Sudden loss of balance

Hi all,

I am new to skydiving and have 30 jumps in total. I have only done belly to earth jumps so far and feel that I am very stable at this point.

the other day I tried to change things around a little bit and barell rolled over on my back and maintained that position for a while followed by some frontflips.

I simulated a break off and tracked for a few seconds before maintaining belly position again prior to pull.

I was stable on my belly for a few seconds when suddenly it felt like a vacuum was created under my legs and I completely lost balance and ended up standing up before getting back to belly position. At first I thought it was a premature opening..

Any ideas what this could have been? Haven’t encountered this before.

Chances are that you unintentionally folded your legs and that created the imbalance. Alternately, extending your arms high above your head might produce the same instability.

On 6/6/2021 at 10:53 AM, EagleMan said:

Any ideas what this could have been?

Solar flare activity causing localized gravity storms.

Gotta have something for when you funnel a formation.

On 6/6/2021 at 9:53 AM, EagleMan said:

it felt like a vacuum was created under my legs and I completely lost balance and ended up standing up

This made me chuckle. Wait till you start learning Vertical and can't get to a stand position that easily. Kinda reminds me of rotary wing instructors during the hover phase, "Now try to remember everything you did today, cause once you find the hover button; you won't be able to do it ever again." On tone with the topic . . . there's been a couple of others that have suggested good reasons.  

Were you jumping with or near others, it’s possible you may have gotten “on top” of another jumper and had your air stolen(?).