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I would LOVE to try this.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by *MS3~SNAIL*
Watch the whole vid...there is a part where they fly (non-powered, gravity fed) through a valley and trees that just made me go wow!

http://www.visualnews.com/2010/12/30/the-best-wingsuit-video-yet/

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by dommo_g
Someone is gonna die. SPLAT!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by roninspeed3
That's cool, but "splat" is inevitable....

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by erod550
A guy I work with has done it. He goes skydiving a couple times a week during the summer. He's nuts. I would try regular skydiving but not this.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by chromal
I've gotta agree with the title, that is one of the best I've seen in the few years I've known about these wingsuits. These always struck me as kind of the purest sort of experience of human flight (okay, technically gliding), a dream as old as dreams themselves, made real. Those guys make it looks easy, but I wonder whether they have time to enjoy it or are completely occupied by missing the ground on their way down the mountain.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by MSP SuperStreet
Can you say SUPERMAN.
Truely no room for error - Splat.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by memphis
OMG,, that crap is amazing!!! And intense

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by Operator
One of my favored videos on youtube:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttz5oPpF1Js"]YouTube - Extreme Base Jumping in Wingsuits[/ame]

The flip at 1:06 is awesome!!!!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by speedjunkie
I definitely wanna do this.

Some of those trees look somewhat harmless compared to the side of the mountain, but I'm 99.99% sure they're not haha, especially at that speed. Wow.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by coloskydiver
I have flown a wing suite once and it is a whole lot of fun. Those guys are truley nuts and have 1000's of wing suite jumps to get that good. A few of my buddies were at the Royal Gorge for a BASE comp and video a Birdman hit the railing and went splat. Two guys jumped out the plane and one was going to fly over the bridge and the other under it. The guy flying over it misjudged and hit the metal railing at 100 MPH and he went SPLAT. The actually got it on video, it a little rough but still gives you chills when you see it. The guy who died was actually a famous BASE jumper and died way to young.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:14
by alex_n/a
speedjunkie wrote:I definitely wanna do this.

Some of those trees look somewhat harmless compared to the side of the mountain, but I'm 99.99% sure they're not haha, especially at that speed. Wow.


A bunny rabbit would f**k you up at that speed :lol: :mellow:

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:14
by speedjunkie
coloskydiver wrote:I have flown a wing suite once and it is a whole lot of fun. Those guys are truley nuts and have 1000's of wing suite jumps to get that good. A few of my buddies were at the Royal Gorge for a BASE comp and video a Birdman hit the railing and went splat. Two guys jumped out the plane and one was going to fly over the bridge and the other under it. The guy flying over it misjudged and hit the metal railing at 100 MPH and he went SPLAT. The actually got it on video, it a little rough but still gives you chills when you see it. The guy who died was actually a famous BASE jumper and died way to young.


Oooooh, I'll definitely stay away from EVERYTHING then haha.

alex_n/a wrote:A bunny rabbit would f**k you up at that speed :lol: :mellow:


Indeed it would lol.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:14
by mOOsE
SPLAT is likely, but what a way to go.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:14
by dommo_g
coloskydiver wrote:I have flown a wing suite once and it is a whole lot of fun. Those guys are truley nuts and have 1000's of wing suite jumps to get that good. A few of my buddies were at the Royal Gorge for a BASE comp and video a Birdman hit the railing and went splat. Two guys jumped out the plane and one was going to fly over the bridge and the other under it. The guy flying over it misjudged and hit the metal railing at 100 MPH and he went SPLAT. The actually got it on video, it a little rough but still gives you chills when you see it. The guy who died was actually a famous BASE jumper and died way to young.


http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/06/1065292522786.html

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvjgvXcxMsU&feature=related"]YouTube - man hits a bridge at 120mph[/ame]