Friday Freakout: Skydiver Refuses To Cut Away, Clears Line Twists By 600 Feet!

Subscribe here for more aerial awesomeness from Teem! For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-00401 ___________________________________ *** What happened *** This wingsuiter said they were demoing a docile canopy to practice a new deployment technique, which resulted in serious line twists that they were still fighting as they hit their hard deck. However, instead of chopping at their hard deck, they kept fighting the line twists down to 600 feet above the ground! They then decided to land very close to the road and some powerlines rather than aim for one of the huge open areas. Overall, just a series of bad decisions that could’ve ended much worse. *** Why did it happen *** Terrible reasoning: “It’s a demo.” This jumper says they didn’t want to chop because it was a demo canopy and didn’t want to lose it. That’s a horrible argument. Regardless of whether it’s a demo or not, if you los