I was jumping an Icarus Crossfire 2 149 over the weekend. The Crossfire 2 is a fully-elliptical, non-crossbraced nine-cell main canopy. This puts it in the same class as the Katana I demoed a few weeks ago, both of which are considered higher performance than my current semi-elliptical Sabre2 main…

I've made a lot of skydives so far this year; 450 and counting. Each skydive ends with me landing a parachute, so I've spent a lot of time flying parachutes this year. Even though it's the end of the season, this is the ideal time for me to try out…