Mr_Polite

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Yes he responsible 100% for himself. Whether he had the camera or not this would have been the same incident. He may have had the camera "hidden" in his glove but I do not believe that nobody at the dz saw this. He was clearly showing it to an instructor or coach on some of his other jumps on Youtube.

Honestly though we are all adults and because jumping a camera isn't an actual rule there is nothing anyone can really say. Sure if you're the DZO or S&TA you can ban it from YOUR dz but if another doesn't care then that's their business.

No probably not but that still doesn't change the fact that he is allowed to jump a camera at 30 jumps. There is no "regulation" in place, just a recommendation. And really the camera had nothing to do with this incident, it just let us see what actually happened. If he wasn't wearing it all we would be doing is speculating, atleast we get to see what happened.

What does that have to do with anything?

There is no actual rule only a recommendation but a DZ can enforce the recommendation if they choose. Some do some dont. People are going to do what they want. I'm worried about the jackass jumping a canopy way beyond his ability than I am about someone with a camera.

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USPS Recommends a minimum of 200 freefall skydives before jumping with a camera. It also states you should be current with your gear and know the gear very well before attempting a jump with a camera.

There is a few DZ's you can go to that will allow you to jump with a camera much earlier. Some being as early as 30 jumps. Again, it is just a "recommendation" set in place by the USPA. But many large DZ's take it as a set rule because they have so much traffic that they wan't it to be as safe as possible.


The FAA has nothing to do with having the ability to jump with a camera.

When did the Postal Service start doing skydiving recommendations?

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Real or not, if you travel internationally you should have a good international medical and evacuation policy.

I have one through iHi Bupa and it was about $300 for a year including a nice fat liability rider.

+1

I wouldn't give money to anyone if they didn't try covering their own ass.

Just ask Siri or go here http://answers.yahoo.com/

A Mr Bill with a naked women (or man if you're into that). This way after you finish you can just drop her 1000's of feet, way better than kicking a women out of your bed :)

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In other words, skydiving in the US is mainly self-regulated and that system has worked very well.

Really? Yes it's been self regulated but it doesn't really work all that well at a lot of dz's.

Well if that's the case that is pretty shitty. Another reason to own and maintain your own gear.

Probably happened after he hit the dirt. Sometime between cutting the rig off of him and inspection.

After reading that report it is quite possible that he will try to sue and claim that the worn out gear was the cause. Although anyone with his "training" and "years" in the sport should have known how to inspect the gear

Unfortuntely this is a very sue happy country and people get away with ridiculous lawsuits all the time.

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he's looking for attention, who is going to sue? Himself for being a dumb ass?

Quick answer is you're not ready and doing 20 jumps a year you probably should stay at 1 to 1 forever.

Do a search, this has been discussed to death (literally) a 1000 times.

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Do you really think that a person looking to suicide would ask for a safe way to disconnect their RSL.

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It happens quite often that suicides give clues that are not recognized as such.

Format, knowing the guys private side, may have just picked up on a real clue.

You guys can offer limitless suggestions on "what I would do" but you are not there...format is. Regardless of your "Take" on the situation format IS concerned...about both him and the sport.

Which all begs the question: What is the purpose of all this?

Purpose?

Man, you're on Dizzy dot com! There IS no purpose here!

The main purpose of dz.com is to prevent people with less than 200 jumps from using go-pros.

Looks like a student, if so bad job on the instructor for not doing a better gear check!

I had a video guy freeflying around us on an AFF jump, at 7K he was head down and ended up crashing through us. The jump was perfect till then and he funneled all of us. If you're flying video the jump isn't about you and your free flying skills, shoot the video and stay out of the way.

Ah yes because an AAD will save his life

If you really believe this maybe you should talk to him before instead of just waiting at the dz for him. What if he goes to a different dz?

Wings and beer. That's all you need.

I hear the Seattle area has a dz like this. You can jump a canopy way too small for you, fly a camera early and post videos about learning to swoop on youtube.

I wonder why you give a shit about this?

Digitals fail way more than analog! Batteries die, people fuck with settings, wear polarized lenses and you can't read a digital, screens crack, ect...

Only if you pull in the tunnel!