lurking 0 #1 October 23, 2002 OK, now the Triple X movie has come to cinemas in Europe and in spite of all warnings I had to see it. I know the film has been discussed here before, but I would still like to ask for your help. I must admit that for a non-skydiver like me (even though I am a glider pilot and tried to learn something about your sport from reading this forum and other sources) the skydiving scenes did not look too bad. Can you tell me (without asking you to write a book) what´s wrong? I´m not talking about the final "parasailing" scene and the chute-assisted aircraft exit but the bridge/base scene didn´t look too bad. The skysurfing scene seemed odd to me because the guy deployed in a stand. Don´t freeflyers usually assume belly-down-position before opening? Enlighten me...! Thanks. Thomas, Germany Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 October 23, 2002 Oh, the xXx movie...when I read the title I was thinking "but I thought whuffos had sex too..."--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #3 October 23, 2002 >The skysurfing scene seemed odd to me because the guy >deployed in a stand. Don´t freeflyers usually assume >belly-down-position before opening? Freefliers yes. Skysurfers most often deploy while standing. I haven't seen the movie yet so I can't comment on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #4 October 23, 2002 Erno, There is a school of thought that I picked up on here in the past few months of skyboarders getting belly down stable before deployment, enough so that parachutist did an article on it not ot long ago about new flyers transitioning to belly down before deployment. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VivaHeadDown 0 #5 October 23, 2002 Skysurfers deploy in stand, but the flips were done for dramatic effect. The BASE from car was cool and real, except I don't think dude swerved onto the ramp, jumped out of the drivers seat onto the back of the car, then deployed. He was standing on the back of the car when he deployed though, and that was damn cool. Go Tim Rigby. That makes up for letting an old lady kick your ass in the Diet Mt. Dew commercial. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #6 October 23, 2002 this month's Skydiving magazine has an interview with Tim Rigby where he talks about the base-off-the-vette scene. good article!"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #7 October 23, 2002 It would have been cool if the skysurfing scene would have been done with real snowboard bindings , as they ment it to look like. Allthough I recall seeing skysurf bindings on the air and suddenly snowboard bindings with a totally different stance on the snow... (correct me if im wrong) The paragliding scene was not realistic at all...But I guess even wuffos can notice that. The B.A.S.E scene was nice, allthough when Vin Diesel was "landing" you could clearly see that it wasn´t real. Small things but makes a difference.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #8 October 23, 2002 skysurfers can deply on their belly with the beginner size board only, for a couple reasons... if you stand on the beginner board, it's so small that your fall rate is 150+, not ideal for deployment-whack. also it's small enough that you can fly it while on your belly and still pitch your pilot chute out far enough. The danger is the chance of your pilot chute going between your legs. On the intermediate and advanced boards (the longer boards), you must deploy in a stand to avoid the possibility of your PC going through your legs, and your fallrate is slow enough becuase the board is bigger. besides, it very difficult to fly a stable belly with that big surface area attached to your feet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #9 October 23, 2002 Thomas, es sieht alles wirklich cool. Sieht cool, war aber nicht. Waehrend die Szene mit dem aus der Bruecke fallendem Auto is der Stuntmeister um's Leben gekommen. Alles andere is ziemlich OK. Das Problem mit der Bruecke is das er auf dem Auto steht. Er haete deswegen kein Luftzug um sein Schirm auszuziehen. Jedenfals in der Wirklichkeit endete es sehr traurig. Gruesse aus Florida jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #10 October 23, 2002 QuoteGo Tim Rigby. That makes up for letting an old lady kick your ass in the Diet Mt. Dew commercial. More info, please. I don't remember that one. Mahalo in advance.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurking 0 #11 October 23, 2002 Hi jraf Vielen Dank für Deine Mühe, auf Deutsch zu antworten. Although I learned from this forum what a burble is, I didn´t see the problem. The vette must produce a monster burble. So the trick is probably to throw the pilot chute very far? On another note: In the German soundtrack they are repeatedly talking of "die Reißleine ziehen" (pulling the release lever/cord) while you are seeing the guy throwing out the pilot chute by hand. But I guess that´s just tradition. Even in this forum people are talking of "pulling" when they are effectively "throwing". Or did I get that wrong...? Viel Spaß im sonnigen Florida... Thomas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #12 October 23, 2002 We were discussing this topic with a bunch of really experienced (2,000+ jumps) at ZHills. The dude probably used a Static Line for the stunt. As I mentioned it did not end well. And yes, you are right no Reissleine. That is used only to deploy your reserve in case of a malfunction. Gruezi jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
