Talk:Skysurfing

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Marc Jason

Marcel Mikliw

Dominic Mallown

Dario Dalwin

Ariell Marc

Gabrielle Amman

Jack Rondson

Jeromir Strife

Michael Quell

Mike Walle

Elias Iron

Ermin Albert

Nicklas Ermann

Robert Halbert

Robin Clid

Romeo Floomann

Rafaèlè berto

Bajram Cannolli

Fulvio Gereht

Steve Orben

Rrafael Rooman

Jan Gleck

Jeremias Gotthelf

Yannik Oraan

Milad Fulvic

Marcel Madis

Jerome Danell

Daniel Ferv

Darius Effolt

Doroc Mussoll

Mal Jane

Bob Derek

Tobias Gerz

Gert Robertson

Gandal Rabus

Jan Rot

Yalian Naba

Naba Metzo

Xavier Armez

Uri Knoll

Krenk Gustaf

Opool Balen

Arnold Harn

Hans Darrman

Ruedi Neumann

Albert Heussi

Walter Olbet

Anton Matz

Jonny Smith

Jasson McMike

Manno Volgi

Varroll Marin

Mario Bammert

Vulvio Makotzi

Yamasali Koslofski

Frank Cannolli

Xavier Blom

Aron Plam

Standly Martini

Martin Kaiser

Kay Orli

Oliver Eritz

Eliano Marjello

Manrecaj Marty

Daniel Meier

Tobias Moor

Morice Farvic

Mali Flint

Fritz Weengroom

Marc Schaer

Felix Wezing

Roman Burton

Hannes Scheem

Ramon Zahn

Taron Zbinden

Gert Drach

What's the point of this list? Are these skysurfers? I've never heard of any of them (but that's not necessarily saying much), but none of the great names are here... Titaniumlegs (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

"Mountain Dew" Incident

I am moving the following to the cut-away stub (with minor changes), since it is off-topic for this article:

An accident during the filming of the Mountain Dew "007" commercial directed by David Kellogg and recorded by Janusz Kamiński resulted in the death of noted skysurfer Rob Harris. The incident was not directly attributed to skysurfing, but rather an error made during an attempt to film an "intentional cut-away" (where a skydiver intentionally releases, and falls away from his primary parachute). Harris was wearing a modern sport parachute harness containing two parachutes (a "main" and a "reserve") which was modified so that a third parachute could be externally attached to the risers of his main parachute and be released in-flight via an extra "cut-away" release handle (attached to his harness near the standard main parachute release handle). It was the intention of the stunt to film Harris releasing his open "main" parachute, dropping into freefall, and deploying his "reserve" parachute (which would have actually been his real main parachute—the one he intended to land—while still having a reserve parachute in case it was required. Skydivers are required by law to always jump with one more parachute than they intend to deploy on any given jump—and it is good common sense. Since Harris planned to deploy two parachutes on this jump, he required a third.

It was decided the third parachute would be attached to the risers of his main parachute (risers are the webbing which connects a parachute's suspension lines to a jumper's harness and are exposed on a jumper's shoulders while the actual canopy fabric and lines are packed securely in the container on the jumpers back). In sport parachuting, a jumper typically has just two handles on his chest (in addition to a third handle which deploys the main parachute and is located elsewhere). Usually on one's right side is the main parachute release handle (or "cut-away"). On the left is the reserve parachute ripcord, which deploys the emergency parachute. Due to the special nature of Harris' jump, a second release handle was attached to his harness near the usual one. Harris was to jump and immediately deploy the third parachute, and then be filmed releasing that parachute, entering freefall, and deploying his normal main parachute (completing his skydive in the usual manner).

Due to either an operator or rigging error, the wrong parachute was released when Harris attempted to cut-away. The parachute that was disconnected was the main parachute still packed on his back (which he had intended to deploy and land after the cut-away). Since the third parachute was connected to the risers of the main parachute (which had just been released) and not any part of Harris' harness, it began to quickly extract the main parachute from its container in a disorderly, out-of-sequence manner. Neither parachute could now be used to land Harris safely, and unfortunately Harris was unable to disentangle himself from the two partially open parachutes. Lacking clean air to deploy his reserve parachute, he was eventually forced to risk deploying it with the others still attached, and the reserve also entangled. His resulting fall-rate was not survivable.

The advertisement was aired, with the consent of his family, though the final jump was not included; Harris's appearance in the commercial uses film shot several days prior to his death.

Cromwellt|talk|contribs 23:04, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Origin

Was Silver Surfer inspiration? 95.178.249.30 (talk) 23:52, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

"Skysurfing was invented in 1986"... but imagined in 1974's Dark Star

John Carpenter's 1974 SF/comedy film Dark Star ends with a 22nd-century stranded astronaut "surfing" a piece of debris from space into a planet's atmosphere until he "wipes out". This was first shown 12 years before skydivers tried sky-surfing for real. – _•Raven  ^.talk 06:38, 25 August 2021 (UTC)