Rigging Innovations visits Skydive Westerwald

We had a blast last weekend. Westerwings invited Sandy Reid and Bill Wenger (a skydive legend of the US) of Rigging Innovations for a trip to Skydive Westerwald. Sandy explained the new innovations for the Curv and Bill joined a jump with all crazy Curv owners at the DZ.
I don’t have to mention it… but for sure it was a Team Fancy Shit member who bombed Bill out of the Formation!
Thanks Raphael for making this happen!

May 2017 @SDWW

Sascha had time take some pictures while Armin did a high pull with his new Safire3.

May 2017 @Skydive Westerwald

Sascha had time take some pictures while Armin did a high pull with his new Safire3.

Preparing the pack job

It was at that moment, as we realized non of us is particular good at packing. But we’ll do a tutorial anyways. Maybe some special effects can make it look like we know what we’re doing. Explosions make anything look pro!

PrepareThePackJob

Reviewing Stuff: Probably the best hook knife for skydiving

Do you wear a hook knife while skydiving? Did you ever thought about a situation you might need it? Do you think your knife is able to cut a vectran line, the material of a jumpsuit or a riser?
Until a year ago I had no hook knife and I had none of those questions in my mind. Everything started with an skydive event in Germany which set a hook knife to the list of requirements.

So I went to my Rigger (also owns a skydive shop) and told him about my new needs. I knew there were some knifes available for ~30 Euro and it was not my plan to spend a lot of money. It was just to fulfill the requirements for this event. So my Rigger informed about situations in which a usage of a hook knife might make sense. Most of them were not on my list of possibilities a hook knife might be useful. But most important he clearly told me to buy a knife which really cuts instead of just fulfilling the requirements of some events. What he wanted to say was: Not all knifes can cut a vectran line in time you need this. And for sure no risers.

Since we (Team Fancy Shit members) knew about the important and eventually life saving differences between available hook knifes, there was the plan to create a video related to this topic.

Special thanks to Raphael Schlegel, the owner of Westerwings, who was available for an interview and gave us some vectran lines and some straps which are commonly used at skydive rigs.

And guys… eat more fruits!

Learning Ollie – Day 2

How many days do you need to learn to ollie?
And what kind of equipment you might trash while trying?
There might be some answers in our new video!

Italian Suits

Awesome summer suits made by bertrand adrenaline (italy).

Behind the scenes of our hook knife review

“Behind the scenes” of our hook knife review we are working on right now. Okay, actually we are just standing in the Westerwings Shop, pointing a camera at Rapha, our rigger we trust in, pushing random buttons.

We forced him to participate in the video, otherwise we reveal his darkest secret. (It has to do with potatoes)
So thanks Rapha for your insight in the details behind this special knife in your fancy shop.

The video will follow within 12 to 1337 days.