Emergency Chute - Epik Birthday Skydive 

I would’ve shit on that man’s dong if I heard that

@@iimasheriiol222 lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you would have did that that guy would have peed all over him! 🤣😂🤣

After watching it for a second time it's funny when you listen to what they're saying you can watch how the guys demeanor changes every time he asked a question and doesn't get the response that he wants. Luckily everything worked out okay 👌👍💯😊

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What he really meant was "Are WE ok?"

I think what he meant in his question was "Do I have to worry about anything, or not ?"

It was a metaphore...... he meant.... "AM I THE FUCK GONNA BE OK" ???? SHIIIIIIIIIIIT

The look on Erik’s face, before and after deploying the reserve, said this is not Cool and I have brown pants! Great cool tandem instructor dealt with what tandem instructors (or passengers) experience.

calvacoca exactly what he meant 😂👍

Lapiduse 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Me too !

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Ha ha ha ha haaaa

I was as well TURN TURN !!!!!

But the tandem instructor spent WAY too much time before finally cutting away, I hope he lost his rating to be an instructor.

@@Ryan-yo4dg Given that the chute Canopy was Open, and they had slowed down already, they were not in imminent danger of injury / loss of life at that point. Heck, If that was their reserve chute in that situation, and they were forced to land like that, their velocity looks slow enough that they could easily walk away from it. Their main issue was being unable to control their direction to get back to the field. Instructor tried to see if he could unspin the lines first, figured after a while that wasnt going to work, so ejected the tangled chute and at the same time popped the reserve. Now if it were tangled in such a way that the canopy wouldn't open sufficiently to largely slow their decent, then you'd be in a dangerous situation. Instructor also needs to take into account that if he is to ditch his main for the reserve, that reserve had better dam open perfectly or they will be worse off, so in *Some* situations (Like this one) if you have enough altitude and time to spare, its worth trying to fix it.

@@KSSilenceAU I didn't realize that the reserve had a slider? Or is that only with tandem rigs?

@@JayDee-xj9lu Yes reserve canopies do have sliders. They are generally designed to catch less air since reserve canopies may have to open fast in sub terminal speeds. Google for slider options in base jumping. Depending on the delay planed before deployment (therefore fall rate before pull), some people may go with a full slider, a mesh slider or no slider at all. No slider will limit the speed at which you may safely deploy but may be the only safe(ish) option if jumping at a very low altitude requiring a fast deployment.

@@Ryan-yo4dg As someone else mentioned, the most imminent threat (speed) being neutralized and being under a stable canopy following a stable trajectory, there was some leeway before chopping the main canopy. One technique that I was told about and got to use a few times is to ask the student to bring legs together and back, like in the exiting position. Then the instructor arches as well. It seems to shift the weight back and for some mysterious reason that I struggle to explain, it then unwrap like magic. I do see a few items where there is room for improvement. (that said, I wasn't the guy in the harness so there could always be a reason why things were done the way they were): - Decision making. Yes, everything was stable but he didn't change technique over time despite no apparent improvement. There was no emergency per se but any altitude you lose is time you won't have to plan your landing under reserve. Not the worst thing but just food for thoughts. - Since he had all the time in the world, it would have been a good opportunity to ask the student to go back into exit position, hands on the harness, head back, legs tucked, and for him to grab both handles before initiating emergency procedure(standard procedure as described by the manufacturer when altitude allows it). - Speaking of emergency procedures..... the reserve handle should have been pulled no matter the RSL or Skyhook. That being said, no way I would have an instructor's rating pulled for that and I don't see the tandem manufacturer (UPT) or the USPA pulling someone's rating for that. This video is only great debriefing material for the instructor and any instructor watching who likes to discuss techniques and procedures...... except for the fact that it's the student and not the instructor wearing the handcam which is a big no-no for both UPT and the USPA. I am a tandem instructor, have been for 13 years, for +/- 4500 tandems, and also a UPT examiner. I am also not a perfect instructor, have had my share of less than perfect jumps. Chastising is not how we get the general skill level to improve.

that would stress the guy out, it might have ruined his experience or he might have flapped around and made them less stabilized.

Looked like there may have been a small language barrier there. He got his money worth on the thrills though!!

@Teddy Li Why would you sue? It's a risk you accept (and legally sign). You can't go through life trying to blame everyone for some shit that happens. This is a common chute malfunction and isn't considered gross negligence on the part of the skydiving company.

@Teddy Li In this case, absolutely that's what I'm telling you. In this case, the skydiving company is going to tell you, both verbally and written, "skydiving can be dangerous...shit can go wrong...don't blame us if it does." By suing in this particular case, that's exactly what you'd be doing. Suing someone for a variety of other reason can be holding others accountable for their actions, but in this case, you're just looking to blame someone. I just don't see any other way to look at it.

Teddy Li I agree with you that a waiver is not the end all, be all. But again, with this particular case, this is one of the most common emergencies with skydiving. Someone who goes skydiving and signs the waivers (forget the legal aspect of it for a moment), i.e. warned about the risks, and still decides to jump...this guy wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if he decided to sue. He wasn’t injured, the company didn’t show gross negligence, the instructor managed to cutaway and deploy the emergency reserve as trained (albeit, some here state it could have been done better...but everyone is a Monday morning quarterback), and in the end, all ended well. I think someone would be hard pressed to sue for emotional damages in this case as well. In short, I have less of an issue with lawsuits than I do with a lawsuit over this particular case. It is why your comment caught me off guard. I’m not sure where you are from but in the U.S., there can very much be a “sue culture.” I think this example clearly falls under a frivolous lawsuit.

Zactly!

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I love how you were oblivious to the line twist for a minute and then your face when you realized something wasn't right! I hope you jumped again after this. I would imagine it's hard to kick out a line twist on a tandem. If you watch the chute almost untwist at one point right before he dumps the main! You handled it like a champ man

we r happy you are alive

You really haven't looked at the comments before this huh?

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I've seen another video on RU-vid in which the Tandem Instructor cuts away the main chute and after the reserve chute opens he calmly tells the student that he 'didn't like the color'!

What if the backup fails…

@@dancer1 You have the rest of your life to figure it out I guess 🤣

when you are about to die, and there is nothing you can do...then, ...there is nothing you can do...

@@jillgoldstein1318 it definitely reveals something

William Morales Correct 10/10 people will die but 5/10 people die before the age of 50 and no one wants to die early :)

@@6z0 My point was that no one has a say so in when they die....you don't get to choose whether or not you die early or 'on time' - it happens whenever it happens and there absolutely nothing that anyone can do to prolong it.

William Morales true

@Russell PhelanEvery single day is a risk. Avoiding risk is just cowardly cop-out way of living life. Your chances of dying are still the same.

@@6z0 5 out of 10 people don't die before age 50

Thanks a lot, Jack. That made my day

Happened to me yesterday… did the same thing

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yes !!!!!!!

Nothing like waiting till the last second to make a decision LOL

I feel like he was playin with him a little..... most tandem instructors make the cutaway decision sooner and not as long as they would to declare the main not flyable by themselves 😂 he got them down safe and with both legs so that’s all that matters ❤️

Minor tangling is actually not that rare, you get it open the way he tried, by pulling and pushing hard. My friend had a minor tangle on his first solo jump, he cleared it quickly by this method. Now however for some reason it didn't open, as it was much worse

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Love the shaving touch

"Drogue chute" broke off. That happened to me once too, but luckily the opening was fairly normal after that.

Joe Glenn LOL a drogue detaching is MUCH more serious than common everyday line twists. Line twists happen at every dz across the world every single day. Drogues don't come off too often lol

@@user-jz3vc9kd2j I did not know how serious it was. You can see in the video of my jump the main just tumbling out. I think my instructor was about to deploy the emergency chute. I have the video on my youtube page.

@@user-jz3vc9kd2j Thanks for letting me know wow! I guess I'm lucky to be alive!

TheDailyGrind I had a cutaway on my 30th jump. More than 300 later and I haven’t had one since. I know guys that have thousands of jumps and never had one. I’m not sure they are just more cautious when packing or just lucky.

Eh, I’m sure it’s much more difficult to get out of line twists in a tandem. Could’ve gotten out of it in a solo but he had to cut it away to safely land the both of them.

You forgot the usual all you can drink after such an event! :)

Joe Aguirre....i hope you no longer do tandems

Are you joking? He looked like a fucking awesome Tandem Master, better than the ones at my old DZ you can tell he is enjoying himself and thats what being a TM is all about

Would have *gone* a far way

I'm sure communicating to the customer was the first thing on his mind 😂

I guess he doesnt speak english