The (almost) worst AFF jump ever

[Morrison0420]

Not the worst AFF i've seen but the video quality is about as bad as it gets!

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

What kind of vegetable was this filmed with?

[Goproextreme]

What kind of potato did you record this with? (:

[TWOfudgies]

This was filmed with a potato.

[MRPISSFLAP]

LOL

[neomuttley]

Heehee... Now you know why he was wearing that full face helmet.

[GOLDANNEX]

The (almost) worst video quality ever

[nicol3347]

tiene futuro en el freefly¡¡ jajjaa he have future in freefly¡¡ jajaj

[ScopedOUT2]

Back in 2000 we had to video everything using modified toaster ovens, thank God the iPhone 4S is out. 

[recordball]

You were hardly at 3000 feet in that jump ding dong.

[toeknee811]

Nice Back-fly!

[DBackwardsOREO]

POTATOCAM!

[jasongrim]

was this filmed on a Gameboy?

[Freeflyer91]

What's wrong with that? Nice stable back to earth, ready to progress into a sit. :p

[becherer1992]

@Nickamsweet You know wind tunnels aren't that cheap and most places don't have them...

[Nickamsweet]

I would of thought that they wouldn't let you in the sky until you could show (in wind tunnel) that you had at least some kind of stability....

[EquanimityUnruffled]

@Nickamsweet You would be wrong. Not all DZs are as rich as Skydive Arizona. I, and many other skydivers I'd wager, learned stability the hard way. And I wouldn't have it any other way. :P

[cheezoncrack]

This had have been filmed with a baked potato, and the tin foil was still on it...

[RobTiff0818]

Which pixel is skydiver?

[WUFC100]

WHAT A FKN BAD QUALITY ON THE VIDEO!'

xD

[mike004692]

WTF was this filmed with a mobile phone from the late 90's

what a shit quality video, probably could see it better from the ground

get a decent camera !!!

[avidfcp7]

Was this shot on an ipad 2?

[alexicon89]

@avidfcp7 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[MrXemR]

recorded with a toaster

[LLAGor1lla]

Reserve flap is open!!!

[dvr4fun]

@LLAGor1lla Main flap open, not reserve flap.

[LLAGor1lla]

@dvr4fun I stand corrected ;) Surprised i missed that with such quality video. Lol

[PotatoGunsRule]

Gosh I've been on my back, not this badly, but badly enough to go down to the tunnel at Raeford, NC and get my shit squared away. Those guys down there really helped me out.

[noserider207]

id take one look at that gear and walk away from that DZ.

[edge24x]

Which pixel is the student?

[Lubeular]

was this filmed with the other guys ass?

[saladfingers2057]

Turn the sound off for this one

[bbob919]

Was this filmed with an egg or something?

[G3org3Master]

MY EARS!!!!!!!!!!!

[hotSauceVidz]

he probably filmed from a rusty ass tape with his rusty ass 0.5 megapixel mobile phone lol

[rgbrspvp]

u should call this video " The most epic failed quality"

[L0KO1]

i´ve seen a better video quality in the E.T game of ATARI...

[chanctonbury63]

Maybe this guy should take up golf? So who was the instructor?? Was it you Phil??

[TYLERdubs]

Hey he flies better on his back than i can!!

[lllBlueSkieslll]

Time to give this guy the bowling speech.

[mkb0909]

Wow, people that uncoordinated should not skydive.



[TheBlazinho]

Don´t you undestand, is not the jump, but it is the CAMERA!!

[SpeedMjam]

worst sound would match better the titel...

[faithless1976]

that was bad... i hope my first aff is better then that :)

[bqmassey]

HAHAHA. I think you owe your instructor a beer for trying to kill him! Keep at it though! I had a lot of trouble on some of my early AFF jumps. Eventually it clicks for ya. Did you get through AFF7?

[petehuskins]

well done instructor for grabbing the students ankle and sending him unstable!!....NOT

[rogayah8]

The guy should have gone to the windtunnels to get his moves sorted out ...he would ´ve enjoyed the free fall better lol...

[jbrinkman86]

wow, that was bad.

[justanotherfreak2008]

Even worse than my:)

[joshbanford]

AHAHAHA nah i think my second 1 was the worst eva i jumped out bad arch and ended up on my back with head down to earth and at 3000ft no time to get stable so i pulled and the pc jumped between my legs along with the chute and the nxt thing i know im looking at the ground cause me right foot is cought in my left riser lol... it was an epic jump i must say

[eventerkatie84]

Oh my god, hope you didn't get hurt! At least you have a good story to tell! :)

[MattGiasson]

Damn josh, thats crazy, glad your ok

[PotatoGunsRule]

@joshbanford Pull, pull at the right altitude, pull while stable. Good job man! (No joke, I mean it). So did you have to land that way? LOL

[MrDoomBringer100]

@joshbanford

And you saw that with a toaster recorded video?

[flylikeIdo1]

@joshbanford If you lived it wasnt the worst ever.

[stefstibelj]

nice trauma

[TheHomicideRocker]

That looks like a lot more fun than my AFF was. ;-)

[rafaelbrigadero23]

didnt arch enough! the same problem i had at aff1, check my video.

[greatspacegibbon]

arch was fine, it was just in the wrong direction ;p

[drtbikekid1]

Wow, atleast you got to the ground. Probably needed a few more jumps before your release dive.

[pontusen]

Well, not like getting to the ground is that hard in this sport? ;)

Great vid tho, not as great jump.

[kr4zyk1a]

Breakdancing!! xD

[Ziro54]

LOL

[jasonwayne7]

nice turns, nice back flying, nice.......oh wait, you just shit yourself.

[dzixmaks]

ha ha ha !! nice twister :P

[DarianTrevinoUndone]

hes got some skill when hes upside down

[eliasgerris]

just don't try and convince me this was a good AFF jump, cause it's not

[petehuskins]

blah blah blah blah!!!!

(AFF I) etc..

[suprhwk]

jesus yea the instructors are all pro...

[Paulthecableguy]

I loved AFF!!!!

And for all you AFFI'S, YOU F*%KN ROCK!

[deadcow444]

im a video editor, ive never skydived, and this guy thought quick on his feet, he went into a backward arch formation while on his back, i know alot of students who couldnt handle even that, he did great.

[eliasgerris]

btw i have watched countless hours of AFF videos and you clearly dont even know what happend yourself! --> "and in the end he still pulled for himself (I think)."

now go take a chill pill and take it easy.

[dorbie]

eliasgerris, you don't know what the heck you're talking about. At pull time the AFFI is on the reserve side with a harness hold using his right hand but the camera doesn't show what happens, the evidence supports the student pulling. Moreover your comment that no AFFI would jump with him is the dumbest thing anyone has said on this thread. He righted himself once and dried a second time. I don't know an AFFI who wouldn't jump with the guy. You sound like a whuffo, certainly not an AFFI.

[eliasgerris]

I'm am niether of those

[eliasgerris]

I have a personal friend who had an AFF jump far less sketchy than this. Not one single instructor at that dropzone wanted to jump with him anymore. He had to go all the way over to spain to find and AFFI and a dropzone (lillo) that would jump with him...

[dorbie]

There are things that cause AFFIs to refuse students; attitude, awareness, demeanour and mental fitness are big factors. Dearching and trying to recover is not a make or break. When that guy landed his AFFI will have debriefed him, "what happened" if he said "I dunno" with a glazed look he could have been grounded. If he gave a blow by blow that matched reality he'd be back up after some instruction. The instuctors are always assessing your awareness. They TEACH you how to skydive.

[eliasgerris]

and yes i don't know what im talking about, im 15000 miles away, what do you expect? how the hell can i know what happened from some bad quality video, at least im not saying that i do

[dorbie]

I've explained to you what's on the video in detail the AFFI very clearly takes a harness hole on reserve side and then the main deploys. Perhaps he pulled for the student with his dick. I never claimed to *know* but I have stated what's most likely.

[eliasgerris]

yeeez negative nancy! what's the matter, you got some sand in your vagina? chill the fuck out! i said what i wanted to say and i'll do it again any day of the fucking week, if he still jumps then he is definitely a better and more determinded jumper than me, and if someone puts a video of this HORRIBLE AFF online, then that person should expect to see comments like mine, deal with it!

[dorbie]

elisagerris, you're the negative one who needs to chill. I too said what I wanted to say, when you make ignorant comments critical of skydivers you can expect a response. This video is GREAT, way more interesting than a typical AFF. Dearching and falling on your back is a common problem on AFF, it's why it takes 3 jumps with 2 AFFIs to even get a harness release. Go watch it with an instructor. I'm as free to call you on your bullshit as you are to comment on this video, deal with it.

[eliasgerris]

i did :) so you deal with mine please :)

[eliasgerris]

i'm as chill as a cucumber :) i'm just saying this guy's AFF sucked rhino ass, if he made 100's of jumps and is a national champ now, then i say good on him, but i don't really care, in the end why would i ... Sure this video is great, it is more than great, it is awesome, way more interesting than some stupid AFF video where everything goed right

[dorbie]

AFFI did good, the student had a spin due to asymmetric leg position, and that I think caused him to lose focus and dearch putting him on his back, but he had the good sense to *try* to arch again. None of this is inuitive, you instinctively want to fall on your back as this guy did, so he did OK fighting his instincts to give himself a chance, and in the end he still pulled for himself (I think). He just needs to learn to arch and get back on his belli if he flips. Thanks for uploading.

[micsimus]

God damn it arch man, ARCHH!!

[fernanties]

He might not know how to skydive, but this dude can breakdance!!!

[Jesusthemiraclebaby]

FFS dude arch hard and keep in position lol, nah seriously good job not dying and i hope your more stable these days ! :)

[kaosgrunt]

Fighting over the internet is like winning the special olympics.... YOU ARE STILL RETARDED.

[notToast]

it's "even if you win you are still retarded"

the way u said it doesnt make sense

[CrimsonBradders]

Nice air control, very smOOth!

[ifixmolars]

if you jump long enouh you will brake bones

if your in the sport long enhoh your gona watch people die and then you think you will die to you like the sport your gona kill yourself if you cant deal with that dont get into base jumping/skydiving

[katyu16]

Basejumping and Skydiving are 2 separate things. With skydiving, if you're careful and always safe you'll be just fine. With basejumping it's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when" you'll injured or killed.

Skydiving = Nylon Crack

[Slider84]

Wow i cant believe you just ripped of a Jeb Corliss quote. What an unoriginal idiot you are.

[l0lkie]

relax boy, i twisted faster when I started jumpin hehe

[RelaxAndEnjoyLife]

Video quality is so crappy its not worth watching.

[robaggzzzey]

@RelaxAndEnjoyLife wot do u expect? they jumped out of a fucking plane...

[HugelyBig]

@robaggzzzey

I fail to see how jumping out of a plane makes the camera any worse.

[affstudent]

hooley dooley, that scares me.

[piemelss]

Everybody need to learn it ;)

[yulbren]

crap vid

[greydog414]

In response to petepepper........."! that fool went on to get 300+ jumps and a USPA D license in less than 6 months. wingsuit flying and demo jumps within a year. but he's only jumped about 500 times in the last 4 years, maybe you can convince him he shouldn't be jumping....................whe­re did all this happen?? From what I have heard - he has been kicked off every DZ he ever went to!!

[dorbie]

I dunno what your grudge is but this guy is a dearching AFF student. It's NOT a big deal, worst case they go over his body position again and put him out with 2 AFFIs again on his next jump to ensure he stays stable after harness release.

[greydog414]

The level of AFF makes no difference at this point! Nobody in this position could do this on purpose! If not for the AWESOME JM - you might not have landed safely on the ground from this out of control mess!!...........Oh, wait, its you Sky, ur a f*ckn' idiot!!

I see you still haven't recovered from the head butt you rec'd at the Bent Prop!!

LOSER!!

[dorbie]

I think that was a joke, geeze, you've got a lot of anger in there towards this skydiver. Did he shoot your dog or something?

[runner16xxx]

this happened to me on my AFP 2. i almost killed my JM and he just let go of me, and I pulled almost belly up. i jumped 2 more times after, and three more times the next day. instructors here in skydive chicago are very supportive; they won't allow you to quit.

[flytzgymnast312]

freaky i always wanted to do that! and i know i will....just once i meet the requirements(im only 15)

[Croatch]

Awesome arch!

[eliasgerris]

that guy clearly shouldnt be jumping. Great job by the jumpmaster.

[petepepper]

man, where were you with your sage advice when he needed you?! that fool went on to get 300+ jumps and a USPA D license in less than 6 months. wingsuit flying and demo jumps within a year. but he's only jumped about 500 times in the last 4 years, maybe you can convince him he shouldn't be jumping... holla when you get off student status. ;-)

[pwscottiv]

Ummm, how the hell did he get a D with only 300 jumps, when it takes 500 jumps?!

[PdsD27641]

Reqs were diffrent then. Before your time I guess.

[pwscottiv]

Ahh, yeah. I know they used to do that, but definitely before my time. I see frequently read comments on here from people who know next to nothing about skydiving, so I assumed that was the case... Do you know what level he was on in this video? Who was the AFFI?

[tpsossff]

@pwscottiv

I got mine in a hell of a lot less than 300. But the rules were different back then.

(D4921)

[eliasgerris]

that is not advice, its my opinion,i've been off student status for a long time.you shouldnt blame me for making that comment. when i saw this i just thougt this was like scot lutz,do you think he should be jumping? skydiving isnt for everyone.if this jumper made it to 300 jumps & still jumps then that is awesome for him and i applaud him for being so determined to skydive after this freaky jump. if this happend to me during my training i would have doubts about me jumping.

take it easy

[dorbie]

You need to watch more AFF vids, if he was OK to jump alone he wouldn't have an AFFI there. Many students have all sorts of problems flying stable, you will see that even though the student is on his back falling he still tries to arch and has the presence of mind to pull. He just needed technique and practice.

[eliasgerris]

btw in my country i know many instructors who would not jump again with that guy and who would tell him that this mayby is not for him

[dorbie]

Dude he just dearched after spinning, heck the first time it looked like his AFFI helped him over, during your initial harness release jumps this happens. Nowadays he might be told to get some tunnel time but he would not be grounded even without tunnel time.

[dorbie]

He's learning, nothing about this says he shouldn't be jumping, it just says he needs to get better before going to his next AFF level. No new skydiver knows how to fly his body.

[PdsD27641]

dorbie, thanks for the support. as was said before, I did AFF in 6 days and got my D less in less than a year - my id is my D number. Stopped counting after logging 500 jumps. the inverted arch was intentional to slow me down so jared could get to me. I have come in hot a few times and pulled red 3 times but never got hurt. that is the reason I put the vids up - to show that it can be done and well even by a pizzabox student.

[dorbie]

Cool, I've only got my C and 250 jumps, but I've been putting in a few jumps recently, 2009 might be my busiest jumping years in a while.

[adamg528i]

@PdsD27641  why would you stop keeping track after 500 jumps haha

[skySanders]

@adamg528i I was never one for paperwork and 500 seemed like a round number. When my son was born I packed for the last time. I have seen too many times first hand that even when you do everything right bad shit can happen and the thrill of jumping doesn't stack up against the thought of leaving my son without a father. Peace and blue skies.

[adamg528i]

@skySanders I respect that i just thought it was sort of dumb to not keep track of your jumps when you were jumping.

[skySanders]

@adamg528i it's not like i just never logged. if i jumped with someone new or something notable happened, i would jot it down and get some sigs and if i hadn't logged anything for a while i would get a few in so i could use my logbook at DZs that didn't know me but after getting D there was no compelling reason to actually track numbers.

[chanctonbury63]

@adamg528i Why not? I stopped logging at 2000, but each to their own.

[adamg528i]

@chanctonbury63 Well for me I only have like 44 jumps so i'm not sure what i'll do when (and if ha ha) I get up in those numbers. But I look at it as a long term achievement record and every jump just adds to it. I mean I might not get them all signed after getting all the licenses and ratings I wanted but I would still keep track of my number so if someone asked I could just answer on the fly and say "1764" or whatever it may happend to be. But thats just me Im sure everyone does it differently

[lawyerwebb]

I've filmed one like that before. It was an AFF eval dive, though. :)