NickDG 23 #26 October 27, 2005 I'm so glad to see body armor has reached this level and people are using it. Back in 1989 I wrote an article trying to get BASE jumpers to wear helmets and pads in a time when people are jumping barefooted never mind anything else. In those days we called this stuff, "battle gear." It was an uphill fight due to my generation being so anti-helmet in general. In those days wearing a helmet at the drop zone marked you as dangerous, a meat missile who couldn’t be trusted to control themselves in freefall (hence you needed the extra protection) and it made bareheaded or frappe hat wearing jumpers wary of you. What a difference twenty five years can make . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PerFlare 0 #27 October 28, 2005 Hi, I use the motorcycle Dainese armour, the same as Tom A. I have a crash rig as well with measurements taken with the battle gear on, I am 140 pounds and the canopy in that rig is a 293sqft … but then again, I am pretty old, pretty scared and pretty fragile kind of guy. PerFlare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
434 2 #28 October 28, 2005 Im very happy with the snowboard jacket from Dianese! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
