Friday Freakout: Kid Pukes On Tandem Skydive
This tandem skydive is sick! No, really. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Chest Strap Undone, AAD Fire At 6...
This is an intense 2 minutes of footage! After realizing his chest strap was undone in freefall, this skydiver sacrifices altitude and his life while trying to fix the problem. Luckily his AAD works as advertised, but something tells me this would’ve been fatal if he wasn’t on his back for deployment. I’m sure this... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Epic Tree Crash-Landing. Fail!
This just might be the dumbest thing Solomon Ould has ever done. He wanted to ground launch off the other side of the mountain and land on the beach. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but without much wind and no (good) landing area in sight, his unplanned journey leads to an... Watch Video »
Family Guy Goes Skydiving
Say it ain’t so: Peter Griffin is the newest addition to our dysfunctional skyfamily (giggity!!). I can’t decide what’s better: his “know it all guy” ‘tude on the plane, his sweet freestyle moves, or the fact that his demo jump onto the Vegas strip went horribly wrong. One thing is for sure, this episode was... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Sled BASE Jump Almost Ends In Dis...
Instead of a tried and true ski-BASE exit, Dennis Ohlsen opted to ride a sled off the edge of a snowy cliff. Sure, a fun idea in theory… until your sled gets stuck on the edge, sending you off said cliff with almost no forward speed. Dennis comes incredibly close to the cliff in his... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Swooper Bounces, Goes Boom.
The thing with gravity is that she just can’t wait to introduce you to her friend — the ground. You know how hard it is to be introduced to new people, too fast. It’s hard. Very hard. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Crazy Close Call, Misses Parachut...
When you’re trying to get separation before you pull, don’t do this! Short of hitting the other parachute in freefall (like this guy), it doesn’t get much closer than this. Thanks to Morgan Mackay at Vertical Films for sending us the video of his crazy close call — I’m glad this ended well for you... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Failed Swoop, Skydiver Pounds Int...
Remember the SoFPiDaRF rules, people: safety third! At first I thought this is what a pond swoop was supposed to look like. Turns out I was wrong. If only he was half a second earlier, it would’ve been an epic swoop! Ok, more like 4 seconds. D’you see what happens when you use toggles? :p Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Best Parody Of The Worst "Malfunc...
“Somebody call 411. This guy needs to get a clue.” Lol. Since Gerardo Flores has been ostracized by the skydiving community for the dumbest malfunction ever, Jhonathan Florez has created this hilarious parody of a ‘choo lace malfunction. Damn strings! I highly recommend watching the original “malfunction” video first before watching this.\ Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Triple Fail Trifecta - 3 Speedfly...
After watching this, I’m having second thoughts about trying speedflying, or flying a pink parachute. OUCH! Triple ouch. First he crashes into a tree, followed by a failed barrel roll, and then he comes up short while trying to clear a gap and crashes into a cliff. Pretty scenery, not so pretty landings… even with... Watch Video »
Lost & Found: How To (Almost) Catch Your Wallet In...
Whoa… this skydiver first loses his wallet while filming his friend’s hop-n-pop. Then, under canopy, he sees it fall right past him. THEN, he spirals down to fly by the wallet… and almost catches it mid-air!! Unfortunately he never found it :( How cool would that be if he actually caught his wallet? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Where's Waldo? Near Mid-Air Colli...
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... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Skydiving Student's Low, Low, LOW...
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. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Skydiver Hits Head HARD On Plane!
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... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Swooper Misses Pond, Hard Landing
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. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Line Twists, With A Pinch Of Grou...
Thermals are a paraglider’s wet dream. That is until your paraglider goes boom! Then that wet dream turns into wet underwear faster than you can say “oh shiiiii…” As the ground rush intensifies, the video cuts out — he didn’t think his GoPro was on, so he thought he was turning it on to film... Watch Video »
Wingsuit Rodeo Fail. Try Again. Wingsuit Rodeo Win...
Wingsuit pilot Josh Sheppard really wanted a wingsuit rodeo, so when the first attempt goes to shit, plan B is to make plan A work. Period. He ends up getting two rodeos for the price of one. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Mr. Bill Malfunction. Don't Do Th...
A Mr. Bill with inexperienced jumpers can go wrong really fast — like getting wrapped up in your pilot chute and bridle right out the door. Take notes… don’t do this! I’m sure it sounded like a good idea at the time. What could possibly go wrong? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Brain Malfunction. Low Pull. Cras...
When you see 15 other parachutes opening, maybe it’s time to pull. Just a suggestion. Back tracking for 25 seconds and no alti check?? I call brain malfunction on this one, or maybe he just fell asleep, but he just keeps tracking on. And on. And on. All the way down to nearly 750ft, resulting... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: High Bar BASE Jump Goes Horribly ...
Every time I see a BASE jump, I’m always thinking, “You know what this needs… more gymnastics. Particularly, the high bar!” It turns out Norwegian BASE jumper Richard Henriksen had the same thought and did just that. Unfortunately for him, the stunt goes horribly wrong and the high bar structure collapses at the edge of... Watch Video »