TheMonkey

to be more accurate, replace the word "dude" with "S.O.B." --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

perhaps, but i will reserve judgement until i know that for sure.... It happens! What? Shit?!! Sometimes! Edit to add: ftr, i have not heard of icarus having poor cust serv...for all i know my dumbass might be dialing the wrong number! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

have been calling the USA number from Here for last 2 days and nobody answers....anybody have a better number that they answer???? edit to add i have sent them email too, with no response! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

same principles will apply as deployment with a camera suit, must be sure to deflate opposite wing as you reach for hackey.... ps - it's cheating! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i am curious as to how you have your A license then, seeing as it is a requirement for getting it.....if you really want to do one, just ask the pilot to make a pass at 5k on your next ride to altitude and jump out...voila, hop'n'pop! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

joe made it out to jump with us at Skydive Virginia this past weekend! super cool kid (that will be $20 joe) and hope he makes it back! safe journeys my friend! next time i will tighten the goggles so they don't come off and i can see where the camera is pointed! danny --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

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

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

hurts your cypres, everything else can dry --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

that's the funniest thing i have read all day! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

to see how different canopies fly, and whether you like the way they fly or not --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

i wasn't satisfied and Ralph didn't do shit....i didn't even get a reach around! i would never buy anything from him again, and wouldn't recommend him to my worst enemy! but that's just my experience with him, others may have different opinion! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

for the record, i think he should do it and never told him not too (unless he doesn't have video, then he should wait)....i just want to make sure that i get to see the video --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

no loop hole, finish aff, get a license, be happy and rejoice and make many human sacrifices to appease the skygods! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

leave them unstowed, like canopy is in full flight negative ghost rider, your inputs will be equivalent to riser inputs from your harness.... dude, seriously don't try this unless you have video...it's going to be one of those things that will become the coolest video ever....besides, when you get pummelled by it, you are going to want to have something to remember it by other than the bruises, cuts, and broken bones that are going to result! and please promise you will post it for the rest of us to laugh at...i mean watch! good luck brother, hope you don't get broken! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

don't think about it, just do it....and if you get scared, tell your brain it better shut up if it knows what's good for it! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end! edit to add: Live to Jump, Pull to Live --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

two words: emergency bailout --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

phree is correct, the cameye II will correct your problem....if memory serves correct, the pc101 was the first camera to experience this problem and the cameye II corrected the issue (personal experience speaking here).... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

you want to keep your wingloading at 1:1 till you know what you are doing....typical crw wing loading i believe should be above 1.3:1 ideally....so buy a crw canopy now, break yourself, then not be able to do crw without wearing an monkeyload of weight....i would buy a used canopy suitable for your experience and then worry aboot crw later.....but that's just me, i could be wrong.....btw, there are no stupid questions, just tons of inquistive idiots! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

personally, i would use a rope, with a knot at the end edit to add: get video because it really doesn't matter how you attach them, right or wrong you are going to hurt yourself! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

lots of times, simple searches like this will lead you where you want to go do a little reading, you will figure it out.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

from what i saw last weekend, i would go with a bigger canopy for the simple fact that as soon as jackass #1 (mr bill) put a little input on the line of jackass #2 (psw) he was removed with extreme prejudice..... i am still laughing, the video from all angles is priceless! especially when the lines are twisting up and you hear jackass #2 yelling "get off"..... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

you are my hero! the video of you getting tossed around under that canopy is one of the funniest things i have seen in a while..... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

tf kicks ass! don rocks! it was very cool to meet dexterbase and kmonster, and the rest of the gang that was out! br's fjc was awesome! was able to pull off 10 jumps, meet some cool people, see some sick jumps, and finally realize exactly how much base kicks ass! psyched, one letter down, 3 to go! monkey --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!