iLoveSkydiving.org » skydive exit http://iloveskydiving.org Aerial awesomeness. Served fresh, daily. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Skydiving Student Hits Plane… JUST LET GO!http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiving-student-hits-plane-just-let-go/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiving-student-hits-plane-just-let-go/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:50:59 +0000 Andrew http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=13036 This skydiving student is fine, just a minor bruise to his ego. In the wise words of Tyler Durden from Fight Club… “JUST LET GO!”

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]]> This skydiving student is fine, just a minor bruise to his ego. In the wise words of Tyler Durden from Fight Club… “JUST LET GO!”

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiving-student-hits-plane-just-let-go/feed/ 0 Fun “Hot Dog” Skydive Exithttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/funny-hot-dog-skydive-exit/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/funny-hot-dog-skydive-exit/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:50:18 +0000 Shannon Seyb http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=11237 You’ve heard of sit trains and wagon wheels and horny gorillas. But have you seen the ‘hotdog’ exit? Try this one at home kids! Do it, do it!

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]]> You’ve heard of sit trains and wagon wheels and horny gorillas. But have you seen the ‘hotdog’ exit? Try this one at home kids! Do it, do it!

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/funny-hot-dog-skydive-exit/feed/ 0 Friday Freakout: Skydiver Hits Head HARD On Plane!http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-skydiver-hits-head-hard-on-plane/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-skydiver-hits-head-hard-on-plane/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:50:01 +0000 Andrew http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=11086 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 [...]

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]]> 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.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-skydiver-hits-head-hard-on-plane/feed/ 0 What Would You Name This New Skydiving Exit?http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-what-would-you-name-it/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-what-would-you-name-it/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:50:03 +0000 Shannon Seyb http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=10707 It’s not that John ClarkE and Richie Curtis didn’t know what they were doing. Oh no. This exit has obviously been planned meticulously. They just didn’t know what to call it at first. The “Merry-Go-Round”? Perhaps the “Baby-Got-Backfly“? They actually settled on “The Mass Pike.” What would you have named this exit? Thanks to Nate [...]

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]]> It’s not that John ClarkE and Richie Curtis didn’t know what they were doing. Oh no. This exit has obviously been planned meticulously. They just didn’t know what to call it at first. The “Merry-Go-Round”? Perhaps the “Baby-Got-Backfly“? They actually settled on “The Mass Pike.” What would you have named this exit? Thanks to Nate Clark for the video.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-what-would-you-name-it/feed/ 0 New Skydiving Exit: The Hot-Doghttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-the-hot-dog/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-the-hot-dog/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:50:28 +0000 Andrew http://iloveskydiving.org/?p=10410 This is a first: the hot-dog exit. Four people link together as the “bun” and one lucky guy or gal squeezes in the middle as the “street meat.” Now you have something new to try this weekend. Give it a shot and report back to us on Monday with the outcome.

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]]> This is a first: the hot-dog exit. Four people link together as the “bun” and one lucky guy or gal squeezes in the middle as the “street meat.” Now you have something new to try this weekend. Give it a shot and report back to us on Monday with the outcome.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/new-skydiving-exit-the-hot-dog/feed/ 0 Hot Chicks Do Mr. Billshttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/hot-skydiving-chicks-do-mr-bills/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/hot-skydiving-chicks-do-mr-bills/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:50:24 +0000 Sydney Williams http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=7965 No really, they do! Check out this sweet clip of a Mr. Bill, with angles from the plane, the canopy pilot and the hottie hangin’ on for dear life. Have you ever done a Mr. Bill? Did it go horribly right (like this) or horribly wrong (like this), or somewhere in between?

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]]> No really, they do! Check out this sweet clip of a Mr. Bill, with angles from the plane, the canopy pilot and the hottie hangin’ on for dear life. Have you ever done a Mr. Bill? Did it go horribly right (like this) or horribly wrong (like this), or somewhere in between?

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/hot-skydiving-chicks-do-mr-bills/feed/ 0 Friday Freakout: Plane Stalls, Skydivers Narrowly Miss Tailhttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-plane-stalls-skydivers-narrowly-miss-tail/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-plane-stalls-skydivers-narrowly-miss-tail/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:50:37 +0000 Shannon Seyb http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=7891 So my idea of a shitty situation goes something like this: plane stalls on jump run. Skydivers get ejected. Plane’s tail narrowly misses skydivers by inches (or less). WOW, these guys are lucky. At least it didn’t end like this terrifying plane stall, or their parachutes didn’t catch on the tail like this guy.

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]]> So my idea of a shitty situation goes something like this: plane stalls on jump run. Skydivers get ejected. Plane’s tail narrowly misses skydivers by inches (or less). WOW, these guys are lucky. At least it didn’t end like this terrifying plane stall, or their parachutes didn’t catch on the tail like this guy.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-plane-stalls-skydivers-narrowly-miss-tail/feed/ 2 Friday Freakout: CRAZY – Grandma Falls Out of Skydiving Harnesshttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-crazy-grandma-falls-out-of-tandem-harness/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-crazy-grandma-falls-out-of-tandem-harness/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:50:51 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=7552 OMG! This has to be one of the craziest/scariest tandem videos I’ve ever seen. Kinda makes me feel sick just watching it, but luckily this tandem instructor’s negligence ends without casualty. Long story short, this 80 year-old grandma does a tandem skydive for her birthday and nearly falls out of the harness because it’s not [...]

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]]> OMG! This has to be one of the craziest/scariest tandem videos I’ve ever seen. Kinda makes me feel sick just watching it, but luckily this tandem instructor’s negligence ends without casualty. Long story short, this 80 year-old grandma does a tandem skydive for her birthday and nearly falls out of the harness because it’s not properly adjusted prior to exit. Certainly not your typical tandem jump, but WOW is this scary. Barf.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-crazy-grandma-falls-out-of-tandem-harness/feed/ 41 Friday Freakout: How NOT To Exit An Aircraft!http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-how-not-to-exit-an-aircraft/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-how-not-to-exit-an-aircraft/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:01 +0000 Shannon Seyb http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=7457 This exit is just plane painful. Pun intended. Excuse me one moment while I put on my helmet… I was just reminded why we (should) all wear one. I might even consider wearing two after watching this :)

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]]> This exit is just plane painful. Pun intended. Excuse me one moment while I put on my helmet… I was just reminded why we (should) all wear one. I might even consider wearing two after watching this :)

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/friday-freakout-how-not-to-exit-an-aircraft/feed/ 5 Ooops! Skydiver Falls Out Of Inverted Plane.http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/ooops-skydiver-falls-out-of-inverted-plane/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/ooops-skydiver-falls-out-of-inverted-plane/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:50:30 +0000 Sydney Williams http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=7045 Must be nice to have friends with badass planes to jump “fall” out of. In this case, a Yak 52. Not too shabby! But definitely not as fun as being ejected from a Yak 52 like this guy. Anyone have a Yak 52, bi-plane, or something else that’s totally badass we can jump out of? [...]

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]]> Must be nice to have friends with badass planes to jump “fall” out of. In this case, a Yak 52. Not too shabby! But definitely not as fun as being ejected from a Yak 52 like this guy. Anyone have a Yak 52, bi-plane, or something else that’s totally badass we can jump out of? Sweet… meet me at the DZ in an hour. You bring the plane, I’ll bring beers.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/ooops-skydiver-falls-out-of-inverted-plane/feed/ 1 Who Says CReW Dogs Can’t Swoop?http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/who-says-skydiving-crew-dogs-cant-swoop/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/who-says-skydiving-crew-dogs-cant-swoop/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:50:35 +0000 Melanie Curtis http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=6166 Who says CReW dogs can’t swoop? On top of some stunning sunset shots and super fun side-by-side exits, the end of this clip is full of some sweet swoops from some of the best canopy pilots in skydiving. Crew rules… check it out!

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]]> Who says CReW dogs can’t swoop? On top of some stunning sunset shots and super fun side-by-side exits, the end of this clip is full of some sweet swoops from some of the best canopy pilots in skydiving. Crew rules… check it out!

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/who-says-skydiving-crew-dogs-cant-swoop/feed/ 0 Skydiver “Ejected” From Planehttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiver-ejected-from-plane/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiver-ejected-from-plane/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:50:17 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=5989 What goes up, must come down! This skydiver gets ejected, for lack of a better word, from a YAK-52 trainer aircraft over Sosnovy Bor Aero Club in Russia. In addition to the mad video editing skills and music, the sub-500 foot static line exit at 2:11 is pretty epic too. Only in Russia. What’s the [...]

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]]> What goes up, must come down! This skydiver gets ejected, for lack of a better word, from a YAK-52 trainer aircraft over Sosnovy Bor Aero Club in Russia. In addition to the mad video editing skills and music, the sub-500 foot static line exit at 2:11 is pretty epic too. Only in Russia. What’s the funniest or craziest exit you’ve ever done?

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/skydiver-ejected-from-plane/feed/ 4 Effin’ Epic Exitshttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/effin-epic-skydive-exits/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/effin-epic-skydive-exits/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:50:16 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=5340 Who would’ve thought tandem skydive exits could be as epic as the trailer for the movie ’300′?!

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]]> Who would’ve thought tandem skydive exits could be as epic as the trailer for the movie ’300′?!

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/effin-epic-skydive-exits/feed/ 1 The Mystery Cutaway. Whodunit?http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/the-mystery-cutaway-whodunit/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/the-mystery-cutaway-whodunit/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:50:34 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=5287 Remember to protect and check your handles, folks! Phil of The Bombdigity, a 4-way formation skydiving team, had his cutaway handle mysteriously dislodged and fly off into the blue. Whodunit?! Way to stay cool, calm and collected Phil… unlike this other unintentional cutaway mishap, which happens to be my fave Friday Freakout of all time.

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]]> Remember to protect and check your handles, folks! Phil of The Bombdigity, a 4-way formation skydiving team, had his cutaway handle mysteriously dislodged and fly off into the blue. Whodunit?! Way to stay cool, calm and collected Phil… unlike this other unintentional cutaway mishap, which happens to be my fave Friday Freakout of all time.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/the-mystery-cutaway-whodunit/feed/ 6 From The Archives: Skydiving In 1978http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/from-the-archives-skydiving-in-1978/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/from-the-archives-skydiving-in-1978/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:50:09 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=5105 From the archives, here’s a throwback to the classic 1970s film “Sky Dive!” by Carl Boenish — a leading skydive photographer of the era. This historical flick was shot on original 16 mm film. No, not a 16 GB memory card. Film, dammit! If you’re looking for some entertainment, be sure to check out the [...]

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]]> From the archives, here’s a throwback to the classic 1970s film “Sky Dive!” by Carl Boenish — a leading skydive photographer of the era. This historical flick was shot on original 16 mm film. No, not a 16 GB memory card. Film, dammit! If you’re looking for some entertainment, be sure to check out the old school big way exit at 3:26, and the ensuing tail strike at 5:19.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/from-the-archives-skydiving-in-1978/feed/ 6 Old School Skydiving Photographer (1963)http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-photographer/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-photographer/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:50:23 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=4972 I don’t know why he didn’t just use a GoPro ;-) Looking for more old school skydiving photography? Check out this epic big way exit. Photo by Jerry Irwin of Carl Blessing jumping over New Hanover airport in 1963.

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]]> I don’t know why he didn’t just use a GoPro ;-) Looking for more old school skydiving photography? Check out this epic big way exit. Photo by Jerry Irwin of Carl Blessing jumping over New Hanover airport in 1963.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-photographer/feed/ 8 Old School Skydiving: Don’t Try This At Homehttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-dont-try-this-at-home/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-dont-try-this-at-home/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:50:03 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=4847 This is an old school shot before my time, so I’m not really sure what’s going on here. But it seems like a great way to squeeze in a few more skydivers on a full load. Anyone know more details about this shot? Photo via Jeremy Renkil.

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]]> This is an old school shot before my time, so I’m not really sure what’s going on here. But it seems like a great way to squeeze in a few more skydivers on a full load. Anyone know more details about this shot? Photo via Jeremy Renkil.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/old-school-skydiving-dont-try-this-at-home/feed/ 2 Wish You Were Herehttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-wish-you-were-here/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-wish-you-were-here/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:50:04 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=4665 With plenty of aircraft to choose from and world-class organizers from all levels, the Summerfest boogie at Skydive Chicago is the place to be. Photo via STF 4Loko.

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]]> With plenty of aircraft to choose from and world-class organizers from all levels, the Summerfest boogie at Skydive Chicago is the place to be. Photo via STF 4Loko.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-wish-you-were-here/feed/ 0 Skydiving Blizzardhttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-blizzard/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-blizzard/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:50:44 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=4571 A creative blown-out shot of Tiago Amorim Cobra’s skydiving exit. Tiago also snapped another cool shot of his wingsuit exit.

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]]> A creative blown-out shot of Tiago Amorim Cobra’s skydiving exit. Tiago also snapped another cool shot of his wingsuit exit.

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]]> http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-blizzard/feed/ 0 Put Your Hands In The Airhttp://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-hands-in-the-air/ http://iloveskydiving.org/view/photos/skydiving-photos/skydiving-hands-in-the-air/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:50:29 +0000 Andrew http://www.iloveskydiving.org/?p=4385 Eloy Cruz having some fun on a heli jump at Nitro City in Panama. Photo via Eloy Cruz. Have you ever been to Panama?

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]]> Eloy Cruz having some fun on a heli jump at Nitro City in Panama. Photo via Eloy Cruz. Have you ever been to Panama?

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