Skydiving Tattooist

A Canadian artist tattooed friend while skydiving.

17:37 14 December 2015

A Canadian skydiving artist tattooed his friend the word "AHHH" as they fell from a plane at 120mph. Shannon Claydon completed the tattoo in less than 30 seconds before he and his friend Nadine Elaine pulled their parachute cord.

 

Shannon, from Edmonton, Alberta, was held by other skydivers as he carefully spelt the letters on his Nadine’s wrist using a portable tattoo gun.

 

Before jumping, Shannon, who had already drawn an outline, kept an amazingly steady hand to complete the four-letter word in less than 30 seconds.

 

He said: “The main problem I thought would happen was the wind but I was able to get over her arm and into the bubble that objects create when falling.

 

“Also having people to stabilise me made it super smooth but the machine wasn’t as powerful as I needed.

 

“I made it for a one time use with basic AA batteries.

 

“I was so excited after the jump that I didn’t do another for the rest of the day.”

 

Shannon added: “I believe around here we can jump year round but it can get too cold to jump without protective clothing.

 

“We had talked about the tattoo for a while but it took some time to figure out the details.

 

“I made sure it was ok with the drop zone organiser, Al Christou, who owns Edmonton skydive.

 

“I used to work with his brother in my tattoo apprenticeship so we know each other well.

 

“Then we had to find a volunteer and Nadine was the only one.”