Whats the best advice you have ever received regarding Canopy Control.

[primetime 18]

Once you're under canopy, assume every other person in the air is trying to kill you.

This also works for driving...

[hparrish 0]

know when to bail.

[za_skydiver 0]

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Power First
Control Second
Safety Third
ALWAYS trust your rears
NEVER, EVER give up the gates.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

What he said!

Some dream of flying, i live the dream...

[Juzzie 0]

I am a student of

SoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying

I believe that the smaller you canopy is the easier it will be to pack... the rest will come

*IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED... SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU!!!*

[stayhigh 2]

you forgot
"when in doubt add another rotation."
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When it comes to choosing a canopy, remember that you are a grown ass man, make your own decision, life is too short being told what to do. That goes for when you sell your canopy to a newbie as well. Got money??? You've got my canopy.

Bernie Sanders for President 2016

[Juzzie 0]

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you forgot
"when in doubt add another rotation."
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When it comes to choosing a canopy, remember that you are a grown ass man, make your own decision, life is too short being told what to do. That goes for when you sell your canopy to a newbie as well. Got money??? You've got my canopy.

Buy the smallest you can afford

*IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED... SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU!!!*

[ozzy13 0]

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I am a student of

SoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying

I believe that the smaller you canopy is the easier it will be to pack... the rest will come

Dont turn yourself into the ground and keep head on swivel. Watch for other canopy's

Never give the gates up and always trust your rears!

[Juzzie 0]

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I am a student of

SoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying

I believe that the smaller you canopy is the easier it will be to pack... the rest will come

Dont turn yourself into the ground and keep head on swivel. Watch for other canopy's

And make sure people are watching you about to perfrom an epic swoop

*IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED... SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU!!!*

[Bluefox 1]

The best advice I ever received regarding canopy control…

“Trust that your canopy is going to do what you ask it to do, when you ask it to do it.” – Brian Germain in 2002

CANOPY COURSE Video Training with Brian Germain at AdventureWisdom.com

[uberchris 0]

i was told last weekend something that made me decide to put my new canopy in the closet for a while and stick with what i got.......
(its ok i have it and its not going anywhere)

its not when everything goes right that youre gonna get fucked up, its when anything and everything goes WRONG>...

low pull, shifty winds, landing WAY off the DZ on hilly terrain downwind, etc. etc.

gravity brings me down.........

[davelepka 4]

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i was told last weekend something that made me decide to put my new canopy in the closet for a while and stick with what i got.......
(its ok i have it and its not going anywhere)

its not when everything goes right that youre gonna get fucked up, its when anything and everything goes WRONG>...

low pull, shifty winds, landing WAY off the DZ on hilly terrain downwind, etc. etc.

You just heard that last week?

Either way, it goes for way more than just your main. Same thing when picking a reserve. Same thing when choosing a pull altitude. Same thing when planning a skydive.

Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

[Juzzie 0]

I would rather be on the ground wishing i was up in the air
rather than
in the air wishing i was on the ground....

In saying that i just cut 20sq/f out of my canopy downsize :P

*IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED... SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU!!!*

[piisfish 140]

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...and the Lord spake, saying

"First shalt thou open thy parachute,
When thou seekest to land thyself
then shalt thou do three hook turns,
no more, no less.
Three shall be the number of hook turns thou shalt do,
and the number of the hook turns shall be three.
Four hook turns shalt thou not do, neither hook turn thou twice,
excepting that thou then proceed to three hook turns.
Five hook turns is right out.
Once the hook turns are three, being the third hook turn,
then prepare thou thy most precious face and sacred body to meet earth,
and thus since thou art being naughty in my sight,
I shall snuff you deep into the ground for all to see,
and behold my wonderous power."

-- Landings 2:9-21 words from greg Gasson

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Remster 30]

NIIIII!

Remster

[MOONA 0]

Too high is better than too low!

[Pulse 0]

Advice before my third jump:
"Flare when things look normal"

"Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled."

[Ronsebag 0]

A good landing is when your not talking about it from a hospital bed.


Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one has ever collided with the sky.

[Ronsebag 0]

The best swoopers get the hottest chicks on the dz

[DcloudZ 0]

If you were too high on the last run, add a 360

Swoopers always have the right of way

Never give up the gates

What's the point if you don't look good?

"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts

[Calvin19 0]

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Whats the best advice you have ever received regarding Canopy Control.

Don't turn too low and Flare. It's all the same.

[cube 0]

Be alert.

[DougH 270]

Better high than low... it was said in a Brazilian accent.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[ianmdrennan 2]

"Awesome sometimes hurts. but it's always worth it" ~ Pablo Hernandez

Performance Designs Factory Team

[Huha 0]

I have been jumping for a long time, though not much and not often. I had learned to listen to the voice in my head... When I gently pull down and hold the front riser for the final turn, there is usually a voice in my head saying: "Just a little bit more..!" I had learned that that is, actually, just the perfect time to let go of the riser.

Regards,
Huha (>o<-<

[grue 1]

piisfish

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...and the Lord spake, saying

"First shalt thou open thy parachute,
When thou seekest to land thyself
then shalt thou do three hook turns,
no more, no less.
Three shall be the number of hook turns thou shalt do,
and the number of the hook turns shall be three.
Four hook turns shalt thou not do, neither hook turn thou twice,
excepting that thou then proceed to three hook turns.
Five hook turns is right out.
Once the hook turns are three, being the third hook turn,
then prepare thou thy most precious face and sacred body to meet earth,
and thus since thou art being naughty in my sight,
I shall snuff you deep into the ground for all to see,
and behold my wonderous power."

-- Landings 2:9-21 words from greg Gasson

well done, sir.

cavete terrae.