mujie96 0 #1 August 22, 2002 Just in case people weren't sick of hearing the newbies ask the same questions over and over again....I would like some input on what I should be looking for in a new jumpsuit. I will be done with AFF and working on my A license as soon as the damn winds die down, and the student suit I'm using is icky, filthy, and full of holes. I'm kinda tall (5'8") and kinda skinny (123 on a heavy day) so I'm using this spandex creation right now. I'm not so much interested in brand information as I am in style info. Thanks! J (just so everyone knows I'm a good student, I promise I will be harassing my poor overworked jumpmaster about this when I'm not at work) Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #2 August 22, 2002 What kind of jumping are you planning on? While it's a whole separate argument as to whether you ought to jump straight into freeflying, more and more younger jumpers are doing just that. I'm not saying I recommend that course, but your jumpsuit ought to fit your skydiving discipline, as well as your person. If you're doing RW, you're going to want a tight (lots of spandex--just what I recommend for every girl ) RW suit, so that you can fall at the same rate as your partners. I don't do much RW (or skydiving, really) anymore, but my RW suit was fairly tight, had big (competition) grips (easier for beginning RW, in my opinion), booties (just because that's what my JM recommended at the time), and spandex forearms (again, based on what experienced RW jumpers recommended to me at the time). If you're looking at freeflying, I think you ought to consider a reasonably tight freefly suit as well (so that you don't have as much trouble staying relative with a bunch of big guys). Other disciplines, I don't know about. Although I do recommend Style to you, as I think the Style suits look the best on girls . I found that the RW suit helped me a lot in the early going (when I was doing RW) but the transition from an "improvised" freefly suit (loose long sleeve shirt and super baggy pants--$25 at Kmart) to a real freefly suit wasn't that big a deal. This might have been because freefly offers a wider range of fall rate control in general, or just because I was a much better flyer (either way) by the time I made the freefly suit transition. Anyway, that's my relatively uneducated two cents. It might help other people give opinions if you could post some thoughts about what kind of jumping you want to do.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #3 August 22, 2002 If you want to do RW I've got a slipstream that may fit you quite nicely - Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #4 August 22, 2002 The general consensus seems to be that starting out with RW is a good idea, rather than jumping into freeflying. I'd love some opinions on this thought-I do actually tend to take advice from people who know better than me, it helps keep me alive and walking. J Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #5 August 22, 2002 your probly gonna need a tight fitting rw suit with a nylon front and spandex arms. You will need this lack of air resistence to be able to fall relative with other people.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #6 August 22, 2002 Well on your belly is where you pull and tracking is a skill that becomes 10Xs more important in freeflying, so the safest enviornment to learn those is on your belly. Personally I had 75 jumps when I started freeflying, then 25 jumps or so later went back to belly flying (damn peer preasure) anyway, my belly skills had improved by like 50%. Then spent another 100 jumps on my belly working on different skills. Since then it's been about 75% freeflying 25% belly flying. I like having the ability to walk onto a DZ and being able to hop on a 20-way RW or a 4-way freefly. As for jumpsuits, get a basic RW suit with booties nylon front and tight, for freeflying go the pants with bungie on the ankles and a long sleeved shit. Then get a weight belt, you can wear it for either FF or RW, I'm a small girl and have worn it for both.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drenaline 0 #7 August 23, 2002 For RW you will need tight, spandex and nylon. Tight equals don't take measures adding a mm or 1/4 inch because of comfort, that lil extra will give you the drag you don't want. You should also be thinking of buying a weight belt or a weight vest, if its vest what you want then you should make the measure with the vest on, so you wont suffocate for been to tight. I prefer weight belts, you can wear them outside the jumpsuit and personal opinion (salt here) it helps with the arch. Some people might say NO to the weights but gotta tell ya after a couple of jumps arching like crazy to meet fall rates it hurts the back and makes the movements kinda dumb (grain on salt on the movements dumb, its another personal opinion). HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
