When youre seconds (or feet) from death, its said that your life flashes before your eyes. But in this case, its a plane flying 200 MPH directly at them. Dunno about you, but I'd say thats way cooler!
Oops, I f*cked up agaaaaiiiiin! Lol. An epic compilation of some not-so-epic moments in wingsuit flights. Sure, its funny to watch, but some of these closing speeds are scary, not to mention the grand finale at the 2:25 mark. If you find yourself flying like a dick instead using good skills like the Fly Like Brick boys, then maybe its time to get some coaching or jump in smaller groups. Fly safe out there everyone!
Backflying can be relaxing, but on Tim Gray's 17th jump, his first attempt looks nothing short of terrifying! It's like a mix between the coolest theme park ride of all time and being stuck on a merry-go-round feeling sick. Unfortunately for Tim, this flat spin resulted in broken blood vessels in his eyes, face, and brain, followed by 8 months of intense migraines. Not fun. WARNING: Watching this may cause you to feel dizzy or cause your brain to explode.
Maintaining altitude awareness is a good thing. Having an instructor that saves your ass is even better, especially when you're flopping around on your back and then you freeze at pull time, like deer in the headlights. Before watching the very last second of this video, take a guess at his deployment altitude.
Soooo, a skydiver in this group fell below the formation and instead of getting back up to the formation or watching them until break-off, he just decided to track off in a random direction and hope for the best. Without knowing where Waldo went, the videographer tracks away at break-off and nearly collides in mid-air with Waldo.
The skyvan was flying at the Invasion 2012, and this is a good example of how NOT to exit said aircraft. We call it "jumping" for a reason... because we're jumping out of planes, not casually stepping out of them. Despite how bad this looks/sounds, luckily he was wearing a helmet and he landed safely without injury. #INVASIONweek wouldn't be complete without a little carnage.
Talk about a zoo dive. Here's a dozen skydivers on a tracking jump at the Invasion 2012 and a few of the people that fell behind get a little too close for comfort, tracking over each other -- and towards each other -- at break-off. The 180 opening didn't help either. Compared to this other parachute collision in freefall, this close opening doesn't look so bad.
Skipping off the pond isn't the best way to win a swoop comp, but this guy earns extra style points for picking up a wind blade along the way.
It's not too often you get a 3-in-1 parachute malfunction. It starts off with two guys entangled in lines. Then one of them puts their canopy on spin cycle. And just as they untangle from the mess, he cuts away, ejecting himself back into freefall -- which, I must admit, kinda looks like fun considering the situation they were just in. But not to worry, he packed an extra large pink clamshell instead of a reserve and lands safely.
