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Friday Freakout: Wingsuit Malfunction, Can’t Cutaway

Andrew — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:50:01 +0000

If there’s anything worse than trying to kick out of spinning line twists while in the confines of a wingsuit, it’s not being able to cutaway when you need to. At all. Not quite sure exactly what happened here, but the end result is a two-out and a happy landing.

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Friday Freakout: Low Wingsuit Cutaway, No AAD, Open By 500ft

Sydney Williams — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:45:56 +0000

While wingsuits are all the rage these days, it’s often overlooked that — should a series of events go wrong — you’re now falling toward the earth in a straitjacket. No matter how you slice it, a low deployment followed by a malfunction (without an RSL or AAD), several revolutions on your back, a head-down reserve deployment, and a popped toggle once your reserve is open by 500 feet is, well, exciting to say the least. Be easy on this guy, he was kind enough to let us use this video to educate the masses.

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Friday Freakout: Wingsuit Horseshoe Malfunction. Not Good.

Shannon Seyb — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:50:48 +0000

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.

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Friday Freakout: BASE Jumper’s Nightmare Wingsuit Malfunction

Andrew — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:50:07 +0000

This is the unofficial how-to video for “canopy proximity flying.” I’m not entirely sure if this was a wingsuit malfunction or a pilot error, but it turns into a shit show real quick. An unstable deployment. Nasty line twists. Avoiding a cliff strike by inches. Oh, and a vuvuzela horn blowing at 0:53. This guy’s lucky to be alive. Next time, he might want to wait until he lands before busting out the vuvuzela.

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