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Stolen Gear (how stupid would you have to be?)

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Sorry to cross post this but come on....
Agreed. Pretty messed up stealing anyone's gear. <>
It was even more shocking to hear about Virk Verner's sabotaged rig at Archway a few years back. To make it even worse somebody else (a fun jumper) ended up jumping it!! Then if it couldn't get worse there were a couple copy cats one of which resulted in a fatality if I recall . The FBI were involved in all cases for attempted murder.
Makes all of us look real good to the public....:(
"...and then they took away my Swingline stapler" ~ Office Space

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mhm - let see, if you can catch the bastard and it turns out to be a whuffo - take him/her upstairs to 10000 feet and make him/her fly... I mean - they have a 'shute let's watch them land it... ooops to bad- didn't know about how to flair- ain't life a bitch...
blue ones
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one of their canopies is pictured on page 30 of May's Parachutist magazine. I think it is Heath Richardson doing a blade running competition.
If you see a whuffo with one of these canopies, do not attempt to apprehend them. Instead, invite them to your dropzone and 1.) make them buy beer for the new gear. 2.) Make them jump it. 3.) IF (and i repeat IF)they land safely, have the entire dropzone pummel them about the head and chest until unconsious, then call the cops. When the police question the condition of said S.O.B., explain that they had a hard landing under stolen gear. :)

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One dies in angry skydiver protest ~ Dark Karma Cloud Covers Northern California
Today in Davis California one "Lummy Lummy" selling stolen parachute gear from behind his black cloak was stampeded and trampled to his death. Afterwards the mob partied like rock stars. Said one local participant "Shit man someone needs to go on a beer run." Well this just goes to show that you don't mess with crazies that jump out of planes for fun a drink till the sun comes up. Unfortunately no jumps were made due to the large ominous bad karma cloud hanging over the deceased. Which only encouraged the mob to drink more. Chromeboy an obvious skydiving war lord announced that the individual was not in fact the real "Lummy." Half sheep half robot clones led by one "Clay Fowler" quickly ate all the evidence and proceded to lead a huge cyber sheep rave/orgy. Police just left the scene shaking their heads in disgust.
Sebazz........

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Incident Report:
Age: 22
Sex: Male
Number of Jumps: 1
Time in sport: 20 minutes, 75 1/2 seconds
Cause of death: Hard landing from non-deployment/stupidity
Description: After an uneventful gear theft, and initial freefall, this whuffo failed to realize that they should at a minimum recieve training before jumping stolen gear. The jumper failed to deploy the main canopy and didn't realize that the cypres existed, much less that they should turn it on. He created a large crater on impact that is reportedly being used now for a swoop pond.
Conclusions: The manufacturers suggest that individuals purchase their gear as opposed to stealing it from others. The other jumpers on the load swore up and down that they had no clue that the jumper was not trained in sport parachuting;), and assumed that because of the jumper's cool gear, they must have been a professional. The USPA recommends that jumpers undergo training prior to making their first skydive.

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karma,
I never understood why you would steal anything from a skydiver that is related to thier life style(rig's, alti's, even a damn pull-up cord)
first off the karma would fuk me up in a minute then I would be too afraid to use it thinking someone knows whos gear it is....we are a small community and a very tightly threaded one. it must be a whuufo( i hope)
I hope everyone gets thier stuff back in the same condition the "lost" it in.
we need to form a "neighborhood watch" i mean this is close enough word of mouth travels fast but if you coul d post pictures I would urge everyone to print em and post em at EVERY dz you visit with contact info!
GOOD LUCK!
Have fun, Live free, SKYDIVE!!
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Its funny a girl was caught trying to steal some deland Fx rigs a while ago when she was asked what she was going to do with them she said "theres a dz in titusville I was going to go see if I could sell them there" Too bad she diddnt notice the skydive space center logo's on the rigs
Hook low Flare late

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