Beverly

Oh my... 2 0 Wind was horrible this weekend. Seeing a mate hurt was terrible : "thoughts are with you friend." Beer? I don't really buy beer anymore. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

0:9:0 Cool weekend of jumping. Weather sucked on Sunday, so only got one in. Looking forward to the Balloon, chopper and night jumps this weekend though. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Hey Kev, Yeah, cartoonville has really grown up! I will get an updated pic next week and upload for you! It is looking stunning. Keep well, chat soon Bev I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

The "very" long awaited pond has been completed at the Johannesburg Skydiving Club in South Africa.www.jsc.co.za The Swoop Park at JSC is the result of two years worth of research and careful preparation. Now the reward has been worth the wait as JSC has a 120m by 50m mass of water created especially for the South-African canopy pilots and to promote this spectacular discipline in its true form for the first time in South Africa. The swoop pond meets all IPC competition requirements for canopy piloting and is large enough to practice even the most radical freestyle maneuvers. Thanks to vision, research and hard work, we have created not just a pond but a truly spectacular Swoop Park. This is a massive cleared area covering 600m by 200m and is currently being lawned around the water’s edge. JSC’s high altitude (4800ft) makes it a perfect world record setting venue. For this reason and with IPC regulations requiring the run-offs to be at least 50m longer than the current world record, we felt it important to ‘Go Big’. The 2007 SA Nationals for CP was awarded to JSC last night at the Sports Skydivers Association meeting. Dates are: 6-9 April 2007. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Wearing make up to school I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

0:10:0 Lots of jumps on Sat. Sunday Weather shitty. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

"Please can I see your ID. You need to be 18 to get in here" I was 27 at the time. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Yeah, we can learn from first hand experience I would not spend that on a ring either. But a rig is a different story. A new Velo would be worth it's weight in gold!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

South Africa Only on student rigs going to freefall. Once off student status it is up to you. All of our club freefall gear has AAD's. Not a requirement though. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

0:4:0 Rain has stunted the jumping in "Sunny South Africa" I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Just be cautious about generalising here please. The mines in SA where alot of the diamonds come from are supporting hundreds of thousands of families, putting food on the table and providing jobs for hundreds of thousands of people that are not native to SA. They provide work for lots of the immigrants coming from war and poverty stricken countries like Malawi and Zimbabwe. The mines are Unionised, so working conditions and pay are not "slave like conditions" so becareful about making statements like that. It is not the movies here. There is a new movie coming out with Leonardo called blood diamonds. That is also not a true reflection of the mining industry here. Diamond and gold exports are a major source of income for our country which is relatively poor compared to Australia and the States and our currency battles against these two countries too. So by your statement slating the Diamond industry, you are encouraging people to not buy something that can help my countries economy and in turn help me to get overseas to train and compete in the sport I love, because my currency will go for a ball of shit if we don't have a good export trade. I really don't like spending 2 months salary on a new canopy or 4 months salary on going to a world meet. But keep up the slating of my countries exports and I am sure I will beable to turn to prostitution soon to support my sport. Anytime you want to come over and get a first hand experience of the operations here, let me know and I will fetch you from the airport. Oh, and by the way, there are a few mines closing down and there are outcries from the workers that will be out of jobs. Go figure!! Not really slaves then hey? I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

hello, You should not have to wrap the lines at all. Try flare a bit higher. Take it up 5ft and hold it. There are more issues that can go wrong with wrapping than just learning to fly the canopy. You can half drop one on landing and have a lopsided landing. Play with the brakes up high. Flare till you cannot flare anymore and gently release. You should beable to fully flare to your groin and get snouth lift on the canopy. You have not mentioned how big it is or what make. If the canopy is old technology, you won't get a decent flare any which way you try. Ensure you are jumping good gear and then there will be no need to start playing with wraps. They hurt your hands anyway. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Based on actual experiences... I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Always. At least you always face forwards and not land up on your back! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Size does matter! Technique can be tought! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

You may be overcompensating for something. Big parachute - small ... Just a thought, use it, don't use it... I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

I go down real fast! It is so small I don't feel a thing! Once I am open, I am done in about a minute! I pack up real tight. From pitch to spent in 60 seconds. It is so small, I am surprised you will even see it. Mine is smaller than yours. My ride is so small I just chuck it over my shoulder. When you are all wet, I will throw you my bathsheet! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

I think most of the posters here have done just that!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Telling me I cannot go to the DZ this weekend again! Telling me I cannot buy something I want to - It is my own money, fuck off. "I love you!" after 2 days of dating "Come meet my family - they will love you" - after a week of dating "So how do you want to get married?" After a week of dating "I know you said you don't want children, but you will change your mind!" " How many should we have, 3 or 4?" "I don't like your skydiving friends/work mates hugging/kissing you. Tell them to stop!" Scratching through my life. I will let you in when I feel comfortable letting you in. Calling my folks or siblings is a no-no. Definate deal breaker! "I hate your team name!" "I am sorry I pissed you off - here have a kitten! " (Yes that really happened, I told him to come back and fetch it. The justice was getting white kitten hair all over his black suit pants) The kitty was cute, but I had 3 already. Damn, I could write a novel on this subject, better stop now. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Yes, I am sure you being married will make it creepy!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

MMmmmm, can you not remember if you got laid? or can't you remember how many times? (Bragging bastard?) I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

How can sex be creepy?? you won't know its creepy ... well until it's happens, and it's creepy ....... I don't understand creepy! Like shagging your brother creepy? or like I am too wrinkly for him creepy? or he is like my dad creepy? I have never had creepy?? S'plain please. So I know what to look out for! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

tandems or tandem videos ? Vid, he is a camera Geek!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

I keep running outside when they do a flyby and wave my arms so to make it easier for them to get me and they must be looking in the wrong place. hold on..... they have seen me!! ....Oh wait, they are waving.....no, they are pointing......Oh me! me! me! pick me! oh wait, no, can it be? They are laughing, wirey smiles, but No! they are actually pointing and laughing......Humph, going back inside to write a letter of complaint. How rude! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

How can sex be creepy?? "Lucy, you have some s'plaining to do!" I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa