Life goes fast. Even faster in head down freefall.
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I’ve done a bit of head down flying and it’s so cool seeing the horizon upside down. And your friends’ emailing faces.
There's nothing like it.
*smiling lol
That's funny, I didn't even see the typo until you corrected it. I read it as smiling the first time.
One of the coolest two person exits I’ve done was palm to palm out the door of a Super Otter. You both just automatically transition to head down together and then rock out once you’re stable.
I actually didn't do much head down flying until right before I stopped jumping. I focused on head up. My favorite exit was launching a 3-way head up round out of a caravan. You can hear the celebratory screaming on the gopro footage. We failed so many times.
Yeah that’s epic. We had a skyvan show up a few times and got to pull big bases off the tailgate. But my fav slot by far was last diver. By the time the base had exited they had a four second head start on you and you’d have to stand on your head to catch them. Then try not to blow past them or funnel everyone as you coasted in.
Yeah I had all my gear stolen then shortly after that became a Dad. The older I get the cooler I was. Lol
I was a diver on one of the trail planes for this. Felt like I'd never get there.
Yeah life happens...I get it. I love flying though.
Man that looks like some of Roger Ponce de Leon’s Color Concepts jumps from the 90’s.
Wow to be on a jump with Norman Kent filming it you must have some hours of freefall
He's a super nice guy. He asked me for my footage because we were on the same plane for must of the jumps. I was only 3 years into jumping when we did that record. I was really nervous because I had less than 1300 jumps at that time. This was the 2019 Head up world record in Chicago.
Man I can’t zap you. A Bitcoiner and an OG jumper. My friend.
We sewed our first sitflying suits because we got bored doing regular RW in about 1997 and were blowing the old timers minds. Man I miss those days.
hu roundies ftw
It was funny one day out at the DZ the senior jumpers were jumping off a bunch of army surplus rounds and having a little accuracy competition to see who could hit the peas on a round. I had a high speed malfunction on my square and only had a round reserve at the time. I landed my round reserve right in the pit. But I threw both of my handles away lol. Found them next to a pig barn next to the DZ and they were only 4 feet apart.
Round reserve 😮
fuck that 😂
Yup my first rig was a cobbled together mix. A 185 PD stiletto with a round reserve and a barometric automatic opener. Then a got my dream rig after a couple hundred jumps. A 120 Stiletto with a square reserve and a chores in a genesis container. I can’t believe guys are flying 95’s now.
*cypres not chores
My wife’s uncle did El Cap on a round. Crazy hippy bastard.
hahaha would’ve been as loose as they come
OG!! Way before my time brother.
Awesome. Is that a Caravan?
Twin otter in this one.