Nov 21, 2017, 1:02 PM
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Was searching through old you tube videos of tracking from the early 2000's era amd ca,e across this guy tracking what appears to be Norway nit walls. WOW. I had never heard of him before I found his videos amd was wondering if he just stopped jumping or the other, darker,possibility. Alas, I found him on the BFL....very sad. I bring him up here because I wasn't aware that that level of proximity tracking even existed at that point in time. This guy was just going so hard that it doesn't surprise me he wound up going in. Sad. Does anybody have any stories about this guy? Was he one of the top trackers of his time? Even by today's standards this guy was amazing flying his body. Also, he's flying a very basic two piece suit, making it that much more impressive.
Ted Died jumping, he was on of the bests at this time and he probably still is as not a lot of people can redo what he does in his 2 pieces tracksuit.
Ted was a good friend and an innovator who saw the potential that exists in tracking. Too bad he had to go before he could fully see how the potential is being explored. Also it´s worth to mention that we spoke a lot with Ted while working on the PTS project and he shared a lot of his thoughts on it so his legacy exists also in the suit.
(This post was edited by maretus on Nov 23, 2017, 11:43 PM)
There is a video named «last load with Ted» where he is tracking like the devil. If my memory serves me right it was filmed by Livia and it might be on facebook somewhere. Mad skills and hardcore...
As for the guy who did the slider down 15+ sec delay. He escaped w/o injury but from the look of his canopy, he was extremely lucky he didn't go in. He had 5 lines brake including a few other things that will need to be repaired before the rig is jumpable again.
Lesson from this, if you have multiple rigs, and do not remember how it was packed...Skip the load and repack it. Especially if you store the rig without an attached PC (Which could aid in remembering how it was packed. If you have a rig with a 46 on it, you can guess it was not packed slider up.)
I can’t believe how flat some of those jumps looked. That’s insane he was doing that in a regular two piece. Also, the midgets are always fun to look at do normal stuff. There has to be a midget somewhere around the globe jumping. ????
I can’t believe how flat some of those jumps looked. That’s insane he was doing that in a regular two piece. Also, the midgets are always fun to look at do normal stuff. There has to be a midget somewhere around the globe jumping. ????
Just found his memorial video on you tube. Cool stuff, early skydive jumps and some base and surfing stuff. Seemed like a fun guy to crush a beer with after a jump.
I got my first canopy from him back in 2007 or so, Troll 265 DW, came with 2 beautiful ripped crossport holes, and was so stoked to have gotten gear from such a legend. Ted was a BALLER
I got my first canopy from him back in 2007 or so, Troll 265 DW, came with 2 beautiful ripped crossport holes, and was so stoked to have gotten gear from such a legend. Ted was a BALLER
...2007, ey? -- What's the color scheme?
I wonder if that's the same canopy... as I had planned to find out the full damage after inspection, but, that wasn't much of a priority after Bridge Day 2007.
Hey Douggs! Where you at?
TransientCW wrote:
Ted was a BALLER
So was Alan McCandlish... watching them both fly their S-Fly suits was quite impressive.
Hanzo wrote:
Just found his memorial video on you tube. Cool stuff, early skydive jumps and some base and surfing stuff. Seemed like a fun guy to crush a beer with after a jump.
P.P.S:
I'm thinkin' if Hanzo got access to the skydivingmovies server... he would spontaneously combust.
Quite the "blessing in disguise" that season was … very grateful for the extended time shared with not only these two, but others I met & had the opportunity to hang out with.
Thanks Norway Rain!
dmcoco84 wrote:
TransientCW wrote:
Ted was a BALLER
So was Alan McCandlish... watching them both fly their S-Fly suits was quite impressive.
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