softnotes 0 #1 October 4, 2003 I have just been watching Good Stuff for the n-th time and only just realised that the very obvious is staring me in the face. Patrick DeGayardon does this jump on skis and proceeds to open from a standing position. He must be falling pretty much at the same speed you would in a standup without the skis. Which, in a roundabout way, brings me to my question. I am learning to Skysurf on a training board (34") and thus having to go back to a flat-fly position to kill off some speed before opening. I am quite confident that I have managed this size board, but would like to change my foot position to be inline before going to the next size up. This would however mean that I would have to open in a standing position at quite some speed. Now.... if Patrick could do it from a standup position without having his spine ejected via his ring, then it should not be a problem.... Or so you would think. I jump a Hornet main, which does it's best to snap open regardless of packing style, and believe me everyone has tried packing it. What is the secret to doing a standup opening? Which main was Patrick using? anyone, everyone please help!Blue Skies SoftNotes "That's not flying.... that's falling with style!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydive84 0 #2 October 4, 2003 I found that i was only going at about 125mph on the beginner board. Did a stand up deployment and had no problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #3 October 5, 2003 have you worn a protrack or something of that nature to tell how fast you were going?? when i was on the small board i was always in the 130-140 range of speed. but if you are in the normal FF speed range than it should be no problem. talk with your coach also he will be the best at giving advice. he knows you and knows how you have progressed. he will have the best answer for you... good luck..if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
