Category Archives: Safety

Rigging up for handheld and thy bridle

Posted on March 12, 2012 by wtb
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I know, this maybe seems like a no-brainer for some of you, but over the time I have seen so many jumpers handle their gear in very awkward ways when rigging up for a handheld or staticline jump ending up … Continue reading →

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Ultra low freefall

Posted on February 10, 2012 by wtb
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Before hucking yourself off something really low, there are a few things you should know, most of them are described in the two PDF’s below, read them! Knowledge is one thing, the required skills another, so I cannot stress this … Continue reading →

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CWY Staticline

Posted on January 2, 2012 by wtb
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This is the CWY staticline system I use. I don’t have a clue who invented it in the first place, but discussions about it on bj.com date back quit a while, so its rather old and a lot of people … Continue reading →

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Staticline jumps

Posted on January 2, 2012 by wtb
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After seeing some funky, and a few quit dangerous constructions I just want to add my 2 cents… This is not a guide on how to do staticline jumps, go find someone that shows you how to do it the … Continue reading →

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PC hesitations

Posted on December 23, 2011 by wtb
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This is about PC hesitations on short delays when going stowed. The problem with PC’s that have been packed in the BOC for a longer period of time should be well known, so this isn’t really what I was going … Continue reading →

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Getting into wingsuit base

Posted on November 25, 2011 by wtb
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After quite a lot of tracking jumps, I started wingsuit base this season. Here a few things I learned: If you find yourself on an exit in a small suit, while every one around you has a X-Bird or a … Continue reading →

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Update on Strike ‘n’ Go

Posted on September 29, 2011 by wtb
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Update to this post. I got the PC that was used for this jump, I double checked it and it looks fine. Its a 42″ ZP, vented with a piece of PVC pipe as handle. Every panel stretching evenly with … Continue reading →

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Center cell stripping

Posted on September 22, 2011 by wtb
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http://www.vimeo.com/29396829 The center cell is stripped out of the packjob so fast that it is pulling lines from the tailpocket, leading to a linedump and a very hard opening. Pilotchute was a 36″ AV ZP,  which I would say is … Continue reading →

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Strike ‘n’ Go

Posted on September 14, 2011 by wtb
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Similar to a touch ‘n’ go but a lot harder and against a vertical wall… http://vimeo.com/29058707 The jumper walked away from this strike with a bruised knee and a broken GoPro mainly because he : had good kneepads, had a … Continue reading →

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Offheading fun

Posted on September 7, 2011 by wtb
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http://vimeo.com/28703835 Bring a set of spare clothes when jumping over water. (even if theres just a little of it) Take care when routing your brake lines. When using toggles for heading correction don’t miss them. Choose your exit point careful … Continue reading →

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Using direct control as a tailgate

Posted on September 1, 2011 by wtb
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A simple and effective way to make the direct slider control also work as tailgate for slider up jumps. This isn’t my idea and some of you maybe have seen this before or already use this. If you don’t use … Continue reading →

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Lineover clearing itself

Posted on August 27, 2011 by wtb
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Video of a slider up lineover clearing itself during opening. http://vimeo.com/28228649 The “snapping” movement of the left side of the opening canopy made me have a closer “frame-by-frame” look at it, and on one frame you can see that the … Continue reading →

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Watch thy PC handle

Posted on August 16, 2011 by wtb
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After more than 400 jumps I made it to stick my finger into the PVC pipe handle on my pilot chute at pulltime. This is kind of embarassing, since this problem has been known for quit some time. I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Case of LS

Posted on August 8, 2011 by wtb
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Deliberately taking away safety margin, by doing unsafe and stupid shit of a sketchy object, just because it’s legal and has been jumped thousands of times before , and for that matter is considered as safe. This is the Lauterbrunnen-syndrome … Continue reading →

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The Death Swing and Thy Bridle

Posted on August 2, 2011 by wtb
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Producing base jumping footage that scares non-jumpers is quite easy, its about the footage that makes all other jumpers cringe… like this one: http://www.vimeo.com/26788405 I want to add something to this… What he did with his legs (as he says … Continue reading →

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Aerials in Base by Dwain Weston

Posted on July 31, 2011 by wtb
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Since its not possible to locate the document using google anymore, and all links on blinc and bj.com are broken. I’m hosting the file to get it back on google. This document contains a lot of interesting and important stuff … Continue reading →

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Overrotating frontflips

Posted on July 29, 2011 by wtb
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Overrotating aerials is always a bad idea. Doing so on a slider down frontflip is not just like a “normal” head-low deployment, since you still have some rotation momentum that works against the direction the canopy pulls you. So the … Continue reading →

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Frontflips and Thy Bridle

Posted on July 25, 2011 by wtb
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This is about slider down frontflips, me being a lucky bastard, and pull timing aswell as pull technique. http://www.vimeo.com/26883023 When doing frontflips one should pull when in sit/stand up position, otherwise one will overrotate. BUT when doing a normal pull, … Continue reading →

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Bridle knot

Posted on July 21, 2011 by wtb
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How to make a knot in your bridle in freefall. http://vimeo.com/26740577 Thanks to the jumper for letting me use his footage. He recognized the PC hesitation and after landing he found a knot in the bridle just a bit below … Continue reading →

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