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Making your day brighter and happier?? Imagine me. Imagine my day yestarday!! It was so beatifull. I am smiling until now!!! :-))) You, Wendy, Billvon, Skratch and Fudd make it happen!! Oh, yeah!!! Relaxation was the fourth and powerfull magic feather. Now I know that doesn´t exist bad students, but students without magic feather(s) :-) I will try to give these good advices. Djan, very, very THANKS for make me more confident about my skills. Aragao

YEEEAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAHHHH!!!! YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! I GOT IT. I Passed my level 7, I can fly. Djan, Wendy, Fudd and Billvon: Because I am not a good student, I decided not to use just one magic feather, but three magic feather :-))) On saturday, before to try the level 7, I made a relaxation jump with my JM. Just to relax and make any maneveur. Fudd, I go to the plane with my first magic feather: light shoes.The others magic feathers I have to get on the sky!! I made a good exit, 13000ft and, like expected, I begun to spin. Yeah Djan and Wendy, As soon as I begun to spin I sticked a little my legs and I could feel the wind. But I can have one more magic feather, that´s right Billvon?? At the same time that I sticked my legs I looked above my shoulders and used my arms using curves principles. Magically, I STOPED guys!!! I made curves (360 left and right), track and I smiled to my JM. Yeah!! It´s was the first time that I smiled on free fall :-)) Now, on the same day, I tried may next jump: LEVEL 7. It´s was a beatifull day:Sunset. Good exit, but anything is WRONG: Where is my old and friend spin :-))) I am not spinning???, very, very strange. I make a backloop, curves, track. Very good!! I PASSED MY LEVEL 7!!!!! Some beers to relax. Next day, sunday, my first SOLO jump and a little nervous. Good exit, Just relax, stable. Spin??? What´s that?? :-)) Yeah!! I can see the sky, the ground. Yeah, great, I never saw the ground on free fall. It´s beatifull. I would like to thanks Djan, Wendy, Fudd, Billvon, Skratch and everybody that give me good advices and good magic feathers. You are a great family. VERY, VERY THANKS!!!! CHeers, Aragao

Hi, All I did not jump this weekend My JM took a trip But I will try on the next weekend Cheers, Aragao

Ok, Now I understand. On my AFF course I learned Delta, not Tracking like written on my AFF training material. Thanks, Aragao

Hi DJan, Thanks for clarify this point. And, don´t worry, I will not track better than you, at least this weekend Aragao

Hi , What´s the difference between DELTA and TRACK??? Thanks, Aragao

Olá wendy, tudo bem?? Uma curiosidade: Voce é brasileira ou apenas fala portugues?? Eu nao entendi sua mensagem: "para a mesma resposta em portugues, pode olhar nas mensagens." Existe algum tradutor ou coisa parecida?? Abracos, Aragao

[If all else fails learn leg turns - most spin problems I've seen have been due to legs doing the wrong thing. To practice these get on a creeper and put your feet on a couch. While pressing your feet against the couch, use them to turn yourself left and right. Exactly the same motion works in freefall to turn your body. ] Billvon, Do you know any site where I can learn leg turns?? Thanks, Aragao

Good advices, Mustard and Billvon. Now I am more confident. Until yestarday I was so scared I think that I have no problem with my height and weigth: 1,73m and 72kg. Like Mustard said, I have to find my "magic feather", so I will start with Billvon and Mustard´s advices. Thaks all CHeers, Aragao

At first, I would like to thanks everybody for yours goods advices. Mustard, very, very, thanks. You touched on a interesting point. Of course a video will help me to fix my problem, but on exit I am too scared, because I know that I will spin, but I don´t know how can I stop it. If I know that I can stop I am sure that I will make a good jump. This saturday I will talk to my JM and I will try to stop my spin with your suggestion. Now I am more confident to the next jump. Another thing-> to tracking on spinning what´s is the best order: first spread out the arms and after the legs or first spread out the legs and after the arms??? Very Thanks, Aragao

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Really it´s a good advice. But because money problems, I have to decide between 2 jumps per month or one jump with video

Hi, I am very disappointed with my student performance. Let me talk about my story, but, at first, I´d like to sorry about may bad english. I started my course on ASL and I had 16 jumps. Sometimes I had a spinning problem. Sometimes I get stopped on spinning using curve principles, but, sometimes, the spinning was so hard that I can´t stop it. So, I decided to go to AFF. I started my AFF on level 3: -Level 3: good -Level 4: old spinning problem -Level 4: again: good -Level 5: good -Level 6: good -Level 7: old spinning problem -Level 7: again old spinning problem I don´t know what´s happening. My spinning is so hard that I can´t stop it. I Can´t understand what is happenning because I am relaxed and, like my JM said, my body is simetric. My JM told me that had students with this problem: body apparently relaxed e simetric, good box position and the spinning just happen without reason. If I have spinning e can get stopped, no problem. But scare me when I can´t stop it. My JM have to grip, so that I can open my parachute. Anybody can give any suggestion on this point?? On the next weekend I will jump again. My JM said me that I don´t need to think about 7 level anymore. I will jump with he, relax, relax, relax and I decide what maneveur I want to do. When I am good on this kind of jump, I will be free for solo. Like student I am very, very frustated. On ASL+AFF I have 25 jumps and I am not ready for solo yet. I am a stupid student or this kind of sport is not for me?? . I love skydiving and I don´t pretend to stop it. I will apreciate if anyone have any suggestion for this bad student. Thanks

Hi all, Thanks for your advices. I can´t jump this weekend because it was raining, so I will jump on the next sunday. Congrats Kerry, I am ansious for this moment... Wendy, vou tentar me divertir neste salto!!

Thanks you all for your advices. I am scared about this exit but I will try to relax and have fun

Hi, I am new on Skydiving and I am an AFF student. On this sunday I will complete my last level (7), but I am worried about may exit. There is any advice to make make a good superman exit??? Thanks, Aragao