Trae 1 #1 February 16, 2011 Going back to the 80's when 4 and 8way sequential comps had half the dives picked from set dives. Some of those set rounds were really things of beauty to perform and watch. and what a relief to already know half the dives. Getting to practice them over and again accelerated the learning and gave good sense of accomplishment. Watching the world class competitors doing the same dives gave everyone a good range of flying styles to emulate. Miss those set rounds. Why did they get rid of them ? Gone are the pleasant flow of those classic skydives. They got chopped up to help produce the block system. The system that replaced them imho was ugly in comparison... and is probably reponsible for heaps of dirt-dive brain burn and tunnel time tinnitus. Modern sequential while amazingly skilled just somehow lacks the grace of those old set rounds. The world class early 4 and 8 way teams were relative work visionaries and uplifting to watch in action . It'd be good to see some cruisy style put back into sequential. Where skill wasn't so attached to time and racing. A free artistic round or two could break up all that tunnel time on show at the mo. Might even make sequential good to watch for more than a few minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #2 February 16, 2011 Star - Star - Zipper - Zipper Star - Star - Zipper - Zipper Star - Star - Zipper - Zipper Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
talon2 0 #3 February 16, 2011 Buzzard ,Buzzard ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #4 February 16, 2011 I sometimes still do them, however; with 4 way :) Star, RT, dock, LT, dock, BL, dock, etc........... Nice way to work out the levellitity (hehe) Good Times!!! Arvel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #5 February 22, 2011 the old star-BL-star....If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #6 February 27, 2011 Does anyone have some diagrams of these old rounds ? I'd really like to see them. I remember when 4 Way and 8 Way first came in back in 1977. At the time I was a hundred something jump novice and thought of sequential as completely beyond me (my, how the learning curve has changed - for the BETTER). So I knew teams were sequencing, but didn't really pay attention to what the routines were. Then some years later of course, the block system came in. Sure would like to see what these dive rounds looked like, maybe even try a few for grins. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #7 February 27, 2011 It was really nice to just call out a set sequence when people were asking "What should we do?"... "3rd round compulsory from '81 Nat'ls" Especially handy when there was little to no time for dirt dives. jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
