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There is a direct relationship between your knowledge, skill and attitude and skydiving safety. Safety should be your #1 priority and this is the place to grow in all three of those areas.

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By billvon, January 24, 2005
- 1 reply
- 51,118 views
- DoubleSigma
- December 30, 2019
Stupid things I have done 1 2 3 4 27

By Ron, June 25, 2004
- 672 replies
- 88,622 views
- maxhogg
- March 11, 2017
Wingload BSR. 1 2 3 4 20

By Ron, May 28, 2003
- 491 replies
- 24,521 views
- Bolas
- August 5, 2010
POV cameras and Jump number. 1 2 3 4 20

By JWest, October 13, 2014
- 483 replies
- 49,438 views
- billvon
- October 11, 2015
The "45 degree rule" for exit separation DOES NOT WORK 1 2 3 4 19

By kallend, December 11, 2005
- 458 replies
- 45,209 views
- jumpsalot-2
- March 6, 2017
AAD's & Personal Acceptable Risk Thresholds 1 2 3 4 15

By Hooknswoop, April 25, 2005
- 358 replies
- 11,985 views
- kallend
- May 9, 2005
stupidest student ever? 1 2 3 4 13

By tattoojeff, September 10, 2003
- 307 replies
- 30,735 views
- stayhigh
- April 13, 2012
GoPros right off of student status? 1 2 3 4 12

By Tetrahedron, May 29, 2013
- 295 replies
- 17,854 views
- DexterBase
- June 17, 2013
BSR for canopy loading (from low turn incident thread) 1 2 3 4 12

By billvon, January 14, 2005
- 294 replies
- 13,160 views
- tspillers
- February 3, 2005
Go Pro- Is it a Camera or not? 1 2 3 4 12

By RickH, June 21, 2010
- 292 replies
- 17,261 views
- rehmwa
- July 16, 2010
Wingload BSR 1 2 3 4 12

By Ron, June 10, 2003
- 287 replies
- 15,224 views
- Ducky
- June 27, 2003
USPA and the canopy issue 1 2 3 4 12

By chuckakers, October 3, 2010
- 283 replies
- 18,708 views
- dorbie
- November 1, 2010
Cypress SAVE 1 2 3 4 11

By MrJones, November 1, 2005
- 267 replies
- 12,136 views
- Joellercoaster
- November 17, 2005
Watching out for newbies [was - hard impact at Nats] 1 2 3 4 11

By virgin-burner, September 23, 2011
- 258 replies
- 36,400 views
- yoink
- August 21, 2018
Re: [Martini] Opening High for Bad Spots 1 2 3 4 10

By Hooknswoop, February 18, 2004
- 244 replies
- 9,835 views
- bmcd308
- February 23, 2004
Cypress Fires New Rule- Perris 1 2 3 4 10

By bbarnhouse, October 15, 2004
- 237 replies
- 15,708 views
- opitrack
- December 2, 2004
student accident 1 2 3 4 9

By jdthomas, November 29, 2005
- 214 replies
- 24,300 views
- freeflyflunky
- January 13, 2006
Opinions wanted about a 2-step RSL procedure 1 2 3 4 9

By borg2050, November 14, 2005
- 205 replies
- 7,765 views
- goose491
- November 18, 2005
Skydiving is risky but safe 1 2 3 4 9

By pkasdorf, January 20, 2004
- 205 replies
- 15,582 views
- billvon
- September 24, 2010
Barrel roll during track? 1 2 3 4 9

By Andy9o8, February 15, 2007
- 201 replies
- 18,099 views
- Shyandinnocent
- March 6, 2007
Canopy loading restrictions take 3 1 2 3 4 9

By billvon, July 10, 2003
- 200 replies
- 10,232 views
- winsor
- July 23, 2003
A license jumping camera.... 1 2 3 4 8

By Tigerfly, April 20, 2017
- 193 replies
- 48,974 views
- tikl68
- February 12, 2018
Wingload BSR take 2 1 2 3 4 8

By billvon, June 20, 2003
- 187 replies
- 14,626 views
- virgin-burner
- July 28, 2010
PC in tow, cutaway or no cutaway? 1 2 3 4 8

By RTB, December 23, 2002
- 185 replies
- 15,185 views
- sundevil777
- March 25, 2011
RSL's-Again 1 2 3 4 8

By Hooknswoop, August 22, 2005
- 181 replies
- 9,024 views
- billvon
- August 29, 2005
Reckless TM 1 2 3 4 8

By theforkguy, May 5, 2014
- 178 replies
- 27,651 views
- Baksteen
- May 26, 2014
Back up devices (from incidents) 1 2 3 4 8

By Hooknswoop, March 21, 2005
- 175 replies
- 8,279 views
- dorbie
- March 30, 2005
"Check out my GoPro footage of my first solo!" 1 2 3 4 7

By ntrprnr, January 16, 2012
- 173 replies
- 19,728 views
- gearless_chris
- June 4, 2013
Fibula, femur, or fatality (105 elliptical 1.3 PSF 127 jumps) 1 2 3 4 7

By DrewEckhardt, November 6, 2007
- 170 replies
- 11,052 views
- diablopilot
- November 16, 2007
Camera Flying 1 2 3 4 7

By skyjunkie517, December 12, 2010
- 168 replies
- 10,072 views
- rhys
- January 5, 2011
Model's Propeller Accident 1 2 3 4 7

By Deisel, December 6, 2011
- 166 replies
- 21,832 views
- DrDom
- June 17, 2014
Proposal for wing loading limits 1 2 3 4 7

By billvon, March 13, 2012
- 164 replies
- 11,727 views
- robinheid
- April 6, 2012
wing loadings for jumpers with 50-100 jumps 1 2 3 4 7

By teason, June 3, 2004
- 160 replies
- 21,585 views
- fcajump
- September 7, 2010
Canopy Piloting Regulation (split from Fatality Georgia 3/18/2023) 1 2 3 4 7

By JoeWeber, March 31, 2023
- 160 replies
- 11,418 views
- BMAC615
- July 28, 2023
The Z-hills Double Fatal Speculation Thread 1 2 3 4 7

By base283, March 27, 2013
- 156 replies
- 18,668 views
- Rstanley0312
- April 10, 2013
Jumping without a cypres 1 2 3 4 7

By billvon, September 15, 2003
- 153 replies
- 13,116 views
- robskydiv
- October 19, 2009
Skydiving is one of the safest risky sports 1 2 3 4 7

By pkasdorf, January 21, 2004
- 152 replies
- 8,321 views
- pkasdorf
- January 30, 2004
Responsibility in the landing pattern 1 2 3 4 7

By billvon, July 8, 2005
- 151 replies
- 11,560 views
- chachi
- July 21, 2005
Students jumping WITHOUT an altimeter 1 2 3 4 7

By listo, February 19, 2003
- 151 replies
- 10,454 views
- ripcords
- October 29, 2003
A Solution for Current Canopy Collisions and Canopy Related Deaths/Injuries 1 2 3 4 7

By in2jumping, April 17, 2011
- 151 replies
- 11,498 views
- JohnMitchell
- June 11, 2012
Night jump questions...... 1 2 3 4 7

By Rstanley0312, January 21, 2010
- 150 replies
- 9,247 views
- firemedic
- April 2, 2011
Landings ... I am frustrated beyond belief!!! 1 2 3 4 6

By OlympiaStoica, August 10, 2009
- 147 replies
- 10,815 views
- timmyfitz
- September 13, 2009
Backflying with tandems (Was Rocky Point injury) 1 2 3 4 6

By davepend, May 21, 2007
- 147 replies
- 13,708 views
- jumpwally
- June 19, 2007
Unnecessary cutaway. Very Dangerous and stupid 1 2 3 4 6

By pj_jumper, July 19, 2012
- 147 replies
- 13,219 views
- Decodiver
- August 15, 2012
Cypres not worked ? 1 2 3 4 6

By artistcalledian, January 10, 2006
- 145 replies
- 7,060 views
- Ron
- January 16, 2006
Why zero liability? 1 2 3 4 6

By danielmaxin, June 13, 2006
- 145 replies
- 8,136 views
- jim2752
- July 3, 2006
To RSL or not to RSL 1 2 3 4 6

By vanessalh, December 15, 2012
- 145 replies
- 24,468 views
- Phil1111
- July 1, 2016
2 out roof landing 1 2 3 4 6

By Squeak, November 9, 2011
- 145 replies
- 11,684 views
- SkyJunkieA62040
- January 9, 2012
USPA Safety Day advertisement 1 2 3 4 6

By riggerpaul, January 30, 2010
- 144 replies
- 11,859 views
- riggerpaul
- March 25, 2010
17 year old turns in at Start Skydiving! 1 2 3 4 6

By dbcooperfan, October 11, 2010
- 142 replies
- 11,424 views
- Andy9o8
- December 19, 2010
Skyhook 1 2 3 4 6

By base698, May 27, 2014
- 140 replies
- 41,480 views
- Westerly
- December 13, 2018
Safety rules and USPA 1 2 3 4 6

By sooperswooper, March 7, 2012
- 140 replies
- 12,178 views
- stayhigh
- March 17, 2012
IS this safe/legal ?? 1 2 3 4 6

By weaverd, September 24, 2013
- 140 replies
- 25,633 views
- Liemberg
- March 30, 2014
Summary of 2013 US sport skydiving fatalities 1 2 3 4 6

By Divalent, January 7, 2014
- 140 replies
- 16,452 views
- PhreeZone
- January 27, 2014
Safe? - Photo inside 1 2 3 4 6

By Buried, February 28, 2006
- 140 replies
- 5,570 views
- chinmao
- March 7, 2006
USPA and FAA reg violations 1 2 3 4 6

By exnavykds, October 10, 2005
- 139 replies
- 18,086 views
- CJosJumper
- April 29, 2014
Is your Wingloading within the WNE Chart? 1 2 3 4 6

By FrancoR, December 5, 2004
- 137 replies
- 10,209 views
- mjosparky
- January 13, 2005
Minimum Opening Altitudes 1 2 3 4 6

By BMAC615, September 28, 2022
- 133 replies
- 10,421 views
- Douggarr
- October 23, 2022
Petition for seperate landing area's 1 2 3 4 6

By mirage62, March 21, 2007
- 133 replies
- 5,984 views
- FlipColmer
- July 6, 2007
Kicking legs during canopy flight 1 2 3 4 6

By Tidlof, September 12, 2011
- 133 replies
- 9,491 views
- billvon
- September 18, 2011
Does wind speed and gusts affect descent rate? 1 2 3 4 6

By k_marr08, April 13, 2014
- 132 replies
- 31,773 views
- uhuru10
- May 16, 2014
How many ways can you.... 1 2 3 4 6

By chuckakers, November 18, 2009
- 132 replies
- 11,809 views
- Hjeada
- March 4, 2010
Re: [The111] Fatality - Tampa Bay, FL - 20 Jan 2010 1 2 3 4 6

By in2jumping, January 20, 2010
- 132 replies
- 9,868 views
- wolfriverjoe
- January 28, 2010
Falling out of a Harness 1 2 3 4 6

By migliore, November 3, 2005
- 129 replies
- 36,021 views
- drdm
- May 25, 2018
New Dutch Canopy Regulation, Opinions? 1 2 3 4 6

By USPA, March 5, 2003
- 129 replies
- 13,987 views
- dragon2
- October 19, 2005
Spotting skills 1 2 3 4 6

By skydivermom, February 7, 2006
- 128 replies
- 9,854 views
- kelpdiver
- February 16, 2006
unnecessary roughness by JM 1 2 3 4 6

By loveslavender, January 31, 2011
- 128 replies
- 11,080 views
- DSE
- February 24, 2011
100 jump wonders/coaches 1 2 3 4 6

By jdthomas, February 20, 2007
- 127 replies
- 11,208 views
- LordRatner
- March 19, 2007
Tell a student to quit 1 2 3 4 6

By RB_Hammer, June 5, 2007
- 126 replies
- 9,286 views
- trigger
- June 24, 2007
Hypoxia at 21000 ft. 1 2 3 4 6

By tvandijck, February 14, 2007
- 126 replies
- 19,943 views
- kallend
- October 12, 2009
Got "talked to" this weekend 1 2 3 4 6

By millertime24, May 8, 2011
- 125 replies
- 10,072 views
- david3
- May 28, 2011
Have hooded sweatshirts ever caused a malfunction or incident? 1 2 3 4 6

By cocheese, October 6, 2012
- 125 replies
- 25,032 views
- sundevil777
- November 12, 2012
Why is static line a dying discipline? 1 2 3 4 6

By kmills0705, March 23, 2009
- 125 replies
- 27,041 views
- EOCS
- October 4, 2012
Learning to Swoop...A YouTube Saga 1 2 3 4 5

By SEREJumper, January 22, 2013
- 124 replies
- 28,577 views
- gearless_chris
- November 21, 2013
Three fatal accidents in a week 1 2 3 4 5

By kallend, March 8, 2011
- 124 replies
- 25,024 views
- fcajump
- April 22, 2015
Refueling with the engine running? 1 2 3 4 5

By Linas120, December 12, 2011
- 123 replies
- 13,714 views
- stayhigh
- December 29, 2011
Bailing out low? 1 2 3 4 5

By normiss, July 27, 2009
- 122 replies
- 9,177 views
- TrojanHorse
- August 20, 2009
Is this legal? 1 2 3 4 5

By lisamariewillbe, December 6, 2006
- 122 replies
- 6,223 views
- grue
- January 1, 2007
Has everyone here had a cutaway? 1 2 3 4 5

By hooked, February 19, 2002
- 121 replies
- 7,838 views
- Brokeneagle
- March 18, 2003
Crossbraced tandem canopy? 1 2 3 4 5

By phoenixlpr, September 18, 2006
- 119 replies
- 15,012 views
- diablopilot
- January 31, 2008
VIGIL in the U.S 1 2 3 4 5

By schwede, February 11, 2004
- 119 replies
- 9,301 views
- schwede
- April 8, 2004
Would you jump without your AAD 1 2 3 4 5

By airdweller, April 27, 2005
- 118 replies
- 8,614 views
- Peej
- May 11, 2005
Would you lower your min cutaway altitude if you had a Skyhook? 1 2 3 4 5

By Hooknswoop, April 13, 2005
- 118 replies
- 7,936 views
- Scrumpot
- April 16, 2005
Radios and student training 1 2 3 4 5

By tetra316, April 15, 2010
- 118 replies
- 10,389 views
- bluetwo
- July 11, 2010
Why negativity about AADs is disturbing 1 2 3 4 5

By kallend, April 24, 2005
- 116 replies
- 8,949 views
- sundevil777
- April 26, 2005
Skydiving and Traumatic Brain Injury 1 2 3 4 5

By lanceav8r, May 4, 2011
- 116 replies
- 18,766 views
- riggerrob
- May 21, 2011
Lack of responsible leadership is killing skydivers 1 2 3 4 5

By Trae, January 4, 2006
- 115 replies
- 8,010 views
- Liemberg
- January 17, 2006
Hard Deck for C's and D's 1 2 3 4 5

By Douggarr, July 28, 2013
- 115 replies
- 20,882 views
- nigel99
- November 25, 2013
I flunked AFF Level 2 jump... Has this happened to others? 1 2 3 4 5

By Mockingbird, April 17, 2005
- 114 replies
- 8,756 views
- Destiny_Unbound
- June 28, 2005
Is it "funny" to push somebody out of the door? 1 2 3 4 5

By The111, March 20, 2006
- 113 replies
- 6,268 views
- WeakMindedFool
- April 12, 2006
When does a Tourist become a skydiver? 1 2 3 4 5

By Rogersmoke, March 29, 2012
- 113 replies
- 11,429 views
- RyanFYF
- August 3, 2012
Skydiver’s Near-Death Experience Points To Lax Industry Oversight 1 2 3 4 5

By airdvr, February 11, 2013
- 112 replies
- 18,789 views
- HomeyTheClown
- April 5, 2013
Predictability of 270 degree turns: (Was Fatality - Eloy) 1 2 3 4 5

By Chris-Ottawa, January 2, 2007
- 112 replies
- 6,897 views
- dharma1976
- January 20, 2007
freefliers out first?? 1 2 3 4 5

By skygirl1, February 11, 2004
- 111 replies
- 10,877 views
- base698
- September 13, 2013
RSL, good or bad ? 1 2 3 4 5

By stillalive, January 25, 2006
- 109 replies
- 9,431 views
- kelpdiver
- February 8, 2006
Rough Canopy Opening 1 2 3 4 5

By Rustbucket350, January 16, 2022
- 109 replies
- 11,178 views
- wmw999
- May 22, 2024
Pac 750 stalls on jump run 1 2 3 4 5

By skyjumpenfool, June 15, 2009
- 108 replies
- 17,266 views
- skyjumpenfool
- August 10, 2009
In this month's Parachutist 1 2 3 4 5

By JohnMitchell, November 4, 2005
- 108 replies
- 6,287 views
- AFFI
- November 15, 2005
WL BSR, take 4? 1 2 3 4 5

By Hooknswoop, November 4, 2003
- 108 replies
- 8,699 views
- pash
- January 19, 2005
Hook turning tandems 1 2 3 4 5

By stratostar, February 19, 2006
- 107 replies
- 6,985 views
- Deuce
- February 26, 2006

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