bradStyle 1 #1 Posted December 5, 2024 Hey fam, can someone help me out and remind me the beginning part of the quote...? It was popularized in the late 90's I believe, and was a description of why the jumper preferred freeflying over conventional FS (then RW). It started with a description of a RW big way and talked about the pressure to be in your slot and how everyone was pissed off at you if you messed it up. And then it went on to state... "Freeflying, on the other hand, is like running naked, in the rain, on acid." Thanks. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #2 December 6, 2024 My interpretation of so many skydiving competition disciplines is that young jumpers look at the 10,000 jumps required to join Arizona Airspeed, and they decide that it is simpler to invent a new sky sport. Early (1920s) precision landing competitors were happy if they landed in the correct field. Then they added precisely defined targets which eventually evolved into the modern electronic "discs." Competitors responded by getting more and more precise. Now if you miss the "disc" on your first jump, you just go home in disgrace. Then came "style": solo maneuvers ... then "relative work" (group formation) in freefall on their bellies .... then sit-flying .......... Then sky-surfing .... then solo free-fly (see Dale ...) ... once square parachutes were perfected, they invented canopy relative work (canopy formations) ........... speed stacks ........... canopy rotations ............ para-batics .............. blade-running ............ flat-land slalom under canopy .......... pond-swooping ........... distance under canopy ............... The list is never-ending. Next thing you know the FAI has written rules for competition and a few years later you need 8,000 jumps to compete seriously at the world meet, so youngsters find it easier to invent another new sky sport. Not every young skydiver is a fiercely competitive team member. Some of them just want to play grab-ass with their friends on the weekend. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,720 #3 December 7, 2024 On 12/6/2024 at 7:53 AM, riggerrob said: Some of them just want to play grab-ass with their friends on the weekend. And should. We went overboard on pushing competition just as we did by, effectively, telling every Tandem jumper they aren't validated as a skydiver until they start AFF or whatever. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleggo 145 #4 December 8, 2024 " is like running naked, in the rain, on acid."". part of that quote sounds much like what Truman Sparks said in Fandango. No ride today hazel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
