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Don't fuck up, and altitude is your friend. More fabric is always better than no fabric.

I have an I45 with a PD-R 176 in it. It fits fine for me. A bit of tension on the sides but really not enough to be any issue for me. I know of people who have smaller containers than me and have a skytye and it works well for them as well as looks good on the rig.

sorry don't think it uploaded right. My pre second try at this

Took this with the phone but basic idea is get the skytye over the side flaps of the reserve cover and you are golden. Mind you I have a 176 pd reserve and that is the sizing that is going on, but it has worked well for me and I have confirmed with my rigger that it would not cause an issue with my EP's should tha be needed.

I have one on my Infinity and it works great. Easy and quick to use in the air.

Why in the world does it matter what DZ people are from and or taking a coaching course from? The idea of a coach course from my understanding is to appropriately rate fellow jumpers on their ability to help out other new jumpers and teach them the skills that they want to work on to become better skydivers. Why in the world does it matter what DZ a legit course is being held and what DZ’s jumpers are attending it. If you have an ax to grind with Skyride then take it out to the woodshead and find a whetstone and by all means go at it. Yes I do jump at ASC (oh sweet mother of God it’s a Skyride DZ, fire and brimstone etc etc), but I have also jumped at other DZ’s. The greatest thing about skydiving is the quality of people that you find willing to jump with you regardless of the DZ you are from. As are as this coach course goes, Amy is trying to help people who are going for their rating out, in a legit way. Shouldn’t that be encouraged? As should any other DZ holding a ratings course, who are trying to expand this sport, instead of trying to focus on petty divisions that really have nothing to do with how we jump or how we conduct ourselves at any DZ or on DZ.com.

The tunnel is worth it. It is a great learning experience and you will improve your skills in it. For me it helped me a ton on keeping stable to a solid reference point so I knew what my body was doing in freefall and how to correct it. One thing that I would suggest though while in the tunnel is make an effort to check your left wrist (simulating an altimeter) every 5 sec or so (simulates 1000’), and after every maneuver. It should help you get the muscle memory to check altitude while in freefall, and hopefully will ingrain the importance of constant knowledge of your altitude at all times. That’s just my inexperienced $0.02.

It may be my inexperiance with water landings but what about a vest worn under your rig and/or the jump suit that is like what most wake boarders/ kayak guys wear, and looks like a flack jacket? From a quick google search it looks like most run around 40-80 bucks depending and what where and when you buy.

I have it with my new Liquid Sky suit. I like it mainly because it seems to make the suit more comfortable than my previous jump suit (it was a basic suit no frills just something to jump with), and seems to keep the suit from sticking on warm rides up and on the ground when packing to make the next call. It's probably more of personal thing, but IMHO you won't regret it if you get a suit with, but its probably not an essential item, and could be duplicated by wearing athletic gear under the suit anyways.

.First post on dz.com, but I had to comment. I did my first naked jump 2 weeks ago for my 100th. It was not bad, just cold as hell with the initial wind blast, after that I couldn't really feel anything else, and no real difference than any other belly dive, just not as much power in the legs for docking and tracking. The key thing I found is that at pull time I added one more hand movement after deploying the pilot chute to cup and protect the family jewels to prevent a skydive vasectomy.