Slowfaller 0 #1 February 14, 2003 Let's bring a little skydiving to this forum... I was on a four way w/ Andyman, Mountainman and his wife Laura. After launching the 4 way, and being a newbie, I was so emersed on how cool this was that I never let go of Andyman's chest strap w/ my right hand to grab his forearm. After a couple of jerks, Andyman free'd my hand from the chest strap for proper placement on his arm gripper. We flew the donut for several thousand feet and now it was time to dock on the person to your lefts leg. Because the donut was mis proportioned (Laura and me on one side and MM and AM on the other) MM and AM quickly sunk like rocks in a pond while Laura and I were left floating. I don't know why I did this but instead of chasing the base I almost took Laura out w/ a power dock. She was fine and the rest of the dive was uneventful but I felt pretty dumb when I got down though. After that I realized I should stick to freeflying Chris --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #2 February 14, 2003 Last year while freeflying with a friend of mine....we had an unsolicited "tata" exposure. I kinda wondered why all of a sudden he was driving forward!Bwahhhhhhhhhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #3 February 14, 2003 I said embarrassing moment not hottest moment! --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #4 February 14, 2003 Doing a 16 way With Scotty Carbone.. I was suppose to be looking across at him.. I docked with him due to a spinning formation. He looked at me and that was enough.. I was across the formation and in my spot in 5 seconds..lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #5 February 14, 2003 Quote I said embarrassing moment not hottest moment Bwahhhh you weren't there....this guy is 6'10! Ever see something of that size try to drive forward, dock and grind? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #6 February 14, 2003 my most embarrasing would have to be my AFF graduation jump, my JM rob didnt really explain to me how i should do the diving exit INTO the wind, so i just sort of dove straight down into what im told was a perfect head down position, then i arched out onto my back then realized that i had to flip back over (my JM said it looked like i was in slow motion because i was moving so slowly) by then i completely forgot what the hell else i had to do on the jump so i just did two 360s and a backflip then he pointed left and we both tracked to 6k my JM rob told me it was the most freeflying hes ever done on an AFP jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #7 February 14, 2003 when I was in skydiving school, level 1, I went to grab the plastic handle to deploy and it was stuck, so I pulled harder, and looked to see the instructor's altimeter in my hand! >>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #9 February 14, 2003 Quote so I pulled harder, and looked to see the instructor's altimeter in my hand! Bwahhh now thats classic. Thanks for the chuckle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #10 February 14, 2003 Quote Quote I said embarrassing moment not hottest moment Bwahhhh you weren't there....this guy is 6'10! Ever see something of that size try to drive forward, dock and grind? That wouldn't be John, I'm sure. He's too shy for that sort of nig-noggery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #11 February 14, 2003 needless to say, I had to bribe him so I would pass. cost me a beer the funny thing is, is that I didn't drop the altimeter! <<<>>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #12 February 14, 2003 well this is any easy one for me. it was the weekend we had colon berry up. me jonny, vern, tom went up for a suitless jump. well, i had on these shorts with elastic band on them (you'll see why i say this). and the point of this dive was to go and see if we could hold a 4 way flower for a base for something a bit bigger, needless to say, it didn't work. so we broke, and me and vern went to sit, and faced off, well jonny 'bout lost his sunglasses, so he was gone, and i'm not sure where tom was, maybe behind me. but anyway, my shirt was beating hell out of my back, so i reached back to pull it down some (remember, i'm in a sit here), and i fliped with my feet up, well when that happened, the bottom of my shorts inflated. now i had them under my leg straps, but they still about came off. this happened with vern right infront of me, with video. it's was quite funny watching. but, when i fliped up, i kinda turned a bit, so you don't see my ass if your ever around richmond, ask to see the jonny's freefly weekend video if ya really want to see it. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTPi 0 #13 February 14, 2003 I did something similar! My first AFF jump I reached back to pull and stuck my thumb in my JM's altimeter loop and then couldn't get it back out. He had to pull my thumb out and put my hand on my handle. -- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #14 February 14, 2003 Well, at the Harvest Moon boogie I jumed with Quatoraze, Ganja, and one other guy i can't remember. 4 way free flown exit. Bacically I said I'm the new guy, come catch me, and out I went. Well, I guess I was still a floater on that jump. I watched Ganja coming at me, then right on by me. Try as I might, he just kept going and I couldn't keep up! I made it up later jumping with JimBo (bozo), Treetop, and Cazadora (WFFC "wet t shirt" winner). Jim drug me around the sky playing catch Cazadora, and then I somehow managed to go low. I guess that weekend taught me more about fall rate than any other jumps I had done. Embarrassing, sure. Fun, Fockin' A!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brits17 0 #15 February 14, 2003 Taking out a 6-way headdown round with video on 5 cameras... oh and I took it out bad... it's classic _______________________ aerialkinetics.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #16 February 14, 2003 Quote colon berry Is that a name or a condition ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #17 February 14, 2003 Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- colon berry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is that a name or a condition ? name colon berry is one of the owners, or the owner, of total body flight or something like that in z-hills. freefly instuction, or organizing. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #18 February 14, 2003 Quote Quote colon berry Is that a name or a condition ? DR.: I have some bad news. Patient: what is it DR? DR: you have colon berries!!! Patient: >>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #19 February 14, 2003 Colon and Pip are the instructors for the Total Body Pilot school. Colon has 8-9,000 jumps now. Most of them head down. He travels the world organizing head down events. . He was kind enough to do video for our T-day 10-way speed team With a few more instructional jumps, I hope to have him stable and flat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ERICCONNELLY 0 #20 February 14, 2003 Embarrising and really cool... 8-way speed star, me diving. Came in hot and high on the 6 way round that had built. Went over the top of the base and hit the burble and dropped like a rock right throught he center of the formation. (I knew when I hit the burble I wasn't going anywhere but down so I went basically head down and got small to miss everyone) Kinda like a hula hoop jump with everyone else as the hoop. Felt a bit embarrased about the F-up and guilty cuz I enjoyed it so much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cava 0 #21 February 14, 2003 Probably the lamest moment for me was AFF 5 or 6, when I was supposed to do a 360. Well I did a 360, and about a half dozen more, spinning like a dope because I didn't know how to stop. I think that may have been the student jump I almost flunked, can't remember now. Don't have enough jumps for anything classic yet, but give me time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #22 February 14, 2003 There's such a large selection to choose from It could be the time I was having trouble with my grip because of tension (caused by my dropped knees), so I bit the guy's baggy jumpsuit leg to readjust. He told me when he got down it wasn't all jumpsuit I got. Then there's the time I was first through the hoop on a women's hoop dive; my instructions were to go well below and lay a really fast base. No one ever caught me; I was smokin'. Fortunately, most of my major gaffes were before video was common, so they live only my my quickly failing memory Wendy W. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #23 February 14, 2003 QuoteCame in hot and high on the 6 way round that had built. Went over the top of the base and hit the burble and dropped like a rock right throught he center of the formation. (I knew when I hit the burble I wasn't going anywhere but down so I went basically head down and got small to miss everyone) Kinda like a hula hoop jump with everyone else as the hoop. I did almost the exact same thing a little while back, on a SCR dive. I went straight through the middle. To say the least, I was very very embarressed.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #24 February 14, 2003 I had something like 50 jumps. Lew Sanborn saw me all geared up and with nothing to do, and invited me on an 8-way. I was surprised that he, along with many of the more experienced jumpers on the DZ, wanted me on their jump. Bunch of firsts there: First 8-way, first time wearing lead, first time floating on anything bigger than a two way. I had been having trouble moving around before because I was using a jumpsuit that was to big for me, so I was working as hard as I could to keep up with the formation and didn't have much left to move. With the lead, it was almost too easy to move. I kept over-shooting and orbiting the formation. Finally I got lined up on my slot and starting driving in. It was perfect, except I was going a little too fast. When I tried to slow down, I went low but didn't lose any horizontal speed. The harder I tried, the lower I went. Right under the formation. It funelled, I was embarrased. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad47 0 #25 February 14, 2003 Flying around 7-way formation (I was supposed to be 8th) desperately trying to dock. The orbiting was undeniable since they got it on 3 cameras. That's how I earned my nickname Sputnik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
