After watching it for a second time it's funny when you listen to what they're saying you can watch how the guys demeanor changes every time he asked a question and doesn't get the response that he wants. Luckily everything worked out okay 👌👍💯😊
The look on Erik’s face, before and after deploying the reserve, said this is not Cool and I have brown pants! Great cool tandem instructor dealt with what tandem instructors (or passengers) experience.
@@Ryan-yo4dg Given that the chute Canopy was Open, and they had slowed down already, they were not in imminent danger of injury / loss of life at that point. Heck, If that was their reserve chute in that situation, and they were forced to land like that, their velocity looks slow enough that they could easily walk away from it. Their main issue was being unable to control their direction to get back to the field. Instructor tried to see if he could unspin the lines first, figured after a while that wasnt going to work, so ejected the tangled chute and at the same time popped the reserve. Now if it were tangled in such a way that the canopy wouldn't open sufficiently to largely slow their decent, then you'd be in a dangerous situation. Instructor also needs to take into account that if he is to ditch his main for the reserve, that reserve had better dam open perfectly or they will be worse off, so in *Some* situations (Like this one) if you have enough altitude and time to spare, its worth trying to fix it.
@@JayDee-xj9lu Yes reserve canopies do have sliders. They are generally designed to catch less air since reserve canopies may have to open fast in sub terminal speeds. Google for slider options in base jumping. Depending on the delay planed before deployment (therefore fall rate before pull), some people may go with a full slider, a mesh slider or no slider at all. No slider will limit the speed at which you may safely deploy but may be the only safe(ish) option if jumping at a very low altitude requiring a fast deployment.
@@Ryan-yo4dg As someone else mentioned, the most imminent threat (speed) being neutralized and being under a stable canopy following a stable trajectory, there was some leeway before chopping the main canopy. One technique that I was told about and got to use a few times is to ask the student to bring legs together and back, like in the exiting position. Then the instructor arches as well. It seems to shift the weight back and for some mysterious reason that I struggle to explain, it then unwrap like magic. I do see a few items where there is room for improvement. (that said, I wasn't the guy in the harness so there could always be a reason why things were done the way they were): - Decision making. Yes, everything was stable but he didn't change technique over time despite no apparent improvement. There was no emergency per se but any altitude you lose is time you won't have to plan your landing under reserve. Not the worst thing but just food for thoughts. - Since he had all the time in the world, it would have been a good opportunity to ask the student to go back into exit position, hands on the harness, head back, legs tucked, and for him to grab both handles before initiating emergency procedure(standard procedure as described by the manufacturer when altitude allows it). - Speaking of emergency procedures..... the reserve handle should have been pulled no matter the RSL or Skyhook. That being said, no way I would have an instructor's rating pulled for that and I don't see the tandem manufacturer (UPT) or the USPA pulling someone's rating for that. This video is only great debriefing material for the instructor and any instructor watching who likes to discuss techniques and procedures...... except for the fact that it's the student and not the instructor wearing the handcam which is a big no-no for both UPT and the USPA. I am a tandem instructor, have been for 13 years, for +/- 4500 tandems, and also a UPT examiner. I am also not a perfect instructor, have had my share of less than perfect jumps. Chastising is not how we get the general skill level to improve.
@Teddy Li Why would you sue? It's a risk you accept (and legally sign). You can't go through life trying to blame everyone for some shit that happens. This is a common chute malfunction and isn't considered gross negligence on the part of the skydiving company.
@Teddy Li In this case, absolutely that's what I'm telling you. In this case, the skydiving company is going to tell you, both verbally and written, "skydiving can be dangerous...shit can go wrong...don't blame us if it does." By suing in this particular case, that's exactly what you'd be doing. Suing someone for a variety of other reason can be holding others accountable for their actions, but in this case, you're just looking to blame someone. I just don't see any other way to look at it.
Teddy Li I agree with you that a waiver is not the end all, be all. But again, with this particular case, this is one of the most common emergencies with skydiving. Someone who goes skydiving and signs the waivers (forget the legal aspect of it for a moment), i.e. warned about the risks, and still decides to jump...this guy wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if he decided to sue. He wasn’t injured, the company didn’t show gross negligence, the instructor managed to cutaway and deploy the emergency reserve as trained (albeit, some here state it could have been done better...but everyone is a Monday morning quarterback), and in the end, all ended well. I think someone would be hard pressed to sue for emotional damages in this case as well. In short, I have less of an issue with lawsuits than I do with a lawsuit over this particular case. It is why your comment caught me off guard. I’m not sure where you are from but in the U.S., there can very much be a “sue culture.” I think this example clearly falls under a frivolous lawsuit.
I can’t believe that I came back to look at this video after 6 years and it has 470,000 views and 3 thousand likes! I never expected it to be this popular and these comments are hilarious! Thank you guys so much!
I love how you were oblivious to the line twist for a minute and then your face when you realized something wasn't right! I hope you jumped again after this. I would imagine it's hard to kick out a line twist on a tandem. If you watch the chute almost untwist at one point right before he dumps the main! You handled it like a champ man
Had 62 jumps back in the early 80s. I never experienced a malfunction, so this was really exciting to watch ... great job catching everything on video (especially watching the tandem master trying to resolve the line twist ... and the main floating down after cutaway :)
You remained calm and didn't panic, even though we know by the look on your face you were thinking "holy fucking shit" the whole time. Good job man, you kept your emotions at bay.
I’ve seen some crazy tandems happen and all of the instructors are always calm and collective. Of course your average tandem instructor usually has at least a couple thousand jumps. The coolest one that’s somewhere here on TH-cam is when there is a line over and the instructor calmly ask the student “are you ready to go for another ride?” Lol. This was very well done and he kept a good eye on altitude. 👏
I've seen another video on TH-cam in which the Tandem Instructor cuts away the main chute and after the reserve chute opens he calmly tells the student that he 'didn't like the color'!
As a human being there is no possible way to deny the seriousness of this situation, to realize your morbidity. There was a point after you looked up at the line twist @2:31 and then you looked down - when we could see your brain realize that life could possibly end right now and yet, you handled it like a true boss. Dude, I don't know how life has treated you, Erik...but if you're not incredibly successful, I would be super surprised. You got the goods man, I hope you truly realize that. God bless!
Told my skydiving instructor and the class that if both chutes fail then I'm going down superman style with arms out and singing the theme song - no way was I going to cry and scream like a girl about it. My thoughts were if I'm going to die then I'm going to have fun doing it. Best case scenario i somehow survive as a blob of broken bones and a kick ass story to tell or I die and have some cool ass video to share at my funeral. First solo dive and I have chute malfunction - twisted line. My first thought was shouldn't have talked so much shit, second thought was okay how do i fix this shit real quick. Checked altimeter and started trying to pull the lines apart - that didn't work so well....had to give it a little jerk with my body to get them untwisted. Went back up and jumped again the same day. The next day I almost died in a car crash on the freeway when I lost control of my vehicle trying to dodge a tire on the highway at 70mph...shouldn't have talked so much shit about skydiving being safer than driving. But it was the same, remain calm and figure it out, you got time. Fun fact of life: 10 out of 10 people WILL DIE so get over it and get to living because death is going to happen anyway and there is nothing you can do about it.
@@6z0 My point was that no one has a say so in when they die....you don't get to choose whether or not you die early or 'on time' - it happens whenever it happens and there absolutely nothing that anyone can do to prolong it.
Props to the guest for maintaining composure. Dude you’re awesome and says a lot about who you are.... and of course to the pilot/tandem leader whatever they’re called for not giving up. I find skydiving so awesome but I think I’ll pass on that
I've done 1 tandem jump and it was the best day of my life... Couldn't imagine breaking away from our main parachute!! Holy smokes 😲 what a ride!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
You can just throw that jump suit out. We don't want it back. Great video. I was happy for the both of you! Favorite part was the drop to open the new chute! Classic "Oh F**K here we go" grunt! I'm glad you're alive!
Minor tangling is actually not that rare, you get it open the way he tried, by pulling and pushing hard. My friend had a minor tangle on his first solo jump, he cleared it quickly by this method. Now however for some reason it didn't open, as it was much worse
Before reading anything or seeing the title this popped up under “skydiving”: as soon as that chute was pulled and extended I knew exactly what was wrong! Thank God For Emergency! You kept your Nerve 110%! 🤙
I've had to do that before with a student attached. There was some serious "come to Jesus" pucker factor going on all over this student's face. I had to watch that, again. I won't sharpshoot the tandem instructor, because he got the job done.
I feel like he was playin with him a little..... most tandem instructors make the cutaway decision sooner and not as long as they would to declare the main not flyable by themselves 😂 he got them down safe and with both legs so that’s all that matters ❤️
You wanna see some real drama and fear, slow it down to play at .25x speed at the 3:40 mark! That is true terror! Glad you had fun and walked away laughing!
Haha wow!! Am happy for you guys! You made it down safe and sound , I’ve done tandem skydiving couple of times and had a great time and everything went great , I can’t imagen the feeling when something like this happens .phew!!its great how the instructor keeps calm and try to fix the problem even though am pretty they must also be freaking out .thank goodness for the emergency shuts,.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That must be the most terrifying 1 second fall when you feel your life saving chute go bye bye...cant imagine the relief of feeling yourself slide onto earth.
Are you joking? He looked like a fucking awesome Tandem Master, better than the ones at my old DZ you can tell he is enjoying himself and thats what being a TM is all about
Everyone is missing the real picture of this video. Everyone is being so negative in the comments but don’t notice how the customer was more worried for the TI before himself. He checked up on the TI a few times making sure he’s ok. There is still hope for humanity.
I was thinking that if the pilot tried to spread the two groups of ropes apart. As the passenger put both arms up and to his left in a way that he could create a spin clockwise. I don't know if this is possible but it is what I felt to do. Birthday boy seemed a little concerned when his pilot told him to spin. (Probably not mentioned in the briefing) but once the emergency chute came out he was actually pretty badass if you ask me. Pilot was cool under pressure and saved both of their lives.
Many models of tandem canopies open with the brakes unset, in full flight. If you experience line twists, and the student's feet are out in front of the instructor (fairly typical, right?) the student's legs will act as weathervanes to prevent you from undoing the line twists. To fix this, wrap the student's legs with your legs and pull his feet back underneath you. You should find the line twists coming out normally after that. Totally unnecessary to cutaway.
Not ready to say that here. We don't even see the student's leg. And it's not because something is "fairly typical" that it's always the case. Just saying....
I just saw a movie in 5 minutes felt like 1 hr.. Everyone killing the instructor but he got the job done, I’m not a jumper be will be this week Friday .. Excited way to keep your calm dude , well you didn’t even know what was going on lol ...
WOW!!!! I had a birthday SkyDive also and the drogue shut broke off! But the main chute tumbled out and did deploy but was late and ranked my back. Not near as serious as your situation. I'm glad you made it!! Thanks for posting it on youtube for all to see!!!
Joe Glenn LOL a drogue detaching is MUCH more serious than common everyday line twists. Line twists happen at every dz across the world every single day. Drogues don't come off too often lol
@@user-jz3vc9kd2j I did not know how serious it was. You can see in the video of my jump the main just tumbling out. I think my instructor was about to deploy the emergency chute. I have the video on my youtube page.
hahaha that's a common emergency in skydive, it happened to me once, Im a skydiver, it's very scary when you have to pull out reserve and you know it's the only chance you have LOL, the first time sucks !
He didn't even attempt to explain what happened probably to reduce panic so he could make a decision without answering more questions. It would have been nice to get a warning before cutting away the main chute.
Eh, I’m sure it’s much more difficult to get out of line twists in a tandem. Could’ve gotten out of it in a solo but he had to cut it away to safely land the both of them.
I have literally 14 jumps and even I know you don’t rely on the damn RSL and pull reserve rip cord no matter what. Why was his hand on the left main riser too??
He should have warned him that he was going to pull the emergency chute!!! Lord have mercy , I would have had a stroke !!! 🤤😲🤤😲🤤😲 But he never let go of that cam ! Roflllllllll 😂😂😂😂😂 He was holding on with 1 hand! Too funny! He will show this video for years to come !!! Thank God all is well! 🛐
I don't think it would be a good idea to release a single toggle on an inflated canopy under any circumstances - but in reality, since the brake lines are twisted up along with all the others I expect it would have no effect - the brake lines would not be free to move. And if you did manage to kick out your twists and you've released a brake in the meantime, that will certainly get your attention!
Being a Tandem instructor for a while, I find something VERY VERY WRONG with someone pulling the cutaway handle and not having their hand on the reserve . you should have a hand on each , cut a way, count to 3 pull rip cord either way. WTF was this instructor thinking.. no communication to ARCH to student, suprise...... poof
William Holbert, what does ARCH mean, I'm assuming it's an acronym. I'm jumping 1st time in 4 days. I'm 60 & have wanted to do this for 47yrs. Mega excited!
Not an acronym. It means chin up, feet back, hips forward, curving your body into an backwards arch. It makes you fall belly first thru the air so the parachute can deploy cleanly off your back. Fundamental skydiving maneuver.
TheDailyGrind I had a cutaway on my 30th jump. More than 300 later and I haven’t had one since. I know guys that have thousands of jumps and never had one. I’m not sure they are just more cautious when packing or just lucky.
I've gone through the same thing before, wondering if I needed to cut away or not. Fortunately I never had anyone riding reverse papoose at the time. I bet you had to change your shorts after the unexpected "OMG" cut away.....
It's opened, but it won't be flying quite as designed, because the twists mean the suspension lines are radiating from a fixed point above the instructor's head instead of from four risers at the width of his shoulders. That's probably affecting the trim of the canopy and could be preventing it from opening as wide as it could. You wouldn't have been able to flare it either, since the brake lines are twisted up along with all the others, and that would have made for a hard landing with quite a lot of vertical speed - uncomfortable at best, and injurious at worst. Finally, in that configuration you can't be sure what the canopy is going to do - it might decide to twist further, or it might suddenly untwist at just the wrong moment. If there's been no option but to stick with that canopy it might have been ok, but it certainly wouldn't have been pretty and there's no reason to do it - that's what reserve parachutes are for. :)
The instructor is supposed to inform the guy that he's going to pull the emergency chute instead of freak him out. Usually the instructor used to say GET READY FOR ANOTHER RIDE
Eagleyekiller, there is a "cutaway handle" you pull that releases the 3 rings on the risers and you fall away from the main canopy. Its a brilliant invention. There are no knives used, you just pull the handle and ka-chink. Since my reply is 4 months later, you might know this already, but if not...well thats how it's done.
Hey, you know what they say: If that 'chute don't blossom round, I'll be the first one to hit the ground. ;-) That's why reserve 'chutes exist, though. To prevent just that from happening.
I know I am a few years late but happy birthday. I would have crapped myself. Note to self - no need to jump out of an aircraft if there is nothing wrong with it and it can still land ok.
What i've learn here is that jumpers need "Aileron" on their suit to counteract something similar problem like this. Hope this idea would become reality in the future.
Yesterday was my first ever jump (and a solo one for that). I'm so glad the shoot deployed perfectly without any lines tangled. To make the decision to get rid of the primary shoot is something I was being prepared for a lot yet it seems scary. :-) And you never know if the backup's gonna by okay either, so... :-) Best. Sport. Ever.
Tangled lines are usually not a big problem. I've got 18 jumps now (all solo), and I think I've had about 4-5 minor line-twists. Gives you something to do while you're up there :)
He missed the opportunity to say "you're too heavy I have to drop you to get it opened"
I would’ve shit on that man’s dong if I heard that
@@iimasheriiol222 lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you would have did that that guy would have peed all over him! 🤣😂🤣
After watching it for a second time it's funny when you listen to what they're saying you can watch how the guys demeanor changes every time he asked a question and doesn't get the response that he wants. Luckily everything worked out okay 👌👍💯😊
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you can see the terror in his face, but he kept calm like a hero!
You were cool as hell, asking the dude if HE was ok.
What he really meant was "Are WE ok?"
I think what he meant in his question was "Do I have to worry about anything, or not ?"
It was a metaphore...... he meant.... "AM I THE FUCK GONNA BE OK" ???? SHIIIIIIIIIIIT
The look on Erik’s face, before and after deploying the reserve, said this is not Cool and I have brown pants!
Great cool tandem instructor dealt with what tandem instructors (or passengers) experience.
calvacoca exactly what he meant 😂👍
While watching the video - I was trying to turn to the right in an office chair
Lapiduse 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Me too !
😂😂😂😂
Ha ha ha ha haaaa
I was as well TURN TURN !!!!!
Student with nervous smile talking through his teeth: "Everything ok!?"
Instructor: "NO!"
Man I’m glad tandems open high. He had a good amount of time to make a decision.
But the tandem instructor spent WAY too much time before finally cutting away, I hope he lost his rating to be an instructor.
@@Ryan-yo4dg Given that the chute Canopy was Open, and they had slowed down already, they were not in imminent danger of injury / loss of life at that point. Heck, If that was their reserve chute in that situation, and they were forced to land like that, their velocity looks slow enough that they could easily walk away from it.
Their main issue was being unable to control their direction to get back to the field. Instructor tried to see if he could unspin the lines first, figured after a while that wasnt going to work, so ejected the tangled chute and at the same time popped the reserve.
Now if it were tangled in such a way that the canopy wouldn't open sufficiently to largely slow their decent, then you'd be in a dangerous situation.
Instructor also needs to take into account that if he is to ditch his main for the reserve, that reserve had better dam open perfectly or they will be worse off, so in *Some* situations (Like this one) if you have enough altitude and time to spare, its worth trying to fix it.
@@KSSilenceAU I didn't realize that the reserve had a slider? Or is that only with tandem rigs?
@@JayDee-xj9lu Yes reserve canopies do have sliders. They are generally designed to catch less air since reserve canopies may have to open fast in sub terminal speeds. Google for slider options in base jumping. Depending on the delay planed before deployment (therefore fall rate before pull), some people may go with a full slider, a mesh slider or no slider at all. No slider will limit the speed at which you may safely deploy but may be the only safe(ish) option if jumping at a very low altitude requiring a fast deployment.
@@Ryan-yo4dg As someone else mentioned, the most imminent threat (speed) being neutralized and being under a stable canopy following a stable trajectory, there was some leeway before chopping the main canopy.
One technique that I was told about and got to use a few times is to ask the student to bring legs together and back, like in the exiting position. Then the instructor arches as well. It seems to shift the weight back and for some mysterious reason that I struggle to explain, it then unwrap like magic.
I do see a few items where there is room for improvement. (that said, I wasn't the guy in the harness so there could always be a reason why things were done the way they were):
- Decision making. Yes, everything was stable but he didn't change technique over time despite no apparent improvement. There was no emergency per se but any altitude you lose is time you won't have to plan your landing under reserve. Not the worst thing but just food for thoughts.
- Since he had all the time in the world, it would have been a good opportunity to ask the student to go back into exit position, hands on the harness, head back, legs tucked, and for him to grab both handles before initiating emergency procedure(standard procedure as described by the manufacturer when altitude allows it).
- Speaking of emergency procedures..... the reserve handle should have been pulled no matter the RSL or Skyhook.
That being said, no way I would have an instructor's rating pulled for that and I don't see the tandem manufacturer (UPT) or the USPA pulling someone's rating for that. This video is only great debriefing material for the instructor and any instructor watching who likes to discuss techniques and procedures...... except for the fact that it's the student and not the instructor wearing the handcam which is a big no-no for both UPT and the USPA.
I am a tandem instructor, have been for 13 years, for +/- 4500 tandems, and also a UPT examiner. I am also not a perfect instructor, have had my share of less than perfect jumps. Chastising is not how we get the general skill level to improve.
Didn't even tell the guy he was cuttig away the main. I'd have had a heart attack for sure.
that would stress the guy out, it might have ruined his experience or he might have flapped around and made them less stabilized.
Looked like there may have been a small language barrier there. He got his money worth on the thrills though!!
@Teddy Li Why would you sue? It's a risk you accept (and legally sign). You can't go through life trying to blame everyone for some shit that happens. This is a common chute malfunction and isn't considered gross negligence on the part of the skydiving company.
@Teddy Li In this case, absolutely that's what I'm telling you. In this case, the skydiving company is going to tell you, both verbally and written, "skydiving can be dangerous...shit can go wrong...don't blame us if it does." By suing in this particular case, that's exactly what you'd be doing. Suing someone for a variety of other reason can be holding others accountable for their actions, but in this case, you're just looking to blame someone. I just don't see any other way to look at it.
Teddy Li I agree with you that a waiver is not the end all, be all. But again, with this particular case, this is one of the most common emergencies with skydiving. Someone who goes skydiving and signs the waivers (forget the legal aspect of it for a moment), i.e. warned about the risks, and still decides to jump...this guy wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if he decided to sue. He wasn’t injured, the company didn’t show gross negligence, the instructor managed to cutaway and deploy the emergency reserve as trained (albeit, some here state it could have been done better...but everyone is a Monday morning quarterback), and in the end, all ended well. I think someone would be hard pressed to sue for emotional damages in this case as well.
In short, I have less of an issue with lawsuits than I do with a lawsuit over this particular case. It is why your comment caught me off guard. I’m not sure where you are from but in the U.S., there can very much be a “sue culture.” I think this example clearly falls under a frivolous lawsuit.
That face when you think am I gonna die on my birthday 😂
Zactly!
I can’t believe that I came back to look at this video after 6 years and it has 470,000 views and 3 thousand likes! I never expected it to be this popular and these comments are hilarious! Thank you guys so much!
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I love how you were oblivious to the line twist for a minute and then your face when you realized something wasn't right! I hope you jumped again after this. I would imagine it's hard to kick out a line twist on a tandem. If you watch the chute almost untwist at one point right before he dumps the main! You handled it like a champ man
we r happy you are alive
You really haven't looked at the comments before this huh?
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Had 62 jumps back in the early 80s. I never experienced a malfunction, so this was really exciting to watch ... great job catching everything on video (especially watching the tandem master trying to resolve the line twist ... and the main floating down after cutaway :)
You remained calm and didn't panic, even though we know by the look on your face you were thinking "holy fucking shit" the whole time. Good job man, you kept your emotions at bay.
I’ve seen some crazy tandems happen and all of the instructors are always calm and collective. Of course your average tandem instructor usually has at least a couple thousand jumps. The coolest one that’s somewhere here on TH-cam is when there is a line over and the instructor calmly ask the student “are you ready to go for another ride?” Lol. This was very well done and he kept a good eye on altitude. 👏
I've seen another video on TH-cam in which the Tandem Instructor cuts away the main chute and after the reserve chute opens he calmly tells the student that he 'didn't like the color'!
What if the backup fails…
@@dancer1 You have the rest of your life to figure it out I guess 🤣
As a human being there is no possible way to deny the seriousness of this situation, to realize your morbidity. There was a point after you looked up at the line twist @2:31 and then you looked down - when we could see your brain realize that life could possibly end right now and yet, you handled it like a true boss. Dude, I don't know how life has treated you, Erik...but if you're not incredibly successful, I would be super surprised. You got the goods man, I hope you truly realize that. God bless!
Thanks a lot, Jack. That made my day
Happened to me yesterday… did the same thing
4:13
"Everything ok?"
"No, we have a code brown situation"
That relief "aaaah you clever ones... There is second one!".
It's nice that you shared your Near Death Experience. Now you know what life is :)
Told my skydiving instructor and the class that if both chutes fail then I'm going down superman style with arms out and singing the theme song - no way was I going to cry and scream like a girl about it. My thoughts were if I'm going to die then I'm going to have fun doing it. Best case scenario i somehow survive as a blob of broken bones and a kick ass story to tell or I die and have some cool ass video to share at my funeral.
First solo dive and I have chute malfunction - twisted line. My first thought was shouldn't have talked so much shit, second thought was okay how do i fix this shit real quick. Checked altimeter and started trying to pull the lines apart - that didn't work so well....had to give it a little jerk with my body to get them untwisted. Went back up and jumped again the same day. The next day I almost died in a car crash on the freeway when I lost control of my vehicle trying to dodge a tire on the highway at 70mph...shouldn't have talked so much shit about skydiving being safer than driving. But it was the same, remain calm and figure it out, you got time.
Fun fact of life: 10 out of 10 people WILL DIE so get over it and get to living because death is going to happen anyway and there is nothing you can do about it.
William Morales Correct 10/10 people will die but 5/10 people die before the age of 50 and no one wants to die early :)
@@6z0 My point was that no one has a say so in when they die....you don't get to choose whether or not you die early or 'on time' - it happens whenever it happens and there absolutely nothing that anyone can do to prolong it.
William Morales true
@Russell PhelanEvery single day is a risk. Avoiding risk is just cowardly cop-out way of living life. Your chances of dying are still the same.
@@6z0 5 out of 10 people don't die before age 50
Props to the guest for maintaining composure. Dude you’re awesome and says a lot about who you are.... and of course to the pilot/tandem leader whatever they’re called for not giving up. I find skydiving so awesome but I think I’ll pass on that
when you are about to die, and there is nothing you can do...then, ...there is nothing you can do...
@@jillgoldstein1318 it definitely reveals something
I've done 1 tandem jump and it was the best day of my life... Couldn't imagine breaking away from our main parachute!! Holy smokes 😲 what a ride!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
You can just throw that jump suit out. We don't want it back. Great video. I was happy for the both of you! Favorite part was the drop to open the new chute! Classic "Oh F**K here we go" grunt! I'm glad you're alive!
I just loved your positivity man! You were killing it! 🤘🏻
Idk if I would have handled it as well on my jump. Kudos bro.
Props to the skydiver on attempting to untangle it. He made the decision to let it go and had excelent skills flying down.
Minor tangling is actually not that rare, you get it open the way he tried, by pulling and pushing hard. My friend had a minor tangle on his first solo jump, he cleared it quickly by this method. Now however for some reason it didn't open, as it was much worse
Before reading anything or seeing the title this popped up under “skydiving”: as soon as that chute was pulled and extended I knew exactly what was wrong! Thank God For Emergency! You kept your Nerve 110%! 🤙
I've had to do that before with a student attached. There was some serious "come to Jesus" pucker factor going on all over this student's face. I had to watch that, again. I won't sharpshoot the tandem instructor, because he got the job done.
yes !!!!!!!
Nothing like waiting till the last second to make a decision LOL
I feel like he was playin with him a little..... most tandem instructors make the cutaway decision sooner and not as long as they would to declare the main not flyable by themselves 😂 he got them down safe and with both legs so that’s all that matters ❤️
really? the instructor didn't even attempt to pull the reserve handle relying solely on the skyhook. that's not a smart move at all.
Your heart is iron! I'm sitting on a bench - already breathtaking, but here it is. Respect from Russia!
When that guy went to the back up chute, no warning? I think that sudden drop had to be terrifying even if brief.
thought he dropped me to my death.
Glad you both made it safe! Awesome stuff gentlemen.
youve got a great attitude. congratulations
You stayed calm but I could see the panic on your face. Great job at staying calm under pressure
You wanna see some real drama and fear, slow it down to play at .25x speed at the 3:40 mark! That is true terror! Glad you had fun and walked away laughing!
Wow. You're alive. Bet you felt amazing the rest of the day.
Haha wow!! Am happy for you guys! You made it down safe and sound , I’ve done tandem skydiving couple of times and had a great time and everything went great , I can’t imagen the feeling when something like this happens .phew!!its great how the instructor keeps calm and try to fix the problem even though am pretty they must also be freaking out .thank goodness for the emergency shuts,.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That must be the most terrifying 1 second fall when you feel your life saving chute go bye bye...cant imagine the relief of feeling yourself slide onto earth.
And for his next birthday, plans to swim in a shark cage with the door open after shaving with a blunt razor. 🎂
😂
Love the shaving touch
I love the American mentality. The dude asks the instructor after uncoupling the main parachute-are you OK ? :D :D :D
what a boss untangling that. awesome music too I love that song
First time I seen your channel I subscribed after this video
2:30 is when my pants would be need to be changed, omg.
the smallest amount of comunication would have went a far way.
Joe Aguirre....i hope you no longer do tandems
Are you joking? He looked like a fucking awesome Tandem Master, better than the ones at my old DZ you can tell he is enjoying himself and thats what being a TM is all about
Would have *gone* a far way
I'm sure communicating to the customer was the first thing on his mind 😂
I guess he doesnt speak english
Happy freaking birthday…!
😹😹😹😹
Great instructor right there and good attitude man
You are all heroes,amazing experience and more on actions,keep it up guys new friend here,be safe always
Brave guy who was calm in really bad situation...my salute!!!
Dude you took that like a champ
3:42 I think you took other underwear after this. Hahahahhah
This exact same thing happened to me a few days ago. It gave me second thoughts about continuing on in the AFF program.
Everyone is missing the real picture of this video. Everyone is being so negative in the comments but don’t notice how the customer was more worried for the TI before himself. He checked up on the TI a few times making sure he’s ok. There is still hope for humanity.
So was your birthday present a new pair of shorts and pants? Glad you made it ok.
I was thinking that if the pilot tried to spread the two groups of ropes apart.
As the passenger put both arms up and to his left in a way that he could create a spin clockwise.
I don't know if this is possible but it is what I felt to do.
Birthday boy seemed a little concerned when his pilot told him to spin. (Probably not mentioned in the briefing) but once the emergency chute came out he was actually pretty badass if you ask me.
Pilot was cool under pressure and saved both of their lives.
Watched it 3 times. Awesome video Brother....
Many models of tandem canopies open with the brakes unset, in full flight. If you experience line twists, and the student's feet are out in front of the instructor (fairly typical, right?) the student's legs will act as weathervanes to prevent you from undoing the line twists. To fix this, wrap the student's legs with your legs and pull his feet back underneath you. You should find the line twists coming out normally after that. Totally unnecessary to cutaway.
Harry Harry 😂
Not ready to say that here. We don't even see the student's leg. And it's not because something is "fairly typical" that it's always the case. Just saying....
haha i loved the "oh my god" when he cut the main chute
This was awesome, great work for you both keeping cool!
I just saw a movie in 5 minutes felt like 1 hr.. Everyone killing the instructor but he got the job done, I’m not a jumper be will be this week Friday .. Excited way to keep your calm dude , well you didn’t even know what was going on lol ...
I now know what to expect!
Now this is what i call an *Epik gamer moment*
WOW!!!! I had a birthday SkyDive also and the drogue shut broke off! But the main chute tumbled out and did deploy but was late and ranked my back. Not near as serious as your situation. I'm glad you made it!! Thanks for posting it on youtube for all to see!!!
"Drogue chute" broke off. That happened to me once too, but luckily the opening was fairly normal after that.
Joe Glenn LOL a drogue detaching is MUCH more serious than common everyday line twists. Line twists happen at every dz across the world every single day. Drogues don't come off too often lol
@@user-jz3vc9kd2j I did not know how serious it was. You can see in the video of my jump the main just tumbling out. I think my instructor was about to deploy the emergency chute. I have the video on my youtube page.
@@user-jz3vc9kd2j Thanks for letting me know wow! I guess I'm lucky to be alive!
The instructor looked like a badass after the reserve opened :D Epic shit!
starting my course soon and i would love to become a instructor
hahaha that's a common emergency in skydive, it happened to me once, Im a skydiver, it's very scary when you have to pull out reserve and you know it's the only chance you have LOL, the first time sucks !
What if the second 1 tangels up?
He didn't even attempt to explain what happened probably to reduce panic so he could make a decision without answering more questions. It would have been nice to get a warning before cutting away the main chute.
The fear in his eyes not knowing it's a basic line twist yet he thinks he's gonna die. Love newbies
Eh, I’m sure it’s much more difficult to get out of line twists in a tandem. Could’ve gotten out of it in a solo but he had to cut it away to safely land the both of them.
At 1:10 I think his spirit left his body! At least he tried to make the best out of it afterwards. Have to give him kudos for that!
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Why does the tandem instructor have a helmet but the passenger doesn't?
So that the passenger doesn't crack the instructor's helmet or face.
Man you got two jumps in one. I call that a deal. Way to stay calm.
You forgot the usual all you can drink after such an event! :)
Happy Birthday brotha
I have literally 14 jumps and even I know you don’t rely on the damn RSL and pull reserve rip cord no matter what. Why was his hand on the left main riser too??
Mustve been a rush ! Did u continue to jump ??
I was going to skydive on my last b’day, but had to go on a trip that day. I remember now, I left Hellnoville on the 3:15 to Fuckthatastan.
He should have warned him that he was going to pull the emergency chute!!!
Lord have mercy , I would have had a stroke !!! 🤤😲🤤😲🤤😲
But he never let go of that cam !
Roflllllllll 😂😂😂😂😂
He was holding on with 1 hand!
Too funny! He will show this video for years to come !!!
Thank God all is well! 🛐
yeah maybe put the cam away and help instructor turn and untwist and save his life.
Legend has it there was no other man so happy to touch ground safely.
It seems if you unstowed one of your toggles and pulled down, you could spin the canopy from the top instead of trying to kick your legs.
I don't think it would be a good idea to release a single toggle on an inflated canopy under any circumstances - but in reality, since the brake lines are twisted up along with all the others I expect it would have no effect - the brake lines would not be free to move.
And if you did manage to kick out your twists and you've released a brake in the meantime, that will certainly get your attention!
3:30 you dont need too many parachutes. bet thr is paperwork for that. & a free offer to jump again - w the expectation it will be declined?
So, Sir, is there some type of discount today?
He actually got two rides for the price of one 🤣🤣🤣
I just saw it now.New subscriber here, watching from UAE 📸❤️ all d best 🥰
Being a Tandem instructor for a while, I find something VERY VERY WRONG with someone pulling the cutaway handle and not having their hand on the reserve . you should have a hand on each , cut a way, count to 3 pull rip cord either way. WTF was this instructor thinking.. no communication to ARCH to student, suprise...... poof
William Holbert, what does ARCH mean, I'm assuming it's an acronym. I'm jumping 1st time in 4 days. I'm 60 & have wanted to do this for 47yrs. Mega excited!
He probably meant arching one's body literally.
Not an acronym. It means chin up, feet back, hips forward, curving your body into an backwards arch. It makes you fall belly first thru the air so the parachute can deploy cleanly off your back. Fundamental skydiving maneuver.
jumpmasterjm
Doh! What could have possibly gone wrong not knowing and doing that!? Haha. Glad everyone is safe.
Lodi...
great video and great job by the instructor!
And yet another Skydiver is born.
This happened on my second jump. Instructors know exactly what to do.
TheDailyGrind I had a cutaway on my 30th jump. More than 300 later and I haven’t had one since. I know guys that have thousands of jumps and never had one. I’m not sure they are just more cautious when packing or just lucky.
Omg. I have my first tandem Sat May 4. Why did I watch this??
its had to cut away 4 times, but you cant tell me that its not the GREATS FEELING with the world when you land and safe. nothing will ever beat it
I've gone through the same thing before, wondering if I needed to cut away or not. Fortunately I never had anyone riding reverse papoose at the time. I bet you had to change your shorts after the unexpected "OMG" cut away.....
Love dem Skyhooks. I used to give some selected students a pc100 to film our tandems.
"Only the best experiences at Two Shoots Skydiving!"
Hahaha
Beautiful calmness
What would happen if you would land with the main chute like that?
You cannot control it, but it was nicely opened.
It's opened, but it won't be flying quite as designed, because the twists mean the suspension lines are radiating from a fixed point above the instructor's head instead of from four risers at the width of his shoulders. That's probably affecting the trim of the canopy and could be preventing it from opening as wide as it could.
You wouldn't have been able to flare it either, since the brake lines are twisted up along with all the others, and that would have made for a hard landing with quite a lot of vertical speed - uncomfortable at best, and injurious at worst.
Finally, in that configuration you can't be sure what the canopy is going to do - it might decide to twist further, or it might suddenly untwist at just the wrong moment.
If there's been no option but to stick with that canopy it might have been ok, but it certainly wouldn't have been pretty and there's no reason to do it - that's what reserve parachutes are for. :)
The instructor is supposed to inform the guy that he's going to pull the emergency chute instead of freak him out. Usually the instructor used to say GET READY FOR ANOTHER RIDE
3:40 i dont get it, how did he cut the old one?
Eagleyekiller, there is a "cutaway handle" you pull that releases the 3 rings on the risers and you fall away from the main canopy. Its a brilliant invention. There are no knives used, you just pull the handle and ka-chink. Since my reply is 4 months later, you might know this already, but if not...well thats how it's done.
Lets cal this one a rebirthday OMG..not knowing he does that so fall again not knowing ..lol...
He rode that a lot longer than he should have, they weren’t going to kick out.. good job on the cutaway..
Any landing from which you walk away....
Wow that guy looked like he was preparing to meet his maker.
Hey, you know what they say: If that 'chute don't blossom round, I'll be the first one to hit the ground. ;-) That's why reserve 'chutes exist, though. To prevent just that from happening.
I know I am a few years late but happy birthday. I would have crapped myself. Note to self - no need to jump out of an aircraft if there is nothing wrong with it and it can still land ok.
that was a birthday surprise .. I mean, that silence before pulled out second chute ;)
What i've learn here is that jumpers need "Aileron" on their suit to counteract something similar problem like this. Hope this idea would become reality in the future.
2 hands on the handles for cutaway and reserve please....grad both risers and turn them to untwist the lines...if possible of course
Yesterday was my first ever jump (and a solo one for that). I'm so glad the shoot deployed perfectly without any lines tangled. To make the decision to get rid of the primary shoot is something I was being prepared for a lot yet it seems scary. :-) And you never know if the backup's gonna by okay either, so... :-) Best. Sport. Ever.
Tangled lines are usually not a big problem. I've got 18 jumps now (all solo), and I think I've had about 4-5 minor line-twists. Gives you something to do while you're up there :)
First ever jump and a solo???? Bad! First ever jump should always be tandem. Just saying...
@@DiabloOutdoors back in my day it was solo static line. spent the entire day learning how to deploy the backup
@@lavnoc69 "back in the days" :) Good old times and good things it improved