Friday Freakout: Skydiver Refuses To Cut Away, Clears Line Twists By 600 Feet!

[@Charlie1821]

I've never seen anyone clear line twists with less urgency..... and then the final turn into the power and tree lines instead of just continuing onto that GIGANTIC open field. Brain lock for sure.

[@jonslg240]

Agreed he didn't even seem like he was trying. Wtf? I get not wanting to ditch your main unless you have to. But it seems like he wasn't even trying to fix his main.

[@yossi1410]

It sucks that skydivers only have one parachute. If only we had some way to cut away a malfunctioning main and deploy an extremely reliable reserve.

[@archangel9114]

🤣 🪂

[@davidbathkedb]

Lol dork

[@TheFlyingKiwiNZ]

Barely survives line twists, then lands right next to bloody powerlines!! Time to find another sport buddy!

[@alienlabz]

yes dude.. almost Final Destination type of shit

[@amalekited]

lol to be fair he probably wasn’t of complete mind at that point though.

[@IIIRAYDENIII]

Exactly what I thought! 😬

[@walterburger5281]

@@userunknown101 That is known a Anklehipelitis, which occurs when you ankles are where your hips are located.

[@antipropo461]

@cameraflyer and used that time to find some power lines 🙄

[@shillc93]

This guy was really committed to that canopy. I don't think he needs a reserve chute with that kind of commitment. 😅 And as many times already stated in the comments, choice of landing, unexpected wind gust would've put him in those lines.

[@yossi1410]

Haha I was him heading to the lines and all I could think was, "All that just so he could steer his finally perfectly good canopy into power lines?!?"

[@thedave7760]

Never done skydiving but used to paraglide. Why can't you just stick out your right arm and induce a spin in the harness below the canopy? Create more drag on one side to turn you and untangle the canopy seems to be stable.

[@jonslg240]

He literally almost died twice from poor decision making+poor risk assessment lol. Almost died 4 times considering he did both twice.

[@dazzzdelux]

The choice of landing area was the strangest thing for me

[@dylanmanwell9383]

That wasn’t a choice. He just kept going where he was headed. Lights on, no one behind the wheel

[@joshuaam7701]

Same, a huge field in front of him but no let’s choose the smallest one with power lines and fences. But hey it’s next to the road easy to catch a ride home 😂

[@jakes_on_a_plane]

Truth

[@Matt-dc8lp]

Those power lines...yikes

[@elinblackburn7345]

Yeah, he seemed focused on the best spot for ordering a Lyft.

[@seanmorrison6062]

I hope he got some serious debriefing after this one. But I'm glad he made it.

[@patmartin2730]

Nope he 100% didn't!!!

[@lokivato]

Like, by his girlfriend?

[@charlesloyd9332]

I found myself leaning to the left trying to help him!!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@mes6276]

same

[@Rippers-TV]

And that off landing was stupid with a wide open field he heads right for the road and lands 2 feet from a fence.

[@commietube4273]

And a power line.

[@flyer2512]

@@commietube4273 yeah...

[@smilodonb73]

hes under 500 ft. you dont do turns unless you're pro...

[@saturdaymark4857]

Clearing line twists is so satisfying

[@TBagr]

Must be a new method taught in aff, to get out of twists, squeeze the risers together and pray. Obviously pulling them apart and kicking the opposite direction is ineffective.

[@ThatCrazyNinjaGuy]

Was that sarcastic?

[@TBagr]

@@ThatCrazyNinjaGuy If you have to ask them you’re the “squeeze together and pray” student.

[@ThatCrazyNinjaGuy]

@@TBagr 😂 pulling risers apart and kicking is useless, just taught to make students feel like they’re doing something lol

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Squeezing them together and kicking actually works very well... even kicking out of them in the snivel works. Although, I think you aren't seeing that this jumper is in a wingsuit. While I am not agreeing/disagreeing with his life choices, it is hard kicking out of line twists in a full dress.

[@crackyrich]

@@ThatCrazyNinjaGuy Brian Germaine begs to differ, and I take his tutelage over anyone else’s all day long.

[@iturner9810]

No way this guy has 200+ jumps. Decision-making skills level zero. Even down to almost landing into the fence. Unreal.

[@sierrakilogulf]

The fence is nothing. The power-line his chute almost snags on the other hand...

[@therealfallen3606]

Why would he land where he did? Was waiting to see him steer towards that field on his right.... :|

[@WillFalcon]

Private property

[@RazgrizXVI]

@@WillFalcon I'd be more concerned about his life than who's property it's on

[@justingould2020]

@@RazgrizXVI this video already established they value property over safety.

[@mil-fpv4931]

@@justingould2020 Isn't capitalism great?

[@USF]

@@WillFalcon It's Canada bro, you can land wherever the fuck you want if your safety is on the line.

[@bryantaustin5186]

I learned to skydive before the internet so I think it’s It’s great videos like this are posted. Hope they help new aspiring skydivers think more about these scenarios and how to correct them.

[@Akegata42]

"Skydiver refuses to even try to clear line twists for several minutes" would be a more appropriate title. Also, it seems pretty clear that the reason for the line twists is a super sharp turn during the deployment. Being head high during a wingsuit deployment is definitely not a problem, it's the preferred body position (during a flare) for a lot of wingsuiters. Turning during deployment is a problem though, no matter where your head is pointing.

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

I don’t wingsuit but it seems like every deployment is meant to be somewhat head high due to the flare. I’ve heard guys that fly some of the powerful suits say the flare is so aggressive that it gives them some of the softest openings they’ve ever head in any skydive,wingsuit or not.

[@stephanlude5951]

Right.... but he had enough luck. The twist was symmetric. So he had time enough and could fly straight. Maybe he even could have grabbed over the twist and steer and flare... maybe not. But the shitty deployment suggests that he is not very experienced. Such an off-heading deployment with a wingsuit friendly 7-cell-canopy? hm... probably he should have cutaway.... when in doubt let it go *singing: Let it go! Let it go! I'm one with wind and ski-i-ies.... * And he should not try to land in fenced corners or other wires.... it's a non proven tactic

[@879jde]

Massive (over-)confidence 😅 He landed it without harm, but did he learn anything from it?

[@donnieweed2547]

He probably didn't want to pay for his reserve to get repacked. 😆

[@NurText]

WTF is he doing? First he isn't doing anything at all, he then tries again and again (but obviously not hard enough), then he decides to try harder (this time for real) and he finally lands towards a corner of a small meadow with power lines (although the field right below him is big enough)?! Hard deck? Altitude awareness? Landing priorities? Back to ground school, kid!

[@hmmthinking4208]

If he landed in the giant field under him he would have had a longer walk to the road. I think if he could have landed on a sofa in his living room he would have gone for it.

[@scottynic2894]

@@hmmthinking4208 🤣🤣🤣

[@psye07]

@@hmmthinking4208 😂good one

[@Kimberly_Sparkles]

He landed in a plowed field on a farm. I actually don't see any land that looks like it's truly fallow.

[@iturner9810]

My thoughts exactly his entire way down 😂

[@DominiHarling]

He was supposed to pull his lines apart immediately away from each other while making scissor kicks so that his body rotated. He would have untangled his lines much earlier that way. Then he should not have gone straight towards the power lines. He should have turned. He was just lucky that he made it. I hope he gets better instruction if/when he jumps next.

[@amalekited]

Nah, they don’t recommend that anymore. You keep them together to lessen tension and move the twist as low as possible to make scissor kicking out as easy as possible.

[@DominiHarling]

@@amalekited admittedly I haven’t been skydiving in 20 years but when I did get my lines tangled once I was able to pull them apart while kicking which caused me to rotate and get the lines untangled much quicker. Then two cells in chute hadn’t inflated so I just pulled to brake which cause my chute to fully open and I must have had 2000-2500 feet of altitude still to descend safely with a healthy open chute. I’m not sure why it stresses the lines anymore than it does when the parachute first opens.

[@amalekited]

@@DominiHarling Nice, glad you got out of that safe with altitude to spare.

[@hemp64731]

That’s how I have always been taught. Not sure how tension from scissor kicking is worst then the opening force. (Read other comment), when my lines get caught up it takes less than 20 secs to open correctly when doing that.

[@amalekited]

@@hemp64731 No, scissor kicking doesn’t cause tension. The difference in training is only whether to pull risers apart VS push them together. Old=apart. New=push. Why? Pulling the risers apart causes tension that keeps the twist high in the lines. If the twist is high, your scissor kicks will be less effective than if the twist was at the bottom near the risers. You can move the twist low by keeping the risers together, not pulling apart. With the new method you’ll notice you’ll get more untwist with each kick. Both methods work. I’m just the messenger.

[@pullordienow8392]

Well there you go proven fact you could be a paraplegic, waste down and get out of a line twist..... lol.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

He missed the trifecta of having a barking dog running up to him, followed by Farmer McNasty.

[@HMVIERA]

This guy is not really familiar with the correct task in emergency situations. He didn‘t apply a standard procedure, his handling was never told to students on our drope zone.

[@jetaddicted]

« I pay for full parachute, I use full parachute »

[@florenceyoung1772]

He got so close to the power line😬

[@bjones9942]

And trees. And a fence. And ....

[@andyhumphreys2681]

@@bjones9942 Big field ,little field, sod it i will go for the little one lol

[@cjerny4167]

dude kicked like a total of 5 times

[@theginganinjaofficial]

I thought the same thing. Didn't even try anything for like the first min.

[@ThatCrazyNinjaGuy]

5 too many ha

[@420]

In all fairness...maybe he forgot to pack his reserve.

[@marknorville9827]

You can see the panic just after the minute mark, at first he was calmly trying to sort the line out, then fear set in, and his hands were working much faster.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Funny that... probably would have picked a better spot to land if he would have done anything that first min instead of just looking up at the twists.

[@maverickverdegem3044]

No, i'm not gonna buy a case of beer for a twist 🤣

[@TwilightSun32]

been there, but cut away at 700m or so. It was a line twist and stable flying canopy (and yes, it wasn't mine) so at 700m I realised that I would clear it under 600m (80% sure, that would be above 200m) and switched to "plan B". So just be ready to cut away a "near working" canopy. And another year I saw a wingsuiter landing line twist into trees and bushes ... with minor injuries

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

You're exactly right. This canopy was open and working. It might be a little rough landing. But just do your PLF.

[@johnshackleton323]

20m further, and he'd be in the power lines.

[@ZeroSpawn]

He had many of fields to choose from and he decided to point towards two roads. Did he forget power lines follow roads?

[@stevephil9411]

He was clearly in shock from the line twisting you twat HAHA.

[@stevephil9411]

Mark j^

[@ZeroSpawn]

@@stevephil9411 lol ya i know the feeling. I had some miss placed openings of my own. Luckily i always made it back to base, but there has been times where i had to queue up alternate landing areas. Have to stay focus, its only your life at stake.

[@southerninfidel3141]

I had a malfunction on my 8th jump, when I finally got the chute to deploy I was under a 1000 feet...........

[@SEILLC]

So many wrongs with this whole series of events. Especially the end. But hey, why not make things fun (add insult to injury) and avoid the wide open field so you can shoot straight for the power lines. Two of them. I recommend bowling.

[@raypippin4061]

Saw a whole lor of shit in that vid. Altimeter wasn't one of them. Hope their family and friends watch this one. Boogie.

[@allmantree]

I'll go towards the power lines I think. 🇺🇲🦅🪂

[@VerboltenTroll]

I’ve only jumped in tandem but Christ this guy waited 10 years to get to work on that line twist like , how was that not a urgent thing to address

[@angelfirefilms3273]

As A USPA member I believe he should be fined and not allowed to jump for 3 months He should have cut away buy 2000'. This guy makes a sport pioneered through sacrifice when equipment wasn't that great a disgrace..be safe 98% of anything real bad comes from this exact arrogance.✌

[@kellycoote7149]

He didn’t trust his reserve chute. In his mind it was fix the main or die.

[@zach3379]

I thought it was going to be more intense lol. Dude could of plf with that gigantic canopy and been fine.

[@fortusvictus8297]

based on his actions under canopy, I have doubts he would even know what plf stood for much less had the coordination to do it.

[@zach3379]

@authorization batman lol if your a skydive you know. If your not... who cares if you know, since your opinion on the topic is irrelevant lol

[@Paul-um5ln]

This is a great example of what NOT to do. Please if you’re new to the sport, respect your training and USPA guidance online twists.

[@davidchorney8740]

He could have just pulled the risers apart, like kids do when they twist the lines of their swings.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@davidchorney8740 I was thinking the same thing. He kept trying to untwist the lines, but grabbing each riser and pulling them apart would have untwisted the lines much quicker!

[@sergeig685]

@@johnblaesel5493 It would not. He used a much better technique, just did it much slower.

[@johnblaesel5493]

It sure didn’t look like a better technique.

[@blade990]

@@sergeig685 Even the Army teaches Paratroopers to grab a riser in each hand, spread apart, and kick out of a twisted risers. Method will knock out a twist in seconds, not minutes.

[@hiotsobo]

I've literally never seen anyone get line twists out like that before. That's some interesting footage right there! lol

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

I've had many line twists, I was able to easily get out of them. Never needed to cut away. This problem is no reason to cut away unless you're spinning out of control.

[@hiotsobo]

@@jeffstepp-ou8re what jumper hasn’t? The fact that he got his line twists out by twisting his risers manually is not how you’re supposed to do it. You’re supposed to reach up pull them apart and kick. His EP’s were not correct, therefore that made this video interesting

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

@@hiotsobo Yeah agreed, I have never seen it done like this, just a few kicks and done. Was never an emergency for me.

[@justinkerns8805]

I almost never trash talk people on these videos, but this guy needs to be given the bowling speech. 🎳 He literally did not do one thing right during this entire cringey ordeal....

[@MartyMacFry]

Finally a good freakout the last couple of weeks were bad.

[@onioncutter6847]

Surprised no one has invented something to hold to spin you out of a tangle

[@patmartin2730]

Welcome to Skydive Toronto Inc lmao!!! Only the best stuff here!!

[@karlschuch5684]

there's a lot of armchair critics here, however his canopy wan't spinning so while cutting away may have been the right move - it's not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. As for the power lines, I would guess he was better able to judge his landing better than those watching the video.

[@mattz1230]

Has malfunction. Clears malfunction. Immediately head for trees and fences and power lines to.....have a bigger malfunction??

[@SEILLC]

I was waiting for: Has malfunction, clears malfunction, fires brakes, has another malfunction, wishes he would've chopped first malfunction when he could have. Dudes lucky it didn't happen.

[@paulwilkins9783]

He just didnt want to pay for the repack

[@commietube4273]

My first jump was a streamer with head pinned down. I used my training spread risers and bicycled out. Don’t know what this guy was doing!

[@fortusvictus8297]

I was thinking the same thing. Was this guy even trained? At first I thought maybe he just froze or something, but that's a long time doing something that I have never heard anyone teach in pre-jump.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Streamer eh? Head pinned down? Don't think that was a streamer then bud.

[@commietube4273]

@@theginganinjaofficial Whatever it is called that’s what happened. Bud.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

@@commietube4273 streamer is something completely different and isn't cleared by bicycle kicks and spreading the risers... but ok. Bud. Might wanna go over your mals and EPs again

[@Desoxyri]

Who taught this guy this guy how to get out of a line twist? You can remedy 9/10 line twists, altitude permitting, but not this way. Secondly he is faced with three obstacles. A Busy road, a fence and powe lines. Opts away from the open field and aims for the spot where the three obstacles meet...

[@billcoltharp]

1. How do you clear a twist like that? 2. Is the canopy fully inflated despite the twist?

[@stevekleinhenz8262]

Yikes 10’ and he would have got caught in the barbed wire fence and transmission lines

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

I froze up during my first malfunction, didn’t want to cut away. Couldn’t get out of the twists and landed hard. My instructor was pissed.

[@simonhales631]

Line twists like this don:t count as a malfunction. This guy was clearly unable mentally to deal with the situation. Just shows you how quickly you can go from line twists to nearly being a casualty. Fence road, power lines all could have been avoidied with a slow right turn. Down wind is better than a sudden stop.

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

@@simonhales631 I actually did land hard and it was a down winder haha. It was a very early jump, sub 30 jumps, and I was watching the roof of the main building and for some reason. I kept taking my eyes off the problem above me and watching the roof get bigger until I realized to was too low to chop and actually landed/flopped into he main landing area. P4etty lucky. I definitely don’t consider twists a malfunction at this point unless you’re spinning hard and sideways. Once all that tension is on the risers it’s too hard to pull out of them.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783 Was that you in the video? Had you landed in that field before clearing the line twists, it may not have been a total disaster. You had a good chute. But I’m curious, why didn’t you just try pulling the risers apart? I think your line twists would have come out much quicker then.

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

@@johnblaesel5493 haha no that wasn’t me in the video. I was talking about an early jump I had where I panicked a bit with line twists. I’ve deployed with twists quite a few times with twists since the , no big deal. I’ve gotten good at bicycle kicking and pulling them apart haha.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783 I remember getting a severe line twist after doing a required hop & pop from 3,000 feet. I kicked and kicked and kicked to spin out of it and I finally did. My instructor said that I did the right thing and there would have been no need for me to cut away.

[@kendyllmitchell9690]

I feel this fella would just give up and powerdive himself into the ground if he had a actual malfunction , without any desperation to save his own life. Maybe not the best hobbie for him.

[@DannyKay.]

MURICA

[@sky173]

Pull them apart! Don't push them together... Don't they still teach this on your first day? ...then he aims for powerlines... lol

[@Dizzyswoops]

No

[@nicholasmartin7922]

Twisting them down into your risers is an efficient way to get out of line twists. His mistake was losing altitude awareness.

[@bjones9942]

The way he was doing it is the fastest and easiest (at least for me) - there just didn't seem to be any sense of urgency in the beginning.

[@joelhanson5304]

its like he wasn't even trying

[@ib1ray]

I've had line twists and pulling them apart was the most effective for me also....

[@motolitho1]

*as I swivel in office chair holding breath

[@Tr0LLer5]

Super random decisions and just took his time with the line twists for no reason..

[@mbrunnme]

Looks like lake Simcoe area in Ontario, Canada for anyone wondering. Probably Toronto parachute school. I paramotor in this area all the time.

[@ZeroSpawn]

Bruh... After all that you think it's still possible to fly back to the LZ and clearly pass up a PERFECT field @ 1:39 for an emergency landing. But locking on and flying towards an active road with some hot ass power lines sounded like an awesome after party?! 👍🏾🛻♨️⚡

[@Coquillages]

It was dangerous when he started messing with it because it sped up his descent by 200%

[@rex_rabbit]

Had such - probably double - twist when paragliding - 300 feet above ground. Pulled reserve, broke my leg. Maybe I could have untwisted - but maybe not. Not that low, at least.

[@fluffybunnyz]

all those fields.... and you aim at the deadly obstacles to land. ... .. ..

[@skylife9688]

Bro... who is this dudes coach? Fired!

[@60sectolive48]

Beer!...

[@KD5XB]

After he got the twists out and set up to land, my voice went "wires, FENCE, AIEEEEE!!!" And he got stopped in the nick of time. I wonder if that wrist band meant he was at some boogie, and I wonder if he got to keep it.

[@USF]

Not a boogie no, just a DZ procedure since Covid. Basically means he signed the Covid form, got his temperature measured and all that jazz.

[@kenttomlinson7380]

I'm seriously concerned for this skydiver. He made two bad decisions, and was only extremely lucky that those decisions weren't catastrophic. Im a baby bird and thank you for reminding me what not to do. Blue skies and green lights everybody.

[@mabrrm]

Looks like the drop zone in Rockmart GA.

[@yj10guy]

He was going to fly that demo canopy regardless of the situation.

[@rtdietrich]

It happened to me once, too. I'm not sure if that was such a good thing.

[@FoueddyBroadcast]

Almost hit the fencing at the landing.

[@bigearedmouse17]

As a non sky diver i too would be hesitant to cut away my main chute.

[@natural9743]

I really didn't see this as much of a problem, except for the weak attempt to clear his twists with just his hands and no kicking of legs. He really was committed to clearing the lines once he went to low to cutaway and because he could see that he was making progress untwisting the risers,he continued.

[@jhkleinberg2]

Nice save

[@MotivateM3]

One of the many reasons I don’t jump as much anymore. Too many people like this in the sport with zero comprehension of danger

[@Chanelnrx]

Why would it matter to you how the others jump? 😂

[@hptfalcon1683]

Whats the vertical speed of descent on a twisted line. Could you survive impact? Is the risk in trying to untwist it having it collapse completely?

[@blakebarone1809]

High enough to deploy his reserve. Or even to just put in some effort trying to kick out.

[@dallaswood4117]

I was wondering the same thing seems his chute was pretty open and his decent didn’t seem incredibly fast even though the video was sped up two times

[@adamb3272]

U can't steer nor flare a chute with line twists. You supposed to diagnose there's a problem while you're still at a safe height and cut away, that is the protocol

[@clutchnixon5880]

He is honestly going to die if he keeps jumping. I hope he finds a new hobby

[@aiwithfrank5022]

How fast did he sink? Would that have been fatal? The canopy air fill level looks fine to me, albeit uncontrollable of course

[@culdeus9559]

Seems he was probably gonna get really banged up but survive less hitting something bad or electric

[@desireefisker8015]

Phenomenal execution and display of best practices, 600ft decision alt is a little high tho... I can't commend the logical reasoning and decision making enough, flawless jump... here's to many more!

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

Line twists are not usually a reason to cut away...I've had many. I was always able to clear them.

[@bouncyblueandsquishypink8612]

Line twist response WACK altitude awareness WACK decision making skills WACK

[@avimech8546]

Dude was cutting it pretty close, or in this case not cutting it

[@Vikassharma-cf2fv]

Great job

[@SuperAncientAlien]

Super job, super video, everything was….like, super

[@yhanrocha6441]

This guy needs to find another sport

[@TheBigBlueMarble]

It appears that his chute was fully deployed even though the lines was twisted.

[@brad270472]

He would of sorted that quicker if he'd just kicked his legs about. The 1st time I went up in a plane....I jumped out of it for the cancer research campaign and my lines were twisted. We go told to kick like crap and it worked.

[@charlieabbot3649]

Well done!!!

[@thomasmartin5503]

Was the enormous field to his right poisonous or something?

[@live2fly]

Freaking wingsuiters....

[@FGuilt]

They're the worst. I got 65 jumps. I'm SO jealous! I wanna wing suit!!

[@live2fly]

@@FGuilt just keep jumping. You'll get there.

[@chriswhusker]

Hurry hurry hurry hurry...said in Loyd Christmas' voice.

[@anthonyrthomasuk]

how do line twists happen?

[@Dani-en2nv]

I'm going to take my skydive license very soon, and I have a question : it is correct to cut away at this altitude? or he should have done this before?

[@diegorodriguezbaquero9170]

He should've cut away at 2000-2500 feet a few seconds after noticing he couldn't resolve them quickly.

[@neilowens8013]

Should make the decision at 2000ft really. Above if you are inexperienced. They will teach you on AFF.

[@abarrick09]

@@diegorodriguezbaquero9170 Agree, it's fine to attempt to resolve the issue if you have the time, but after 2+ min when he hasn't made any progress he should have cut away while he still had altitude. Not attempt to resolve for yet another 2 min.

[@morris9427]

What I learned was: until 2000ft you can try to solve the problem, if you’re at 2000ft and it’s not solved (unless ofc you only have like 2-3 twists left) you go to your emergency procedures. BUT: at 1000ft and lower, you can only pull your reserve and only cut away if the distance between the 2 canopy’s is more then 1 meter. (For anyone wondering: I did static line and I almost have my A-license)

[@nealroddy9088]

I am in AFF. At my DZ, 2500 feet is the absolute decision point of whether or not your main canopy is okay. If I was this skydiver, I would have tried to kick out until I was close to 2500 feet and then did a cut away.

[@C...G...]

lucky not to hit the power lines while landing

[@subacute]

Aim for the telephone pole.

[@joedasilva38]

Was the rate of descent the danger here? Didn’t seem like a huge problem to come down with that twist. Yes, he obviously would not be able to steer clear of trees and power lines with that twist, but seeing as he landed close to…you guest it…trees and power lines with full control after finally clearing the twist, I’m guessing he would have been just fine. Hence the lack of urgency during the twist.

[@JEK134]

What causes the lines to twist? Was it packed wrong?

[@lexirogers5523]

it could have been but not necessarily. body position during deployment of the parachute can also cause line twists as well as just the way the canopy opens. line twists are actually rather common but are usually easy to manage.

[@GCastro777]

A question for the more experienced skydivers out there: Had he chosen to deploy the emergency canopy, should he have cut away the main first, or rather wait for the 2nd to deploy and then cut ?

[@micktrudgett7022]

The last thing you ever want is 2 canopies out at the same time. E P is look locate 'look locate' peel punch'pull arch. And that decision for me is made at 2000ft.

[@micktrudgett7022]

Made reply

[@steffenfrost995]

This is a question for any skydiver... even with one jump... actually...even with just ground training....actually...even someone deciding to take a skydiving course will have found the answer to this themselves before they sign up let alone arrive at a course...

[@monkeyx17]

Imagine your parachute is more important than your life... stupid move even though he made it out alive.... he should of said fuck that

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

I’m not a skydiver, but my lockdown training is continuing and I’m learning loads 😂

[@fortusvictus8297]

Not from this jumper you aren't. Please don't go to any skydive place that doesn't give some confident ground training and include corrective actions for things like different canopy malfunctions or midair collisions.

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

@@fortusvictus8297 … relax. I’m joking.

[@andyhumphreys2681]

Did not seem to put any effort in, and his choice of landing area was very poor,he got lucky there.

[@fmxmyway]

Holy shit that was a close margin.

[@hornpaul]

Give that boy some Bowling Shoes, he should not be in the air. I did not see a single altitude check the entire time he was fighting that thing.