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Through your skydiving training, you’ll learn about spotting which is verifying if you are at the right place before exiting the plane for your skydive. Do you know how to do it properly? Here are 5 important points to consider to do a good spot before jumping out of a plane.
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Last year in a beach dz i exited last and suddenly i was like in a sandwich with a bed of clouds up of my head and another bed of clouds below, it was an rare sensation, then passing the clouds below me i pull and i realize i was in the middle of the ocean, the beach was so far and i could only see vegetation and mangroves. Well i just say for my self, ok, this is a long and bad spot, pull that toggles to your belly and do your best to get in that little piece of beach over there. Fortunately i was able to get the little beach and there was some kids, i dont know from where they out, this was in Honduras and this kids just looked at me with amazement just like if an astronaut had just arrived from the space and that was the funny moment of that jump. I think it waa worth it just for that, talk with those kids and give them the chance to touch a real parachute, they where happy :D
Skydive Vibes damn yeah, in a nightjump some weeks ago 😬
@@Dionisio181 haha great story!
@@maverickvespa Oups... at night it must be quite an experience :P
The "old days" (late 70s) I became very proficient on spotting; even the square jumpers were asking me to spot for their loads. Having to consider lowers, crosswinds and uppers made for some interesting physics. I jumped a PC for a while, then a StarLite, never landed outside the PEAS!☢
Love your videos! Getting my A license this weekend!
Yeah! Get it!
Great video Catherine - very informative. Blue skies ✈️
When I jumped with the 82nd Airborne Division in the 70's we used people as WDI's. We called them wind dummies. LOL!
Have skydived for almost 40 years and I really enjoy your Channel. Thanks for the tips and reviewing new gear.
Hi Catherine! Love your videos! Thank you 💞 keep them coming
Informative video.. Ur videos so important not only for skydivers but for who wants to be a new one of them 🤘 Thanks for ur job
@SkydiveVibes I had two jumps this past weekend and on my second jump we decided to do a go around as I kneeled at the door. Upon completing the go around I stuck my head out the door and wasn't comfortable with the spot as it was a little to far downwind than I wanted. The jumpers behind me were yelling for me to go so reluctantly I went. It worked out ok but I was in able to perform any canopy work and had to fly straight in to the DZ. I did make a pattern landing but just! Lesson learned! Blue Skies
Thank you for the informative video! Luckily no problem with spotting and off-landing yet! However I really appreciate the info and video as finally someone explained in detail what and how to do it...when I did my first hop and pop I was quite nervous and asked some guys and they just said look for the DZ if you see it ok and jump...literally 2 sentences...
I do my first solo's next week at Byron Bay, so excited 😊
Thank you, I've been waiting for a video on spotting.
Awesome! Hope you enjoyed!
Great video. I had to spot last weekend for my A card progression.
Yes mam, I had landed many times. Thanks for this special vedio for us. Me also waiting for this important vedio.👍🤙🙏
The last jump I did about a week ago, on the very first Cessna load, some freshly A licensed jumpers did the spotting, and we all ended up landing off. I landed in a tree because I realized too late I wouldn’t make it back to the DZ, and that DZ doesn’t have very many outs.
Glad you are ok. As said in the video. It is your responsibility to spot for you even of you are last. ;)
Thank you, this was very informative!
Thanks for watching!
I am planning to get my skydiving license, I never jumped, your videos teach me a lot, thanks.
Great! Do not hesitate if you have any questions!
@@SkydiveVibes I have a long list of videos in your channel I need to watch first, then if I still have questions I'll definitely ask, safe jumping.
So amazing experience. I jumped 5 times tendem,Don't hesitate 😎 Good luck 🤘
Awesome video and great info! Thanks 😊
Thanks a lot!
I'm towards the end of my AFF at the moment and I really enjoy your uploads, always entertaining, educational amd as you say help me become a better and safer skydiver!! Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and personal experience, much appreciated. Blue Skies 🤙🏻
Thanks to you Scotty and Keep jumping safe!
How many attempts you had to from level 1 to 7?
@@Hussainpiplodwala I was fortunate enough to pass every jump on my first attempt. I did some time in the tunnel beforehand and it really helped me to relax a bit more than I otherwise would have. All the best with your AFF if you are about to get started 👍🏻
Lots of information, love it!
Glad you liked! Thanks for watching!!
Ended up in a weird situation this weekend and wanted to come back to your videos for the usual, great advice. So...jump 35, cloudy day, 20mph winds from 3000 to 1500ft that made me work to have a good landing pattern, and was first out with 3 tandems with camera people behind me. One TI/camera person spotted with me. I couldn't see any part of the DZ nor enough surrounding area to be sure I knew where we were. I signaled that to them (pointed at my eyes and shook my head) and made second run sign to them with a questioning face (to see if we should ask for a second pass) but all of a sudden heard the TIs saying to move out of the way. I move to the back of the plane, thinking they wanted me to move back from the door so we could turn for the second pass. Next thing I know, all 3 tandems went out the door and I was the only one left on the airplane, riding it down. Do I regret my decision? No. I couldn't see enough to be comfortable. Was it a weird situation? Hell ya. A senior person said that I should just move out of the way if I'm not sure but, like you said at 7:40, I need to figure out how requests for second runs work (e.g. Who can request it? When?)
Love you videos they really help!! Can you do a video on turns like 360/180, the body position etc.
My last jump was a hop and pop to familiarize myself with a new canopy. Upper winds were pretty stiff, even at 5k, So I waited a full 5 seconds after the green to get upwind of the DZ before exiting.
Hi Catherine ! Can you please talk about jumping with toys/smokes/flags/inflatables/space balls/etc? Or is that too specific? Thanks a bunch, Blue Skies!
Good one! I'll see what I can do!
Yes mam, I had landed many times. Thanks for this special vedio for us. Me also waiting for this implies vedio.👍🤙🙏
My Pleasure!
Thanks for sharing knowledge.
My pleasure!
Just aim for the 🎯. Your welcome!
Thanks for this. To be honest tho, a good pilot makes it to where you don't even need to spot (I always spot and am not saying not to) but the green light goes on at the best beginning there could be for jump run and everyone is out way before they get even close to 'too far'. Every time I've looked down, we were right where we needed to be. Still don't jump without my own confirmation but that's how easy a pilot should make it. :)
Hi thanks a lot I have several questions all about wingsuiting from cliffs How should I think considering about the wind when I'm jumping from a rocky cliff?.. not from a plane!.. Can I select a cliff I like without Instructors consultations, depending on KZhead informative videos? How to gain the wingsuiting maximum earth horizontal distance? What if I want to do just only the wingsuiting without parachute?.. Is it possible if I'll drop in sea water, then the water will absorb the landing force? More questions would I ask later.. Thanks a lot for now dear and best regards Cheers
I've watched a few of your videos now and find them to be very informative. The one thing I would ask is that you use more visual aides. An aerial view of the drop zone for spotting as an example..
Thanks. That is a good feedback. I'll take note of that.
First jump I did at a different dropzone. I was doing a solo student jump and the pilot went into jump run the same way he had been 4 hours beforehand on the first loads of the day even though the wind direction had changed 180. Over half of the students didn't make it back because of that and because a four way group requesting more separation than usual with no instructors on the plane to tell the students they could request another pass.
Oh no! I hope that you guys all learned from that. Were you aware of the change of winds before jumping?
@@SkydiveVibes As jumpers we were because that's what we were briefed however the pilot did not seem to be aware except for ground speed. Rear risers and a nice long track saved me there, would've pulled high but there was a wing suiter behind us who specifically asked if we were pulling high so i decided I'd rather risk not making it back over a mid air entanglement
I didn't realize there was so much math you had to do in your head before you made your first scariest jumpy it ever done in your life.... Still want to do it but I think what I'm going to do is I'm going to study on skydiving first and then I'll do it cuz like she said I want to make my experience amazing not terrifying with broke bones pretty much WoW I feel like there should be someone up there saying okay go go go go go no one person at time and then if they see it's not safe they said turn it around but if you have to depend on yourself I suppose watching her videos would be very self-sufficient thank you for having these videos you made me scared for skydiving now but in all the right ways my idea was to just get up there and jump and as you put it is probably not the best idea to do that so thank you I appreciate it and I will be studying more videos that you put out there thank you so when I do it my experience and my daughter's experience will be the best experience possible. 🤓👩🏫👩🎓
If you haven't done a tandem jump you should do that first, you will just be along for the ride!
It happened to me that I was the last one to jump out of the plane, and I didn't spot the DZ before jumping. I landed like 10 minutes away from the DZ. My instructor had to drive his car to pick me up. 😂 The good thing is that I found a safe zone to land.
Hi Bernier This a Chinese guy in Mexico now and want to learn Skydring but I am worried about English exam this is why I watch your video almost everyday but I am still worried about it can you give me some advice and share the location of club? I search it not sure it's correct or not THANKS
i am verry happy to spot you Angel withe black hare
Hi Catherine, as always a great video, thanks for that. What to do in case the sky is completely covered by clouds? How can you spot? And by spotting before the jump won't we risk exceeding 8 seconds before the next skydiver and so delaying the jumps after mine? Should everyone spotting or just the first one? Thank you!
Great questions. If the sky is completely covered, by rules, you can't jump. You shouldn't even be allowed to be in the plane. Spotting can be done very quickly. You can train your eyes on the map of the landing zone prior to board. So no it won't affect the 8sec. Every jumper should do it becasue the first one may have been wrong or if you are last, maybe it took to much time for the first one to get out and you can be way pass the LZ. You can then ask for another pass.
How timely. Completed my first solo last Friday, and I was spotting too long. The guy after me was in position and gesturing me to go already.
It's a common thing that happens to us as begginer skydivers. You'll get better at this, and the guy is a douchebag
No. Not... yet.... ;D Had to take a new run a couple of times though :)
Great! Glad you did! More often than not we just are too shy to ask for it but in doubt we should always ask.
did u ever know about some skydiver fall out the plane by mistake? like walking to exit and plop!
Not personally but I can believe it can happen. ;)
I had someone in my group who fell out of the plane. We were doing the static line course and you have to sit on one leg, then wait for the instructor to yell 'go!'. When she was going into position she fell out I guess.
My jump master back in 1979 used to joke with the first load of students as to who wanted to be he wind drift indicator, ha, ha!
hallo lady i like you verry much , but how do you most spotting when there are a lot off clouds??i jump in Europe (Belguim) and yes , we have a lot off clouds , this is wy we have g.p.s. in the plane
Usually, we are not supposed to jump if we can't have a visual of the DZ. But maybe it is different in your country.
@@SkydiveVibes lucky you , we have alway s cloud s when the cloud s are from the grouns to the cloud s 3.300FT , than every thing is O.K. and we jump, greets from Belguim miss
The sky is our playground, the floor is the limit.
So true!
Normal people are scared of high altitudes, skydivers are scared (or let‘s say aware) of low altitudes 😄😄
I want to base angel falls
I have a couple who never could spot even though they were good skydivers.
What does “L” mean?
ALSO, the jumpers waiting should shut up and stop yelling go! go! When the spotter is being sure of the spot and taking a few seconds longer.
Абажаю парашютный спорт
Right my dear ! With the technology modern skydivers lost the basic ...They forget that we spot the apparent correct point of leaving the plane with the normal of the floor of the plane ...at 10 000' they make a mistake of 1 nm ...check before the angle with the horizon ... Do not forget the inversion of the wind ...funny when you realise that at the opening ...better to have a phone ..darling can you come I am just 3 miles from the airport . In the 70 ’ we were good in cross-country gear were more heavier that now !!!
Catherine mdm ji u r bold and beautiful and good motivational speaker
My plan was jump anyway!
Don't blow the spot or you might land in Farmers McNasty's pig pen. D7466
If you're too far away you can pull your parachute early to travel farther. I learned that from Fortnite
Thats funny...
And in most cases, wrong.
Well, that is not a good solution cause the exit order also takes into consideration the opening altitude of each skydiver. So if you pull higher you could collide with another skydiver.
At my DZ, you could get grounded for the rest of the day if you pull a noticable higher or lower!
Why are clouds so important?
We can't jump if we can't see the ground, it is an aviation law.
Do you even spot bro?!
Hahaha
Wish I saw this video half a year earlier lol
Hope you didn't end up in weird situations.
I totally get you!!
Ur russian ? Nice accent
Haha no French Canadian. ;)
@@SkydiveVibes come to brazil someday 👌 Boituva is the city of dreams
She’s hella cute
Look, first of all, I think she's a very beautiful woman. But have you considered the possibility of you showing less of your figure and giving your instructions showing more images? Your videos end up getting very boring and long.
Aren't we crank today?????
Why do ppl still listen to her?? She's not even an instructor, please take advice from an actual professional at your local DZ. Not just some youtuber looking to get paid.