When Good Skysurfs Go Bad

My teammate/cameraman Jason and I collide while training for the 2005 national skysurfing championship, accidentally releasing my back foot binding and putting me into an uncontrollable 120 rpm (blackout speed) spin. Fortunately, I am able to pull the board cutaway handle and regain stability before the spin lasts long enough to cause me to lose consciousness.

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Answers to the most common questions about this video:

1. No, I was not hurt.
2. The back binding released as a result of the collision with my teammate. The front binding released when I pulled the board cutaway handle on my right hip.
3. Skysurfing boards are designed to flutter safely to the ground. The board landed shortly after I did--it was undamaged, and I used it at Nationals about ten days later.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• skydiving
• skysurfing
• skyboarding
• parachuting
• accident
• Douva
• L.A.S.T.
• Jason
• Lemley
• Last
• American
• Skysurfing
• Team

[JesterSnipes]

lol wen u played the song and synced it perfectly i laughed so hard

[Douva]

@JesterSnipes I'm glad to see that YouTube has restored the audio. Putting a link below the video that allows people to purchase the song is actually a pretty smart strategy--it benefits everybody.

[LINYJumper]

Did that screw up your ankle? Could have gotten massive lig damage from that.

[Douva]

@LINYJumper Thankfully, I was uninjured (though very dazed). I think my leg was a little sore afterward but not nearly as bad as you might expect.

[kellja2001]

@OneSkiWonder Actually, in this case, because its such a large board, and its rotating so quickly, its likely to generate enough lift that it will actually hover. That's why it appears to go up when it disconnects - the board is quite likely still floating there today. Eventually, some poor bird will hit / try to land on it, creating an equal and opposite reaction, causing the board to fall to earth.

[ncsquirll]

@kellja2001 doubtful.

there was no airfoil on that board and it could NOT have enough energy to generate lift for any sustained time. it probably was a hoverboard instead.

[AreaQNH870]

Excellent choreography. Excellent.

[DTRAVELZ]

@TheManu4650 no way that was an epic WIN. He got out of it with the quickness.

[DTRAVELZ]

HAHAHAH excellent video. Wow, Good job getting out of that. Hmm were you still singing during the spin? haha.

[suitelifelover495]

ragdoll

[SplitZxxx]

THE ULTIMATE ROFLCOPTER

[crashtestdummy87]

@charliecontent he's be dead or in a coma before it even automatically opens

[willsworthy]

why did you pull so early? and how long did it take you to find your board?