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  5. The answer here is too focus on your arch. When you're not flexible and reaching back the tendency is to dearch while you struggle with it, which of course makes the hackey go further away. Before you pull think "arch" and push those hips down. The handle will be much more accessible. I am a big guy too and had the same issue until I figured it out. Good luck.

  7. Does that mean you agree with his 2000 word manifesto on why people shouldn't develop teaching methods without consulting him first?
    ( bracing for long winded self congratulatory post typical ala Lurch. But also looking forward to see how you are going to fit your max freefall time into the discussion )
    :)

  8. So, your gripe is about safety? You're worried Tony Urgalo doesn't know how to train people to fly his suits? And apparently you are worried about copyright infringement? Is that why your long winded post is all about how great you are? Listen, little tiny guy in a giant suit, everybody is tired of this bullshit and your post comes off as worthy of a Pulitzer Prize in the Whiney bitches with a giant ego category. Obviously, rather than trying to advance the sport, you are trying to advance your ego. Here's some good advice next time your flapping your gums to a bunch of wingsuiters: shut up and listen! You might learn something.

  9. Experiment with a slow pull out, and a quick 'recvoery' manuver


    FYI....to the op, don't get the wrong idea here. You will never use your rears for a "quick recovery maneuver" while swooping. Your rears are for planned, deliberate, un-rushed inputs. You can act with your rears, but always use your toggles when having to react. IMO

  12. You can jump at my DZ. you just gotta fetch me coffee and run to the store for beer a few times. Maybe sweep up a bit. Once we get everybody else up I will pair you with another newb for last load. Just don't be crotchety or I will have to send you home! :)

  14. Normally with a guy who has 800 jumps we would just have you pull a few handles and ask you a few questions. But considering you have no idea and went on the internet to ask what to do, I probably would send you up for a tandem.

  20. Don´t NZA have a factory in Spain....somewhere north of Barcelona?. I`m sure I heard that somewhere....

    No. It's another company. They sell the same canopies with the same specs, also under the name of Icarus, but are otherwise no longer affiliated. it seems to be an unusual but amiable agreement between former partners.

  21. As far as posting it on the internet, you tell me a better method for putting my thoughts out there and reaching 'the masses'

    Which takes me again to my point "The masses" are not the problem. It's the DZO's and their instructors And more specifically, the ones who's decision maker is not that great, as you stated. Which translates into a handful, or couple handful of DZO's. After all, you know very well each and every jumper thinks their instructor is the best. Their attitudes and skills come directly from their instructors and DZO's . All these internet skydivers are simply parroting their instructors. These DZO's are a known finite entity. You can call them up and know who you are talking to. On the internet you have no idea who you are reaching or not reaching. Hell, you have told me you don't even think I am a skydiver. I have heard you tell others the same thing when you don't agree with them. So why waste your time lobbying every Tom Dick and Harry on the internet? Why not go to the limited number of DZO's who directly create the problem.
    The problem with new BSR's is you are creating more liability for the DZO. More paperwork and more chances for people to sue. One guy packs a new canopy into his rig at home and doesn't tell anyone, gets hurt, and now the DZO has to unpack everyone before their first jump of the day in order to be within industry standards. Hence, you will have many DZO's and USPA people put up a lot of resistance to your plan. Go to these DZO's, ask for voluntary compliance, and they are 1000 times more likely to adopt your plan.
    You don't need the USPA to do this for you. Brian created a wing loading chart that has been widely used and accepted all on his own. Create the Lepka progression chart and ask the DZ"s if they will follow suit. By seeking new rules, no matter how good your ideas are the nature of liability in this country will force DZO's to reject your plan outright as a business necessity wether they agree with you or not.

  22. Dave, i have a serious question and i promise i am not posting to be a contrarian or a dick. :)
    To me, this whole BSR approach is really ass backwards. Apparently you have been working on it for ten years. Writing proposals, talking about it ad nauseam on the internet, etc.. All in hopes of getting through to the BOD, hoping they create a useful BSR, and then hoping it is implemented and paid attention to. Yet, at the same time, i hear you guys often talking about how USPA doesn't enforce regulations and there is no practical bite to anything they enact. meanwhile years are going by and drop zones are operating as they always have.
    in other words, you have taken the discussion away from the drop zone and brought ti the internet, the USPA, and everywhere but where it is needed. All in hopes that it will eventually come full circle and affect the drop zone itself.
    I don't know the exact number but the US has something like 300 drop zones. Apparently you are an instructor at one of them. I can only assume your DZO and your instructors keep a close eye on your jumpers and use all your great ideas to keep everyone safe. I also assume Diablo does the same at his DZ. And Bill Vonn does the same at his. And all drop zones with a responsible staff and DZO also do the same. So how many drop zones are left? How many head instructors and DZO's do you guys know other than yours? So why don't you talk to them? Why not spend all this time and energy at the drop zone instead of the internet? All your work for creating new BSR's is most likely, by your own admission, going to be unenforceable. In this sport DZO's are the ones with teeth. Nobody, that is not one person, can get on a plane with a dangerously loaded canopy if the DZO says they can't. Obviously at your drop zone they can't. At Bill's they can't. At Diablo's they can't. I know at my DZ they can't. Every DZ i know of pays close attention to the issue. so who are the dangerous DZ's? Why not spend your time talking to these people? In the last ten years you could have visited every DZ in the country and agreed to make things better. And then, rather than having to wait for everything to come full circle, and for rules and enforcement to slowly trickle down to the DZ's, you would have actually stopped the problem in its tracks, right at the frontline.
    If everyone of us takes our concerns to our brick and mortar dz.'s then we can affect change immediately. And we could skip all of the unnecessary regulations and paperwork and liability of creating more and more rules.
    I am sorry if you have answered this question already. Its hard to read through everything on the subject But i would really like to know.

  23. Try to build some sort of structure into your life, and see if that helps. Get a routine or some kind, and stick to it for awhile

    Ahhhhh..... There you have it. Dear Dave says ignore it and your chemical imbalance will go away Thanks Dave! To the Op, you are very lucky to have Dear Dave to turn to. It so happens he is an expert. And luckily, he gets up every single day and shares his expertise with us on dropzone. He knows everything from packing, to swooping, to putting on your socks, to depression, to, well...every damn thing under the sun. And thankfully, he doesn't jump, have a job, a relationship, or any thing else to do but give us advice. It's so awesome and so lucky for us. He writes multiple 800 word posts every single day on every single thread. He doesn't waste his time helping people at his dropzone, or talking to people in person, or doing anything else really. He just lives to help us all here on the Internet. . It's so awesome.
    But Dear Dave, I have one question. I worry that in your daily regimine of typing out long lectures to your Internet students, that amid the hours and hours of dispensing adivce on every possible topic, do you ever have a moment of self awareness, a single moment where you suddenly feel....what is the word?.... Hmmmmm...... maybe a tiny bit arrogant? I hope not. Thanks for everything.