millertime24 8 #1 March 6, 2011 Opening that put an end to my jump day yesterday? This one hurt worse than any other Ive ever had. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoMpuJGHGPsMuff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mircan 0 #2 March 6, 2011 Looks like the one I had couple of years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61duIRjScU I feel you man. dudeist skydiver #42 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #3 March 6, 2011 First of all, stop looking up at your deployments, you are going to break your neck. That wasn't that bad, the camera stayed on.Not bragging but I had one once with a Flat Top Pro on my head that opened in one frame of the video. I don't recommend it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #4 March 6, 2011 I hear ya Spence. If I was wearing my DSLR things might not have ended so well. My body hurts right now, and my neck is as stiff as a board.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
npgraphicdesign 3 #5 March 6, 2011 Was it just a hard opening that got ya? Maybe I'm not seeing something here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #6 March 6, 2011 Ouch! Did ya bite your tongue on that one? I did on a slammer once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #7 March 6, 2011 QuoteWas it just a hard opening that got ya? Maybe I'm not seeing something here... Yeah. just a hard opening, but with the added weight of a dslr still cam on my noodle the forces generated could have resulted in a broken neck. Which is why Spence was right in that I shouldnt be looking at the canopy while its opening.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #8 March 6, 2011 My neck was in pain from just watching those videos. I've had a sore neck couple of times when I've looked at the canopy and it decided to open briskly. After the second time I stopped looking at it. I've had an actual hard opening too. I bit on my tongue so hard that it had teeth marks on it for few days and I also fractured a rib, plus the area around my sternum and my back from the other side was in pain for a while after the opening. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKtzidSmiEYour rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #9 March 6, 2011 nothing opens as soft as a safire2.. yea, i've seen your saf-opening too mircan.. tough it's a little squirelly at times and likes to spin me around on most openings.. but they're still soft! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 March 6, 2011 Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! Nice video...good landing BTW! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #11 March 6, 2011 Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! Nice video...good landing BTW! They are not mutually exclusive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #12 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! Nice video...good landing BTW! They are not mutually exclusive. Good point! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 March 6, 2011 Quote Opening that put an end to my jump day yesterday? This one hurt worse than any other Ive ever had. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoMpuJGHGPs You blame your packer, your packer blames your body position, ColbaltDan blames your pilotchute and I blame your canopy choice. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #14 March 7, 2011 QuoteOpening that put an end to my jump day yesterday? This one hurt worse than any other Ive ever had. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoMpuJGHGPs If your canopy is going to open that fast - why are you pulling so high?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #15 March 7, 2011 Quote If your canopy is going to open that fast - why are you pulling so high? He needs time to get his eye to focus again before landing."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #16 March 8, 2011 Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! In the front or back? Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocPop 1 #17 March 8, 2011 Quote Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! In the front or back? Now that is GOOD!"The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls." ~ CanuckInUSA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #18 March 8, 2011 Hi Mike!!, I feel for you!! 'Never done much camera stuff but had a few hard openings that would snap my melon!! Your trip reminded me of a foto sequence someone snapped of Lyle Cameron filming some years ago, like the early 60's. 'Think it was for the old "Rip Cord" TV series. He had a 35mm movie cam side mounted on a Bell Helmet, PC in a B-4 rig with a belly wart reserve. 'Sequence shows Lyle pulling the rip then reaching up and grabbing the camera as the risers and lines elongate and as the canopy catches air the risers get tension and try to snap his melon around like a spinning top!! 'He'd grab the camera with his hands and dig his elbows on top of the reserve for support Think fast boys and girls , gotta go digging in the archives to find that issue of SDM that has it!! Maybe LC jr. may remember?? Any other old farts out there have a clue!!?? 'Gotta laugh, the things we used to do for fun!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #19 March 8, 2011 Quote Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! In the front or back? Uh, lessee, which one is it that chicks dig? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #20 March 8, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Any parachute opening will give you either a song in your heart...or a lump in your shorts! In the front or back? Uh, lessee, which one is it that chicks dig? It depends of the chick! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
