Nice reply Evan..I agree and understand. Distraction in this sport can be very dangerous. Also, I wasn't implying that I am "willing to risk the safety of others..." I asked this question because I didn't see any risk to begin with. I consider myself a very conservative jumper (and I didn't mention anything about downsizing), but I can admit that wearing my Contour while snowboarding, mountain biking..etc has pushed me a bit to be a little more extreme Maybe the same would go with skydiving..maybe not.. who knows. but I guess assuming the worst and implementing these recommendations is the only way to minimize the risk.