Quake120 0 #1 April 11, 2007 Watch the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS9O8xK07do http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=3129&string=low%20freefly Your opinions? I think they would have deserved a Darwin Award had they been killed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,068 #2 April 11, 2007 >I think they would have deserved a Darwin Award had they been killed. My friend, we are all Darwin Awards waiting to happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #3 April 11, 2007 Quote we are all Darwin Awards waiting to happen. Jeez, thanks Bill, that was better than situps! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSky 2 #4 April 11, 2007 Quote My friend, we are all Darwin Awards waiting to happen. This is definitely the quote of the day“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glitch 0 #5 April 11, 2007 Find a new sig line??? Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSky 2 #6 April 11, 2007 Quote Find a new sig line??? If you can tell me what my sig line is from I will consider it. If not then you don't understand its context “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #7 April 11, 2007 If you want to see a bit more about the guy that did the hanger swoop, visit here.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #8 April 11, 2007 ahhhh, to be young again. The low freefly video reminds me of the good old days when I would walk out to the landing area and tell people they were grounded. Not enough of that happens these days. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anewempire 0 #9 April 11, 2007 a 17 second delay from 3500ft? wow... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quake120 0 #10 April 11, 2007 Touche! ... I guess they would have deserved an extra special Darwin :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,068 #11 April 11, 2007 >I guess they would have deserved an extra special Darwin . . . Eh, to a whuffo, anyone who willingly jumps out of an airplane is suicidal as it is. To a BASE jumper, most skydivers are a bunch of conservative pussies. It's all in your perspective! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #12 April 12, 2007 Quote >I think they would have deserved a Darwin Award had they been killed. My friend, we are all Darwin Awards waiting to happen. I just spit out my drink!! Can I put that in my sig line? LOL "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #13 April 12, 2007 Quoteahhhh, to be young again. The low freefly video reminds me of the good old days when I would walk out to the landing area and tell people they were grounded. Not enough of that happens these days. Grounded? What the hell is that? Grounded in the 21st century goes more like: You got 90 jumps? Sure, go jump that Stiletto and camera set up, pull low while you are at it and amaze us with a gnarly swoop over the pond! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #14 April 12, 2007 QuoteWatch the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS9O8xK07do http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=3129&string=low%20freefly Your opinions? I think they would have deserved a Darwin Award had they been killed. The youtube movie accident clip (2 sec of just the crash) is in the Parabatix video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #15 April 12, 2007 Quote Quote Find a new sig line??? If you can tell me what my sig line is from I will consider it. If not then you don't understand its context Unless someone said it earlier, it's a famous line from "Ski Patrol" back in the late 80's/early 90's. The character was Suicide, and I can't remember who played him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingDuck 0 #16 April 12, 2007 That was for a show called stunt junkies. He did as much prep as he could and made it as safe as he could. And be honest, if he had pulled it off you would have been the first to buy him a beer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagan 0 #17 April 12, 2007 eh no it's not... lest I be mistaken the stunt junkies stunt was through a straight hanger in deland (i forget who did it but I think i saw luigi in the show). This jump was made years before stunt junkies ever existed. P.S. Tim's one of the nicest and creative guys you'll ever meet.-Patrick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #18 April 12, 2007 For some reason Titusville sticks in my mind for the Stunt Junkies fly-through thing.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #19 April 12, 2007 Tim's stunt was not for Stunt Junkies, it was for the WFFC video. All the people you see running up to him there are part of the video crew including a few DZ.commers. The Stunt Junkies was in Titusville not Deland. And it was far from the first time this was done. Rook did it in the early 2000's at SDC, I'm pretty sure Rickster did it yars before that. Hanger swoops have been around for a little while but they are not done that often for obvious reasons.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #20 April 12, 2007 Quote >I guess they would have deserved an extra special Darwin . . . Eh, to a whuffo, anyone who willingly jumps out of an airplane is suicidal as it is. To a BASE jumper, most skydivers are a bunch of conservative pussies. It's all in your perspective! That's why the last thing we need on here is whuffos (I'm sure the OP's 1 jump was a tandem) making comments about people's skydiving and stupidity. People who can't - or won't - do something really don't have any room to comment on the skill and preparation needed for something like that hangar swoop. Sure, it didn't work out and the guy creamed in. But having the skill and guts to try it deserves major respect (in my opinion). The dude who exits low and opens low - OK, he's just a dumb fuck.Kevin_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagan 0 #21 April 12, 2007 Quote For some reason Titusville sticks in my mind for the Stunt Junkies fly-through thing. Yep, sorry I stand corrected, why am I thinking Deland? Hey at least I was in the right state ;)-Patrick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSky 2 #22 April 12, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Find a new sig line??? If you can tell me what my sig line is from I will consider it. If not then you don't understand its context Unless someone said it earlier, it's a famous line from "Ski Patrol" back in the late 80's/early 90's. The character was Suicide, and I can't remember who played him. Yep........rocket skisSo is there video of someone pulling this off? I think Ive seen video of people swooping in to the hanger but not in and back out again“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quake120 0 #23 April 12, 2007 QuoteThat's why the last thing we need on here is whuffos (I'm sure the OP's 1 jump was a tandem) Only having one tandem makes me a "whuffo" now? How many jumps do I have to have to lose this "whuffo" status? I think if you jump once and retain an interest in the sport (which I have, I just haven't gotten to my second tandem/AFF yet), that should be enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyninja 0 #24 April 12, 2007 Sorry buddy, but with that number of jumps, you don't know what you don't know. So it's not to say that you're not welcome to continue and ask question/discuss, its just that you may be less of a reliable source of skydiving information/opinion than a D license holder with 1000s of jumps. Don't let that be a blow to your ego, that's just how it is right now. As you jump more, you'll know more (I would hope), and you'll get into the culture more. Now starting out with insulting the more daring of the skydiving crowd may not have gotten you off on the right foot, but hey, that's the way you chose to enter this forum, so deal with the response that you get.Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para_Frog 1 #25 April 12, 2007 Go big on go home. Just think if Tim had pulled it off! There is always about much between being cool and being a dumbass. Long live the dumbasses...- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
