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I remember a while ago seeing a video of someone at Zakynthos facing backwards on exit, doing a backflip, opening facing the cliff (intentionally), and turning away. Anyone know what video I'm talking about and/or where I can find it? Thanks.

That was Johnny Utah, probably one of the few cracy enough to do it and skilled enough to get away with it

a little background info...

that was to settle a bet about if you could or could not back up a canopy on your toggles. And jimmy you still owe Johnny that bj :)

I found it :) so he did that with toggles? As in un-stowed his toggles, then used them to back up?

yeah everything was done with toggles exactly as you described it.

Some of us have done the same

from lower altitudes and surprised

It's not that hard to use your toggles to turn a 180!

I have the same image burned into my mind from my first 180. haha. Went straight to toggles, used the wind to push me back a bit, and turned it right around. The wind was definitely my friend that night.