The team of 12 professional figure jumpers including wakeboard world champion Oliver Orbán clung together shaping Yettel TV’s mascot, a flying dragon, at an altitude of several thousands of metres. To make such a complex formation, the skydivers free-falling at speeds of up to 220 km/h must not only be highly disciplined but they also have to keep up with each other’s speed and follow each other’s signals.
“I’m used to high adrenaline levels from wakeboarding, and I did a tandem skydive years ago. This time, I did it upon Yettel’s request and, despite my previous experience, I was terribly nervous until I landed. We took off in a narrow-body plane, and after the jump it took a lot of discipline to create the shape in the air and real teamwork to keep an eye on each other, because one person’s lack of attention can be fatal in a stunt like this. Luckily, the Dragon team quickly took me in, which helped me focus on the task and of course the great experience that came with it”, said Olivér Orbán, wakeboard world champion and former Exatlon participant.
The team was led by József Kiss, world record holder in skydiving, who has already completed more than 4,200 jumps. The shape was formed by 12 skydivers, both men and women. The youngest member of the team was 23, while the oldest was 58.
“According to our rules, you have to have done at least 200 jumps to be able to take part in such a stunt and therefore have sufficient experience. The jump started at 4,000 metres, followed by a 60-second freefall, during which we fell at an average speed of 180 to 200 km/h. Oliver jumped in tandem so that we could join him. We only had 30-40 seconds to form the Yettel dragon, which required precise movements and coordinated teamwork in the air. We deployed the parachutes at an altitude of 1,000 metres, and landed in about 5 minutes from there,” said József Kiss, world record holder in skydiving.
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