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From: dbriggs@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Dan Briggs)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: What is this maneuver called?
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.203131.23149@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
Date: 3 Jun 91 20:31:31 GMT
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
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I did my first "freestyle" jump this weekend.  Yah!  Needless to say,
this was under a very liberal interpretation of the term.  My back
layouts probably wouldn't have been recognizable to anyone as such.  I
cheerfully look forward to practicing those until I get'em right --
they're lots of fun!  Now, I also tried a maneuver that I have seen
people on tape do, but I don't know what it's called.  It's the one
that looks like a pommel horse routine.  The legs are extended,
straight and together, while bending at the waist.  The feet travel in
a circle whose axis is vertical, the center of which is directly
beneath the diver's center of mass.  To compensate for the
displacement of the feet, the torso moves in the opposite direction.
Thus during one part of the rotation the diver is almost on his back,
while at the opposite point the diver is almost belly-to-earth.  If
you've seen it, you probably know what I mean by now, since the move
is very distinctive.  *What is it called?*  It's easier than it looks,
BTW.  If you've haven't given it a try, you might want to consider it.

If anyone reading this group is into freestyle, please drop me a line.
I'd love to have some more knowledgeable folks to grill now and then.
"We" (:-) seem to be spread pretty thin.

-- 
Daniel Briggs  (dbriggs@nrao.edu)
New Mexico Tech / National Radio Astronomy Observatory
P.O. Box O / Socorro, NM 87801   (505) 835-7391