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Video: YouTuber falls 85 feet from a paraglider in Texas

Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:25 pm
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:25 pm
Posted by 4x4tiger
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2006
3709 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:28 pm to
FAFO??
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 8:29 pm
Posted by PrecedentedTimes
Member since Dec 2020
3128 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

suffered a broken neck and bsck


quote:

lucky to be alive


you sure?
Posted by Lark225
Member since Mar 2019
1271 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:32 pm to
If man was supposed to fly we would have wings...
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
435758 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:34 pm to
When I read the title I thought it was one of those things off a boat over the water. Ho lee shite
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
18071 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:35 pm to
Important speeds list:
88mph
48mph
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
103380 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:37 pm to
Bet if he wasn't holding that fricking selfie stick, he probably would have been able to recover it.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
16063 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:43 pm to
1. Why would that thing collapse like that?
2. Tom Segura is definitely going to be laughing at this.
3. He could have dialed 911 faster than crying out for Siri.
4. I know he was in pain and I feel bad for him, but that sounded bad for a dude. Social media will probably be pretty merciless with this guy.
5. I wonder if Tucker Gott will analyze this crash. He seems to be the paramotor guru on youtube.
Posted by Art Clokey
Member since Apr 2024
64 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:43 pm to
Don’t act like you know the first thing about it

Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
123130 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:45 pm to
Chances he actually has insurance?
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:47 pm to
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
27354 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:47 pm to
Gotta get all the twists out of your brake and trim lines or you can get a tension knot and in this case canopy collapse. At least sky diving you have a shot at cut away and reserve if you are high enough.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
65844 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:48 pm to
Who does that guy think he is, Hamas?

And that poor li'l propeller at the end. :(
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
17114 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:49 pm to
Was that really 85 feet up?
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
49622 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:49 pm to
Somewhere Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe smiled
Posted by TigersnJeeps
FL Panhandle
Member since Jan 2021
1960 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:52 pm to
From the "X" post

quote:

Vella later explained that the crash was caused by “missing a small pension knot” during pre-takeoff checks.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
7392 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

Was that really 85 feet up?


He’s one lucky SOB. I guess him landing on the fan/propeller thing saved his life.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39838 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:58 pm to
I used to see a guy fly by my house in one of these pretty frequently. Wonder if it was him.

After googling him, there's a real good chance I've seen this guy in action a few times. How many of these guys can there be motoring around?
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 9:01 pm
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
15281 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:58 pm to
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
18071 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:03 pm to
quote:

After googling him, there's a real good chance I've seen this guy in action a few times. How many of these guys can there be motoring around?

I was reading the comments and another guy died recently in that same area doing this
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