First headdown

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Kind of feels like the bottom has fallen out, hasn't it? Did you know that if you do a head down with simply your shoulders and top of head meeting the air you could hit over 200 mph?

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Eric Bernstein
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heres my buddie and I chasing a bunch of RWers we sent HD

"Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas

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Not pretty but least it is a start

hey congrats! i am pretty new too; how long did this take for you to learn? how many jumps do you have in? PM me if you like if you do not want to post...

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ok, is it just me, or did anybody else notice that his profile says hes jumping a stiletto 120 and he has 73 jumps??

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Tip 3)
Look at the horizion, not the ground. Use your hands, (which you should now be able to see) to practice heading control doing 360's in both directions.

Umm no. Use your legs to move around the sky so that you can use you hands to take docks.

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Tip 4)
Transition from head down to Sit Fly if you legs get tired.

Along those lines...learn to sitfly first. I find it amusing how many people can fly on their head, but can't take a simple dock in a sit. You've got to be well rounded if you want to be good. Sitflying is the "boxman" of freeflying, and is also less prone to rapid movement (in comparision with HD) across the sky.

Build a solid foundation and the rest will come.

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Ian

Performance Designs Factory Team

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here's mine.. with my new to me jumpsuit courtesy of kansasskydiver. waaahooo

you should flip the pic if you want to say you are headdown there...

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From you body position in that photo, that looks like you held your head down for maybe a second or two at best.

geez, give the guy a break! no morning coffee?

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ok, is it just me, or did anybody else notice that his profile says hes jumping a stiletto 120 and he has 73 jumps??

maybe he weighs 98 pounds!

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maybe he weighs 98 pounds!

Doesn't matter. If that profile is correct, it's too small for them.

Blue skies
Ian

Performance Designs Factory Team

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maybe he weighs 98 pounds!

Doesn't matter. If that profile is correct, it's too small for them.

Blue skies
Ian

dont kill the messenger...i'm on your side! i'm a buck-50 under a 190!

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ok, is it just me, or did anybody else notice that his profile says hes jumping a stiletto 120 and he has 73 jumps??

maybe he weighs 98 pounds!

Still a bad choice of canopy!!!! The smaller the canopy the smaller the input variables no matter the loading. It takes time to hone your canopy skills to a safe level on large ellipticals much less small ones.

Chris

There is a thread discussing this in detail some where????

Uncle/GrandPapa Whit
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Muff Brother # 2421

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dont kill the messenger...i'm on your side! i'm a buck-50 under a 190!

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dont kill the messenger...i'm on your side! i'm a buck-50 under a 190!

You would be the one who said maybe he only weighs 98 pounds! which means you dont have a good understanding of canopy dynamics and should listen and learn more then you give advice.

Chris

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Maybe so but I am loving every bit of it!

The Chad

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been there it's fantastic seing stuff upside down

You think that's weird, wait until you get USED to seeing it all upside down, then it seems right side up!!

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The wiser wolf prevails.