Skydiving on TLC tonight

[AggieDave 6]

Apparently there's a show called "Sports Disasters" and it will have a "skydive gone horribly wrong" on it tonight at 9pm Et 8pm Central.

I wonder if it'll be as bad and uninformed as RealTV is.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Spy38W 0]

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Apparently there's a show called "Sports Disasters" and it will have a "skydive gone horribly wrong" on it tonight at 9pm Et 8pm Central.

I wonder if it'll be as bad and uninformed as RealTV is.

I wonder if I'll be on it

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Hook high, flare on time

[pajarito 0]

I hate when they do that. It's only the bad stuff that people remember most.

[sunshine 2]

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I wonder if I'll be on it

When did you get off the island?

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[Spy38W 0]

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I wonder if I'll be on it

When did you get off the island?

I busted myself out. they almost caught me and dragged me back, but I eluded them again. THEY will never find me now...

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Hook high, flare on time

[Aviatrr 0]

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I wonder if it'll be as bad and uninformed as RealTV is

[announcer]And this is when things went TERRIBLY wrong! After jumping out of an airplane at 2,000ft and plummeting toward the earth for almost a minute, his parachute FAILED to deploy automatically as it was supposed to! He had to MANUALLY reach back, pull on a handle that very few skydivers know about on the bottom of his backpack, which released a round piece of fabric and OPENED HIS PARACHUTE! He was mere seconds from death! [/announcer]



Mike

[Vertifly 0]

horrible... this will never stop happening

[sdgregory 0]

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I wonder if it'll be as bad and uninformed as RealTV is

[announcer]And this is when things went TERRIBLY wrong! After jumping out of an airplane at 2,000ft and plummeting toward the earth for almost a minute, his parachute FAILED to deploy automatically as it was supposed to! He had to MANUALLY reach back, pull on a handle that very few skydivers know about on the bottom of his backpack, which released a round piece of fabric and OPENED HIS PARACHUTE! He was mere seconds from death! [/announcer]



Mike

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

I had a jumped go exactly like that last week!

[ifics 0]

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pull on a handle that very few skydivers know about on the bottom of his backpack

Why am I always the last to know, come on ppl you gotta tell me these things

The student film was actually pretty good, where the chick was spinning very fast. I have seen a video like that at the DZ before..

[AggieDave 6]

That was fucking worthless. I'm sure just about EVERY AFF-I has had a spinning Cat C student before.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Shark 0]

I just caught the tail end of it, but it looked like Sally Hathaway on an AFF jump. It's the typical student spin, redock, and student pulls.... It's suppossed to air again in a couple of hours here on the left coast.

[DownWind 0]

Looks like another skydiving clip is comming up after the ads. Canopy into powerlines. One day they will show real footage of our sport.

[pilotdave 0]

Same clip with a different talking idiot is available on skydivingmovies.com... I THINK that one's part of the stupid student tricks video.

Dave

[pilotdave 0]

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Looks like another skydiving clip is comming up after the ads. Canopy into powerlines. One day they will show real footage of our sport.

At least its a paraglider not a parachute.

Dave

[tonyhays 86]

No they won't. That doesn't sell. The TV shows/newscasts just want drama and horror.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

[napaguy99 0]

At least they are recognizing us as a sport.

"Let the misinterpretation and attacks begin."

[Remster 24]

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pull on a handle that very few skydivers know about on the bottom of his backpack

Why am I always the last to know, come on ppl you gotta tell me these things

The student film was actually pretty good, where the chick was spinning very fast. I have seen a video like that at the DZ before..

Man, is that what that handle was for? I was wondering how people could afford to making 1000'S of jumps having to pay for a new cypress cutter and reserve repack for every jump!

Remster

[weegegirl 2]

I saw the first one with Sally and thought that was it and turned the crap off. Why is it that people feel the need to send in their horrid videos??? Don't people want to shine a positive light on our sport? Hm. I just don't get it.

[pilotdave 0]

I thought it was portrayed very positively actually. Student went out of control. That was a FAST spin, not a "normal" spin. The instructor really did a great job getting in there, stopping the spin, and pulling for the student. And I thought they did a good job explaining it from the instructors perspective, not the freaked out student's. Considering they interviewed the instructor, I'd bet she was the one that sent it in. The video makes the instructor the hero. Very positive toward her.

Dave

[pilotdave 0]

Sometimes they do. Real TV did a nice segment on pond swooping once. HERE

Dave

[Remster 24]

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Sometimes they do. Real TV did a nice segment on pond swooping once. HERE

Dave

Nice chows!

Remster

[weegegirl 2]

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I thought it was portrayed very positively actually. Student went out of control. That was a FAST spin, not a "normal" spin. The instructor really did a great job getting in there, stopping the spin, and pulling for the student. And I thought they did a good job explaining it from the instructors perspective, not the freaked out student's. Considering they interviewed the instructor, I'd bet she was the one that sent it in. The video makes the instructor the hero. Very positive toward her.

Dave

ok. you're right... to US, as skydivers, it had a positive outcome. to everyone else who knows nothing about the sport, seeing that is like "holy shit, that chick almost died!!!" and then there is even less of a chance that they will ever come out to do a tandem or give it a shot.

i don't know. i see where you are coming from, but i guess i just disagree. i don't think that skydiving incidents or near-incidents have a place on public television.

[JohnRich 4]

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No they won't. That doesn't sell. The TV shows/newscasts just want drama and horror.

Sort of like the news coverage of Iraq...

[tonyhathaway 0]

Well, since I shot that video of Sally and the spinning student, here is my take.
I have sold as much "good" video to TV as "bad"
Its all what really happens. Fun videos of goofy skydiving, and students who had to be stopped by jumpmasters and the occasional bad pond swoop. Never a fatality.
I don't see anyone complaining about people who write fiction movies and make skydivers out to be: federal back robbers, drug dealers, and a whole lot of other bad things. -Tony

My O.C.D. has me chasing a dream my A.D.D. won't let me catch.

[weegegirl 2]

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Well, since I shot that video of Sally and the spinning student, here is my take.
I have sold as much "good" video to TV as "bad"
Its all what really happens. Fun videos of goofy skydiving, and students who had to be stopped by jumpmasters and the occasional bad pond swoop. Never a fatality.
I don't see anyone complaining about people who write fiction movies and make skydivers out to be: federal back robbers, drug dealers, and a whole lot of other bad things. -Tony

Hi Tony,

Thanks for your response. And I mean no disrespect. But to be honest... I hate all of those movies you are refering to. And sure, I hear people complaining about them all the time. It's just my personal opinion that the bad side of skydiving should be left for those that truely understand what they are watching. The video itself was very well shot... impressive.

Just my two cents,
Liz