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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: deSelys on August 23, 2004, 03:00:12 AM

Title: I am teh skygod!
Post by: deSelys on August 23, 2004, 03:00:12 AM: Well not quite yet but i got my A skydiving license by making my 19th, 20th (low alt) and 21st jumps yesterday. :D

Of course, I had to completely miss my low alt (5000 ft) exit of the plane. I went tumbling head over heels a couple of times, arched like crazy and slowly found myself stable...but on my BACK :eek: ...twisted like an eel and finally went in a stable belly down fall. Knowing that I had used more time than planned, I lost not a single second to check my alt or wave-off and punched immediately. I was under canopy at 2,800 ft. A bit low but not hair-raising low ;)
I made a great landing tho. :cool:

I promised to my wife not to buy my gear too early...but i'll try to have it (new or second-hand if I can find something decent) for the next season. The negociations promise to be hard :lol .

And now a couple of awesome QT vids by REAL skygods:

Swoop landings by the Perfomance Designs factory team (http://www.performancedesigns.com/pdzone/video2.asp?team=flight1&category=swoop&videoID=57)

More swoops (http://www.performancedesigns.com/pdzone/video2.asp?team=flight1&category=swoop&videoID=62)

Blue Skies
Title: I am teh skygod!
Post by: Nilsen on August 23, 2004, 03:03:13 AM: congrats :)

may the chute be with you....... always
Title: I am teh skygod!
Post by: Saintaw on August 23, 2004, 03:39:05 AM: We booked our jump for the 12th Sept... if you don't hear from me after that... you know what happened :D
Title: I am teh skygod!
Post by: deSelys on August 23, 2004, 04:45:40 AM: Sunday 12th september? Great! I'll do my best to be there and watch you going through various shades of gray :p

You've chosen for a tandem or an AFF jump?
Title: I am teh skygod!
Post by: Saintaw on August 23, 2004, 08:07:22 AM: Tandem. I saw the picture of a blonde babe on their website... her handle says "Airhead", can't be wrong ...