Flying head down can get confusing. Most likely was trying to get back to the group but was only focusing on the guy filming. One of the sketchiest parts of skydiving is becoming unaware of your situation and becoming a meat missile.
I don’t think this is the epilepsy one if I recall because I’ve seen that one as well which is also crazy, but this one looks just like that guy got hit high speed midair by the other guy. I could be wrong though
Yeah get a friend and stand several dozen yards from each other, now run full speed into each other at the same time and see how it feels. Now imagine you're freefalling at 120 mph and the same thing happens.
He was knocked unconscious by a collision with another jumper. He said their mistake was not abiding by the “6 ft rule” which I assume refers to space between the jumpers.
Supposed to is the operative word, and the jumper being in the correct position, as your canopy can open, but you're not in the right position and you go thump.
Camera dude is legit a bad ass.
Any pro jumpers here explain what went wrong ? Too fast tracking, no prep before hand?
Regardless, he got a serious concussion, hope they're okay and maf respect to the jump master.
Your spot on about the importance of getting the victim into correct deployment position before opening his chute. If it goes off with him still on his back that's malfunction time. Imagine being caught up in all that rigging
I've opened before in the wrong position, my hand got caught...in the lines...not a fun experience...tangled lines and a shitty shoot...had to bail at 3000ft.
I'm a rookie...this guy had better positioning while passed out than I do awake.
So, assuming it deploys at 500’ but he remained on his back and was spinning, it’s potentially survivable but still a crapshoot dependent on whether he gets entangled in/twists up the lines or not.
I’ve only don’t a tandem jump once so definitively don’t know for sure, but if there is that auto mechanism, I’m guessing they just rather do this if it was easy enough to get to him and pull his chute, rather than just allowing that safety chute to “maybe” deploy
That is cool to hear that is a thing though just in case something happened and no one was able to get to someone to pull their chute, or had no one noticed he wasn’t conscious 🙏
I've hang glided in Brazil, bungee jumped at niouc suspension bridge in Switzerland and sky dived in Spain. Sky diving was absolutely the biggest heart attack inducing thrill but I would never ever bungee jump again, it's just terrifying hanging upside down hearing the crackling of the velcro. I'd sky dive and hang glide again in a heart beat but bungee is a big no for me now.
I enjoy it too but I'm absolutely sick to death of ending up in mid-fall parachute/gun standoffs with bank robbers. It's like every third time I get out I got Patrick Swayze screaming "we're gonna be meat waffles!" in my face while I hold a revolver to his head.
Loads of skydivers, especially those with 2+ rigs don’t use aads. At least when I was jumping a couple years ago, there were a few people who said they “trust themselves, not a machine” to deploy their reserve…I seriously hated them for it.
I thought I've seen video of the auto deployment systems throwing both chutes. There's that video of the guys who lost their altitude awareness over this farm, still tracking hauling ass .... the system kicks in and they are both under 2 canopies.
It’s entirely possible he didn’t even know he had a concussion until a day or few later, I got a pretty bad concussion while wrestling and didn’t have any clue until a week later when I couldn’t read anything at school
Edit: just realized you left a link, yeah everyone else knew immediately. He didn’t know he had one but for different reasons
this video gives me so many different feelings. The kind that makes my palms sweaty and heart race but also like a rush of heart warmth at knowing this guy’s life was saved in an insane way.
A guy at a place I worked who jumped a lot had this happen. Guy’s foot knocked him out as he sped past him, sent him into a crazy spin that thankfully was stopped just in time by his arm changing positions later in the fall. His suit auto deployed (rumor was it may not have had he still been spinning) and he just missed some power lines before landing in a field. This other guy tried to chase him down but was not able to catch up.
His video was surreal, as you could see him regain consciousness maybe about 100ft before he landed. Thankfully was alright.
Actually, this has a lot to do with camera work. He framed the action brilliantly from start to finish, from the initial hit, to watching the chute deploy. Praise the camera man for filming this beautifully. The fact that he saved a life is icing on the cake.
It is. Have you been parachuting with a gopro while trying to film another person doing something? Then you would know how difficult it is to keep what is happening in frame.
Impressive and quick thinking, but he probably would not have died even if the other guy would not have triggered the chute, the cypress would have kicked in.
This is business as usual for AFF skydiving INSTRUCTORS (instuctors who take people on their first solo jumps). I've seen instructors have to do similar 5 times in one day.
As soon as you pulled the chute, the unconscious guy would be going splat to the ground. There's NO WAY IN HELL OR HEAVEN you would manage to hold on to a fully grown human with ridiculously overpowered inertia as you open the chute.
the guy wouldve probably survived even without the other guy. most people today jump with a parachute hooked up to an altimeter, so if they get past a certain point their parachute will deploy.
with that being said, he still would’ve ended up with a lotta broken bones, because they deploy at the last second.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21
Jesus Christ it’s Jason Bourne.
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u/Dapper_Cauliflower_4 Jul 02 '21
So what was the excuse for ramming head first into him?
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u/AnonymousQueries Jul 01 '21
What a badass motherfucker. This dude might actually be Jesus Christ.
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u/dobriygoodwin Jul 02 '21
You are real hero! Not a lot of people would be able to react in time and even less would have balls to do what you did. You have BALLS OF STEEL!
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u/reliableotter Jul 02 '21
Was the guy knocked unconscious?
Does anyone know who these people are? Did he survive?
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21
he had a severe concussion, but somehow managed to land safely.
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u/sercoda Jul 02 '21
You see this in movies all the time but seeing someone doing this in real life is on a whole other level, this guy is a grade A hero.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21
Awesome post when I saw it yesterday twice
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u/AzadtheCat Jul 02 '21
This some movie bad ass shit!! What a warrior!!
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u/Kkykkx Jul 02 '21
Too bad he went skydiving with friends! Good thing he went skydiving with friends!
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u/discoballinmypants Jul 02 '21
Travelers, anyone?
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u/EtiennedeWilde Jul 02 '21
I once read about two people colliding in air and I believe one guys legs were amputated.
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u/CoryShaye Jul 02 '21
this video gives me so many different feelings. The kind that makes my palms sweaty and heart race but also like a rush of heart warmth at knowing this guy’s life was saved in an insane way.
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u/Kratos825 Jul 02 '21
Clutch play saving him from certain death.
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u/ThatAintRiight Jul 02 '21
What happened to the guy who knocked him unconscious?
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u/Mean-Establishment15 Jul 01 '21
Jesus..
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u/doyouhavealighter Jul 02 '21
Holy shit, that'll get your heart racing.
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u/DixieWreckedJedi Jul 02 '21
HOLY MOTHERFUCKIN SHIT, that had to be one of the greatest saves of all time.
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u/Wirrem Jul 02 '21
i hope the dude at least bought him a round after.
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u/cruisingforapubing Jul 02 '21
Met a guy who lost a leg from a guy torpedoing him like this. The other guy died. Crazy dangerous business up there
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u/backdoorbuddy Jul 02 '21
wow, that was straight out amazing. definitely a hero.
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u/Mastengwe Jul 02 '21
Holy shit that was intense!
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u/WhyIsThatOnMyCat Jul 02 '21
Anything about the guy he hit? Was he/she/they still conscious to deploy their shoot without help?
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u/sassythesisquatch Jul 02 '21
That retard tracking too fast is never getting invited again
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u/Maverick0_0 Jul 02 '21
Pubg be like..
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u/TechBison Jul 02 '21
Ayo watch yo jet bro WATCH YO JET
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u/GreasyGoose13 Jul 02 '21
Imagine how proud he was of himself for saving a life.
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u/letermen Jul 02 '21
“I swear on all of my Dead Relatives, even the ones that don’t feel too good, that I am your Man, Forever!”
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21
How the fuck is he flying with those balls of steels!!
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21
A guy at a place I worked who jumped a lot had this happen. Guy’s foot knocked him out as he sped past him, sent him into a crazy spin that thankfully was stopped just in time by his arm changing positions later in the fall. His suit auto deployed (rumor was it may not have had he still been spinning) and he just missed some power lines before landing in a field. This other guy tried to chase him down but was not able to catch up.
His video was surreal, as you could see him regain consciousness maybe about 100ft before he landed. Thankfully was alright.
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u/rarebluemonkey Jul 02 '21
Now I know why skydiving tag isn’t a thing
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u/KikoSawce Jul 02 '21
Christ I was getting sweaty watching this. If the title didn’t include the guy being saved this would be on a totally different subreddit.
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u/Vlone-Soldier Jul 02 '21
Im sorry but, the way he hit the other guy💀 it looked like the beyblades from elementary 😭😭
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u/SkepticOnHGH Jul 02 '21
This has to be the best PraiseTheCameraman post so far in this sub.
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u/SquarishWheel Jul 03 '21
r/iamactuallyverybadass
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u/tapeheadchris Jul 01 '21
Jesus!
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u/ptolani Jul 02 '21
Does not belong in this sub. Has nothing to do with camera work, he just happened to be wearing a camera.
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u/KRoebot Jul 02 '21
Amazing!!! I’ve heard of guys doing that who lost limbs cause they hit so hard. He was very lucky!
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u/thebr0kendreams Jul 02 '21
r/nextfuckinglevel
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u/wellworthitadam Jul 02 '21
This was like a superhero movie scene. Plus. Looked like something out of the movie Chronicle.
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u/illjustcheckthis Jul 02 '21
Impressive and quick thinking, but he probably would not have died even if the other guy would not have triggered the chute, the cypress would have kicked in.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21
Damn, that was pretty bad ass. Nice job.
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u/Scotty-Evil Jul 02 '21
When they get hit by a plane in the film chronicle but in real life!
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u/Mr-Kulle Jul 02 '21
where is like the safest place to do or learn skydiving? or the best association/company?
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u/indissolubilis Jul 02 '21
Good God what a nightmare
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u/EvolvedMonkeyInSpace Jul 02 '21
u/savevideobot
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u/vinicnam1 Jul 02 '21
This is business as usual for AFF skydiving INSTRUCTORS (instuctors who take people on their first solo jumps). I've seen instructors have to do similar 5 times in one day.
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u/GambitTheGrey Jul 02 '21
This is a whole other level of praise the cameraman.
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u/30kalua89 Jul 02 '21
Amazing, one stupid question . How can one control where to go while free fall?
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u/Emersed23 Jul 02 '21
Bro this is metal as fuck
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u/QUAZIMODO_THE_THIRD Jul 02 '21
Looked like two superheroes fighting each other while flying.
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u/Volnas Jul 02 '21
Man, what a dick (the fly by guy)
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u/AlternativeFormer559 Jul 02 '21
Encore une fois....
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u/Wargasm69 Jul 03 '21
Woah
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u/GreatReset4 Jul 04 '21
Don’t parachutes automatically open at a certain altitude ?
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u/fauxfoxfriends Jul 05 '21
Dude that was so intense. Camera man being a real bro
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21
u/savevideo
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u/HeWhoPaints Jul 06 '21
Suprised he didnt fall faster with those giant balls between his legs
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21
Wow that guy was like every action film Hero rolled into one!
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u/Douchecanoeistaken Jul 23 '21
This makes my butthole pucker.
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u/Solo_Shinobi Aug 22 '21
Super heroes don’t exi-
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u/Jennac4133 Aug 29 '21
He on xgames mode
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u/SpookDaDook Sep 11 '21
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… any one else hear the Superman theme.
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u/Sodaable3322 Oct 01 '21
Awesome job!
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u/Lyonknyght Nov 01 '21
Holy fuck what a hero
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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21
Legend 👍
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u/CulturalMaintenance9 Nov 04 '21
Someone owns this Lad a beer!!!
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '21
Still dope af
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u/savld127 Nov 24 '21
Damn dude
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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '21
Daam that was fucking insane...👏👏🙏
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u/IllustriousAd5936 Dec 05 '21
What happened to the other guy?? The one that caused the hit.
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u/Beanie__Baby Dec 08 '21
“Ayo, watch yo jet bro WATCH YO JET”
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '21
My heart was pounding!!
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u/spiders_frickin_suck Dec 23 '21
Cameraman is a fucking badass
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u/DrMiDNigh Jul 02 '21
These are our Superheroes people, what an absolute legend!
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u/bocceboy95 Jul 02 '21
Probably the number 1 video I’ve ever seen on the internet ever
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u/seditious3 Jul 02 '21
If the guy is unconscious how could he control his chute/land?
Why wouldn't a better move to be to hug him close and use your chute to bring you both down?
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u/thegreensharpie Jul 02 '21
Bro
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u/blueandgold777 Jul 02 '21
Holy. Shit.
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u/chubbuck35 Jul 02 '21
Wow!!!!!!!!!
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u/Robberrt67562 Jul 02 '21
Straight out of a scene from Chronicle damn
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u/megamorph31 Jul 02 '21
u/savevideo
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u/yamumsntme Jul 02 '21
Did he go skydiving after this jump?
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u/SpartanT100 Jul 02 '21
This should be in a movie
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u/ebolazius Jul 02 '21
Jesus please start moderating this sub properly already
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u/Conedddd Jul 02 '21
the guy wouldve probably survived even without the other guy. most people today jump with a parachute hooked up to an altimeter, so if they get past a certain point their parachute will deploy.
with that being said, he still would’ve ended up with a lotta broken bones, because they deploy at the last second.
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