Friday Freakout: Skydiver Slams Into Ground, Breaks Leg From Failed Swoop

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What happened
After borrowing someone else's container/harness and also forgetting his glasses before boarding the plane, this skydiver proceeded to do a 90-degree turn straight into the ground. He bounced pretty hard and broke his leg on impact -- he also lost both shoes for those of you wondering 😉.
** Why did it happen **
Low Turn
This jumper decided to do a pretty dynamic, front-riser assisted, 90-degree turn out of a sort-of stall surge at a low altitude. It looks like he didn’t have enough altitude and didn’t try to stab out of it.
Unfamiliar Gear / Lack of Proper Gear
He noted that he was borrowing someone else’s harness and forgot to bring his glasses on the jump. Both factors likely played a role in this incident.
** How could it be prevented **
Gear checks and flying the plane down
This jumper said that HE JUMPED WITHOUT HIS GLASSES. If you need corrective lenses, they should be part of your gear check on the ground. If you get on the plane without them and realize it halfway to altitude, you should fly the plane down. Not being able to see your altimeter, other canopies in the air, or (evidently!) how fast the ground is rushing up at you, puts both you and other jumpers at risk.
Get familiar with new equipment
If you’re using someone else’s gear, you shouldn’t go straight back into swooping. Take a few jumps to get comfortable with how it flies before returning to your normal routine.
Give up the swoop
One of the most important things that a lot of canopy coaches do in their courses is getting students familiar with stabbing out to abort a run. It’s a very important skill because a lot of people don’t realize how much harder it is to stab out of a dive when you’ve got some speed built up in a turn. Jumpers need to be ready to give up a run to prevent themselves from slamming into the ground like this guy did.
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[@neillschultz7253]

I need to get me a pair of those ejection shoes.

[@menialfungus793]

At least he has nice socks 😂

[@En3rGyFaNforEv3r]

Thank you for uploading this! Skydivers shoudn't fear the day they want to base jump, you better fear the day you decide to start swooping!

[@gm5605]

Unfortunately for me my dream is to wingsuit base.... And I will, trust me. Also, I dismissed swooping at first but it looks like it's a nice way to add some extra fun at the end of a skydive when the main fun is over! I guess I should double fear 😁

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Start swooping on borrowed gear without your glasses*

[@DannyKay.]

@@gm5605 no, just take some advice from ppl with experience, they will give you the best guidance

[@terminaltom1662]

no no... base jumping is MUCH smarter than swooping......

[@DannyKay.]

@@terminaltom1662 Who said this sport was smart? 🤪

[@marcskydive13]

Well, at least he had such a nice socks 🤨

[@covain6964]

Marc SkyDive I always wear some kind of special socks for skydiving 😏

[@alanlhz2118]

He was prepared

[@thoover8928]

Yea, but his sister is gonna be pissed that he ruined her socks.

[@piltsa6880]

@@alanlhz2118 yes, you are right)

[@ВасяКуралесов-х5ч]

Придурков не обученные на дроп зонах на скоростниках за деньги допускают..... Этому просто повезло... Уровень подготовки 0

[@36kamele12]

I can literaly feel the pain, but how can he just stand up?😂

[@ZeroSpawn]

Jebus! Starting altitude was about 100ft too low. Also Nice flare at 4ft off the ground @ 42mph.

[@marziodalmonte1234]

He can consider himself lucky...

[@gerrett108]

Altimeter awareness ? None

[@mashed4804]

LMAO 😂 JEBUS

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

at least a 100ft. ... visiting jumper? air density issue? this eloy? cause ive seen 3 of those occur..smh. hot thin air.

[@joshypoo2006]

He bounced so damn far!

[@g6rcteam81]

This was freaking cool how did you do that trick where you eject your shoes on final!

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Pound in hard enough and they self eject, ask me how i know.... lol!

[@TheRyan5517]

"Legs is good".... brain is questionable

[@donnyh3497]

I have thousands of swoops and I often used to say out loud as I started my turn "at approximately 400 ft the deceased initiated a turn which he did not recover". Just to keep it in perspective.

[@trading-university.]

400ft? what were you flying, not a crossbrace thats for sure

[@donnyh3497]

@@trading-university. no, most of my jumps were not on crossbraced canopies😄. I'm old. The vast majority of my swoops were on the old stilettos. That was back when a swoop of 200feet was a good swoop! How far are they swooping now, like a mile or something? Now aside from an occasional base jump I'm predominantly a ground dweller. (Unless you count the short free falls from rock climbing falls which I think are infinitely more scary than skydiving and base jumping.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

I used to rip stupid manoeuvres in my 107 stilletto ... best performing canopy for the money maybe. I got a katana 89 after... that was a bit small. fell out of the sky bit too much.

[@commonsense5555]

@@donnyh3497 Just curious if you don’t mind me asking how many BASE jumps have you completed? And what type of base do you do, like regular or wingsuit or tracking suit? Just a skydiver who’ll be BASE jumping in the next year and am curious about the sport.

[@donnyh3497]

@@commonsense5555 I only have about 115 base jumps. No wing suit or tracking suit. My wife won't allow wing suit jumping unless I get an incurable disease. 😄 If you want to base jump you need to hook up with the local base jumpers in your area. It's a different game and you want someone showing you the ropes from packing to not burning your local objects.

[@jimcarter6669]

I could see that coming. He did not have enough experience to even attempt that. But remember, HOOK TURNS KILL!

[@suomynona]

ur mom

[@pdkodude283]

Lucky Man. Started that way too low...obvious result. He should be thankful to be left with a broken leg and a good reminder of just how fast a stalled canopy will bite you in the arse! Unfortunately I've seen it go the other way. My friend attempted a low swoop one day. Good skydiver, plenty of experience. He hit the ground feet first then head. Sustained massive head injuries and died in hospital. 26 years old. If you're not high enough to swoop. Don't swoop.

[@mrtony1985]

So sorry for your loss

[@AltitudeOutlaw]

His shoes came off and he survived. He is either a vampire or a warlock. Get the torches and pitchforks.

[@ПетерФенбонг]

Тот случай, когда ноги спасли таз и позвоночник. К сожалению, заменить мозг они не могут...

[@nathanbond8748]

Where can I find shoes with a cutaway like that?

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Hit the ground hard enough, they self eject... Ask me how i know, lol!

[@PlayJasch]

@@theginganinjaofficial how you know?

[@seewhyaneyesee]

@@PlayJasch Bones breaking impact force.

[@aeroalex777]

Вот и сделал 90^...... с прямой бы зашел и не смотрели мы на это все дружно!

[@timppao4664]

First I was why he dont hawe shoes, then comes slomotion And I was aaaalright😂😂

[@Rockajaw]

Parkour!

[@RenixGames]

Ah man his reaction to stand up right away was sooo bad. He probably felt no pain at that moment but something just has to be broken

[@georgejacob3162]

0:48. Suka! I've heard that word plenty of times on Russian Car Crash compilations!

[@Alexander040677]

You always say b.tch (suka - the same in Russian) or O! My god)))

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

@@Alexander040677 How do you say Oh My God in Russian? In my language is "O moj Bog!"

[@Alexander040677]

@@ThePhobosAnomally We are trying not to take God's name in vain, so we say "suka" (in english suka is b.tch). That's all I wanted to explain to George Jacob...

[@Диманлучший-б8э]

Да, мы русские такие))

[@nathanbond8748]

I don’t swoop and knew he was way too low when he started it.

[@sletzer]

Agreed. Waaay too low.

[@Argonaut320]

same same feeling

[@attiedegoeiste8620]

same haha

[@Gutulay]

can you please explain what happened and what is swooping? thanks

[@attiedegoeiste8620]

@@Gutulay Here is a good explanation of what swooping is: ( skydiveparacletexp.com/2017/11/27/swooping-skydiving/ ) In this video he made his last dive/turn to late and couldn't get horizontal before hitting the ground, check KZbin videos about swooping and see some proper performed swoops to notice how it should be done.

[@sharknadofartquake2449]

Breaks leg?! You mean bone fractures?! HOW DO YOU STAND ON A BROKEN LEG?!

[@sky__mannn6281]

Сразу видно наш !

[@sim.salabim.]

по носкам видно!!! ))))))))))))

[@Kolyan1981]

Бесит, когда начинают нашего наши же грязью поливать, как ниже в комментах. И за что? И кто? За косяк собственный! Охуенные скрепы духовные!

[@sky__mannn6281]

@@Kolyan1981 Смысл был не в том что-бы (грязью полить ) а то что так брякнулся и без единой царапины. То что крепкий как богатырь. У нас тоже такой-же случай был. Пацан на 110 куполе строит заход и входит в запятую под 90° падает с глухим ударом, все думали что насмерть. А он как ни в чём ни бывало встает, отряхивается , собирает купол и идёт на старт!

[@Kolyan1981]

@@sky__mannn6281 Да я не про твой коммент. Твой - что надо. Я про комменты ниже под роликом, расстроился опять, и под твоим комментом написал, в чувствах. Я, конечно, понимаю, что ты имел в виду. Добра.

[@Николай-л1ю9э]

@@sky__mannn6281 Можно так на болевом шоке встать и уйти, а потом склеить ласты из-за внутренних повреждений. Герой видео, похоже, не слабо травмировался хоть и не понял этого в первые секунды.

[@phutton88]

I've done these stall surge front riser 90s onto final with less than 200 jumps, with a 150. They scare the hell outta me. There's no denying that my mind's instinct is telling me to stop what I'm doing and focus on keeping the wing level, get accuracy in the LZ dialed, and enjoy learning wingsuit flying. Thrusting my body toward the ground at a few hundred jumps just keeps looking to me like a ticking time bomb. I saw a video of a young dude pounding in, having just started his recovery arc. Died that day, possibly on impact. Swooping looks cool, til it doesn't.

[@terminaltom1662]

at what point did we transition from "parachutes are to save lives," to: "parachutes are a great way to commit suicide.?" Something got lost there.

[@21katerr]

Зато все оценили носочки 🤪

[@stanmancam]

Being there done that lol. A lot of people don't live to tell the tale after a misjudged swoop, count your blessings my man, heal fast ! Neill Schultz great comment below lol

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Same, pounded in and still able to walk. With a sprained ankle and bum knee, but still jumped 7 more times before going to the dr lol. Funny what adrenaline will do

[@devioux4082]

Guilty of turning myself in to a lawn dart as well, lost my shoes too. Got lucky and walked away with a bad sprain, took a few months before I could jump again. Hope you heal soon.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

@@devioux4082 bad timing on my part... actually just a month out from femuring in myself.... femur, 2 pelvis, and 2 breaks in my hand. I'm really lucky. Can't wait to get back up in December though.

[@clayb1832]

Stood right up tho 🤙🏻 mad lad

[@TransferAir]

Ah, the new expensive Airbag shoes for 🪂👍🏼 Good to know that they don’t work, so: 👎🏼 🥶

[@bzkdnb]

SUKA :D

[@sanfranciscobay]

Is Suka Russian for Bitch in English?

[@СтаниславАболмасов]

SanFranciscoBay yes

[@Энгельс-н5д]

так точно, товарищь!))))

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Speedy recovery and blue skies 🤙

[@adelardj7026]

Song "front risers" says it all :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmfOeoCuZtJsj6c

[@sproutsisters5398]

Swooping should be renamed Smashing into the ground as hard as possivle

[@TURBOTURTRUCKS]

Очевидно было что уже на посадку и прямо....

[@andyowens5494]

At what point do the cumulative risks set off alarm bells. Its not about being risk takers or risk averse, its about risk awareness and acting appropriately. He’s lucky he only broke a leg to wake him up, crazy fool.

[@dday1412]

Classic Incident pit. Small thing like forgetting your glasses, add in a borrowed harness and thats it. You're in the incident pit good and proper. One more small thing goes wrong and you've lost the ability to recover. Stop...return back up the slope when there is still time. Even if it means failing to achieve the days goals. Not easy to learn to do, I've had some hard lessons myself, fortunately survived to sound like a know all now, but seriously ... watch for the pit. Also, I once saw a pedestrian get hit by a truck on the highway in Africa and his clothes were knocked off him. He ended up dead in dirty underwear.. I'd never believe your jeans could be knocked off you by an impact, until I saw it.

[@MrP020372]

Странно как-то он управлял парашютом при посадке...

[@steve7015]

I'm guessing new canopy proly that swoop works on the old one

[@menspower736]

Это не жесть, это пипец, как он жив остался на такой низкой спирали, кеды, как из пушки отстрелились, счастливчик.

[@НикитаАксенов-э9з]

И вправду жестко) Удачных прыгов и мягких приземлений!)

[@davidherr7808]

wouldn't a windsock at the landing site be a good idea? I would think it would be better to land off target then to land down wind.

[@HikeWithLittleFoot]

If you’re going to be stupid..you need to be tough. Learn to fly your canopy. That’s was erratic and uncoordinated

[@yuzef5699]

Как он ноги не переломал . Вообще не держал купол.

[@bobjah]

Братишка ты береги себя

[@dan6831]

stupid is as stupid does. D3302

[@КенКен-ь6е]

Ооо... Сссука! Жёстко!...

[@gerrett108]

No altimeter needed, just hook it. Stab out on toggles. Oh, wait

[@JustinMascarenas]

I've never swooped. Can someone explain to me how you prevent that from happening? I assume he should have cancelled his swoop turn and when it was too late and low. But the description talks about stabbing out to abort a run? How do you stab out? How do you abort a run? What were his options before it became too late and how does he mitigate damage once it started? I assume at that angle PLF probably not helping him either.

[@airbornestormer7016]

There is no aborting once you have started but you can pull up to an extent with your rear risers... that is also how you steer, instead of using the toggles

[@MrScillage]

Stab out = stab the toggles to change the pitch of the canopy and reduce the descent rate. Abort by not turning as much or changing the pitch of the canopy higher up once you realise you are low. That's either using the rear risers or toggles.

[@MrVoodoo72]

Start with more altitude. When you begin practicing you start with more than enough altitude to recover with plenty of room to spare and work your way down. This jumper started way too low. Most of the guys I know are in the 700' range to begin their turns (I live in a high altitude area about a mile above sea level so they have to account for that too)......this jumper looked like he was only 100-200' when he started the turn. Wayyyyy too low.

[@phutton88]

Rear riser input influences drive. Toggles kill drive. Try any big dive up high with a toggle or front riser, and go half flare after your heading change-you'll pitch up instantly and end the flight cycle. If you don't understand what a flight cycle is, Google Flight-1 skydiving right now. Flight cycles are bad when flying at final leg altitude.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Take a canopy course, also take all youtube comments with a grain of salt. Better to ask a trusted coach/instructor at your DZ. Js

[@romansmirnov2087]

Это тебя носки спасли. Береги себя. Рады что живой остался.

[@hud86]

Chick trying to keep up with the dudes. I love swooping, but you gotta do it for yourself

[@chrispedersen2526]

Different people have different preferences regarding risk. For me, I've never understood why people like to pile on a bunch of risk on to the end of their skydives. Didn't you have enough fun in free fall? I guess not for some! It just doesn't seem like a very good risk/reward trade-off to me. If you want to go fast across the ground buy a motorcycle or a sports car. Intentionally putting your canopy into a death spiral low to the ground is simpy a bad idea. Ranks right up there with IV drug use and autoerotic asphyxia; Just say no to swooping kids! ;)

[@jonathanguerra1976]

I.m a beginner skydiver so my number of jumps, canopy size, experience etc stop me from thinking about any swooping or anything similar..but even with that I think if you want skydiving for very long time you should minimize risks all possible.

[@genentropy]

I remember when I used to think that way. Now I dream of the day I get to purchase my first cross-braced canopy. Probably not for a while.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

I work at the dz, video and AFF. All work until i pull, then i get to play under my canopy.

[@JT-sr2pl]

Do it again!

[@twidget8888]

He's lucky all he broke was a leg. Leaning forward, as swoopers do, it's all too easy to get a bite of that terra firma.

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Iv jumped like 6 times .. i have a sloppy arch ... dude that looks like that hurt hella ! way harder landing then I did

[@sergatmel8242]

Живой, уже хорошо! А вообще - Swoop это "зло" (имхо)

[@АлексейПолзиков-к2ш]

Не знаю, но это круто. Мечтаю когда-нибудь дорасти

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

I always watched swooping and thought, you’re just asking to get hurt.

[@Thrahl]

You could describe the entire activity of sky diving this way.

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

Thrahl yes for sure, but I do it somewhat safely. We call it safeish lol.

[@bigblue207]

It’s like anything else, proper risk management and preparation keep you safe most of the time. This guy jumped without his glasses and with an unfamiliar container.

[@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783]

Big Blue I didn’t read the details but I believe it. I see way more people hurt under a good canopy than anything else. I want to do it for as long as possible I guess,.

[@BrendAn_RSA]

@@Thrahl Haha. Sure. Let's go with that. With attitude like yours humanity would still live in trees...

[@joshm9666]

Yeah, definitely inexperienced on swooping. Even from the video you can see the sight picture is way too low to be on fronts.

[@AhmedWajdi]

I have a more terrifying video for my last skydive I broke my leg. How can I send it here

[@billywhizz6483]

Thank goodness he had safety shoes on

[@gatorscoops3861]

you know you’re fucked when you fall down, get up and then stand down again.

[@philipsturtivant9385]

No Hand Signals - Blind Skydiver Aboard. Jeez . . . 😥

[@4YouMam]

Если свупер, то слишком поздно развернулся и не успел вывести в горизонт, хорошо что головой не воткнулся.

[@pepege5175]

он без головы/мозга...

[@Kolyan1981]

Зачем так на человека? Русскоговорящего. В Эмиратах воздух другой, жара, по-другому летит крыло. Ну, ошибся человек - ну, бывает, выложил видео, поделился, а его, часто даже в теме люди поливают дерьмом. Так часто у нас. Странно это. Чуваку быстрейшего выздоровления надо пожелать и удачи.

[@4YouMam]

@@Kolyan1981 в нашем спорте ошибки слишком дорого обходятся, за мои ошибки мой наставник мне такой разнос устраивал, чтоб на всю жизнь запомнил, другого раза может и не быть.

[@naumdv6659]

@@Kolyan1981 Ребята, кто знает последствия? Какие травмы? Что в итоге?

[@Kolyan1981]

@@4YouMam я сам прыгал, знаю

[@andriy2706]

Носки зачет)

[@Zorrostunts]

He didn't break his legs he stood up just fine

[@titter3648]

That is what i thought too. How can you stand on a broken leg? I broke my arm while snowboarding one time and could not even use my hand to take off the binding. A broken leg should just boucle under you. So maybe a fracture, but not broken for sure.

[@Zorrostunts]

@@titter3648 yeah I broke my ankle earlier this year and not even really a full break and I couldn't walk on it right for a while

[@flyer2512]

Nice socks!

[@uttamd898]

Yes

[@piltsa6880]

Thanks) I like it )

[@cmdmd]

Did you say “suka”? I know what that means, just asking. Brother, low and fast turns close to the ground....

[@santiagoreina2332]

"Cyka" means bitch in russian

[@mepp_rider7221]

This guy was way too low to go for it...

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Not really, if he didnt hang on fronts so long and stabbed out, he coulda dug himself out of that one

[@stephanamente4332]

Well i guess the ground got more damage than you 💪😎

[@genentropy]

I felt that.

[@СергейШелестюк-л1и]

Сразу понятно - русский человек

[@ЕвгенияКарнаухова-х3о]

Наш русский соотечественник, держись брат!

[@LTV_inc]

Wow there really is nothing to do in Dubai.......

[@aj5878]

So what’s the correct way to do this? Not like ima try it anytime soon after seeing this but just wondering haha

[@karolkopcinski6750]

do not eat grass

[@kamikaze9452]

Wait would it be better to land on sand in that moment ?

[@joshjensen101]

Never too low for a low turn.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

"When in doubt, add rotation."

[@shockwave6416]

This is the crap that has killed so many.

[@brian6140]

My leg is....bad. Ya think?

[@junichid2]

He did the fort nite parachute jump thing.

[@chrisa1032]

On the slow-mo replay it certainly looked like there was clear and decisive decisions being made. And yeah despite the (somewhat) unnecessary injury sustained, these were the right decisions! PLF guys! Always remember the procedural landing fall, it can and *will* save your ass. They realised early the landing was going wrong and conciously made the move, to instead of moving away from the surface that *was* going to break bones, they at the last moments, made sure to put their feet out for the PLF. Without that, their spine was the next in line to take the brunt of the landing. PLF guys!I It can make the difference between limping, and spending life in a wheelchair

[@MegaGreshnik]

сука жестко :)))

[@johnparkman8150]

Never understood swooping...it always looks cool until it doesn't lol...and yes I have lots of jumps and a pilot's license...as skydiving goes...remember...just like malfunctions...there are those who have made mistakes...and those who will...

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Let's not talk about his decision-making here.....But at least he took it as a man !

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

All the experts...He started to low...Looks okay to me...He is still alive. And if you're going to swoop..You will break something too...We all do at some time. All it takes is the wind to change direction.

[@jamiemc6901]

is our boy jumping in socks :')

[@victoralexandrov7684]

People are more robust than they look

[@channelbree]

Been there different situation the pain comes charging on and just when you think this shit can't possibly get any worse it multiplies several fold. Broken leg = total nightmare. Once the AE guys get some good painkillers in you its all plain sailing.

[@ДмитрийПопов-э7в]

тагиииил!

[@Fleshandbooze]

Knocked his goddamned shoes off! 😃 Maybe if he worried less about matching green gear and more about developing skills he'd still have his shoes on his feet.

[@Statureman]

Uh. Ouch.

[@billsmith756]

That looks like skydive dubai desert zone. The city one would be nice but its limited to people with over 1000 jumps.

[@AJCopp]

I don’t even skydive but why did they do that? It seemed like the worst possible decision in that situation especially since there was sand right next to them

[@ugaugauga488]

Mental illness can be treated.

[@chul9489]

I remember the footage is a bit old.

[@XMasterboba]

Broken leg club!!!!

[@larryehrlich8702]

On the bright side, he got a valuable lesson without the typical broken bones...yeah!

[@TheoP582]

Swoop aloop and choop da froop

[@an33x]

Не берет...

[@SkyChaserCom]

Looks like a "green stick" fracture :(

[@Угвей-д6ф]

Дааааааа. Ты просто ураган😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sproutsisters5398]

What a horrible labding

[@Zazuzu81]

Тапки слетели - значит не жилец 🙂

[@GustavoForever]

Dor