midnightrider

I lost my best friend on saturday in a motorcycle accident... I wouldve gave anything to have spoke to him one last time as we were not on speaking terms the last 5 months of his life.. I'm sure if he were here he'd want to tell all his friends at skydive the farm goodbye as well as the people he met at bridge day (Nick D, Jaap) thanks for such a memorable time. For those that can attend PM me, the funeral is wednesday at 11

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That's pretty much how I saw the ad. Another interpretation: 1> See an ad. 2> Incite the mob. 3> Grab the torches. 4> (best Monty Python voice) Burn the witch. hahahaha you know guys, i dont want to really add to the fire or get flamed for that matter, but dear god some of this crap i read on DZ is quite depressing...i think that alot of people on here would rather spend a good night curled up around a freaking SIM manual rather than their significant other..Do we have nothing else to do other than bitch about the marketing procedures of a highly succesful gear manufacturer? Lastly, i'd like to say that I've met a ton of dumb asses in skydiving ..although i will say if they make it past aff, blow off all previous ground schooling because of a magazine ad , and burn in because they didnt know what to do in a total mal, they're idiots in the first place and will give skydiving a bad name regardless.. i just hope they dont burn in on somebody more intellectual. cant wait to see this thread locked

geez......jason how many people you think is gonna actually jump?

im trying to stay on topic so moderators feel free to move this post but did anybody recognize that in this months parachutist that ASC in cedartown and Pell City AL, both now have group memberships??umm werent they both revoked like 3 months ago? Misprint or what?

there is a certain B(ank) that looks nice up there..you could day blaze it and the locals wouldnt know any better because theyre all high...ive seen girls that refuse to shave their legs and it aint pretty Damn Hippies

you were jumping a 320?? i've had a PD rep tell me they drop tested PDR 113's (dont really know the difference in construction) with three hundred lb weights at terminal (over 200 maybe??)..he swore it snapped the risers and did no damage to the canopy..140 is fast but not fast enough to blow a canopy up (typically anyways)

2nd group

sure, if you can look over the fact they lost half their staff and a rigger---not to mention their credibility to the business and skydiving world...great operation they're running

just had to be on bridge day www.skydivethefarm.com

THE FARM!!! www.skydivethefarm.com

No. You don't know what you're talking about. lol i guess you're right but being passive doesnt help either

businesses that would be affected? make them affected...make somebody else feel your pain...this kind of crap is a little hard to swallow when it suddenly gets forked out onto their plate (talking about west virginians who look at bridge day as a chance to make killer money)...besides what does BASE jumping have to lose over a bridge day boycott? from what it sounds like were gonna lose a big damn hole in our pants when they run away with our wallets.. Besides i've heard from more than one person that BDAy is more about the experience rather than the jumping...look i cant wait for my first base jump but doesnt sticking it to the man feel so much better??

Bad idea. The spectators and the media are our best friends, and we don't want to alienate them. Best friends? the media wants a story--good publicity or bad and they dont give 2 shits which one...im not saying that there wouldnt be pissed off spectators because that'd be totally wrong. All im saying is that the majority of people out there can be influenced by us to blow the whistle on the NPS provided that they're well informed...i dunno we can pass out flyers to people, take donations, and use the air time (since they wont be showing any jumping) to tell people what BASE and the NPS is all about. I think i'd rather be hated for who i am than befriended for who i am not

No shit...couldnt have said it better myself i say we get about 50 keggers and start pouring at 9am and turn the oak hill holiday inn into to biggest freakin keg party and by noon the media and NPS will practically be on their knees smiling like a donut....wait no scratch that...what if 450 geared up jumpers are on the bridge at 9am in front of 100,000 plus spectators,march all the way up to the exit point only to get peoples hopes up and then tell the world in front of live TV how the NPS is not gonna rape us anmore and go back and party like its 1999!! OMG it'd be organized chaos at best and you know it!

this shit does nothing but piss me off...im not even a base jumper but i do have a pass this year...all 75 dollars worth...im not bitchin about the price because all the effort put into this is more than worth it...Somebody tell me- what the hell is Bridge Day without BASE jumping? does anyone think that 200,000(is that the #?? correct me if im wrong) people would show up without crazy F@#%kers jumpin off a bridge?? seems like a boycott could be in order..Fayetteville and surrounding towns would be hurting..theres millions and millions in revenue to be lost!! I realize that im stating something that has probably been said before and im assuming the NPS gives a damn about local economy (yeah right) but damn them...i think you should call their bluff--there's plenty of illegal sites anyways...itd be nice to see some west virginians lobby congress with pitchforks---before the flaming starts im just a stupid skydiver who knows jack about base...just my .02 .....somebody riddle me this...when the man has a monopoly over this event and can charge as much as he wants, how long do you have to bend over and take it till your ass is sore?

still nothing but sound...anybody know anything about playing avi videos?

i can hear audio but see no footage...can you help me out?

So is it assumed that in order to get gear for bday, if you dont have your own, then you pretty much have to borrow from another jumper? Im in the second group and bought my jump pass on the assumption that i'd have enough money by august to pay the deposit...im fully willing to pay any of you the 200 that apex charges for their gear and ive got a buddy in the first group thats willing to do the same....anybody want to make some money??? ;) any help would be so extremely appreciated.... pm me if interested- nic

This kind of shit really pisses me off.. Being a nationally registered EMT-I i've never heard one freakin thing about a special "skydiver spinal immobilization board" or "skydiving friendly roller guaze". Lets face it, on every single trauma call there is a basic line of protocol to be followed in any pre-hospital care: 1.Airway management- Maintaining a patent airway which may include positive pressure ventilations or intubation. hopefully polk county wont charge you by the breath.. 2.Bleeding control- direct pressure on wound, use of pressure points and at a last resort a tourniquet. 3.shock prevention: included and not limited to IV therapy, MAST trousers, transported covered with a blanket in a trendelenburg positioning. 4. Spinal immobilization-includes the use of a plastic backboard, some straps, a little tape and some styrofoam. Now on EVERY SINGLE emergency call on an unstable trauma patient you have 10 minutes from the time you put on your gloves to the time you turn a wheel to the hospital (national registry standards) which means if its a 20 min ride to the hospital you're taking your normal 400+/- ambulance ride to an 1100 thrill ride turning your prehospital experience into 36 dollars a freakin minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is not a damn thing special about skydiving accidents and its not right to be singled out...have you thought about how rich they'd be if they added a 750 dollar surcharge to every call involving some redneck who got drunk and beat his wife?? that place would look like beverly hills!!! Polk county wouldnt be anything without skydiving and this is just a slap in the face...nuff said gimme some duct tape needles and some 2by 6's and i'll be your EMS for free ;)

Pruitt and I are attempting to make sunset load saturday evening and are staying through monday... Is anybody jumping monday?? Please stay for our sake so we can put up some loads..ROLL CALL! we'll call this the " i should be at work but im just too F@#$&%n lazy boogie"

is there any pond swimming for free jumps?? nothing less than a heli jump though (for naked anyways) pruitt you in?

god i cant wait to get there!!!

J!!! why would you be paying 3 bucks for thirty minutes of net time? are you blowing your allowance on those expensive internet cafe's where the rich computer programmers hang out? lol..we miss ya so much at the farm...i finally got a rig so we can jump together all you want when you get back home

200 jumps, not die and attend every boogie at www.skydivethefarm.com