The111 1 #1 July 5, 2005 I tried to get in on a raft dive this weekend. After the exit zooed, everybody started to form a round. I was way too high and tried to assume some sort of body position that would let me sink faster, and I shit you not, when I pulled my legs in to where I thought they needed to be, I actually did a backflip out of nowhere. I found my boxman again and was on level with the formation, and did something that must have seemed weird to an RW guy - turned 90 degrees and started side-sliding toward the formation - from about 50 yards away! As I got close I tried to put on my sideslide brakes, and as logic would have it, they simply didn't work without wings. I slid right past the whole damn formation and watched it disappear in the other direction. I repeated this about 3 times - approaching the formation from different directions, with different headings, and every time failed to find my brakes, or to find them at the right time. I was like a really bad driver's ed student. By then it was time to breakoff, so I turned and tracked like hell (managed to actually look like I knew what I was doing here), landed and promptly put my wingsuit back on. www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #2 July 5, 2005 Quote and did something that must have seemed weird to an RW guy - turned 90 degrees and started side-sliding toward the formation not really, but cool nonthelessLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veter_ 0 #3 July 5, 2005 Way to go!!! I'd be happy to have 10000 jumps and not being able to do 2-way belly It's not what you can or cannot do, it's what's inside you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #4 July 7, 2005 Quote landed and promptly put my wingsuit back on. Smart man. Though I have to say, you Z-Flock bastards have ruined me. Last time I jumped all I wanted to do was track. And when I heard the PHI wasn't gonna be at the dz.com boogie, I got depressed, stayed home, never left the apartment and ordered out pizza. Got so bad that I went to a doctor. He prescribed me a brand new PHI. Unfortunately it'll be a bit of a wait before it gets here Til then, I'm trying work out something with some garbage bags and duct tape. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
