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You can fly any suit with the exact same techniques. Big or small. Inputs may be bigger or smaller depending on the size of the suit and how the general wing area is devided. Any good coach will be able to help you with any suit. Regardless of brand or make. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Freefly handle is best. As its the least prone to come out when moving about in the plane. Bridle length, normal is fine. If choosing to do it more often, a longer one can be an option. Where in UK are you doing your FFC? Hope the weather is kind! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Talking safety but letting a 120 jump wonder fly a wingsuit at a bigway boogie against other LO's recommendations, and never having the balls to fess up to that publicly and solving it by deleting posts also aint a thing to brag about. Or making people 'instructors' with less than half the mandatory experience. Nor is the fact that you can see a malasian IP adress from an anonymous person surfing via a proxy anything you (nor an actual IT expert) can link to Skwrl or anyone else. Accusing people of bragging and having big ego's but whoring a greeny status around and at most abusing it to further discussions in your own favour is all people see you do around here. Skwrl flies at a load of events, makes awesome photo's and is a kickass flyer that has my utmost respect. Show up at some actual wingsuit events and fly as much as he or some of the people you discredit constantly have done the last 5 years and perhaps earn the right to say such things again. But stop riding that wave of 'i used to do this a lot' for streetcred. I miss the old days of ground pictures with sunglasses and that single backflying photo reposted 29 times a month. Enjoy this post for the 5 minutes its here JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Judging the age differences I see in a lot of skydiving and base couples where there is an Instructor vs Student thing that turned into more...anything goes JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Do the Dutch make good ovens? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

'swoop' a tiny canopy into the ground at a low experience level of 100 jumps, and you kill or injure just yourself. The ground wont care. Swoop a wingsuit into a canopy and you kill another person (or two), plus get wingsuit flying and tandemjumping put on hold due to FAA investigation. Costing not just lives, but also millions of dolars for affected DZs. I indeed suggest you have some actual experience at doing something (2 to 3 hours of flying experience is very little) before doing dangerous to even stupid things in an activity that should be seen as a planned stunt for trained/experienced skydivers vs fun thing to 'try' Your attitude in the few posts you have shows the exact reason why we will see more and more DZs creating rules against wingsuit flying. Get some skills before you try showing of....every jump is fun, and can learn you a ton of new things. Take it slow and gradually work towards certain goals, instead of starting with the goals without the skills to execute them properly. Talk to Sangi and listen to his lesson on what rushing into thing prematurely can lead to. And he is far from the only example. Whats the rush dude? Take it easy... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Common etiquette is that you are way under-experienced to even think about doing that. Wait another few hundred wingsuit jumps and get some decent experience/skills first, before you use an other human being for target practice. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Sangi had a swooping accident half a year ago, and is on a long road to recovery from a broken back and being paralized from the waist down. He still reads dz.com every once in a while and knows he sadly learnt lessons in life the hard way. He was much more better at the trolling thing than this guy though JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

With Sangi now actually turned into a more sensible person, somebody had to fill the gap JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

In quite a few cases thats actually arms swooped back, body arched and legs up JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Now take a wild guess as to what happened to their rating after that, and how many tandem skydives they've made since than.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thats usually more related to bad bodyposition (bending at the hip, tucking chin into the chest) basically initiating a frontloop. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Aside from losing less altitude on deployment (which only matters in the base enviroment) there isnt any real use in skydiving when pulling at normal/safe/legal altitudes. A full flight pull can lead to worse openings in case of asymetry, or severly hard openings compared to normal pulls with a drop/delay. But with practice can be a fine/normal deployment technique on any WS skydive for sure. But in terms of need/ease a normal pull is probably preferred. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I'm also not sure which company you're talking about. But it must be the Evil Slumlord of Wingsuits with their big world office in a hidden location in the dark mountains of doom. Big tower with a glowing eye on top? Just to get some facts straight: Not a single PFI was 'fired'. Nor is Douglas the single 'boss of the world'. There is actually a much larger group of examiners and an even larger group of non-PF-affiliated people all working together to increase safety. What did happen with the change from PFI to PFC> several 'bad apples' lost their 'rating' due to bad teaching skills, bad practical flying skills or not adhering to set standards. In terms of what the program promotes in safety, and the type of training its 100% what the company stands for. Regardless if its the USPA or PF and/or FlyYourBody as a company promoting more structured training through their own programs. The fact is that its safety and structure through updated and current training techniques and knowledge thats being promoted. Nothing more, nothing less. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Board presentations are open to anyone wanting to attend. You could have been there if you truly cared. Aside from screaming "I dont want this" there arent a lot of valid points made as to why more standardization isnt a good idea. Shifting your attacks from a guy, to a company, to another guy doesnt really change whats happening in the real world. Try shifting from hate to logic, and quit the personal attacks. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I see a lot of crying saying 'we dont need this' but so far all reports from dropzones that are limiting wingsuit flying have come neither from Phoenix-Fly, nor from any big chief instructor, nor from hidden reports. They came from the DZO's, aircraft owners, pilots and fellow skydivers that see people doing stupid stuff more than its doing our discipline right... I see spot is an easy target because he dares say the things that several people dont want to hear. But sticking your head in the sand isnt the answer either. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

neeh...as that person would tell him to learn and fly a smaller suit to the max, before putting himself in a bigger that that the manufacturer recommends 180 to 200 wingsuit skydives minimum for. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Unlike CRW, the biggest fear developing with regards to wingsuiting is damage to material (planes), and outlandings that seem to be way more frequent than any other dicipline (including CRW). I would agree if that statement had been 'determine wingsuits add to much hassle to normal operations' such as outlandings, longer spots etc add on other dropzones. But once dropzones, small or big, start tagging the dicipline with the word 'dangerous' we enter a whole other downward spiral. It actually would. As it would set a standard that people have to stick to with regards to instruction. And also force older jumpers that hardly jump, yet talk a lot about wingsuit flyer to re-evaluate their knowledge and skill and perhaps get some retraining on exits, flying and general safety awareness. And most of all, it would stop the clueless people from teaching. And thats a big issue currently. Having a good coach teach at a dropzone, talk about safety and what suits to jump at what experience. Yet having Mr Cool show up the next week, slap people in big suits, flocks bigger than they should be flying in, and no attention to exits or tecnique in whatever way. A WSI rating will prevent that guy from instructing as well. Im glad you have the finances to support it. Perhaps take up a 2nd and 3rd USPA membership, and support it through the structure for teaching and instruction thats already in place? Dont try to re-invent the wheel, by refusing to take the steps that make most sense. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Aside from the fact that its quite a large group that presenting the idea to USPA (some of the people who are now screaming 'murder', where actually part of presenting the exact same thing to USPA a few years earlier), it mostly reads as an audio-visual barage of a few opposed to structured and disciplined teaching methods. The truth is, nothing bad will come of more structure and very strict rules on how FFCs should be taught. The sky wont come falling down, and the world will not end. But any student making a first wingsuit skydive WILL get the same quality instruction, regardless of where he goes. And not be get the 5 minute version, and a suit 3 sizes more advanced than what he/she should be jumping because somebody is more after a sale or quick buck than quality instruction and care for the student. Try making a wingsuit jump at Snohomish coming weekend, and see how that one goes...thats the future of wingsuit flying. Rules forces uppon us from the top down. In this case, no more wingsuit flying, ever on that dropzone. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

True, as percentage wise there have been less fatal AFF accidents the last few years than there have been wingsuit accidents with noobs. I say lets get rid of AFF and go with 'I know a guy' as well JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The race has qualifiers, and than after that first round puts people up against each other in pairs. Elimination style from quarter, down to half and than real finals. Its drag racing where the results depend on a combination of sense of timing, technique and judging the right angle to fly the lowest required glide to finish at maximum speed (and still get the required minimum canopy time). Its one of the few (if not only) spectator sports that we as a wingsuit discipline seem to have that's really appealing to the public. It will be fun to see what Jebs China version of WBR (with some turns in the track, and longer flying) bring to the sport. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Its just a shame that with no governing body enforcing the suggestions, rules and training from the start, you'll always end up fighting 'the asshole that does things his own way' and will end up hitting walls more and more often due to those same guys using up all good will with those same DZO, TI and S&TA's. This education campaign should not be one based on 'if you want to listen, work with us'. There are sadly to many people doing things their way. Its funny that 5.samadhi comments on this being the way to enforce rules, safety and training, where in another thread you're promoting doing everything possible to bypass those same recommendations for experience (like doing balloonjumps with non-TSO'd gear without proper permissions etc). Its those exact stunts that (both in media and on DZs) keep us in the spotlight as a bunch of lunatics, instead of structured and well trained professionals at what we do. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I see the two fastest times at the WBR are actually the Frode (29:44) and Espen (29:62) both in V4's. Maybe not the winners of the race, but for sure the fastest times. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Its very dependent on what you're looking to do. Both suits have severly different flight characteristics. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thanx for the compliments. Had great fun shooting and editing. The lace on Mike's goggles where something he didnt realise was dangling there untill after watching the video. Though seeing as its a slip-on cord, even in case of an entanglement they would probably slip right of the glasses. A few peeps already turned mikes cord into a whole personal vendetta thing and online smear campaign. Which is why its funny to me that on dz.com this lace is discussed more than the 30 cm extention poles with Gopros a lot of people have on the back and front of their head and right or even left ankles on wingsuit skydives and basejumps. The stuff Ive seen people jump with in both sports seems to usually only get 'awesome..where did you buy the extender' as a reply JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?