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OH yeah. This was said already but it should be emphasized. --- Ask yourself "What would Travis Pastrana do?" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Stowed Brakes will not pull the riser down. It can't pull the riser down because the stowed toggle is below the guide ring. You are completely correct that only the line came down .... BUT... you did make a mistake by failing to notice You already know this now because you've experienced a problem and learned from it. Keep it up. If the toggles are hard to release, they are WAY too soft and that rig needs to be grounded until they are replaced with stiffer toggles. Toggles should release fairly easy. If they are not, that is really bad and needs to be fixed. A problem like that can and has hurt and killed people. If one stays stowed, it's then up to you how to control the canopy. Low to the ground, you're forced to deal with what you have. Stop trying to fix the unstowed line, hold the unstowed line down to match it and prepare to crash land/PLF. You can steer it, but you better point it somewhere good! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That looks pretty normal for a lot of line twists. The risers often twist individually as the line groups get twisted together. If it is in fact stepped through, (which it does resemble) you would notice on the line check which you said you did. How boxed in is the lower corners of the main container? There aren't many of them in this area so I haven't seen a Quasar in a long time. Edit: Did you continue to spin under the canopy after it deployed or were you basically still on the same heading and all the twists were there already? One more Edit: I should have said this earlier. The twist in the lines above the risers are going the same direction. So it's absolutely normal when you have multiple line twists. The right side riser is just twisted farther to give the flip through appearance. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Seriously If my belly flying friends thought that way, I'd be ribbing them pretty hard just to get a rise out of them. There are plenty of belly flyers at the dropzone I jump at the most. There are plenty of vertical flyers as well. The Vertical flyers do both vertical and belly flying. We often incorporate belly points into vertical sequentials. I fly mostly vertical, but then again, I'm an asshat punk just trying to figure out how to fly. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

They absolutely did not learn to do that from jumping off large cliffs. I personally don't have a (legal) large cliff handy either so I sure won't be flying like that from a cliff anytime soon. Swooping a base canopy is fun and all but it's nothing like a Velocity. You're just arguing to argue ... and it has nothing to do with the subject. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It was used to stow a bight of of the steering lines to keep them in the back for packing and deployment. A lot of people who think they pack well, drop the canopy on the ground then wrap the brake lines to the front. That was intended to help mitigate that issue and discourage lineovers. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If I really wanted to, I could walk out my door with my gear, go make a jump and get back in bed in 1 hour. Usually takes an hour 20 cuz I"m lazy. I still like both. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Are you cheekybastard or just using part of his quote? I do both, but I do love base jumping for many other reasons. I like the fact no aircraft is required. Though your comment spawned a great conversation, it has nothing to do with this thread Airplanes are still fun and so is jumping from them. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Pelican. But, that's not true. He said he dropped his phone. It's in the link posted above by TheCaptain. The video of the splash is there too. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It wasn't a random line. If you grab the outside A Line the way he did, it puts it into a spiral and it dives slightly quicker. It was intentional and appropriate, especially for that type of canopy. Most people fail to every explore control options. Don't be one of those people. As for the landing. Woops. It was definitely a mistake but it wasn't executing a dangerous move. He let up for the surge just a tiny bit late. I'm sure he was slightly embarrased but he did hit the mark. All in all, good job even with the mistake. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

But of course. As a generalization, they have the showiest most expensive chromed bikes out there. You would have chuckled a bit at the ultra shiny Harley with ridiculously overloud pipes I saw in Lodi a couple months ago. It was lit up with purple LEDs underneath and a few other lights. A bunch of people were eating outside at a restaurant when he fired up his bike. Once the bike was far enough away to hear the person next to you, it was pretty funny because many customers were saying "fag" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Oh btw, I really don't like that tron suit. It could fit in somewhere but I think even posing at Starbucks is a bit much for that one. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Welcome in the same bars...Just sayin... Get over yourself man There's a Harley bar near one of the dropzones around here. All the unique leather vests and chap wearing people are there. I see LOTS of the same gay clothing there as I do walking around in some areas in San Francisco. Same outfits with slightly different flare. I'm not gay, I don't care if you are either, I'll still share a beer with you. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Do it. Shade is best but if you're in the sun, just do it reasonably quick. I take mine home unpacked quite often because I've grown lazy. If the sun is going down, screw it, I'm putting the rig in the car. Grass won't hurt it, bugs won't hurt it. dirt is dirt and dirt gets on it all the time. Handle it fairly carefully and just be smart. It can take it. I don't suggest packing it in damp grass but even that won't actually hurt anything either. Good luck. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Do you know who resized or changed the harness? It's not going to break but it wasn't built very well. I would not put my seal on that rig. Can you send me higher res pictures? I'll PM you my email address. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

My brother bought a pinto many many years after the explosion shield recall was put out. He took it in to ford and after they finished laughing a bit, they ordered the plastic shield and installed it. The shield goes between the gas tank and the differential so no spark occurs when the differential slams into and crushes the tank. More on topic. I agree the the solution is a non-solution. I will never suggest the purchase of a Vigil. They were being high pressure sold at one of the local DZs so I hope they have stopped doing it in lieu of a better option. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Exit point 100 or so feet lower than actual height. There are obstacles directly below and around the tower including poles, vendors, people.... If the wind was up, you needed time to over fly trees and wires, perhaps take it into a object congested area. It's a great tower, but it's not generally one to take a phat delay. A 2 was actually ok much of the time but most people didn't do that unless the conditions were just right. A usual delay seemed 1 to 1 1/2 hand held. Marta was the only person I saw go stowed and she took about a 1. I think she went hand held from then on. We don't need to tie up this thread with details about the tower so I'll send you a link to an overhead map view. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Well, up is one thing, but if you toss it *forward* while belly toward the ground, it's easy to get it under you. Head low, same thing. It is nice to toss the PC up or up and forward but it doesn't always happen. You can take a 2 there, but most seem to take a 1/2 to 1 1/2. I have about 37 jumps from the exact tower so far, Short delays of 1/2 second are common there. Many people I've seen jump (not just at the Alor Setar Tower), hold the pilot chute right next to their ear on their shoulder. The slack in the bridle is fairly prominent. I'm not surprised a bridle finally wrapped a go pro and I have every intention to modify my set up. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I read the thread. I based my post on the sentence quoted above. I didn't mention anything about what you may or may not do.You are asking the questions so I'm answering you the best I can. That's all. Hope that helps My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

In the olden days, like 5, 10, and more years ago, we would Gaffers Tape the hell out of our cameras to cover snag areas. It still works. I personally don't care how shiny my helmet is so I'll be covering it like I used to. I have a Go-Pro also, it's great inside video. I'm also a BASE jumper. Because of this incident, I will change the way my camera is mounted or cover the snag points. =================================== A brief bit about doing a hand held BASE jump. Think of throwing a dart. A wadded up pilot chute goes to bridle extension pretty well if it's bundled up and you toss it. If your body position is say 45 degrees head high, it's easy to get the PC in front and above you. If you are exactly belly to earth, a forward toss will be apt to actually go below you. If you are slightly head low, it's very easy to toss it slightly below you. (then you just pass it and the canopy is yanked out the rig) So, if there is a right to left cross wind, you push off nice and level or slightly head low (either one is common) a low toss could easily be blown to the camera mount. Think of this also. People often hold the pilot chute next to their ear leaving slack in the bridle. You jump, air hits the bridle creating a loop, a partially down ward toss can cause a bridle snag. (it's worse if you old an open mushroom

Clueless Why? in a skydive in a stable position whats the chance of a bridle coming past your head at terminal? Remember we are debating low jump skydiver with go pro , not base jumper. I'm an AFF instructor plus a fun jumper and a BASE jumper. I've skydived with people with jump numbers ranging from 0 to 20,000. I've watched many people with the same jump numbers listed in your profile (currently listed is 67) pull in very weird body positions. Back sliding, on their side, just throwing violently with a ridiculous amount of body english putting them unstable... It's pretty amazing how stable these particular people think they are sometimes. These same people complain about their pack jobs. Acrobatic pulls are not as uncommon as you may believe. On skydives, I've absolutely watched bridles go all around the area a camera is mounted. Burbles, weak tosses, short bridles, etc I pull out to the side and let go. Chances are, I'm not going to snag my go pro or other camera. BUT... in my earlier years due to lack of altitude awareness, I've also pulled directly out of stand ups. Other camera flyers have snagged parts for whatever reason so I'm not immune to it either. I can easily go into how the BASE jumper could have snagged the bridle on her camera. My guess is probably accurate too, but it's not important to discuss it here. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Was that the Nobs? ----------------------------------- I did it in Hollister in 93 or 94. My landing was spectacular. Not graceful but I pulled it off. I messed up by failing to realize the wind had come up from 1 to over 20 and it was cross wind to the road I was to be landing on. Hollisters landing zone is miles away from the airport so it wasn't a matter of just looking outside. I failed to recognize how badly I was fighting to stay over the road. I finally bailed by turning left to land in the regular landing zone. I was too low to finish my turn so to unfuck myself, I turned slightly right and aimed it straight down the uneven dirt path. It ended up being a Downwinder out of a 180 turn on a Johnathon 136 onto an uneven dirt path. I stood it up some how. I crouched, leaned back and tried to slide on the wrist guards but that just flared the parachute so I kept rolling. My hands did briefly touch the ground but I just stood up. To top it off, the guy who took me on my first AFF jump landed right next to me going backward. THAT's why I say wear body armor, be good at skating and don't fixate on the task. If you need to abort, do it at a reasonable altitude.

Hey, at least she was honest about her intentions. Besides, if the tv company, pays the guy who shot the video and the smashed up guy, he could at least get a little bit out of it. The producer will often and clearly state she has a low budget but don't believe them. They'll have put a story and commentary from the jumper along with it. I would negotiate final say into the story since it will most likely get played out as him being an idiot. (yes he screwed up but whatever) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Damn it... I was writing a post about that video. Cheezy punchline but scary collision. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yep. Plenty of suggestions. 1 Be very good at skating. Not kinda ok at it, be excellent at it. Suddenly being on skates at high speeds without the skill to do it, is pretty dumb. It becomes apparent, very quickly, that owning good skate skills is necessary. 2. Be proficient at landing parachutes anywhere anytime. 3. Be prepared to abort and just land on the designated landing zone or somewhere else safe. 4. Wear good body armor. - Knee pads, with plastic caps - Elbow pads, also with plastic caps - GOOD wrist guards, with big plastic splints in them in case you need to skid on them. - Good helmet, - A spine guard wouldn't hurt either. - heel stops on the skates. Don't downwind it. When you land, you must land evenly balanced and prepared to skate without the aid of the canopy. A person tends to rely on the canopy to hold them up, so the chances of falling on your ass is quite high. If you want it to look good, you have to be good at both parachute landing and skating. Anyone can set a canopy down somewhere and land on blades. Doing it with style is not something you will do with low jump numbers and limited skating ability. Doing it with some style also means you did it in control. If you commit to it, you'd better be ready for it. If you must abort, then make that decision at an altitude that allows you outs. Good luck. Have fun, don't die My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto