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Hey that first pic is Jim Hickey. I've flocked a little bit with him. Great guy. In his 60's, started jumping about 1.5 years ago and has like 900 jumps. Looks like some flocking fun! Darn...I should have went to Perris this weekend. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I can't speak for diablo, but I am/was not saying that. My cutoff, with my canopy is still about 1.8K as it opens pretty slow and I don't want to be sniveling anywhere close to 1K. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

[reply People tendto forget that on a hop and pop, a slow opening from a less than terminal airspeed does not mean more altitude is lost than a faster opening at terminal. In fact in my experience the opposite is true. Bam! I was going to say the same thing. Also another point of clarification, the Expert Cypress fires at 750ft...but makes the "decision" at 1K. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Would love to hear/see the details of the mods. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Totally off topic...but there is something about that second photo...I like it. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Yup that last guy looked like a challenge to say the least. Can you say fetal position. It's kind of funny, they are talking about the one bit of instruction at the beggining (i.e. ARCH) and then they do not even get close to doing an arch. I didn't mean to knock your video...I've seen some of your really good work in your Skyphoria submission...that big ass telephoto in this shot was just not something I had seen before. BTW-I'm so jealous of you and your new "job". Edited to say: Sorry to steer off-topic...now back to our regularly scheduled program- "Poker Pros Jumping Out of Airplanes". - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Have you moved/changed your still lense sense then? That thing looks huge. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Poker Pro's go for the big gamble at Skydive Mesquite. http://www.cardplayer.com/tv/26532 - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

This is the truth for most succesful people outside of skydiving and photography too. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

NICE! I would love to see more of thes compilations. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Based upon my experience, most modern sport canopies open softer than the Navigator. I jumped Navigator 260's and 240's as a student and while I never felt like I got whacked, I frequently had mild bruises. On jump 26, I jumped my sport rig: a Javelin and Triathlon 220 ('98 Model). I finally understood what a snivel was...and older Tri's aren't the slowest opening of canopies...but they are way slower than Nav's. I've demo'd Safire's, Sabre 2's, Pilot's and Spectre's and they are all very smooth/slow opening canopy's. My favorite is the Pilot....or maybe my Tri 220 with the 5.0 line mod. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Skydiving is a high-end motor sport (aircraft)....and is one of the cheaper motor sports. If you want a cheap sport consider non-motor sports: BASE, Climbing; the Big5, etc. Running a DZ is full of Costs...I'm suprised that quality DZ's can still operate while only charging $20 per jump ticket. I'm not saying that I wouldn't love to see a DZ that offers $10 Jump Tickets on a brand new PAC (in fact I would spend my vacation there) or to be able to buy a new quality rig for $500....but it just ain't gonna' happen. I wonder if people on Yacht racing sites complain about the cost of Yachts? - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

These new M1's are huge! Are they now the suits with the greatest SQFT of wing surface? I'm guessing the SugarGlider/GS1 formerly held that distinction...but these new M1's seem to have surpassed the GS1. It looks like they could push the leg stance a bit wider...but that's about it. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Have you seen wingsuit inlets? Pretty much the same way....cuts in the fabric that overlap and are connected by netting. Nothing too complex. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

This DZO probably just needs a better tax attorney. Then again...maybe it is just easier/cheaper to collect and remit the tax. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

In most cases, if they collected it and remitted to the state, their customers would be entitled to a refund (which in most cases would have to be requested by the DZ). If the DZ collected the tax and indicated via receipt or any other "auditable" evidence that XX% of the cost was sales/use tax, but they did not remit the amount to the state, they might be facing fraud charges...which would require proof of intent to defraud either the customer or the state/local gov. At a minimum, they would be required to refund each customer the XX% or remit the amount to the state's unclaimed property (escheatment) division. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

To reiterate the already stated. For the most part, state and local governments do not levy sales/use tax on services. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Your interpretation is entirely inaccurate. As is your use of quotes (""). Obviously I did not mean chop with one's hand still stuck, but after that, it was the lower risk choice if one did not know if the main was landable. My comments were related to risk management and ones understanding of risk management is not always directly proportional to ones jump numbers. If one requires jump #'s to listen to rational thinking, then one should listen to AFFI. So let's look at such situations rationally: Let's presume that reserves malfunction at a rate of 1 in 300 (someone can chime in, but I assume the rate is much less frequent). This would make the cutaway/reserve outcome a 'safe' choice 99.66% of the time. So, if your confidence in being able to safely land your "might" situation is greater than 99.66% ....then one would be making the right choice by landing the main...if your confidence is less...well...a cutaway and reserve pull would be the better choice. Personally, I am more than 99.66% sure that I could land my canopy (under most conditions) with a reasonable level of safety using only the rear risers. Furthermore, I assume that after this experience you will have the same (perhaps even a greater) level of confidence in landing on rears. So, faced with a similar situation in the future, we both probably should not cutaway. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Good interpretation. Thanks for clarifying for me. It is strange how the same written words can be interpreted completely differently by different people. Ain't human communication grand! - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Wow that is a lot of angry looking bold for a guy who lives in Hawaii.

[email] Why? In this guys case why not just restow the unstowed brake line and fly the rears and do a good PLF on landing, cuz with both brakes set you won't hit that hard anyway. Your reserve "might" not work, then what? grab grass. In this guys case, yes I would land it...but I know what a rear riser flare is. I think you missed the point of my comments. I'm not saying that landing with rears is a bad idea, but a practice of hoping that you can land a mal'd canopy is not a low risk activity. Yes reserve's mal too. Point noted..but when faced with a real "might" be landable canopy and a "might" not work reserve....I'll take the reserve. So as an instructor, you recommend that your students (in case of a mal) try new things that are similar to something they saw on a video because they think it might work? Interesting. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Good job staying unbroken. I would certainly consider landing on rears on my current canopy, but only because I know it works...not because I think it might work....if I thought I "might" be able to safely land my canopy....I would chop it! Landing too many "might" situations will certainly decrease your odds of becoming old. More interestingly....You didn't have to do rear riser flares before getting your "A"? Or worse...no one even told you about rear riser flares/turns? Most instructors I have seen, teach rear riser flares and turns during AFF...on like the second or third jump. You might want to see if your instructors failed to share any other critical skills/knowledge. Other situations might not afford the time to make connections with things you've seen on video or the time to experiment with what you think might work. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I've had a few different skydiving dreams, but my current favorite is one I've had a few times where I just lean over and start tracking (like inches off of the ground). I'm just screaming along the ground in a fully flexed tracking postion swooping through hills and other places. So cool!! I've had some bounce dreams too....each time I jumped right up and thought....wow...I'm alive. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Interesting. I might have to try that a bit latter down the road. 126secs is impressive. My exit weight is about 230 and I average about 90seconds pulling at 4.5....I'll have to keep working on it. I sold my PF Tracking suit after I got the Prodigy....and I'm regretting it. You won't find my Prodigy for sale when I get my new Phacro. I'm keeping it...it's such a fun toy. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

The PF Suit rocks. The BM Pantz are OK. Never flown the impact or others. The PF suit appears to have more surface area than the impact. The Pressurized suit looks like it could be really good....since it has a nice looking mini leg wing. The Matter Tracer has partially restricting arms...you might as well buy a Prodigy. Anyone ever try the Prodigy pantz without the top..or maybe with the PF Tracking Jacket??? That might prove to be the best possible tracking suit. - - - I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.