keithbar 1 #1 June 15, 2018 Anyone else seen this Home Depot commercial? i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 896 #2 June 15, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGku57qDmX0 This? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob_Church 7 #3 June 16, 2018 keithbar Anyone else seen this Home Depot commercial? That's quite an ad. I wonder how affective it is since you'd pretty much have to be a skydiver to know how difficult that would be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #4 June 16, 2018 Bob_Church ***Anyone else seen this Home Depot commercial? That's quite an ad. I wonder how affective it is since you'd pretty much have to be a skydiver to know how difficult that would be.Looks dangerous. Extra line flying everywhere. Wonder if they dropped it or stowed it before deployment. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TriGirl 268 #5 June 17, 2018 I love how the only comment on YouTube says simply, "first." Yep, that was posted by a skydiver. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,356 #6 June 17, 2018 New idea for a big way record - everyone in a wacker has to actually carry a weed wacker. Bet that category doesn't even exist yet, so the first one will be a piece of cake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjames 2 #7 June 18, 2018 billvonNew idea for a big way record - everyone in a wacker has to actually carry a weed wacker. Bet that category doesn't even exist yet, so the first one will be a piece of cake. Better yet ... everyone that has the 'cat' position has to have a real cat. You don't have to worry they will fall off, they will dig the claws in. Hence no de-clawed cats unless you want extra points. "exit fast, fly smooth, dock soft and smile" 'nother james Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #8 June 18, 2018 skyjames ***New idea for a big way record - everyone in a wacker has to actually carry a weed wacker. Bet that category doesn't even exist yet, so the first one will be a piece of cake. Better yet ... everyone that has the 'cat' position has to have a real cat. You don't have to worry they will fall off, they will dig the claws in. Hence no de-clawed cats unless you want extra points. That reminds me the cat chasing championship story in Bedtime Stories for Skydivers. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #9 June 18, 2018 akarunway ******Anyone else seen this Home Depot commercial? That's quite an ad. I wonder how affective it is since you'd pretty much have to be a skydiver to know how difficult that would be.Looks dangerous. Extra line flying everywhere. Wonder if they dropped it or stowed it before deployment. Huh? Looks mildly more (or even less) of an issue that a Freefall flag jump, or hoop jump. Nice work from the stunt team! Do we know who the jumpers were (DZ was Perris)?Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,329 #10 June 18, 2018 BillyVance ******New idea for a big way record - everyone in a wacker has to actually carry a weed wacker. Bet that category doesn't even exist yet, so the first one will be a piece of cake. Better yet ... everyone that has the 'cat' position has to have a real cat. You don't have to worry they will fall off, they will dig the claws in. Hence no de-clawed cats unless you want extra points. That reminds me the cat chasing championship story in Bedtime Stories for Skydivers. Cat Chasing was a pretty good story, but the one that followed, 'Cat Stacking' was even better. In fact, that whole book is pretty awesome. FWIW, the store at SDC had a few copies left last year."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,356 #11 June 18, 2018 >Better yet ... everyone that has the 'cat' position has to have a real cat. Purists will insist that everyone in the cat has to carry a caterpillar, since that's where the name came from. But the cat thing would be more fun. (Of course, looking at history, the skydiver often gets the worst of that particular tandem combination.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,329 #12 June 18, 2018 billvon >Better yet ... everyone that has the 'cat' position has to have a real cat. Purists will insist that everyone in the cat has to carry a caterpillar, since that's where the name came from. But the cat thing would be more fun. (Of course, looking at history, the skydiver often gets the worst of that particular tandem combination.) Ahhh yes. Fireball. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob_Church 7 #13 June 19, 2018 akarunway ******Anyone else seen this Home Depot commercial? That's quite an ad. I wonder how affective it is since you'd pretty much have to be a skydiver to know how difficult that would be.Looks dangerous. Extra line flying everywhere. Wonder if they dropped it or stowed it before deployment. I remember when Gary Westmoreland flew in fifth and had a roadkill squirrel in his hand. What I never figured out was how he hid it during the climb with five jumpers in a C182. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 June 20, 2018 Several years ago, some dude at a Skyride owned DZ took a live chicken tethered to his wrist into freefall. Poor bastard just flailed around. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #15 June 22, 2018 I wonder if or how many weed-wackers went in filming that commercial? Someone around Perris should know. Also, was the cockpit interior shot a Twin Otter and then the interior / exterior exit shots from a Sky Van? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites