Re: [sammer] 1st Base Canopy?
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I hope your profile is out of date. 41 jumps seems a little early to be flying wingsuits or BASE jumping.
I'm assuming that's 41 BASE jumps. There are plenty of people on here who put the number of BASE jumps in the "jumps" category. Check out Slim's Profile, for example, and you'll see he hasn't included any of his skydives in his total jump numbers.
My personal preference would be to go with a Blackjack with the ZP foreskin.
However, you'll find that if you are going to be doing low stuff in Oz, you'll get a lot more help from locals if you're jumping a Flik, because they mostly have BR gear down under.
The MDV Troll is also a good canopy choice. Be sure to get the MDV's though, as an unvented Troll is going to be a very poor choice for Australian jumping.
If wingsuits are your thing, consider getting the WS Xtreme Gargoyle, as it converts to operate in the "standard" configuration, for non-wingsuit jumps. Be aware, though, that the last I heard, you couldn't get a WS sized for a canopy larger than 240, so that may not be the best choice for Aussie BASE unless you are very light.
