Friday Freakout: Scary Parachute Entanglement - CRW Gone Bad. Really Bad. 

1:55 these guys just having a casual conversation mid air whilst crashing down to earth the calmness is unreal

IM GONNA GO NOW! BAI BAI

I may have to leave ok. I'm going to go now bye bye. wow awesome.

that much sky and you choose to be so close together

This was an incredible act of calm, communication was the key. Way to go guys! Good Job!!

Been there before and thought I was going to die, but it was not an attempt at CRW it was another jumper who opened below me and I went into his canopy as mine was opening. I was wrapped up in a ball of crap from Hell! I was jumping a Cruise Air and he had a round Para Commander. To this day I have no clue why I survived that jump, I was so tangled up in his canopy that I just went limp and accepted death...then bam blue sky and I was free. Douglas Ducote D-9957

Doing CRW with an RSL connected is, umm, "bold", but chopping while entangled in someone else's main without disconnecting the RSL first is a whole nother level.

I like how the first guy was like “hey man are you OK” “hey I might have to go soon OK” “I’m gonna have to go” “Okayyy I’m going now man see ya”. Before cutting away and popping his reserve

1:20 I looked away for a second and thought he did it again

"It's been nice talking to you, but could you cut loose before we die?"

A lot happens fast in skydiving. Good job on staying calm, acting, and walking away. Disconnect that RSL braj!

That last cut-away scared me s**tless. I can understand in a high stress, complex situation you can miss stuff and obviously he was concentrating on the mess above his head. But when he went for the cut-away pad with the line hooked around his hook knife my heart literally missed a beat.

Plenty going on in that one, and the lines caught under the hook knife could have made it worse (see chop at 2:58) Well done to both for maintaining a clear and calm approach to dealing with the situation!

the guy on top "oh hey" in the calmest, most normal tone XD

It feels so good to be at home on the couch right now doing nothing

Ironically, the only line entangled with his body was on his hook knife. Which was ripped off when he cut away.

“OK IM GOING TO GO NOW...BYEBYE!!” Like they almost didn’t die...

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA.... he talks as if all this was planned... "I may have to leave soon..", "ok, I am leaving now, bye bye..." amazing job guys!!! but I would never ever risk that distance to come so close to another canopy... the second skydiver doesnt pull his reserve handle because his RSL+SKYHOOK open the reserve in less than 2 sec!!

"I may have to go now"... I would have shat myself

He didn't even realize that the line was rapped around his hook knife. A little more awareness and he probably wouldn't have had to chop it. But both party are hopefully safe and got some good learning experience. Be safe guys.

Using an RSL for CRW is crazy! Second guy doesn't even locate his reserve handle, just cuts away and hopes the RSL will work. Poor work

I never dug CRW - was a 'three strikes and out' affair. Nothing this severe, but enough for me to say: no mas. Stunning how calm they were.

Oh man, I was really hoping he wouldn’t cut while that line was still stuck to his harness, I’m glad it didn’t snag and get his reserve caught up in it. For future reference I would recommend you making sure there are no lines or obstructions below your head before you cut away

good communication from these two! :)

This goes wrong on so many levels... - I'm guessing this was a dedicated CReW jump, from the altitude they're at. That's good. However, there seems little preparation beforehand, since both jumpers have a camera (extra snag hazard), are jumping regular Freefall canopies, are both wearing camera's and both are jumping with their RSL's attached. If you're interested in CReW, at least talk to some experienced CReW dog. If there's none available near you, at least do your research online (dz.com, CREW dogs google group). - CReW under ordinary freefall canopies. Had they had a retractable pilot (or even a removable deployment system, if you must) Yellow Canopy simply would probably have bounced off Green Canopy, or missed completely. Now, though, you can clearly see Yellow Canopy getting entangled in Greens pilot chute at 0:17. Just practice proximity flying or bump end cells when you are a bit further along. Don't try to stack it up without proper training. - Only shout positive commands, and never ever anything remotely sounding like 'cutaway' (such as "are you okay"). That might lead to an even worse problem as the top cuts away an inflated main. However, Green Canopy is due some kudo's attempting to communicate and for deciding to cutaway when he realised that there seemed to be no communication. You can hear Green's shouts on Yellows camera, but not the other way around. - Yellow canopy clearly has their RSL still attached. At 1:56 you see Green leaving, with what looks like the bridle of their freebag already coming out. If you have your RSL still attached in a CReW jump, you run the risk of your reserve deploying before you have the chance to get away from the mess. Your buddy might fall straight into your reserve, complicating the mess they are in and possibly killing the both of you. - We cannot see what is going on above Yellows head at 2:21, but from earlier footage he has a (partially) inflated main above his head. There is a line caught up under his main lift webbing or his hook knife. Had he gone for his hook knife, the line from Green's main could have been cut, or would have cleared by itself. You do see Yellow using riser input to counteract the spin he's in - he's keeping his head. At decision time, he cuts away - good. But as indicated earlier, he too has his RSL still attached. RSL beats him to deployment and he never thinks to pull his reserve ripcord. That would have eraned him a serious kick in the behind from any S&TA, instructor, experienced jumper - or even student - worth their salt. So I'm gonna go and disagree with everyone else: I am *far* from impressed. All these guys did correct was survive this mess they got themselves into.

“I may have to leave!” “I’m going now!”

I still think that CRW is just seeing how many safety rules you can break and still survive the jump.

Duuuuude, was that caused by an nose ring line entanglement. ...

CRW is so dangerous. I knew a instructor and world champion for a CRW team who had over 12,000 jumps. I heard about 2 guys out of six who died when a whole stack collapsed. He told me the week after the accident he was one of the six man team. He was flying the base position and got a clean cut-a-way but two of his buddies were to entangled even though they tried to cut-a-way.

well that is the first time i have seen a line cut a hook knife away. That is ironic.

I just did this jump yesterday thank god they did such an amazing job. And this guy right here 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 to you man you was so calm and did not panic was this a dam test bcuz you did great 👍

Top job by the top bloke, kept calm, ensured he wasn't tangled before cutting away,

It was certainly unfortunate but spontaneous act saved him. As we take quick decision on the road while driving a car similarly his brain is calibrated to handle such situations without being panicked.

from one skydiver to my two BROTHERS! nice job guys way to stay calm and thank god you guys made it to the ground SAFELY BLUE SKIES ALWAYS BROTHERS!!!

Im sorry but 😭😭😭 THAT SPINNING AT 0:35 KILLED I EXPLODE OF LAUGHING

why is ur RSL was connected????

In d middle of the kaos.." u alrite ?!..u alrite ???! " this guy is a cool friend to be with.

this guys chill is something else

"I may have to leeeeaaaaave"... EPIC!!!

altitude and calmness was their friend

it's a gift wrap!

Props to these two guys! Well done.

"I`m going to go now bye bye" then the yellow parachute guy comes a second time and entangles himself with his reserve parachute...

I love the, " I may have to leave " comment.

Well, yes, fortunately they were high enough to take their time. Just wondering about the RSL... It's good to trust it but I am in favor of 'formally' deploying the reserve anyway.

YT recommended this to me ... I don't know why 😅 I've never gone skydiving and I am not planning to... So what the heck is CRW and how should it work correctly?

A you okeee?????? 😂Super. Очень заботливый пилот. Молодцы!!!!

Many years ago two friends of mine died just like that. Harpo and Kelly, RIP. 😢💔🌹🌹

Nice example of the RSL... didn’t even have to pull the reserve handle! Good job guys. Stay save

error, el primero que debía liberar el paracaídas principal era el que estaba arriba, el otro tenia cierta sustentación y le era más fácil abrir el de reserva porque podía pasar eso precisamente el último se enrredó más, pudo matarse

They are doing CF on canopies that are not setup for CF. If they were setup correctly the pilot chute would be retracted meaning that the wrap wouldn't have happened.

At 1:20 I didnt no that it went back to another camera angle and I thought they got wrapped up again with his emergency parachute

I don't know why these skydivers ever worry - no one dies in this series!!

Clear that line...Clear that line...Clear that line...Clear that line...Clear that line...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Homie is doing CReW with an RSL? Ironically, his buddy's canopy was entangled with the hook knife strapped on on his chest. When jumper 2 cut away he lost his hook knife! Hope he carries two, cuz definitely could have been more entanglements after the reserve came out.

I hope this was not intentional crew with an RSL fitted?!

I assume there is a certain amount of ass-clenching when you cut away even when you Do have your reserve.

When skydiving in itself isn't enough, but you have to add "cool stunts" like stacking...

That’s some horror movie shit right there.

so lucky your hook knife fell off when you cut away.

SOB, I scared to death just watching it.

Choose your CRW partner very carefully-one who understands safe docking

"I'm gonna go now! Bye-bye!"

Reserves saved a lot of lives.

Nice RSL show off :) didn’t even have to pull the reserve :)

A masterpiece of communication

I would be yelling cut cut cut right away

The guy with the nose ring never pull the reserve handle. I thought RSL’s were a NO NO for crew...

I like to imagine that I'm chill under stress, but in my heart, I know I'm not to this level.

I see that the second jumper still had a line stuck on the left side before cutaway, which make me think that the main chute can still remain attached when he cutaway. Would it not have been better if he'd deactivate the RSL also and had around 3 seconds of free fall before cutaway, to prevent the reserve from also getting entangled in in the main chute?

Those aren’t CRW canopies so ofc the pilot chute bridle of the normal sport canopy is an entanglement risk as well as docking on those lines that’s not a good deal… also homeboys RSL was connected OMG so many ways they could’ve done this safer but glad they’re good and had some fun learning IRL!!

May god be with you all .

0:37 yeah it already says so in the title

Glad they are both safe but really! First rule before you turn in any direction is to look that was for other skydivers. You don’t just make a left turn onto a intersection without looking

Did he just deploy cutaway at end? Why did he not have to touch other handle?

“Around around around... the world...”

Parachutes wrapped , everything going wrong , losing altitude quick : R yOuU ALriiGHTTt?¿?

Bruh , that reserve deployed fast fast

Seriously, an entire SKY of space and 2 skydivers can't stay out of each other's faces?

He was determined to keep that parachute

I think i would have cutted away 10 times faster… in both situation. Easy to say but… seems very long for me

"All right, this is bad!".So how did he get to this conclusion?:)

oups...incomplete pds procedure, and thanks that the line blocked on his right shoulder didn't disturb the reserve opening sequence by maintaining the main canopy above him

Laughing so hard🤣😂😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow. DO NOT DO CRW WITHOUT GETTING GOOD COACHING. Everything they did minus the good communication was wrong.

Real smart to come so close ...

Title should say: Very very very scary patachute entanglement

Will never understand why you mess around like this, why tempt fate.

And surprisingly the guy didn't cut away and then get your emergency chutes tangled up as well...…...

Lucky that line broke off of the hook knife when they cut away!!! Should have definitely scanned their body better for hung up lines before cutting!!!

Only thing is that he didn't pull his reserve by himself but his MARD or RSL did that. You should always perform full procedure.

Amazing

Uhhhhhmmmmmm, that's not "really bad"... that's in fact, perfect. Plan = 0, alive = 2, perfect!

1,000,000 twists. “I may have to leave”.

Coolest dude ever! Well done guys

Same guy then catches him on his reserve, and does the same again! 😂😂😂

01:00-01:10 me when im with a friend who is in trouble :D

Have you ever took a long shit and watched it go around the bowl lol

Caramba minha nossa 😍 instrutor sangue no zóio....foi criado pra isso! Parabéns pra ele demais🙏

Wooowwe!!! Amazing!!