Why We Skydive - A Skydiving Documentary

I made this documentary WAAAAY back in 2012, when I was a brand new skydiver. Also a brand new filmmaker. It was for a university project. I loved it, but here I am four years later getting more into video.
Oh well! A little explanation of the inside of a skydivers mind.
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[@sabre2x135]

Getting a few skydives in on The weekend cheers me up for the rest of the week. The most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ

[@PernDog]

More likely to get killed by a bee sting!

[@billsanders5067]

No thing better than a sunset set load and then a ice cold beer. D7466

[@50buttfish]

All week in college, stress was high; Friday head to the DZ, pack student rigs (for jumps); Saturday, 1st jump relieved all the stress & Sunday was jump time. Sat evening was fiesta time with the Latin Skydivers @ Perris Valley Paracenter, late 70s, Sunday morn was hangover recuperation before jumping (I drank ice milk). Fun time - C-12318

[@PernDog]

Hell yeah brother

[@jasonvoorhees2701]

Truly nothing like it ...the most free 5 minutes of my life ..

[@michaelmartin5453]

I’ve rappelled out of a helicopter in Iraq. I’ve been pilot in command of a Cessna 162. Now I’m unable to fly for medical reasons so I figured I’ll just jump out. First jump is in two days and I can’t friggin wait.

[@daiddelborges9352]

You should make more of this type of documentaries/interviews. I can really relate to each one of these testimonies. Would love to hear more "Why you skydive?" stories from other ppl.

[@PernDog]

Good idea!

[@richardmillward8200]

You nailed it again

[@chrome0011]

Awesome vid! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

[@PernDog]

Thanks Jay, check out my video "Just Jump" is you enjoyed this one. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYG0qJ-ggpVljqM

[@Urayoan1511]

Loved this video its got me pumped wanna be up in the air again soon 🤙

[@PernDog]

Thanks 🤙🏻

[@TheHighHost]

Awesome video! Respect!

[@CCGR-2024]

Watching this makes me want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, Great Video! I just subscribed!

[@billsanders5067]

There is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. D7466

[@chrispomaski]

This is rad. Thank you!

[@PernDog]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it

[@sonnypruitt6639]

More golfer's are struck and killed by lightning each year than skydivers killed in skydiving incidents. So golfing is more dangerous that skydiving.

[@PernDog]

I don't think that's precisely true...while about 58 people die every year in the USA from lightning strikes, there are 350 million people here. There are only 35,000 licensed skydivers and there were 21 fatalities last year. So yes, skydiving is still a lot more dangerous than golfing. Golfing just moves at a glacial pace for me :)

[@tysonpotter3205]

Considering I ride a motorcycle often my chances of survival are much greater in the sky. My next jump is solo with one instructor. Of course my most terrifying thought is a bad main chute leading to a cutaway. I've seen videos and things can go bad quickly. What keeps you focused and on task that wont lead to a full on panic? Video suggestions? I'll find out more and ask this question in jump school next Sun. But I hear an Army Drill instructor in my head, "Remember your training"!

[@PernDog]

I do my gear checks 3x and practice EPS 3x every jump. I know a cutaway will happen one day so i prepare accordingly. Keep my hard deck high and my pull altitude between 3.5 and 4K. Bad main deployment can be tracked to a few things: bad pack job, poor body position on deployment, or random bad luck. Just gotta make sure that every jump has those calculations in mind and you’ll be good. 🤙🏻

[@tysonpotter3205]

@@PernDog Great info, thank you sir!