blondebombshell 0 #1 June 12, 2006 Ive got very long hair, it hangs down just past my backside. I always plait it and tuck it right down inside my jumpsuit to keep it out of the way,but several people have said i should wear it loose ( i'd wear a helmet over it ) and i'd love to see how it feels with it flying loose in freefall. I'm scared that it would get tangled with my lines or risers on deployment though. Anyone got any advice on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 June 12, 2006 You will *hate* untangling it. Seriously. It's awful. And it can't be good for your hair. Also, this topic has been brought up a number of times ... here's some insight: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=312072 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=859244 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=491115 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1878763"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #3 June 13, 2006 QuoteI'm scared that it would get tangled with my lines or risers on deployment though. And how much closer are your reserve lines? You have already answered your question with sound advice. Bravo...Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blondebombshell 0 #4 June 13, 2006 Yup, thats pretty much what i thought. I dont fancy being scalped. Had to ask though, wondered if anyone else had tried it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #5 June 13, 2006 Lots of people try it; lots of people will never be affected by it, a few might be encountered with issues resulting from skydiving with long hair in the breeze. Feeling the freedom of any freedom feeling activity may leave the participant desiring to get the total experience. Like riding a motorcycle without a helmet, something I used to love to do. Skydiving without a helmet is very much closer, for me anyway, to the total freedom filling experience. I used to have hair down to my waist (for most of my life) and used to wear ear and finger jewelry but skydiving is worth not taking risks to outside the calculated risks of the skydiving norm when our lives are at steak (ummmmm, steak). If it's your desire to experience freefall without a helmet, I wouldn’t tell you to not do it, but if you insist; you can take the hair out of the equitation by having it braided tight to your skull and make it solos or small jumps to decrease the chance of injury resulting from a collision with another person in freefall AND if you have reached a level of proficiency on landings. Skydiving helmets are implemented to protect skydivers from these types of hazards (and to hold electronic gadgets). Skydiving without a helmet feels good to me, perhaps that is why some like to skydive nekkid but without a helmet is as close I have been able to bring myself to the total sensation.. Hmmmm, riding a motorcycle in the buff??? Imagine where you could get road rash?Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blondebombshell 0 #6 June 13, 2006 Thanks for that, I'll be keeping my locks under control after reading those threads. Dont want to risk a main/mane entanglement..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MB38 0 #7 June 13, 2006 I had hair down to my shoulders for my first 30-40 jumps. The nightly untangling in the shower [agony] was enough to make it that much easier to chop it all the hell off. Don't let it out, hide it.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #8 June 13, 2006 I knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peregrinerose 0 #9 June 13, 2006 I never had mine down due to scalping concerns. Just trying to detangle the wispy hair that escapes the front of my helmet is a bitch, I'd hate to have to try that on the rest of my head too!!!! Mine's either braided or ponytailed and stuffed under the helmet. Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites azureriders 0 #10 June 13, 2006 QuoteI always plait it At the begining of each day of jumping I put Red's hair in a ponytail of some sort, sometimes it is plaited, sometimes braided, twisted, 3,4,6,8 strands, or what ever. I am no hair stylist but have worked in the horse tack industry where I learned many different ways of interlacing two or more strands of what ever. I am just glad to hear of someone else who plaits hair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MB38 0 #11 June 13, 2006 QuoteI knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride.Eek, I'd hate to think about having a riser tangle with the hair on a late cutaway.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #12 June 13, 2006 QuoteQuoteI knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride.Eek, I'd hate to think about having a riser tangle with the hair on a late cutaway. She would have to be flying in a very strange way to have her hair blow forward and into her risers. At what point does safety become paranoia? It's all about calculated risks and what you are willing to accept. The opportunity for a low wrap and cutaway exsists. But the odds of it happening at the same time as her hair blowing forward are pretty slim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AFFI 0 #13 June 13, 2006 Quote At what point does safety become paranoia? It's all about calculated risks and what you are willing to accept. The opportunity for a low wrap and cutaway exsists. But the odds of it happening at the same time as her hair blowing forward are pretty slim. So there is an added potential risk, a slim one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #14 June 13, 2006 Sure. As there is with jumping without gloves. Or jumping a faster parachute. Or wearing tinted goggles in low light conditions. Or... or.. or.... Wearing my hair down under canopy is a calculated risk that I would be willing to take. I am not suggesting that anyone else do it. But I don't feel it's so dangerous as to not consider it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MB38 0 #15 June 13, 2006 Don't worry, I actually tend to side with you on this one. it probably isn't a huge risk. I just figured it'd be worth bringing up in a thread about letting one's hair down.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GravityGirl 0 #16 June 13, 2006 I have, however had a pig tail get caught in a riser on opening. Fortuantely I had a good canopy and my hair didn't get ripped out. Now instead of two braids on the side, they are joined together in the back. Well. Actually, now I have short hair! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AFFI 0 #17 June 13, 2006 QuoteI have, however had a pig tail get caught in a riser on opening. Fortuantely I had a good canopy and my hair didn't get ripped out. Now instead of two braids on the side, they are joined together in the back. Well. Actually, now I have short hair! I side with GG as well, but to educate newcommers as much as possible is the goal, which has been revealed through the trial and error in Gravity Girl's experience she was so willing to share with us. Like was stated in an earlier post - "you can take the hair out of the equitation by having it braided tight to your skull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Katherine 0 #18 June 14, 2006 my shoulder length hair came out of the bobble last week - huge tangles and lots of split ends. I vote no for the free hairLeeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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MB38 0 #7 June 13, 2006 I had hair down to my shoulders for my first 30-40 jumps. The nightly untangling in the shower [agony] was enough to make it that much easier to chop it all the hell off. Don't let it out, hide it.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #8 June 13, 2006 I knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #9 June 13, 2006 I never had mine down due to scalping concerns. Just trying to detangle the wispy hair that escapes the front of my helmet is a bitch, I'd hate to have to try that on the rest of my head too!!!! Mine's either braided or ponytailed and stuffed under the helmet. Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azureriders 0 #10 June 13, 2006 QuoteI always plait it At the begining of each day of jumping I put Red's hair in a ponytail of some sort, sometimes it is plaited, sometimes braided, twisted, 3,4,6,8 strands, or what ever. I am no hair stylist but have worked in the horse tack industry where I learned many different ways of interlacing two or more strands of what ever. I am just glad to hear of someone else who plaits hair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #11 June 13, 2006 QuoteI knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride.Eek, I'd hate to think about having a riser tangle with the hair on a late cutaway.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #12 June 13, 2006 QuoteQuoteI knew a girl who had waist length hair. She would have it all tucked away in freefall and let it fly for the canopy ride.Eek, I'd hate to think about having a riser tangle with the hair on a late cutaway. She would have to be flying in a very strange way to have her hair blow forward and into her risers. At what point does safety become paranoia? It's all about calculated risks and what you are willing to accept. The opportunity for a low wrap and cutaway exsists. But the odds of it happening at the same time as her hair blowing forward are pretty slim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #13 June 13, 2006 Quote At what point does safety become paranoia? It's all about calculated risks and what you are willing to accept. The opportunity for a low wrap and cutaway exsists. But the odds of it happening at the same time as her hair blowing forward are pretty slim. So there is an added potential risk, a slim one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #14 June 13, 2006 Sure. As there is with jumping without gloves. Or jumping a faster parachute. Or wearing tinted goggles in low light conditions. Or... or.. or.... Wearing my hair down under canopy is a calculated risk that I would be willing to take. I am not suggesting that anyone else do it. But I don't feel it's so dangerous as to not consider it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #15 June 13, 2006 Don't worry, I actually tend to side with you on this one. it probably isn't a huge risk. I just figured it'd be worth bringing up in a thread about letting one's hair down.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #16 June 13, 2006 I have, however had a pig tail get caught in a riser on opening. Fortuantely I had a good canopy and my hair didn't get ripped out. Now instead of two braids on the side, they are joined together in the back. Well. Actually, now I have short hair! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #17 June 13, 2006 QuoteI have, however had a pig tail get caught in a riser on opening. Fortuantely I had a good canopy and my hair didn't get ripped out. Now instead of two braids on the side, they are joined together in the back. Well. Actually, now I have short hair! I side with GG as well, but to educate newcommers as much as possible is the goal, which has been revealed through the trial and error in Gravity Girl's experience she was so willing to share with us. Like was stated in an earlier post - "you can take the hair out of the equitation by having it braided tight to your skull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katherine 0 #18 June 14, 2006 my shoulder length hair came out of the bobble last week - huge tangles and lots of split ends. I vote no for the free hairLeeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
