Friday Freakout: Skydiver Crashes Into Paraglider
This is crazysauce! A skydiver crashes into a paraglider while tracking over a beach in Oludeniz, Turkey. I’m not sure I agree with blaming the skydiver or the paraglider; I think the mistake here was sharing airspace in the first place, but some of you might feel differently. What do you think? Watch Video »
Amazing 400-Way Formation Skydiving World Record
This is an old clip from 2006 of the World Team completing the 400-way formation skydiving world record in Thailand. This isn’t like the Mission 100 big way at Parachute Montreal or the Square One 200-Way Sequential at Skydive Arizona. This is a very impressive 400-way… like a game of human Tetris in the sky.... Watch Video »
Rockin' Freefly Routine at Skydive Burnaby
Jeff Schrompf, Marcel Thimot, and Bill Ackford (camera) had quite a view while rockin’ a 2-way freefly routine at Skydive Burnaby in Wainfleet, Ontario. Which DZ do you think has the best view from the top floor? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Terrifying Plane Stall
This is the ultimate Friday Freakout. A paraplegic tandem skydive. A stalled plane in a corkscrew. A loose reserve handle. And scared skydivers. The first few things that come to mind are “oh f*ck” and “get out now!” So happy to see everyone land safely. That was pretty intense. Thanks to Frederik Potgieter for sharing... Watch Video »
New Brazilian 102-Way Record at Skydive Arizona
I love the look of “raining people” on big way formation skydives. This is a great feel-good video. Congrats to the Brazilian Dream Team for setting a new 102-way Brazilian big way record at Skydive Arizona on April 20, 2011. Juan Mayer also snapped a great shot of the exit on this jump. Watch Video »
Mr. Bill + Velocity 96 = 4.1 Wingload
What do you get when you pull off a Mr. Bill on a PD Velocity 96? A fast canopy with a 4.1 wingload. I've posted a few Mr. Bills in the past: the popular Friday Freakout which goes horribly wrong (watch here: http://bit.ly/ik1zO9), one that goes horribly right (watch here: http://bit.ly/jKkydR), and the human slingshot on first attempt (watch: http://bit.ly/nIhp6L). Which of those clips is your fave? Watch Video »
Fun Freeflying 8-Way Sequentials
A fun freeflying 8-way sequential at Skydive Pink Klatovy in the Czech Republic -- the same DZ where the recent 2011 Pink Canopy Piloting Open (Czech and Austrian Nationals) took place. Watch the Pink Canopy Piloting Open here: http://bit.ly/oOfCL3 Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: World's Fastest CRW Wrap
Canopy relative work 101: don’t do this. If you’re in to CRW and believe “it’s not a wrap without a cutaway,” this just goes to show you that not all wraps end in a reserve ride… and no lines were harmed in the making of this video. Have you ever had a wrap before, and... Watch Video »
The PD Factory Team Is Training Hard. Are You?
The World Cup is under way and the PD Factory Team is training hard with their patented P90Exit workout. Great form, JT. Great form. Are you training this hard? Watch Video »
8-Way Formation Skydiving by Team Fuxion
Team Fuxion, Spain’s national 8-way formation skydiving (FS) team, training at Skydive Empuriabrava in Spain before the 2009 World Cup and European Championship. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Skydiving Nutshot
I’m not sure what’s worse: taking a nutshot on a hybrid-gone-wrong or listening to this high-pitched background music — although it (kind of) suits the situation. At least he still finished the jump. Thanks to Greg Lu for sharing this hilarious clip. Wait for it… Watch Video »
Olav Freeflying Through 40-Way Sequential
This is a great clip from multiple angles of Olav Zipser freeflying through — and weaving in and out of — a 40-way sequential at DZ Aerograd Kolomna in Russia. Big thanks to Olav for sharing this video. In case you missed this funny clip a while back, check out Olav doing a Superman track. Watch Video »
World Atmonauti League Training For World Record
Point, pause. Point, pause. Marco Tiezzi and Gigliola Borgnis — the atmonauti masters — training for the World Atmonauti League 2011 event, where they recently set the new atmonauti relative work 2-way (ARW2) world record. Does the foot-to-the-face at 1:16 still count as a point? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: AFF Student Loses Both Instructor...
Poor Robi Lanana never did a tandem skydive, but Andre Stepsky got video of Robi’s first AFF jump (level 1) at Skydive DeLand, which didn’t exactly go according to plan. Both instructors lose their grip on exit, but luckily he remembered to arch like his life depended on it and the instructors eventually caught his... Watch Video »
Fun "Inverted" RW Skydiving
AJ and Boz do some “inverted” RW skydiving at Skydive Burnaby in Wainfleet, Ontario. All goes well, sort of… Boz ends up on his belly every time he tries to flip on his back — like a real badminton birdie. This looks like tons-o-fun! Now let’s see an inverted 8-way :) Watch Video »
Navy SEALs HALO Jump
Hooyah! This is a mashup from the movie “Navy Seals” (1990) with the song “Irreversible” by VHS or Beta during a HALO skydive from 30,000 feet. Even though the song has great build up, this scene has a bit of a cheese factor to it — minus the 4 minutes of freefall in movies like... Watch Video »
Flyfactory's Freeflying Fun
Flavio Santoro of the Flyfactory team — a Brazilian vertical formation skydiving (VFS) team — put together a collection of his freeflying fun earlier this year at Skydive Boituva and Londrina in Brazil, and Skydive Arizona in Eloy. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Sit Fly Premature Deployment
Ansar Mohammed got a nice surprise — a premature deployment — while sit flying with Whit Bakers, Andre Stepsky and Joe “The German” at Skydive Sebastian in Florida. He’s lucky he wasn’t head down when this happened, like this scary head down opening. Yet another reminder to check your pilot chute and closing loop before... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Bow-Tie Line Over Malfunction
If you’re going to have a malfunction and cutaway, the least you could ask for is a perfectly shaped bow-tie line over. But forget about this handsome looking mal; there were some pretty interesting emergency procedures going on here — watch his hands closely (WTF??). But at the end of the day he landed safely... Watch Video »
Human Slingshot On First Mr. Bill Attempt
Andrew Revesz pulled off his first Mr. Bill exit to celebrate his 100th jump at Skydive Burnaby, which made for an awesome human slingshot once he “ejected” at 8,000 feet. According to my calculations, a “first” Mr. Bill + 100th jump = 2 cases of beer… and a dirty pie to the face! Fortunately this... Watch Video »