What an amazing instructor. There is nothing that fills the pit of your stomach with despair than watching your student have a malfunction in front of you and not being able to do much. This instructor was searching like an eagle to find his student, then followed them down to render assistance (also executed a precision landing to be near to them). So proud of this instructor - they are a credit to the skydiving fraternity.

The parachute didn't malfunction. The skydiver did not open it properly... Happy that he lived to show it.

Dude lived more in those 5 minutes than most folks do in a lifetime 😂

I kept thinking “all that beautiful land and he’s gonna hit the road 🤦‍♂️”

As a test pilot once told me, "if ejecting isn't an option, do your best to fly until the ground stops you. It's not hitting the ground that hurts you; it's the speed and angle that you hit the ground that can hurt you... or save you." Never give up. And all things considered, after a double malfunction, a broken pinky being the worst of your injuries makes you an extremely lucky person. Blue skies!

This one turned out to be one of those unexpected gems we sometimes find among all the streamlined crap here. A rollercoaster ride from the real world, unedited and raw. Thanks!

A guy skydiving solo for the first time realizes that both of his parachutes won't open as he plummets to earth and begins to panic... then he sees another guy rocketing up towards him from the ground below with a big fireball beneath him... as the guy rockets by he yells at him, "Do you know anything about parachutes???"... and the rocketing guy yells back, "No, I don't, but do you know anything about propane barbecues???"

Back in 1972 I decided I wanted to go skydiving. Went to our local club, went through the instruction-on-the-ground training, harness training and malfunction training. Did my 10 static line jumps, loved it. At the time jumping a TU triple blank. My first 10 second freefall, I pulled my ripcord (the old metal cable with swaged locking pins through cones and nothing happened, the cable was stuck! Used both hands and basically forced the ripcord to work, now opening in a head towards the earth attitude! The chute opened and all was well. As a newby, I told my instructor what happened, he checked out the rig (clubs rig) and just about shat himself! The pins were all bent! From the on I checked my own rig and eventually bought my own Para Commander (long before squares were developed). I eventually changed over to hang gliding in its inception. A great sport which has evolved to this day! Keep flying, no matter what you fly!

An old-school skydiving line - "Keep pulling handles and lines 'til blood fills your goggles." Good job saving your own life. It wasn't pretty, but sometimes life hands you a shit sandwich. You made it work. Congrats on walking away from something that was rightfully scary as f*ck. I hope you bought a lottery ticket that day, because (not that it helps, but) this is literally a one-in-a-million occurrence. As others have said, you followed your pull procedures and pulled when you got unstable, at the correct time. There will likely be some Monday-morning "armchair instructors" (read: don't have a rating, or think too highly of themselves) commenting and saying "You should have done X," or "This was your fault- if you had done Y, nothing would have happened." Ignore them. As an AFF-I who had my first cutaway at jump 39 under a spinning/diving main, I had similar commenters from the ground. But one AFF-I pulled me aside and said, "Did you die today?" I said "No." Them: "Did you follow your EPs (emergency procedures)?" Me: "Yes." Them: "Then f*ck them. They weren't there, and you saved your own life. That's all that matters." Now, as an AFF-I, it seems to me you followed your EPs - and when you got unstable, you got fabric over your head (which is what we tell students at your level). Unfortunately, you got tangled in the lines - and at these speeds, that means a really bad day no matter what your level of experience. You kept fighting until you landed, and saved your own life. Damn good work. I know you've said on other threads you don't plan to continue - and no one will blame you. But did want to tip my hat to you, and tell you you've seen one of the worst mals a jumper can have, and lived to tell about it. In >1000 jumps, I've never experienced anything that hairy, and most never do. If you decide to continue, given your body position and other fling, I think you'd be a great skydiver. Some tunnel time would cure a lot of confidence in freefall. Regardless, good luck!

ARCH, ARCH ARCH !! glad you are OK man. I know for a fact that getting out of control as a newbie is a terrifying experience. It happened to me 30 years ago. Study this video over and over with your instructor about every single thing that happened and learn from it. Going forward, you'll be a much better jumper because of this.

I'm glad you're okay! Thank you for sharing this experience that makes us even more responsible for our activity. I hope you get back on the plane soon.

Never gave up! What a great effort. Hope your pinky is OK, man. 25 years since I last nearly died and I still think about it every now again with a big grin and experience the joy of being alive all over again.

So happy to see you didn’t have any major injuries!! You kept it together and saved your self!!

I jumper for 24 years, had 5 functions and one with both deployed, cut the main away and watched the main follow my reserve risers and clear, had to raise my legs to get over the power lines, did a cross wind landing, in a plowed field that was muddy due to a leaking utility water line, no broken bones, wasn’t my time to check out, THANK YOU JESUS, Blue Skies…..

Excellent instructor, stayed with him the whole time ❤️

Arms too far forward caused him to extend his legs to compensate. Being too flat caused his instability. We used to call that potato chipping. His hands should be next to his ears, not out front. If you can easily see your wrist mounted altimeter, your hands are too far forward. God job surviving. Good job posting this so others can learn.

Wow incredible, glad the student was OK. You are an awesome instructor too

This was NOT a malfunction. This was 100000% jumper error. His uncontrolled spin followed by him pulling his chute while upside down is what caused the main to "Malfunction" the way it did.

Glad you made it! Thanks for sharing the video, watching and learning from it could save someone's life.

I didn't see malfunctions, I saw a student freak out and tangle himself up in his own risers. He was unsteady, he freaked, and he deployed the parachute all around himself. Who knows what he did to tangle up the reserve. I was glad to see the instructor decide to dump air and follow the student.

Never give up, well done young man.

Wow! Great job staying present in the moment and keeping your wits. During training, I had alot of trouble spinnning and had to pull mid-spin like you did. Thankfully mine opened without malfunction. I hope you keep at it. You survived a tough one and should be proud! Kudos to the instructor for staying on it and getting down quick to assist.

So thankful you walked away. Incredible work at staying cool and fighting until the end. This could have ended very differently. Weather you jump again or not, please know you have the fighters spirit in you and that will get you so far in all aspects of life. Blue Skies brotha!

Man, I am so happy to see you walk away from this. I just got my solo license this summer and had to pull on my back once which was the right decision and I was lucky that it opened very nicely. Well done buddy saving your life. I hope you continue. Cheers.

When the position becomes unstable, you must arch and straighten your legs. The stable position then returns by itself. This happened to me when I was first starting out. Never panic!

I'm sure as soon as you started spinning you thought "Hmmm, I better pull now and get as far away as possible from this pesky instructor who's trying to save my life right now."

Great job handling that! Thanks for sharing!

That was scary. Im happy he was ok. Thanks for posting.

Hi, wow that was incredible to watch, must've been so scary for you, really well done for managing to control as much of it as you could, and so very pleased that you're ok. Hey hope that little finger is ok again now as well !👍🏻👋🏻👋🏻🪂

Damn could of ended really bad! Thanks for posting this. Don’t let this set you back in your skydive path! Blue skies!

so glad your still alive… you got some protection on high places but still never open the chute unless you are stable … cheers mate thanks for sharing

He didn't have a malfunction. He threw his drogue chute while upside down and spinning and the shrouds got tangled in his legs. Stabilise first, then deploy chutes. The reserve chute tangled in the main. This was not a malfunction. A clusterfuck, yes, but not a malfunction.

Good job on fighting to the end! Glad you walked away from that unharmed, you are very lucky!

Great Work❤️ Stayed with him💪🏼

I think u handled it like a pro. I got into spins while learning too. Good job man !

Absolutely terrifying. I don't know why this got recommended to me but I watched the whole thing and god that was bad. So glad you made it alive and hope healing is going well 🙏

I’ve never skydived and knew he messed up by pulling his parachute once that spin started, it looked like his legs got tangled. He definitely panicked at the wrong moment

Shit man that was fking scary :O You did good job - I am glad you are ok!

glad you made it out, and happy to see someone stopping to check

Glad you are safe, all the best. Blue sky.

i pulled on my back on my first prcp and had a streamer for about 12 seconds from 3500ft. then i looked at my altimeter and the line that was wrapped around it cleared and it opened up beautifully. didn't have a long canopy ride that time. nothing like this one though, that had to be some scary shit.

Thank God for saving his life and a speedy recovery

Bless him.. Many more Good jumps.. Blue Sky’s.😎👍🏻

One of my aircraft maintenance engineering instructors at BCIT said, "Why would anyone want to jump out of perfectly good airplane?"

Thank you for sharing. You have courage, survived are full of courage for sharing this. It wasn't your fault. The wind. You did amazing.

Dude, I need a drink now. Well done both of you.

Whoa, what an incredible outcome for such a possible tragic event. Cheers guys, so happy to see everyone was okay

Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane...has never made sense to me...and I'm a former competitive hang-glider pilot, who has witnessed friends die!

Unbelievible! You are a lucky man!

Good save Buddy!

For a while I thought he was gonna land on a road !. Incredible he survived, delighted he did !

Hell yeah man! That was intense!

Damn buddy. Glad to know you’re ok

Wow! I’m always in awe of anyone that jumps out of a plane, their shute fails and they walk away with their lives!

Well done. Did what you had to ...sometimes it doesnt work out quite as you hoped. Glad you're OK Hope you keep at it.

No one seems to mention that the problem was self induced when he drops his knee at 1:32 and enters a spin. All he had to do was arch, relax, get stable again before pulling in a spin..

Thank God you are ok. It was frightening to watch this. I prayed you were ok. Please be careful.

That's why I won't jump out of a perfectly good airplane !!

I would not be caught DEAD, doing a stunt like that! One slight deviation and "SPLAT!" Lights out! 👀😰😲😱💫

Nice job from everyone 👍🏼 Never stop the fight 🤜🏼

Glad he is ok!

The canopy was fine! The bad position on opening set the stage for the lines' entanglement to his legs and body. He was lucky the lines didn't go all around his body and harness locking the reserve completely! And thankfully he stopped the spinning before contact with the ground. That spin looked nasty when it was going and he wouldn't almost surely survive an impact with that spin going under a square canopy! Hopefully he got up and jumped again on the same day! Nothig the instructor could have done since he was already out of his hands and panic pulled! Remember the "banana" position in any unstable flop. It will always get you back to stable freefall. Try for fun high and you will see! Glad you lived to jump again buddy! Blue skies!

That was some amazing filming.

YOU ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE! ANGELS WERE WITH YOU ON THAT FALL!

This wasn’t a parachute malfunction, this was a panicked student pulling when they were spinning upside down and out of control. Very poor instructor, panicked student. Very lucky to survive this tragedy. If you want to learn to skydive, I’d find out who this instructor is and avoid him like the plague.

Courageous fight man! ... An inspiration!

I remember doing the carnival ride tumble in the sky one day 30 years ago. After about the fifth flip, I figured screw this, I'm not gaining any altitude with these gymnastics, pull and hope for the best (yeah, not the best plan of action, but when you're falling at what feels like Mach Jesus, out of control, your mind tells you to do those things 😉 ). I pulled just as I was going inverted again. You know how things happen in slow motion when you're in a car wreck, and everything is clear in your mind? I remember vividly my feet, touching ankle to ankle, going perfectly through the center of the two sets of lines as they unfurled, like a football splitting the goal posts. I continued my backflip, the canopy unfurled, and other than a smooth half-twist in both risers, everything was good. I tested everything, and if I hadnt known that I just deployed upside down, and watched the canopy starting to deploy while my feet were pointing straight up at it, I never would've known anything was from different from a normal jump. Rode it down just like any other jump, uneventfully. Over beers later, the jumpmaster told me he was hanging out the door screaming "Arch! Arch!". I laughed and told him "If I could've heard you, I would've screamed back, 'if it was so easy, don't you think I would've done that four flips ago?!?" 😅

I’m glad you lived to see the next day. I hope you’re living well.

This will be a very good learning experience for you, I hope you plan on staying in the sport. So glad you are okay !

excellent instructor, stayed with him the whole time. you don't abandon the battle.

It just goes to prove the old skydiving saying "never go skydiving if you don't know what you're doing"

Glad you survived. That looked extremely scary.

The pink splint at the end served as serious comedic relief I was holding my breath until the. 😂

As a fellow skydiver, glad you’re alright brother. I’ve seen several videos of jumpers deploying their PC in crazy body positions, and it’s led to some terrible malfunctions. I thought to myself, all that green and your going to land on the damn highway? Glad you didn’t bro. You definitely owe the DZ a case of beer for that first and the rigger a bottle of his choice for the reserve.

Ууух! Вспомнила свой единственный прыжок, это было 9 лет назад, и парашют был другой, попроще. Зато эмоций сколько! Адреналин зашкаливал. При просмотре тоже нахлынуло😅 второй раз так и не смогла, к сожалению😢 хотела, но....

Iv had dreams were my rig goes through my legs like that. I still cant belive some people base jump and do a flip and then throw there rig through the bottom of there legs ! Crazzy ! And a super " No feeling " . God be with you both !

Wow. Glad you're ok dude.

If at all possible head for the trees, pine trees are the best. Do not go for the water the impact from hitting water will most likely knock you unconscious and you'll drowned.

I am very happy you are fine. That was scary...

Fantastic, unique 👌 -- I don't know worlds to say YOU my Congratulations ✌✌✌✌✌↗️↗️↗️🙋‍♂️

only from all the war movies I can know that itbis a big no no to open during a spin. usually stallone or van damn or swartzeneger or even tom cruise are able to stabilize close to the ground and landing safe

What a ride!

At first I thought this was the instructor posting the video. Then i read your description. I am guessing this was maybe your 7th skydive? You did what you were taught. I remember being told that at anytime i feel no longer in control then pull. Hindsight is always 20/20. You did everything you could do and walked away. Many people on here might be going hard on you, ignore them. I just qualified for a B license, zero cut-a-ways; I will probably be freaking out at my first high speed malfunction. I know i would not remeber to discount the RSL is I was wrapped up. You had quite a bit of fabric over your head. And it was enough to save your life. I hope you jump again. If you come to Chicago check out CSC.

On my second static line jump some years ago I was first out of a stuffed beaver, ended up hanging on the outside of the plane for a long time , left foot on the wheel before getting the tap from the jump master to go. Ended up in an out of control free fall from 3000 Ft and got the reserve out at less than 1000 Ft. After landing in a corn field I found the static line to the main shoot fully intact, it was never clipped off to the aircraft explaining why the go sign to go took so long.

My Father Owned One Of The First Skydiving 🪂 Schools In America in 1964 I Grew Up With This @ 10 Years Old… This Was His Lucky 🍀 Day

I had booked in for my AFF course and you have just made me cancel it.😮

I don't think it is fair to say that both the main and reserved malfunctioned when from my perspective in this video that's not what happened. Rather you pulled your cord while completely unstable and basically upside down which cause it to get tangled around your body. I'm guessing you pulled it out of fear which is totally understandable. If you decide to return do some tunnel training to work on stability and try to stay calm. I highly suspect all this happened because you were panicking

learnt that one the hard way thats for sure , Bravo to you mr instructor , glad he was ok in the end ❤ - i cant remember how many cracking openings i had on my mark#1 Sabre but damn i had some sore neck more ofeten that id like to admit , used to suck my head in sholders up like a turtle sometimes 😁

It was scary watching you fall, i guess how much worried your piolet and friends must have. god bless your saved.

It's nice that I can watch this safely behind my computer... in my home...on my chair.

Well done in getting through it. Now when you jump, just think "nothing can be that bad again".

I'm guessing you're done skydiving. You should consider getting back to it. It is so much more fun once you have your A-License. If you decide to go back, I highly recommend getting some wind tunnel time. Tunnel time will help teach you control and stability, plus gives you a big confidence boost. I had difficulty with my fourth AFF jump. I did 30 minutes of tunnel time and passed every jump after with ease and with spare time to play. Glad you're ok!

Fortunately he didn't cut away his trapped leg.

Bro, I can’t believe he fractured his pinky 🤕. I hope he’ll be able to skydive again one day. These kind of accidents cause a wide range of injuries and death but this poor guy might have survived but now he has a long recovery❤️‍🩹. I wish him and his little digit the best……

The parachutes didn't malfunction. This was user error. You pulled the main chute while in the wrong position, while spinning.

Good job saving your life. Priority number one is to pull. This is exactly what you did, good job. When the sh*t hits the fan, never give up, great job on this one too. Thousand other things could have happened if you had tried to get stable before you pull.

I’m confused… what happened in the first clip that was cut off immediately after the chute opened ? Then on the final clip, both main and reserve failed, but the failed reserve slowed him down enough to survive ? A little more explanation would be nice for those of us that aren’t parachuting experts.

You had an amazing instructor, which I’m sure you are aware. Proof like no other to never give up, and great job on your part! 🤟🏼

jumping out of a perfectly flying plain has always been nuts to me

It's been some time since I have been under canopy but in all situations the one thing that you need to practice when you are doing extreme sports or any dangerous activity are emergency drills, and practice them again and again so that when something happens that you don't expect the last thing you do is panic. I noticed early in the dive something happened and the response to it was not standard. My advice, go back to basics and spend more time on basics like recovering from a spin. Good that this ended without injury but panic will kill you need to practice and practice more. Get back up there, it's like riding a horse the best thing to do after you fall off is get right back on.