billvon 3,070 #1 January 30, 2002 Well, it finally aired - our MTV episode. Our demo team went down to Cabo San Lucas this fall to film an episode of the "Road Rules vs Real World" competition. Our part in it was that we took all the contestants in to the competition on tandems. Now, a pessimist might say that we sweated our butts off, and put up with some very annoying people, for very little air time - I was on for all of five seconds. An optimist would note that we got paid a lot of money to skydive onto a beach in Mexico with a bunch of TV stars. I'll let you guess which category I fall into.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #2 January 30, 2002 when does it air?The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #3 January 30, 2002 Last night. It was supposed to be something of a suprise so I wasn't supposed to talk about it until it happened.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #4 January 30, 2002 well, that kinda sucks. I don't care what kind of skydive footage it is. would have loved to see itThe mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMarshMan1 0 #5 January 30, 2002 Eh, dont worry...MTV likes to air things over and over and over and over and....well....you get the point Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diver123 0 #6 January 30, 2002 I saw the footage... Which one were you? Honestly, and it may just be my retardation, it sure looked like those tandem instructors were trying to swoop the tandem canopies...! Well, as much as you can swoop a 350 square foot anything anyways... "pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #7 January 30, 2002 I saw it! With all the work you did for them, I expected a huge production from it. However, it looked like a beautiful place (pre-hurricane) to jump, and hopefully it was worth it, with or without tons of MTV exposure. "Back to the earth I feel it; back to the earth I'm fallin" Rusted Root Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #8 January 30, 2002 Cool bill! That makes me almost wish I had cable...pull and flare,lisa--Life is tough, but I'm tougher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #9 January 30, 2002 >I saw the footage... Which one were you? No freefall footage. I was walking the group to the plane, and sitting next to Emily just before exit. Oh well. At least Joe Mama got on lots of video, and all that footage was either from Steve or Dave's cameras. As always with events like this, it's strange to see weeks of preparation, ten straight hours of groundwork, lots of skydiving, dealing with local bureacracies, six inch thick piles of paperwork, almost a ton of gear, and two turbines from the US reduced to a two minute splash of video.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spectrejumper 0 #10 January 31, 2002 Did you get to take one of the hotties, or did you get stuck with one of the guys?? I have to agree with one of the previous posts, it looked like they were comin in pretty fast.Mike D-23312"It's such a shame to spend your time away like this...existing." JMH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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