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...I need some help. I went to Pamplona this weekend for the San Fermin festival with some friends. We spent most of the time in the bullring at the end of the run and I'm trying to find video of it online. I can find loads of video of the actual run but none from the bull ring. Is there anyone who can speak Spanish that could take a look on some Spanish sites and see what they can come up with. We did the run on the first day of the festival this year so video needs to be from 07/07/2007. Hopefully by using the power of dz.commer's I can come up with something (as long as you don't get distracted by boobies).

I went away with a mate of mine a few years ago. I was learning to sit fly and he was learning to sky surf. If you go here: http://www.skydivemag.com/ type skysurf in the search box and look for an article called 'Skysurf - why would you', you'll find his write up about learning to skysurf. Might give you an idea of what to expect. Don't let people put you off by telling you that you have to be an expert in x,y,z (too much of that in this sport imho). Find a good instructor and enjoy yourself.

Which girlfriend?

The show was aimed at the non-skydiving public and built the whole thing up as best it could to increase the drama. As a skydiver (and someone with more than half a brain) I was immediately shouting at the TV that she had drag. I thought the explanation of how a PLF works was done well. The explanation of fall rates on objects with different mass/weight verged on the child like. However, for the general public who have just sat through Emmerdale and Coronation Street and had their brains turned to mush then these scientific exercises may have been taxing - that's if their attention span allowed them to watch all of th...

I'll re-iterate what someone else has said about the fact that your posts are generally well thought out and worth reading but... ...was not the smartest move in the book. On that canopy - Stuck toggle, 2 or 3 rotations and u r history. Cheers for posting Not pulling that out to give u a hard time - just think it is worth highlighting in case people don't pick up on it fully.

Maybe if he hadn't had a helmet on he would have woken up on a cloud with a harp in his hand!! Stateofnature - I like your humour - very good - gave me a giggle this morning!

Skydiving has moved on a lot in recent years and with the massive rise in advertising in all its forms you attract a different clientele than you did a few years ago. Unfortunately, you attract people who aren't thinking about consequences before they jump. So what about the following: If you can't accept that the person skydiving with you may just be a normal person who can't keep their word and may sue even though they signed a contract saying they wouldn't sue then you have no place in modern skydiving. Just playing devil's advocate here as there are good arguments on both side of the fence. I like to think I wouldn't sue, but then again I don't have to sign a waiver in the UK...

lol, almost 600 jumps and if I do an unlinked exit on a 4-way I'll probably get 1 maybe 2 points if I'm lucky - I just haven't done any flat fly so the skills have completely gone. Dreading when I start flat flying again - gonna have to get in the tunnel and have all my limbs broken and reset in the correct position

I think the post you are looking for is: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=475018;#475018 It was me who was 'corrected' (wrongly?)

Thanks Phree - exactly what I wanted to know

Downloaded the video of the swedish friflaj festival (episode 3 I think) from headdown.net last night and I have a question. What would have been used to create the effects used in the movie. i.e. the words 'the', 'swedish', 'friflaj', 'festival' and the part where there appear to be lots of TV screens and a ball of what I would describe as liquid mercury zooming round inside a sphere of tv screens. I don't have the video with me at work so can't specify an exact time in the movie - it's about a minute into it. Just curious whether that requires major editing software/hardware or can that kind of effect be produced on a budget??

Thanks for all the replies. I'm not looking to swap to a Mac as my work revolves around Microsoft OS's/networks. The Mac is really something to play with if I can find the money for an extra machine. Thanks Quade for the advice on the min. spec. I'll take alook at that. Now, about Linux...

After years of faithful service I've decided my PII 300 needs to be replaced by a new PC. However after seeing a friends brand spanking new Apple Mac I'm thinking of also getting a Mac however I have never played around with one. I have a PC-9 which at the moment is just used as a 'Flight Recorder'. I'd like to be able to put together 5 - 10 min vids with music. What is the lowest spec I could get away with (i.e. how much hard drive space would I need, processor speed [I know this is not related to PC processor speed so I'm at a bit of a loss as to what I would need]). I know I could do this on a PC but I'd like to get a reasonably cheap Mac to play with and then if I like it I'll go get a better one in the future. (You can never have too many machines on your home network ). This is with a view to getting better at camera work over the next few years and hence getting a better Mac...

...hmmm, not yet. Well only a matter of time considering the subject matter and the way it is presented. Someone had a little too much of the antagonism juice, maybe...

Just thought I'd post to see if this thread was locked yet...