Joris

Anytime in Barcelona, Spain! Joris BASE#892

Yep! Me and one of our engineers are both jumping! Our production employees even get familiar with the kind of gear we use, since we already used their skills a few times for some maintenance of our gear! We also use the ´hang-up´ racks for inspecting our gear once in a while! Handy Joris BASE#892 ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

I completed the word on March 11th and my number (892) was issued April 12th. On March 17th a friend me completed the word as well and his number was issued also about a month later. He received #901 and we´re only in April 2004... Start making new bets guys, 1000 is coming fast!!! Joris BASE#892

Nobody? Any Europeans out there? BASE#892

...in L., Switzerland on the 8th of May? thanx, Joris. BASE#892

Sounds like a great idea!!! Let´s hire a nice penthouse suite on the top floor of a nice ´high´ hotel all together! C-ya BASE#892

Got it! BASE#892. How did they know my lucky number?

Have you considered the Atmosphere and/or the Hacker from ParAAvis? see: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=869146;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;guest=5215854 or: www.paraavis.com Joris.

I am as close as it will take Global Postal services to get my number to me... It was issued on Monday (Apr 12th)! I actually feel BASE since I jumped my last object (B)to complete the word. That was March 11th. However, I agree with Faber about BASE being more a lifestyle than ´just´ the objects or numbers! The experiences are priceless! BASE#???

...my Atmosphere container...

I´ll ask my friend. He wears camera on all his jumps, so I guess on this one as well...

I left there a day before and had contact the next day with a friend who stayed one day longer and jumped with the guy. He saw the delay and also noticed the very short canopy ride and landing on the tallis... Don´t know if it´s a record, but it´s for sure a long ride...

I couldn´t agree more on that! I feel fortunate since Vrank is living nearby and I have the opportunity to jump with him, learn from him and hang out with him on a regular base! Vrankie, up for another jump soon...?

Well, just ended up in a situation like I mentioned in my first post. On my way there this question was going through my mind. It was too windy anyway, so never jumped! Today I thought let´s ask other jumpers´ opinions to see what they think about it... Just wondering!

What if your friends are lazy and/or unpacked and you have that urge for jumping. Would you go out there on your own? Thanks for your answer!

Thanks for posting this info mate, I appreciate it! For now I´m very happy with the first few openings on the Hacker using both brake settings. I guess I have to experience some more openings to see what I like and how to change them if necessary... Joris ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

Some more feedback... After a great weekend out there BASE trippin´ I managed to get 4 jumps in on my new ParaAvis gear. 2x 2-3 sec. bridge jumps 1x 4-5 sec. slider up crane jump 1x G&T bridge jump Openings: Just great! All on heading openings with very fast pressurization. I was especially impressed with the slider up opening I had after 4-5 sec. Some of the videos that were made show the difference with my friends´ non-vented canopies on the 2-ways we did. On 1 of the bridge jumps and on the slider up crane jump I used the lower brake setting and on the other 2 jumps the higher (or deeper) one. I didn´t feel that much of a difference to be honest. Just after inflation the canopy seems to hold on to its spot pretty well in both cases till I got the toggles of. Maybe I would notice with some more BASE canopy ´opening experience´... The Atmosphere rig fits me like a glove and feels like I´m not wearing it at all! Flights: The Hacker canopy steers remarkably light and responds quickly after opening since it´s fully pressurized immediately. It flies very stable, even in light turbulence which we experienced on our last jump. I have to get used to the size though (265). I only jumped a canopy about this size once, my other jumps were with a 225 and 245. I´m not that heavy so I can make my last turn later or set up earlier so that I won´t overshoot my target. No big deal though, just have to get used to it... Landings: With a straight in approach and not using any brakes I managed to get a powerful flare out of the canopy. It might be a characteristic though of vented canopies to have less flare than non-vented, because I do believe I got more flare out of non-vented canopies on previous jumps. On one of the jumps I sank it in (with some head wind) and that was the sweetest landing of all. I will just have to do a bunch of landings to really get the feel for the Hacker. General impression: Thumbs up Me:

Well, I´m actually from Holland, but I live in Catalunya. Icarus Canopies (my employer) is based near Barcelona. Let me know when you will be around exactly and we´ll meet up. Joris. ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

Vents AND valves! Joris ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

OK, here we go! Picked up my Hacker/Atmosphere at the DZ on Monday morning. Some Russian skydivers were so kind to bring it to Spain for me. Also got the ParaAvis direct bag system which 2 of my friends and me purchased together. More about that later... Brought my brand new gear to work and hung the canopy up and made a thorough inspection. I had some people who know about canopies (ICARUS engineers) look at it. Simply put: Impressive! The construction of the canopy is very strong. Split tapes on the A-lines, which makes the bartack longer and therefore stronger. All line attachment tapes and reinforcement tapes 1". That was a judgement by the eye, will post if I was wrong (...when is the world going metric!!!)! Vents, covers, ribs, top/bottom skin, PCs etc. all very well made. The rig, as said before in this forum, looks great with a lot of options. Hiprings, lateral straps that run towards the middle of the backpad for comfort (like Javelin Odysee), dynamic corners, bridle protection flaps, thick padding in the legstraps and in the backpad, pockets on the legstraps, cut-away handle nicely worked away inside the harness webbing etc. etc... ...and then it was last night (Thursday 11PM CET), time to jump! Went back to a nice crane we found recently (+/- 80 mtrs. or 260 ft.) and made something between a Go & Throw and 1 sec. I jumped with a 47" vented PC (ParaAvis´ has a PC that says 1200mm which is about 47"). Winds up the crane pretty strong, on the street easy winds. Landing area is not big, but ok. It is located between some flat buildings and some small trees. Opening: I had never jumped a vented canopy before! The opening was sweet, perfectly on heading and faster than I was used to on such a short delay. The canopy had a tiny bit of forward speed just after inflation (I used the lower brake setting!). The canopy pressurized quickly and the first imput I made (90 right on the toggle) seemed to be very light and totally on the spot. Flight: My Hacker is 265sq.ft., we had head wind and I was S-turning a little bit. It felt calm and stable. I will tell more after I have some more canopy time. Landing: I made a stand-up landing on the pavement but it was a bit hard. The wind was easy but a weird due to all the objects around. Due to the S-turning I might not have had full flight to create a powerfull flare, but I realized what conditions we were jumping in. I should be able to get a better feel for the flare when we will go for a bridge coming weekend with a DZ-like landing area underneath. Ok guys, that´s all for now. C-ya, Joris. ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

Most has been said here already, however it´s also worth mentioning the increased flare power and lift the Crossfire 2 generates compared to the Crossfire 1. Since you´re based in Oz you should get in contact with Mark or Jyro @ NZ Aerosports and they might be able to set you up with a demo. Recommended windloads lie between 1.4-2.1 with an optimal of 1.7-1.8! For more information see http://www.icaruscanopies.com/canopies/Crossfire/index.htm Blue skies, Joris van Drunen ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

Congrats mate, it's soon yours! We'll tell those DHL people to hurry up. Enjoy it... Be safe, long swooooooooops..... Joris & Hector ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

I've seen the gear in the Paraavis factory in Moscow and I was very impressed with the quality. It also looks great! I'm expecting my Hacker/Atmosphere in February and I'll post my comments as soon as I jumped it... Ordered one of their direct bag systems as well! Joris.

Hi Fred, ICARUS Canopies is the only manufacturer that offers a '31-day satisfaction guarantee' on all its products! Eventhough, I'll check if there's a Crossfire 2 109 demo available in France for you at the moment. long swoops, Joris. ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN

Hi Gus, Are you planning to come to Empuriabrava at some point? We have our whole demo fleet permanently based at Empuria. There you can demo all models in almost all sizes. After the coming Xmas Boogie there might be a chance of getting the 109 to you since it will be pretty quiet at the DZ around that time. You can also contact me directly at: joris@icaruscanopies.com Joris ICARUS CANOPIES EUROPE ICARUS Canopies Europe c/ Valles s/n, El Ramassar 08520 Las Franquesas Barcelona, SPAIN