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Wing Suit Jumping Video
« on: October 03, 2008, 03:06:42 PM »
OH.....MY....GOD...  :jawdrop :jawdrop :jawdrop :jawdrop



Now I have gone skydiving from 13,000 feet but this is incredible.

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2008, 05:40:37 PM »
I've never seen anything like that before.  AMAZING!  Man, I wish I had the guts to do that.

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 08:33:39 PM »
That is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. How does one get into that kind of action I wonder?

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2008, 05:59:40 AM »
I skydived once too, but that is just crazy stuff!  Not sure I'd be up for that now.  How do you even practice something like that without just jumping in and doing it?  Really, really cool!  They need to do that in a Bond movie sometime.  All I kept thinking while watching that was Batman soaring in the movies with his big wings out.  I guess you don't need a huge wingspan to stay up and control your movement.  Incredible stuff!

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2008, 07:06:36 AM »
That is Fraking awesome. Got to go out and do that. nah only kidding. ;)

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2008, 07:52:00 AM »
I'd be like a large rock falling to the ground. :)

But I can dream. 

Of course, jumping off the cliff would be the real test for me. :)

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2008, 01:55:04 PM »
The real test for me is to see if i can eat a 32 ounce steak in one go. Hmmmm challenge that cliff jumping guys.

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2008, 03:12:36 PM »
I'm not scared of heights but... I think I am now :S! All through that I was thinking "how do they stop?" so I relieved they showed the guy with a parachute towards the end. Not for me but completely awesome
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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2008, 06:41:46 PM »
The real test for me is to see if i can eat a 32 ounce steak in one go. Hmmmm challenge that cliff jumping guys.

heheheh! :)

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2008, 06:07:42 PM »
OH MAN I really want to try that out sometime! It looks fantastic!

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2008, 02:26:23 PM »
Go for it Chief, lets see you fly over them there hills.

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Re: Wing Suit Jumping Video
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2008, 03:25:32 AM »
No way! One misstep (figuratively speaking) and you're jam!

I'd never get near the edge of the cliff anyway - too frightening fo me - but with my co-ordination you'd be scraping me off the rocks within seconds.

I'm also glad they showed the 'chutes though - there had to be some deceleration mechanism but it was nice to see it.

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