Here's something you don't see every day (wait for it): a tandem collision near miss with one tandem in freefall and the other under canopy. Another few seconds before deploying and this might have been a tandem sandwich -- or at least a very close flyby.
In Soviet Russia, underwear soils you! From what I understand from this incident, her cutaway handle wouldn't chop so she had to run her fingers up the cable housing to manually pull the cutaway cables. Without an AAD, she manages to deploy the reserve only a few seconds before impacting terra firma, and then lands in trees in a snowy forest. WOW! Moral of the story... DON'T DO THIS!
What could possibly go wrong with a wingsuit rodeo -- if it doesn't work out, you just fall off the wingsuit and business as usual, right? Think again. Remember, wingsuits have large burbles. Here's what can happen if you pitch while on the back of a wingsuit, not to mention the extra pucker factor of your bridle wrapping around your camera while the pilot chute bounces around in said burble. Sliding off the side of the wingsuit is safer for both parties. Thanks to Spot for the video and advice.
A double malfunction is a skydiver's worst nightmare, no matter how experienced they are. With more than 7,000 jumps under his belt, Craig Stapleton's nightmare came true after dumping his reserve into the mess above his head. But he miraculously lives to tell the tale after hitting the ground at 30 MPH. When everything goes wrong and your life flashes before you eyes... just pray to the Grape Gods.
Some things just arent meant to go together -- like two canopies, two skydivers, and a clusterfuck of lines. Crazy CRW dogs.
If there's anything worse than trying to kick out of spinning line twists while in the confines of a wingsuit, it's not being able to cutaway when you need to. At all. Not quite sure exactly what happened here, but the end result is a two-out and a happy landing.
We can all agree skydiving is a bloody good time, but this is a bit too much. Spin spin spin, spin stop, bloody mess. That about sums up this gem. I'm not sure if this instructor broke his nose, but with the amount of blood squirting from it, it sure looks like he did. If you've ever had any full-contact freefall injuries, tell us about it in the comments.
Hey... hey, bro... you alright? Wwwhhaaat... yeah, I'm good.
At a dropzone somewhere in Middle Earth, one skydiver did pitch his pilot chute through a loop of shock cord on his jacket. Holy horsehoe, Batman! With his reserve pilot chute entangled in the risers and the canopy turning, he makes a heroic effort to straighten it out before landing. We love happy endings to malfunctions... good work!
