no play make monky somethin somethin! lighten up, even if it is a troll, at least it's not someone saying they enjoy yelling at people to exit on jump run...i thought about shooting the swoopers with paintballs the other weekend when i was out at the dropzone, i bet it would make for great video! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

got mine through Allstate, and they did not require me to send them a list of my crap...they ask me to total it all up, and insure the value...it's kind of an 'on your honor' type thing....btw, i pay $100 a year and my camera and camera helmet are covered! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

yo big, just so i don't pull a total horny-hijacking-monkey-trick, my gear is all covered under my renter's insurance policy.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

Anything else? flare when you're scared! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i'm just glad the chest strap on your new rig doesn't cover em up...my bday is coming up, topless tracking dive for the monkey please!!!!! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i wish the donkey with the camera taking the picture of your avitar would pan down already!

exactly, if they don't know what you are talking about then they can't prove you wrong --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

this peel and pull statement is used a lot and i believe it to somewhat misleading....peeling and pulling are not 2 seperate actions (at least in my experience), a simple twist of the wrist while pulling the handle accomplishes the task...i had a relatively high speed malfunction and had no problems whatsoever executing emergency procedures... i said it in the incidents forum...if you are not comfortable jumping a soft pillow reserve handle, then don't jump one, it is that easy. it is another piece of gear that each and every skydiver must decide whether is it is right for him/her or not. rsl's are not for everyone, reserve pillows are not for everyone, high performance canopies are not for everyone, etc etc opinion are like a$$holes, everyones got one (and they all stink)! edit for spelling --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

based upon this discussion, i think this thread is referring to this incident. in which case you are correct, nothing was deployed till the cypress saved his life....but that is all discussed over there.... labrys, if it happens again i am going to disagree with DJL, you do not kick the nutz, that's just not cricket! you do however tell him to go take a flying f*ck and that he should be more worried about his friend not pulling than about whether you jump with a pillow reserve --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

just as a follow up...Wyat shipped a demo to me the same night he returned from being on the road, got it out at 8pm and shipped it 3day so that i would have it for the weekend. right now Icarus is getting top marks from me on the customer service front! my $0.02 --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

is this it here???? doesn't really look entertaining other than erika eleniak has a nice rack! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

b/c that's what canopies do when they have been packed for 5 weeks.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

don't know....when i called today, all sales and demo inquiries are directed to Wyat.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

wyat is on the road right now so i am not bitter about the lack of email response, and the phone problem was a phone problem, not an icarus problem....he is basically bending over backwards to get a demo out to me by this weekend, so imo of my dealings over a 2 day period with them i would say their customer service is pretty solid. --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

Wyat's the man! From the conversation I just had with him, I would say that Icarus is not having customer service issues anymore! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

grassyass! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i have cast no aspersions towards icarus, i just want to demo one of their canopies....i should have clarified by saying last day and a half, as in all day monday and today! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

welcome back brother.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!