boudy

I talked with cuz on the phone before his site was up. He seemed very reasonable and straight forward. He suggested a rigger inspection and a demo period if he could send a rig to my DZ. He just didn't have what I was looking for at the time. But I would buy from him with confidence.

Alan, I guess getting to the right answer is easier done by asking the right questions. The voice of experience helps in that regard. I have plenty to ask that's clear. I do know (I think) that I'd like my reserve system to work that sweetly on my first rig, whatever it takes to get there. Polarbear, It definitely was a yellow reserve. Don't recall the main. Everyone around me thought the cut away was below 500 feet but who knows? We were just happy that no emergency medical treatment was required. BTW, Anyone know of a yellow reserve for sale?

I'm pretty new to this, so perhaps the situation wasn't as extreme as I perceived. Saturday afternoon there was a spinning malfunction in the main landing area by manifest. A more experienced skydiver said he saw the main open off heading. I noticed the guy trying to kick out of the spin from about 1,200 feet all the down to what I judged to be 300 to 400 feet. Everyone around me said it was certainly below 500 ft when he cut away. The reserve immediately deployed and apparently the guy landed ok. Did anyone else see this or know the details? I'd be interested to know what reserve he was using. It sure impressed me, and a few of experienced folks watching as well. Hopefully, the skydiver got out of this unscathed; he appeared to be standing ok but he was quite a distance from us.