Given that I was completely MIA last week, I owe y’all an update on my life in the skydiving world.
Last Friday was my birthday, so my incredibly awesome freefly partner decided to take me to the Blue Sky Ranch in New York for the weekend. Any excuse for us to travel is a good one!
We met up with our buddy Tom who was traveling for work on our first day there, met some great people, promoted Jump for Diabetes to the best of our abilities, ate some great food, and overall had an incredible time. More to come in a later post 
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This weekend I also fully realized just how much difference flying with a weight belt can make in keeping up on a multiple-way sitfly.
I was also extremely happy to get my new slider from PD just in time for this trip. It’s oversized and has already made all the difference in my openings on my Sabre 1. Plus it’s collapsable, so needless to say I had quite a few peaceful canopy rides this weekend!
And to top it off, I even got to spend some time yesterday afternoon out at Skydive PA with our regular peeps. We took off late morning from NY since the weather wasn’t cooperating – what with the low cloud layer at 1,300 ft, and as we got closer to Grove City the weather got better, so we took a detour to jump! Can you say addicts or what?
Now it’s back to the grind and my Monday’s are always incredibly hectic. But I promise to fill in the details later.
Blue skies!
Ashley
How much did the new slider cost you out of interest? I just bought a second-hand rig (my first) with a Sabre1 170, and have heard bad things about hard openings. Did the new slider make much difference?
Will – it was in the neighborhood of $115. It has made quite a bit of difference for me. I don’t load my wing very heavy, but it’s made the openings more predictable. In fact, I’ve stopped rolling the nose altogether – and I’m having more on heading openings because of that. I recommend getting one, if for nothing else than the resell value. Keep the smaller slider and offer both when it’s time to sell it off – that’s my plan