This skydiver ends up downwind of the DZ over a dense area of trees, homes and power lines. He thought he could make it back to the DZ, but the winds were too high and his depth perception-o-meter was a little off. The end result is a downwind landing over the roof of a house and landing in palm trees, which isn't quite the same as landing back at the DZ with your friends.

Without pointing blame at who's at fault for this close call (that's what comments on the Internet are for), this is a good reminder to follow the landing pattern and keep your head on a swivel. A canopy collision at low altitude can be deadly.

While wearing a non-freefly friendly rig on a sit-fly jump, a skydiver has a horseshoe malfunction! His pin pops open and the bag comes out of the container as he flips on his back to track away at break-off. At that point, the pilot chute was still in the BOC, but eventually comes out of the BOC as the canopy inflates.

Yet another reminder how important it is to use freefly friendly gear, and it's also good practice to turn 180 degrees (away from the center of the 'formation') at break-off to clear your airspace above/behind you instead of blindly tracking away on your back.

As a new wingsuiter, Eric made a rookie mistake. He deployed his main parachute with an asymmetrical body position while flying too fast, which resulted in line twists. A simple mistake. As he tried to kick out of the line twists, the canopy went into a dive and he resorted to his standard emergency procedures. Without an RSL, he ends up deploying his reserve in a head-down position while flying on his back, but it was a clean opening and he landed safely.

At the very least, this video is a good example for maintaining altitude awareness and making the right decision (to cut away) with plenty of altitude to spare.

Thanks for sharing, Eric.

A 2-way BASE jump gets dicey with a canopy collision at Bridge Day 2016. Or maybe this was just planned BASE CRW (canopy relative work). Haha. Although Jam Jam's 250th BASE jump might not have gone as planned, he landed dead center in the target and won the cash prize!

This incident starts off with a mixed up exit order for the group, which results in a popped main pin and a premature opening while climbing out of the plane. Scary stuff, not to mention this could've been a lot worse had the canopy caught on the tail on the plane.

It's always good practice to dirt dive the exit order, as well as remember to rotate your rig inwards towards the center of the door while climbing out to avoid rubbing your rig against the door. Protect your gear and stay safe kids.

Big thanks to Adrian Buchini who shared his video with us in the hope that others can learn from this incident.

The exit doesn't go very smoothly for this skydiving student and he ends up in a flat spin. He keeps his cool and eventually regains control after trying different inputs with his arms and legs to counter the spin. Well done.

Horny Gorilla exits are fun... until one of your friends is ejected from the formation with a premature parachute opening. Considering the situation, I think the timing of the premature opening — while all the skydivers were on level and still close together — was the best outcome. This might not have ended so well if someone was above her when premature opening occurred.

Gear checks, maintaining a tight closing loop, and exiting the plane by rotating your rig inwards toward the center of the door (to avoid rubbing your rig/pin against the door frame) can help to avoid premature openings like this.

A wingsuiter deploys his canopy in full flight and has to fight through heavy line twists, but he can't kick it out. As the canopy begins to spiral and the line twists continue, he follows his emergency procedures with a cutaway and a speedy reserve deployment thanks to his Skyhook RSL.

Do you use an RSL / Skyhook? Let us know why (or why not) in the comments below.

This might not be the most exciting Friday Freakout video, but that's probably a good thing (for him at least), right? 😉