During break-off on a formation skydive, this skydiver doesn't get enough horizontal separation for a safe opening, so he tries to create some vertical separation by pulling a little lower. Another jumper opens nearby and his canopy surges towards the jumper who pulled lower, which nearly results in a canopy collision — the jumper who was filming actually had to lift his legs to avoid getting hit by the other canopy. And of course the camera lens had to get fogged up right at the "money shot" of the incident.
Remember to track away at break-off like your life depends on it. Because it does. Horizontal separation is far more effective and safer than vertical separation.
During a rookie 3-way scramble competition, one of the jumpers doesn't track away at break-off and deploys under the camera flyer who had planned on pulling in place. Combine the lack of separation with an off-heading opening and you have yourself a near collision.
If you're a camera flyer on a skydive with rookie jumpers, you might not get the separation you were expecting if they don't track far enough or if they pull high at break-off. Just some food for thought.
Well this escalates quickly! The forecasted winds drastically changed direction, leaving this jumper with very few outs for an off-DZ landing. He managed to fly under a set of power lines and land on the side of the road. Phew!
During a coaching jump, this skydiver loses control while back-flying and goes into a flat spin. Unable to regain control, he deploys his parachute while spinning on his back.
A BASE jump starts off with an off-heading opening, but the 'excitement' doesn't stop there. After flying through fog, over trees and crossing two sets of power lines, I'd say this landing qualifies our friend Luiggi for official ninja status!
There's never a good time for a premature opening, but luckily this didn't happen on a bigway with more jumpers in the sky. Another repetitive reminder to check your gear to ensure you have a tight closing loop and tight BOC, as well as a bungee cord on your leg straps to make sure you don't fall out of your harness.
A wingsuit collision can really mess up your day (or your life), so try not to fly into your friends. Way too close — this could've turned really nasty, really fast. Fly safe out there kids.
There are far too many "near misses" and canopy collision close calls being sent our way lately, I'm losing count.
This incident occurred on a team training jump after both jumpers had off-heading openings on converging paths. Sure, two off-heading openings flying towards each other might sound like a fluke or rare occurrence, but adding more horizontal separation at break-off (and more vertical separation if a camera flyer is pulling in place) is usually a good idea.
An unstable body position on a hop 'n pop turns in to messy deployment as the bridle wraps around the skydiver's foot. Yikes!
