Youve probably seen videos where skydivers get seriously messed up by powerlines. A bad spot, an off landing, a teeny bit of target fixation and BOOM! But for this guy they were the perfect landing spot he swapped certain death for a giant wedgie and lived to fly another day. Id say thats a pretty good deal.
"WTF was that?" That, sir, was a skydiver in freefall buzzing your canopy. This is NOT the way to start learning CRW (canopy relative work). Just saying. Close call indeed, also keeping in mind that objects are closer than they appear with a wide angle lens. Reminds me of the "Canopy Collisions For Dummies" freakout video.
Yeeeeah, so you know how you can skip stones on a pond. Well you're not supposed to try that using your body as the stone. Not gonna lie, it's very rare that anyone gets to be featured twice for a Friday Freakout, but this is the same "swooper" who was clotheslined by a wire fence. In fact, this is a first! Beer for everyone.
Skydiving is generally a happy place of fresh air, freedom, and fun. Except for the odd occasion when you're plummeting towards the ground entangled in your pilot chute with a shit-ton of lines everywhere. Then the only thing coursing through your veins is fear, and the only thing running through your mind is "Fuuuuuck!"
This reminds of another video of a skydiver who nearly impacts a mountain in freefall. If this guy wanted to learn to speedfly, all he had to do was ask! Turning a skydive into a mountain run: priceless. For everything else, theres BASE rigs.
Well, strap me in a red wingsuit and call me Santa Claus. It's like Christmas for this lucky BASE jumper when his parachute opens clean from a horseshoe malfunction that he didn't even notice! Gear checks, people. Gear checks. WARNING: You will cringe.
I can see it now... "Mommy, mommy, a man just flew past the window." And the response, "How many times have I told you not to lie to mommy (slap)!?" Lol. But this skydiver was almost close enough for passengers to spot from the aircraft that flew right by him. Luckily he didnt end up like a bug on a windshield.
Word on the street is theres been a new addition to the Style series. Now after the left turn/right turn, theyve added a deployment move during the backloop. Or maybe Ken just had an unlucky premature opening on his 13th jump. Either way, dont try this at home.
"Hmmm. Im sure there's something Im meant to do in this situation? Arch harder? No, thats not it. Something to do with ET? No, wait, EP... thats it!" This guy is a model student, right up until his d-bag is bouncing around unopened and he forgets anything about Emergency Procedures. Oops. Almost 8 seconds later, the instructor take matters into his own hands. Literally. Out comes the reserve past the baglock. Cringe. What would you have done?