Gear Stores

[Wassituya 0]

I am new to the sport. Level IV AFF on Saturday. I am addicted already. I have a question though. I am looking to purchase my rig. I want to know where I should buy it. I have checked a lot of the online stores and would like to hear comments for/against from experience.
Thanks for the help!

[PhreeZone 20]

I like Square1, SkyKat, the classified section on here and rec.skydiving myself. Bad dealers seem to go out of business quickly so look for someone who has been around for a few years.
Look in the gear and rigging area for details on canopies to look at and such. Search for Spectre, Triathlon and Sabre. That should give you lots to read for a while. Private message me for details on some other canopies that might work depending on your size and build.
Basicly, don't but new for your first rig, you will out grow it faster then you think and will lose a lot of money on resale of gear. Plus the number of people that lose intrest shortly after student status is staggering, and they all have gear that they want to sell cheaply.
And don't look at buying gear till after a couple of dozen jumps. Learn all you can on the student gear before looking at getting your own, smaller gear. Post more specific questions in the Gear area if you happen to think of any or shoot me or the SkyBytch a private message. (Shes really cool about helping people pick out gear)
Order of stuff I'd get if I was starting over (and the same order I did use)
1) Altimeter
2) Goggles
3) Helmet
4) Jumpsuit (this requires knowledge of if you want to do RW, Freefly, Style, Freestyle or what ever else you can think of)
5) Rig
6) Misc stuff that is'nt even woth looking at at less then 100 jumps
By doing it this way you are slowly adding new things to the skydive and not everything all at once.
Phree
Canopy Nazi #2
I'm not sure what to put here right now.....but when I think of something it'll be good