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i use liquid eyewear with foam inserts. One of the more expensive options, but they get the job done and make you look like a bauuse. http://www.liquidpolarized.com/style/gasket

If your goal is to go to grad school id say make 35k working as a chemist then reapply. I assume your going to grad school for chemistry? If you got rejected now why will they accept you next year? I imagine spending a year working in the chemistry field will look a lot better when you reapply then saying i spent the last year 'screwing it' just my 2 cents

I say the fastest way to find out if its damaged is just go ahead and jump it.

looking for gear can in a pain in the ass, i started looking for stuff in the last week of may, and didnt find anything until the first week of july. In the end though i did end up finding an excellent used rig and the only thing i bought brand new was a cypress 2. Buying used will definitively save you a decent amount of money so it would probably be worth it to just keep hunting for a while. Besides just looking in the dz classified section be sure to check out the online gear stores as well like sunshine factory (where i ended up getting my rig) chuting star, and square1. good luck finding something that works for you.

when i was going through AFF i would be so focused on jumping i would go the whole day forgetting to eat and frequently got head aches. once i started to always make sure i ate b4 jumping/throughout the day i stopped getting headaches. also drink a lot, i drink 2-3 gatorades after almost every jump. eating / drinking a lot will probably help quite a bit

as long as hes not consistently almost killing himself i see no reason to give up....

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naked.

when ur first learning ur bound to have some rough landings, if for no other reason use their gear so u can put grass stains and beat the hell out of their stuff instead of your own. i imagine most pple use student gear atleast until they get their A, 25 jumps, and some pple continue to rent well after 25 jumps jumping different containers and canopies to figure out exactly what kind of rig is best for them. Having your own rig before uve even started skydiving is really a pretty funny idea.

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they could big just focusing on area and not weight when saying the smaller person falls faster. a smaller person has less surface area so 100 pound 'small' person will fall faster than a 100 pound 'big' person because the bigger person will have more surface area to resist the wind to slow themselves down. if by bigger they mean heavier they every1 in ur class is retarded lol, the heavier u fall with air resistance the faster u fall as uve seen on ur skydives and the exact reason why things like weight belts exist. and ps: i didnt take the time to read everyone else's responses so sry ive im repeating something that has already been said.

i use adblock for firefox and have no idea what you are talking about. ads are a think of the past havnt seen any banners since ive installed it months ago. maybe were using different adblockers? mine is called 'adblock plus' on the firefox addon page and its absolutely perfect.

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i mailed in for my 'A' about 3.5 weeks ago and saw they just charged my credit card today, so i imagine ill be getting my actual license in the mail sometime soon now.

well i guess it depends on what ur doing, if theres something in particular that you are struggling with then sure why not. if so far you are learning everything nice and smoothly id wait until u are learning some movements or flying techniques that are more difficult and then get into a tunnel then to perfect them. just my .02