you know your a canadian skydiver when....

[FlyingRedneck 0]

the forecast calls for flurries and you warm up your car before you go to the dz to put the heater on the airplane.

[bigway 4]

.... when you break your femur on a canopy opening and then continue to jump the same canopy for another two years until you have another hard opening and break the lines.

I could not believe this guy. He even asked about getting the canopy fixed again.

.Karnage Krew Gear Store
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[drudchen 0]

... when you jump all winter, from an airplane with no door, swoop the snow ...and decide to intentionally land past the beerline and owe a case of beer just to have a shorter walk to the fireplace

[RMURRAY 1]

hoping for really cold weather so they can plow the runway and we can jump again - from the plane with no door....

rm

[punkd 0]

at least when the air is cold the plane (with no door) climbs faster so you don't freeze as much on the ride up. (unless your in the jm slot then you're pretty much screwed )

[lilchief 1]

Sounds identical to Norway. Maybe we should be draw our nations closer to gether.

Rope anyone?

"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci
www.lilchief.no

[lippy 918]

....You've boarded a plane dressed like the Michelin man.

I got nuthin

[tkhayes 348]

Mar 8 at SWOOP, 1992 or 93 perhaps. 8 PFF students in the ground school and they all wanted to jump that day. -20C at altitude, 1 foot snow on the ground and I think Jay Conkey and me got 6 or 7 of them in the air that day, one at a time.

Michelen man, definitely....... If I had a mal, I probably would not have been able to do much with the ski gloves on

[chrismgtis 0]

You guys jump in Canada? Wouldn't the canopy just freeze in mid opening?

Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033
Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

[drdive 0]

When you put on your tuke before your helmet, eh?

"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub"

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[FlyingRedneck 0]

touque... its spelled touque. and yes we do wear them under our helmets

[airtwardo 7]

...the only time you take off your gloves is to chip the frozen contact lenses off the inside of your goggles.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Moline 0]

Which DZ's are still jumping? I live in Northern Alberta and was thinking for a weekend getaway if there's any still jumping in soutyhern BC. Amyone know? Thanks.

[drdive 0]

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touque... its spelled touque. and yes we do wear them under our helmets

Well,; gawd it sounds like "tuke" especially after a few drinks!!

Touque looks french - whoops, that's your second language.

"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub"

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[everymansaved 0]

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.... when you break your femur on a canopy opening and then continue to jump the same canopy for another two years until you have another hard opening and break the lines.

I could not believe this guy. He even asked about getting the canopy fixed again.

Perhaps that has something moer to do with that particular jumper, and less about his nationality...

God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

[pchapman 279]

While some Canadian skydivers finish their season early, start late, and travel to Florida or Arizona sometime in between, there are others who jump when it snows:
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You know you're a Canadian skydiver when...

... the first couple hours of jumpable weather are spent clearing the runway of snow that drifted in since the runway was cleared yesterday

...you struggle like a first jump student to gather your canopy after landing, even when you're on a tiny crossbraced one, because of standing on a slick crust of snow in high winds

... you're bit tired after partying for 4 hours since sunset, look at your watch, and realize it is only 9 pm.

... a dragging pilot chute after landing collects snow that ends up compacted to a snowball inside

... you check out your swoop distance by looking back at the marks through the snow

... everyone agrees the temperature is "nice" at altitude when it doesn't drop below -10 C

... you jump in mukluks
(Peter tandem.jpg)

...you start doing superman belly landings in the snow
(Marc swoop.jpg)

... you build snow walls to swoop into
(Paul swoop.jpg)

... you look like a bank robber with a full face mask
(Craig mask.jpg)

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Of course you could be in parts of the USA or a bunch of other countries and still do many of these things. Photos are from the jumpers at Skydive Toronto!

[lippy 918]

You gotta be carefull while dragging a toe on a swoop in case of burried signs

I got nuthin

[grimmie 186]

...an Amerikan swoops your girlfriend at Lost Prairie.

...a 6 way is a formation load.

...a 182 flies your Nationals.

...you have maple leafs all over your gear bag so you don't get confused with an Amerikin.

...an Amerikan jumper organized your Canuckian 10 man jump.

...you think an Oilers-Flames game is a good first date but can only afford a Red Deer Rebels ticket.

...you go to Eloy for a holiday and turn down a member of Airspeed to jump with you.(true story)

...you bungee jump at the West Ed Mall to get a few seconds of freefall in January.

...you have to decide between jumping or moose hunting this weeekend.

...a stoopid Amerikan takes out your National Maple Leaf during your Nationals.

[skydance1954 0]

You know you're a Old Canadian skydiver when......

Your jumpsuit fills with snow if you get dragged on a windy day (on your round canopy)

You land 'way back in the field, pick up your gear and are drenched in sweat, regardless of temperature, because you're walking through 3 feet of snow to get to the road.

It's SO cold that you can't breathe in freefall after exit.

You have to use vasiline on the inside of your nose to prevent frostbite.

You're REAL careful about preventing your velcro from getting wet, and if it does, then keeping your gear outside so it doesn't melt and then refreeze. Thus cementing it shut permanently.

Buying gloves that allow you to manipulate 1 1/2 shot capewells, and keep your hands warm.

Tramping through snow-covered woods in February to retreive your friend's main canopy that you jumped and cut away yesterday.

Mike Ashley
D-18460
Canadian A-666

[KennC 0]

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You have to use vasiline on the inside of your nose to prevent frostbite.

Good tip, .. one to remember!!

[riggerrob 643]

Yesterday I did a couple of tandems at Pitt Meadows.
The plane flew four or five loads total for the day, similar to the five loads it flew the previous Sunday.

Our year-end party is Saturday 8 (?) December.

[jimp 1]

- you stop in Perris (or Eloy or Deland) to ask directions to the dee-zed.

- you're the only jumper in Perris (or Eloy or Deland) whose jump plane at home is on skis.

[skydance1954 0]

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- you stop in Perris (or Eloy or Deland) to ask directions to the dee-zed.

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And get told by the locals that there is no airport anywhere near there. (True story!)

Mike Ashley
D-18460
Canadian A-666

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[airtwardo 7]

Ya can't take time to fix the crooked gate because the weather is jump-able...

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Remster 30]

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touque... its spelled touque. and yes we do wear them under our helmets

Actually, it's spelled tuque. But you we knew you squareheads can't spell.

Remster