Last training day canceled due to high winds..

There is not much to tell about today i woke up this morning at 04:30 and could hear how the wind was pounding on the windows at the hotel. After 2 stand downs we agreed to quit for the day due to the forecast. So we had some dinner and went to the hotel where i stayed until about 17:00 where i decided to go to the airport in time so here i am now waiting for the plane to LAX where Mette and Benny is picking me up. I am flying with Frontier airlines and the plane have a big eagle on the tail so i guess that’s good karma for the rest of the trip.

Day 4 in perfect weather

Today we had great weather all day but unfortunately we also had a few accidents.

First the good thing  The weather was perfect  no wind, sun, 25 c and lots of swoops we started out with 4 speed rounds from the Cessna after that we went for accuracy from  the beach 90 and got 3 jumps before that plane broke down too. Then we went for the Otter and got 4 more jumps in, At the debriefing i got told that if it was a competition I would have won for to day. And i actually had some pretty nice runs in my VC 96 today. Getting all the water points landing in zone 3-4 and on some of them sliding into penalty cone 6wich is not the best but still ok. We had as mentioned a few incidents today first there was a few swoopers touching the water a little harder than expected. On jump no 8 one of the Ukraine's dipped he’s knees into the water and splashed pretty hard turned 180 up side down so he’s foot got stuck in the risers and he landed upside down with he’s head first. So he was taken to the hospital foe a safety check… He got back a few hours later pretty bruised but ok. On the last jump Matt had a reserve ride and the canopy flew pretty far away and landed in a lake so he had to swim for it. So all in all a really good day.

Tomorrow is my last day here in Colorado after that i will be in California flying my wingsuit over Lake Elsinore…

And here is a really good reason to wearing a helmet for swooping

Celebrating a good   day with SUSHI

Training day 3

Today was cold in the morning -1 but after 4 jumps we were able to jump only one layer of clothing i w0uld guess 10-15c

Training today went very well we were doing speed all day and i think i was improving on most of the jumps i only had 2 jumps of 12 with a zero score so i am pretty happy about this.

Nick Batch came to visit today and i guess that gave Jay a little extra inspiration to be more sharp on the coaching so that was a bonus too.

  

2nd Training day

Due to pavement work on the landing strip at the airport we had to go to Boulder airport to take off and then jump off at Mile high. so today was a bit slow only 9 jumps and we had a slow start due to fog in the pond area and low temperature in the pond area –1C.

But after the weather cleared we got to jump and it was only the 2 first jumps where we had to wear warm clothing.

my setups is still not in the closet still need to work a little on those. But some of the jumps i got a good speed like one of the first jumps this morning were i flew around 140 kmt vertical.

But there is nothing much to talk about the jumps, need to get the turn dialed in before anything is getting better.. so that’s the goal for tomorrow..

Over and out…………………….

1st training day in Longmont

We started early today up at 5:30  getting dressed and met at the airport at about 06:30. First load at 7 after a quick warm up.

I got my new canopy from PD at about 6:50 and 7:12 it was ready to jump mounted on risers and good to go.. First jump was just a jump to get used to the new altitude (5000 ft). it was ok but but great the 2 next jumps was also ok but getting used to the new setup and the location.. the 2 last jumps was quit different don’t know how i got the canopy to fly THAT slow on the 4th jump but that was no anything to write more about. The last jump was pretty good and saved the day.  unfortunately the clouds closed up un us just before midday so we haven’t been doing much this afternoon.

Tomorrow we start at 6:20 hope the weather is getting a little better.

USA again! I am on my way

So this time the US trip goes to Mile high in Colorado for 60 jumps in 5 days, with coaching of Jay Moldesky from the PD team. the 6th i am flying to LAX where Mette and Benny is picking me up after that the trip is Lake Elsinore in California where we is going to try and set a new world record in Wingsuit formation.

the 14th we are headed for Las Vegas where we are going to spend a few days on the strip just playing tourists…

Right now i am sitting in the BA lounge in London Heathrow waiting for the plane to Denver.

BA.com is so kind to sponsor my tickets again this year so its no problem travelling business class for free.

 

BA lounge In Copenhagen

BA Lounge London ;o)

And last a picture of Canada from 10.000 km

Canopy Piloting course with Scott Roberts.

Last week I was attending a Canopy course with Scott Roberts from Team Fastrax. Scott just got married in Iceland with Kolla and choose to hold he’s honeymoon vacation here in Aars teaching Danish skydivers how to swoop.

The skill level of the jumpers have been from 150 jumps to 3000 jumps but Scott have managed to keep everybody including him self busy all day. The jumpers that really have moved there skill level is Morten leth, Mads Jensen, Kim Larsen.Seeing what they were doing before the course and how they land now is a big improvement. Morten and Kim is now making a 270 turn and Mads is getting a really good 90 with lots of speed and a sweet flare.

Webber, Basse, Claus and me have all been changing setups initiating turns and and getting lots of speed in our canopies. I was only harness turning before and now i have changed to front riser then harness and my speed is so much better now.  My only problem is just to get the gate right due to the new setup and getting used to the new recovery arch and the sight picture that now is a lot lower than it used to be.

I like the way Scott teaches he sees it all but only points out the important stuff but still remembers what you also did wrong and that’s in my opinion a good skill. There is always something new to learn and Scott is for sure having both the  skill level and the competition experience to give us a lot of hints and good tips for competing.