{"id":17988,"date":"2018-03-28T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17988"},"modified":"2018-03-28T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T23:00:00","slug":"2018-03-29-things-to-do-if-the-weather-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2018-03-29-things-to-do-if-the-weather-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do if the WEATHER SUCKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/969b8faa-59b6-456a-8f93-ed87f2aef0e9.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Easter: the start of the jumping season<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Guaranteed to be bad weather!<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you do if you get to the dropzone and it\u2019s chucking it down with rain, or \u2018blowing a hoolie\u2019?  [very windy] You\u2019ve made the journey, you\u2019re back in the skydiving community, so don&#8217;t go home. Here are some ideas to make good use of the downtime, combat boredom and keep you entertained&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rainy day!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/55fbc89e-4f35-4139-b367-8799b6f8d710.jpg\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Practising drills in a cutaway harness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/d848529a-ff22-401c-b2f4-2233a2c4fb00.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>1. Emergency Procedures<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Go to the cutaway harness (or rig it up if you haven\u2019t one at the DZ). Attach your own rig to it and go through your EPs. Can be more fun and realistic if you do with a friend or a group, take turns at shouting \u2018malfunction\u2019 .. \u2019twists\u2019.. etc<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>2. PLF refreshers<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you have a hard landing, for example in turbulence, a PLF may save your bones from breaking &#8211; but when was the last time you did one? Get a group on the fan trainer and practice PLFs till they are instinctive.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>3 Fan trainer accuracy competition<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Get out the tuffet and run a fun accuracy competition from the fan trainer. It\u2019s actually a useful exercise for accuracy jumpers to practice their foot placement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/ed4e963b-ae67-465c-86c0-1d6019690b83.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>4. Packing lesson<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Get your best DZ packer to run a packing lesson. Then hands-on practice any new techniques. Include a tangle test if you\u2019re feeling really brave\/bored.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>5. Spot the WDI<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Great on a windy day \u2013 everyone guesses where the WDI will land, if thrown exactly overhead, by pinning a marker on the DZ map. Send the aeroplane to 1,000 feet with a JM and a WDI. Entry fees put into a kitty, winner takes all. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re feeling really enthusiastic, a variation is to buy loads of rubber ducks. Everyone who enters writes a number on their duck. The ducks are lobbed out of the plane in one flock, and the closest duck to the target takes the kitty.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>6. Seminars<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Your DZ probably has some cool people who\u2019ve been around the sport for a good while &#8211; competitors, judges, record-breakers, canopy pilots, crew dogs, riggers and more. Ask them to run a question-and-answer session, so you can pick their brains and find out more about their area.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>7. Watch a skydiving movie<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Have you seen all the classic skydiving movies? Point Break, Cutaway, Dropzone, Fandango, Chronicles, Antigravity, Crosswind, From Wings Came Flight, Willing to Fly\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Spjpu7dxfc\">Tracking Tutorial by SDC Rhythm<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>8. Watch video tutorials<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are loads of videos online, with everything you\u2019ve ever wanted to know about skydiving. Search for what you want &#8211; or try these highly recommended series: <a href=\"https:\/\/skydivemag.smallteaser.com\/article\/rhythm-landing-patterns\">Rhythm\u2019s Landing Patterns<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/skydivemag.smallteaser.com\/article\/search\/advanced?series=Rhythm+Instructional+Videos\">Rhythm instructional series<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/skydivemag.smallteaser.com\/article\/search\/advanced?searchValue=foundations&#x26;startPosition=0\">Foundations of Flight<\/a> by Axis, <a href=\"https:\/\/skydivemag.smallteaser.com\/article\/search\/advanced?series=Back+Flying\">IBA tunnel video tutorials<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SWyZrQvwolM&#x26;t=112s\">Flight-1 Safety Series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>9. Tunnel!<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you have one nearby organise a crafty tunnel session. If the weather stays bad you\u2019ll be glad you did \u2013 if it clears up you\u2019ll be well in the groove!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blind Creeper Racing, Moorsele Big-way Camp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/4ad6615d-0496-49c0-8cf3-807ff673ca9f.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>10. Blind Creeper Racing<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is for when you\u2019ve been at the dropzone 2 or 3 days in bad weather and almost lost the will to live. It\u2019s the perfect way to revitalise the DZ and give everyone a laugh. It even gives you something to put on the day video! <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple race, head to head, with 2 teams at a time. Each team has two people; one gets on the creeper in a freefall position, they are the navigator. Their teammate is blindfolded, turned around 3 times to disorientate them, and must follow directions (left and right) given by the navigator. The course is a figure of eight around some obstacles, teams go in opposite directions to make sure there will be some conflict! It\u2019s not as complicated as it sounds\u2013 watch the video below, from Moorsele big-way camp. Thanks to Kate Cooper-Jensen for the concept \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<pre>{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stikkos\/videos\/406802749165\/&quot;}<\/pre>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Disclaimer \u2013 WARNING!<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>1. Groundbound activities at a DZ can carry more chance of injury than skydiving!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>2. The following activities are DANGEROUS if attempted sober, in the daytime. They should ONLY be undertaken at night after copious amounts of alcohol:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Pyramids<\/li>\n<li>Mosh Diving<\/li>\n<li>The Conga<\/li>\n<li>Head Shaving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter: the start of the jumping season Guaranteed to be bad weather! What can you do if you get to the dropzone and it\u2019s chucking it down with rain, or \u2018blowing a hoolie\u2019? [very windy] You\u2019ve made the journey, you\u2019re back in the skydiving community, so don&#8217;t go home. 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