HydroGuy

From the length of your post that is basically you just talking shit to me, you seem to have lots of free time...so go do it. My canopy types, sizes and wingloadings are listed in my profile. I was at Perris, about 1 PM, so you can go look up density altitude and anything else you might find relevant. Did this make you feel good? Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I chopped from a fully inflated main in 1/2 brakes flying into the wind and had a flying canopy over my head in like 2 maybe 3 seconds...how much vertical distance can that really be? I can't think of a single thing I would gain by "claiming these ridiculous numbers" which are"underming it's credibility"...so whatever. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

More on the skyhook? I read 1600 on my altimeter, it is mounted on the inside of my wrist. This was the last time I looked at my altimeter what so ever. I dropped my left hand down to the D ring, let go of the toggle that I was holding in half brakes, grabbed red and pulled. About half way through my right arm extension, I felt myself falling...I actually felt the loss of pressure on my leg straps, not any falling sensation. I then punched with my left. There was zero tension on the reserve handle. Before I had cleared the reserve cable, I felt leg strap pressure again. I brought my hands immediately up to my risers and looked up at the same time. I was viewing this goofy looking slider and this immaculately white canopy flying perfectly. It felt like my PCA'd BASE jumps...but less violent, due to the slider and shallower brake settings I am assuming. But the time felt the same. That is where I came up with 50 feet... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

LOL...I was actually having a blast doing freefly jumps for the first time in a while. We had just finished off the last jump building a four way HU stair after a linked HD exit. Apex still hasn't finished rebuilding my harness... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I actually wish I had the confidence in my skills under my new canopy at that moment to rear riser it...but I didn't. I am not very current under my new 139. The last month and a half, the only skydives I've made were hop and pops with my 266 BASE canopy...I literally felt tuesday and wednesday I was re-learning to fly my skydiving canopy...to the point of doing some cold 12.5k hop and pops on tuesday. I've landed a 149 on rears...but it was with both brakes unstowed in full flight and I planned on it ahead of time. I've been thinking of going to Lodi and doing like 50 hop and pops in one week to get that kind of confidence under my new gear. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

It honestly never crossed my mind to re-stow my right brake...and having to counter that turn and losing both hands to mess with things was the final straw that made my decision to chop. Oh yeah...I had my reserve repacked April 9th... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Had an uneventful 4 way freefly and a nice soft opening today. But my slider had locked up on my left toggle. I tried pulling it down to stow it, but I think I just made it worse. Tried pushing it up...no way. Grabbed both toggles and tried to clear the brakes. Not happening. I goofed with it a little more, and decided at 1600 feet that I didn't feel like landing with one unstowed toggle and one rear riser. Had a hand on each handle an chopped. Had a reserve canopy over head before my reserve handle had cleared completely...maybe 50 vertical feet. Felt like a soft PCA'd BASE jump. Put my handles in my mouth, located my fluttering main, picked a landing spot, practice flared and stood up on a dirt road in some field. Went to the loft and checked the toggle. The slider grommet had grabbed some sloppily stowed brake line, plus a wide spot in the toggle larkshead, and just became lodged just below the toggle grommet. The pin stowed toggle was locked down, preventing me from wiggling the toggle at an angle or anything. I made it worse trying to stow the slider. And I shouldn't have unstowed my right toggle while I was messing with the left...it gave me another factor to deal with. Weirdest thing is I just started stowing my excess brake line because I didn't like the way it sat around my secondary riser covers...it looked like it could ustow a toggle or knot up somehow. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Here is Brian Germain's proposed chart for downsizing...I eliminated a lot of heavier exit weights to make it a smaller file. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I'll be at Perris on Tues or Wed. If Eli is around I will ask him if he has any more copies available for sale... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Thanks Tree... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

You quit jumping at this club because of a no dog policy. Because of this policy, you hid your dogs. This made you nervous and preoccupied. Skydiving is kind of serious...definately not the best place for your "B" game. If you cannot be focused on the task at hand, for your own safety, you probably shouldn't be jumping that day. This is what Joe was saying, only he knew he was dealing with an adult and didn't feel the need to be politically correct... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

No offense, but that response made me laugh pretty hard. He probably thinks you are slightly preoccupied with your dogs...and I would tend to agree with him. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Contact NickDG @ Apex BASE...Apex has many rolls of F111 under their hot knife table in colors that are not listed on their web site. I know for a fact that they have Olive Drab F111 if you cannot find camo... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Yep...let's him get views of whats going on and correct it immediately in all positions...and those views translate to camera angles for debriefs. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Wow, my buddy finishes a FJC, but knows of no jumpers in his area. So he comes here trying to find locals to jump with and learn from...if there are any. And you give him shit for it? Did you really misconstrue his "I only have 14 jumps off the bridge" as I am a new mentor looking to flik people off stuff? Or could you just not pass up the opportunity to take a cheap shot at someone new? Obviously mine is a rhetorical question, as we both already know the answer. Hope it made you feel big... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

What does the manual say? Why not email Bill Booth? Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Yes, this is much higher quality of my local area than Google Earth. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I witnessed this near incident yesterday...very close call. Might be a good time to bring up the three runway crossing incidents to take place this week...an aborted Otter takeoff, an aborted Skyvan landing, and a damaged Otter hydraulic pump due to slamming on the brakes. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I'm going to be at the Super 8 around 7PM. If anyone is bored and thirsty...first rounds on me. Kurt Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Shark Fucking Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I've read this ten times and am still trying to figure out how you finding a hole to jump through affected your ground winds differently than theirs on landing... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Come on now Bill, I see both disciplines lagging in the door...probably more RW groups. I've never seen a FF group wait in the door for a "perfect" spot. I see RW teams do it all the time (Russian Team comes to mind instantaniously)...they want the "perfect spot" so they can make the back to back. If anything, I think solo and small FF groups are way more guilty of jumping out on top of one another...which is way worse. On solos or two ways, I always try to be the last FF'er/group to exit, knowing the AFFI's and TM's will give me proper seperation. Edited to add: Maybe I should add I don't mind when RW teams wait for the perfect spot. The fact that the teams are there practicing means more loads will be sent that day. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

I feel skydiving is safer than a 140 mile round trip commute on a motorcylce to the DZ on Southern California freeways... Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

Agreed...especially hot yoga Flexibility Strength in muscles not often used in day to day routines but used in skydiving and especially freeflying Body awareness/focus Relaxation Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

As for extraordinary things I do...every time I dump, I assume that I will have a high speed mal...like I TRUELY believe I will have one. And I give my pilot chute a solid throw to clear my burble. The thought of a high speed mal makes me more nervous than anything else in the sport. Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary