Winter skydiving adventures this February have been slow – as in, non-existent. It’s either been too cold or cloudy or snowy/rainy to get out there, so I continue to reminisce on the adventures that were had during the Florida trip.
As I mentioned, once the weather turned sour on the Everglades boogie, we headed up to Orlando in hopes of getting some tunnel time. But lack of slots and, more appropriately, lack of funds, kept us from testing it out ourselves. On the positive side, we did have an opportunity to watch a couple freeflyers tackle sitfly issues that we’re currently trying to master: fall rate matching and relativity.
In the short amount of time we watched we were able to pick up some pointers from these two. It’s amazing what watching a couple of siflyers in the act can do to help improve your form in the sky.
(They have similar issues as she is significantly shorter and smaller than her partner)
Rick’s been tinkering with different leg positioning to catch more air and I’m working on staying as straight up and down as possible. It’s amazing what small adjustments can do. By putting my legs down just a little I help my fall rate (of course, the addition of a weight belt has helped too) – and with shoulders back and down the backsliding nearly disappears!
By the time we left Z-hills a couple days later we were feeling great about the improvement!
Now, if only we can get back in the sky soon to keep working on it. How’s the winter jumping been treating you this year?
Blue Skies!
Ashley
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