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Terry was one of my AFF instructors. Attached video (unfortunately) centers on me, but you can clearly see Terry giving me thumbs up. http://youtu.be/XFIXY48jVq8 Blue Skies, Roman.

This was the only helmet I found where XXL really mean XXL and it fits nicely. The rest of them are XXL in name only, but in reality they feel tight and uncomfortable. Will vendors ever get it, that some of us need LARGER HELMETS, not just thiner liners in the same small shell? The visor gets foggy in the plane and, because it's not a flip-up, I had to put the helmet on only after the door is up. Eventually I just remove the visor and use goggles.

With my sorry 120 jumps I am not qualified to advise someone like you, but I gave up silibands after reading a letter in an old Parachutist issue. A very experienced guy urged NOT to use silibands after he experienced a baglock. (Silibans didn’t break, where the regular rubber-bands would). Don’t remember the issue, it was about 2-3 years old (you may have to do your own search).

I agree with Steel. The real problem is Militant Islamists. Forget for a second Israeli-Palestinian conflict and look around the globe – virtually every major conflict involves Militant Islam on one (or both) side. In Philippines Islamic terrorists of Abu Sayyaf commit bombings assassinations and kidnappings. Indonesia – Bali bombing. India – numerous conflicts between Hindu and Muslims (including Kashmir) and never ending India-Pakistan conflict. Russia – Chechen conflicts (including Beslan school massacre). Europe – London bombing, Madrid bombing, Paris riots etc… Everyday bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan (OK many will blame it on the Americans and the evil Bush administration). Recent bombings in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. In Sudan – Ethnic cleansing by Muslim militia of local tribes in Darfur. Nigeria – Muslim Christian conflicts claiming hundreds of lives. United States – 9/11. There are many more recent events I didn’t list to save space. As for Israeli-Palestinian conflict… Israelis tried to negotiate with Palestinians number of times with various degree of success or failure. But I doubt anyone can successfully negotiate with people, who can kill you over the f---ing cartoon !!! (not talking about land, or historical grievances). As for Darius, in this thread he sounds like a typical Israeli hater, who wants to “wipe out Israel from the map”, (digging out 3-year-old articles to “substantiate” his point), hence talking emotions rather then facts. Darius, please don’t drive a car in the crowed of people to protest US government treatment of Muslims (like Mohammad Taheri of UNC). http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=3958312 Millions of people in the world have all kinds of grievances, and YES, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS to deal with grievances. Better channel access of adrenaline into skydiving and other civilized activities. R