diff --git a/apps/website/components/HeroSection.vue b/apps/website/components/HeroSection.vue
index f5822d5..b051e8e 100644
--- a/apps/website/components/HeroSection.vue
+++ b/apps/website/components/HeroSection.vue
@@ -1,35 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <section class="hero-voyage" id="heroSection">
-    <!-- Hero video background using safe-area-max-inset-top for iOS Safari -->
-    <div ref="videoContainer" class="hero-video-container">
-      <!-- White overlay that fades out when video is ready -->
-      <div
-        class="video-white-overlay"
-        :class="{ 'fade-out': videoLoaded }"
-      />
-
-      <video
-        ref="videoElement"
-        autoplay
-        loop
-        muted
-        playsinline
-        preload="auto"
-        class="hero-video"
-        :class="{ 'video-loaded': videoLoaded }"
-        @loadeddata="handleVideoLoaded"
-        @canplaythrough="handleVideoLoaded"
-        @play="handleVideoLoaded"
-      >
-        <source
-          src="https://videos.pexels.com/video-files/3571264/3571264-uhd_2560_1440_30fps.mp4"
-          type="video/mp4"
-        >
-      </video>
-
-      <div class="hero-overlay gradient-warm" />
-      <div class="hero-overlay gradient-depth" />
-    </div>
+    <!-- Video is now injected directly into DOM to bypass Vue/Nuxt issues -->
 
     <div class="hero-content" :class="{ 'is-ready': videoLoaded }">
       <div class="hero-main">
@@ -66,7 +37,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { ref, onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
 import { useParallax } from '~/composables/useParallax'
 import { useIntersectionAnimations } from '~/composables/useIntersectionAnimations'
 import { useRipple } from '~/composables/useRipple'
@@ -78,7 +49,8 @@ const videoContainer = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null)
 const videoElement = ref<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null)
 const animatedCount = ref(0)
 
-useParallax(videoContainer, 0.5)
+// Parallax will be disabled for injected video
+// useParallax(videoContainer, 0.5)
 useIntersectionAnimations()
 useRipple()
 
@@ -98,25 +70,7 @@ const handleScrollToExplore = () => {
   scrollToElement('#services', 800) // Constant-speed scroll to services
 }
 
-const handleVideoVisibility = () => {
-  if (!videoElement.value) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-    entries.forEach((entry) => {
-      if (entry.isIntersecting) {
-        videoElement.value?.play()
-      } else {
-        videoElement.value?.pause()
-      }
-    })
-  }, { threshold: 0.25 })
-
-  observer.observe(videoElement.value)
-
-  return () => observer.disconnect()
-}
+// Video visibility handling removed - video is now injected directly into DOM
 
 const initSmoothScroll = () => {
   document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="#"]').forEach((anchor) => {
@@ -158,7 +112,66 @@ const animateCount = () => {
 }
 
 onMounted(() => {
-  handleVideoVisibility()
+  // NUCLEAR OPTION: Inject video directly into DOM, bypassing Vue/Nuxt entirely
+  const videoHTML = `
+    <div id="ios-video-bg" style="
+      position: fixed;
+      top: 0;
+      left: 0;
+      right: 0;
+      bottom: 0;
+      width: 100vw;
+      height: 100vh;
+      z-index: -1;
+      background: #000;
+    ">
+      <video
+        id="bg-video-element"
+        autoplay
+        muted
+        playsinline
+        loop
+        style="
+          width: 100%;
+          height: 100%;
+          object-fit: cover;
+          object-position: center top;
+        ">
+        <source src="https://videos.pexels.com/video-files/3571264/3571264-uhd_2560_1440_30fps.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+      </video>
+      <div style="
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: 0;
+        background: linear-gradient(to bottom,
+          rgba(0, 31, 63, 0.3) 0%,
+          rgba(0, 31, 63, 0.5) 50%,
+          rgba(0, 31, 63, 0.7) 100%);
+      "></div>
+    </div>
+  `;
+
+  // Insert at the very beginning of body, outside #__nuxt
+  document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', videoHTML);
+
+  // Get reference to injected video
+  const injectedVideo = document.getElementById('bg-video-element') as HTMLVideoElement;
+
+  // Handle video load state
+  if (injectedVideo) {
+    injectedVideo.addEventListener('loadeddata', () => {
+      videoLoaded.value = true;
+    });
+
+    // iOS autoplay fallback
+    const tryPlay = () => {
+      if (injectedVideo.paused) {
+        injectedVideo.play().catch(() => {});
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('pointerdown', tryPlay, { once: true });
+    window.addEventListener('touchstart', tryPlay, { once: true });
+  }
+
   initSmoothScroll()
   animateCount()
 
@@ -168,18 +181,11 @@ onMounted(() => {
       videoLoaded.value = true
     }
   }, 1500)
+})
 
-  // iOS autoplay fallback - play on first user interaction
-  const tryPlay = () => {
-    if (videoElement.value?.paused) {
-      videoElement.value.play().catch(() => {
-        // Silently fail if autoplay is still blocked
-      })
-    }
-  }
-  // Listen for any user interaction to trigger video play
-  window.addEventListener('pointerdown', tryPlay, { once: true })
-  window.addEventListener('touchstart', tryPlay, { once: true })
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  // Clean up injected video on component unmount
+  document.getElementById('ios-video-bg')?.remove();
 })
 </script>