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1/19/2012 10:22:30 PM

Was going to post about how much I love the wingsuit video in the OP. Every time I see it I love it.

THEN I SAW THE BRIDGE VIDEO.

FUCKING HORRIFYING.

Though part of me still wanted to see a liveleak-esque uncensored footage.

1/19/2012 11:20:04 PM

Wow!

1/20/2012 12:34:30 AM

3:17 to 4:30 is fucking balling...especially the 2nd half...

Quote :

"This guy is just as bad ass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxMBCWfDV5Q"

1/20/2012 12:58:49 AM

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"^^^^hello2u Home dz?"

Lodi and Byron now, but haven't jumped much out here. I started at CSS and was jumping at Raeford when I was still in NC.

Quote :

"THEN I SAW THE BRIDGE VIDEO. FUCKING HORRIFYING. "

You don't have to fly that close to shit

1/20/2012 12:12:01 PM

^are you west coast now?

1/20/2012 12:29:41 PM

those dropzones are in northern california

1/20/2012 12:33:53 PM

Yep, I've been here about 4 months, maybe 5 months. They have real mountains out here for such things

1/20/2012 12:42:06 PM

Are there real jumpers on these boards? The raeford connection would make sense


I am deerunk

1/21/2012 4:21:16 AM

Cael, you ever wingsuited it?

1/21/2012 10:36:53 AM

friend of mine from the academy died on eiger doing this

1/21/2012 11:41:38 AM

^^

Yeah. My last wing suit trip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIVQxm8cRM I was back there this summer but to get married so I was forbade from jumping. Verdict is still out for what is more terrifying: BASE or marriage?

^

Who Jeremy? The most recent Eiger incident was a guy who had a legitimate gear issue involving a canopy blowing up on deployment (rare and in this case it was a newer model made with different material). I've always had the philosophy that if it hasn't been out for 5 years you're a test jumper. Skydiving and even more so BASE have seriously limited funds to do long running R&D. Most people are willing to be guinea pigs for the hot new stuff, which has always surprised me.

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Reason : a]

1/21/2012 1:58:34 PM

yeah jeremy. i don't know the details on it all. he was a freind at school, but like so many military guys, was always in a different place. he's the 2nd friend of mine to die on a mtn in the last 3 years. another friend died on a backcountry ski

1/21/2012 9:19:53 PM

Check out the dude on National Geographic right now. Dean Potter, setting records with a wingsuit.

2/12/2012 8:03:10 PM

For Smath

10/27/2012 1:58:04 PM

the BMW commercial they keep showing during the game reminds me of this thread every time.

10/27/2012 1:58:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO3Rc8q_PMw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This is way awesome compilation. The guy that made it died recently. He pushed a little harder than Jeb.

10/27/2012 3:04:13 PM

so can people do loops/somersaults in these suits?

I mean I know it won't be a high arching loopty-loop but at least like a stall + flipover?

[Edited on October 27, 2012 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

10/27/2012 5:17:55 PM

It's super easy to do front flips and barrel rolls and a bit harder to do a back flip. The leg wing can get unwieldy. I've seen videos of people going up relative to a stationary person on the ground, but doing a loop without power is hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VigfXe1vhYg

11/3/2012 1:10:07 PM

well yeah, with such a shitty L/D

11/3/2012 9:55:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L8UCfxmtSw

4/17/2013 11:46:47 PM

i wonder what birds think when they see one of those guys

probably "caaaawww!"

also, holy shit^

[Edited on April 17, 2013 at 11:55 PM. Reason : .]

4/17/2013 11:53:58 PM

my butthole is officially tight after watching that

tight like a frog's ass

4/17/2013 11:59:36 PM

Every time I see this thread bumped I'm expecting another one of these guys to have smacked a bridge.

4/18/2013 5:20:50 AM

best youtube comment:

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"I'm surprised his balls fit through that gap..."

4/18/2013 8:12:46 AM

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-adventure/adv-beyond-the-edge-potter

5/17/2015 10:43:58 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/17/extreme-athlete-dean-potter-dies-in-base-jumping-accident/?intcmp=latestnews

(not the same guy as in grinding the crack though)

5/17/2015 11:02:43 PM

Not that I am surprised, you play with fire long enough and you will get burned but this sucks to hear. I saw a documentary on Potter and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. And now his dog lost it's owner

5/17/2015 11:16:22 PM

^This. I mean it sucks, but eventually statistics will catch up to you. Keep jumping off shit long enough and eventually you'll fuckup the landing in some way shape or form either due to human error or equipment failure.

5/18/2015 4:33:09 AM

Wingsuit was always my favorite part of Far Cry 3 & 4. I feel it's about the same experience

5/18/2015 8:40:57 AM

^^

The true lesson is don't push it. Out of 22 BASE fatalities last year, 20 were in a wing suit. Flying aggressive terrain and shooting small gaps in rock will catch up with you. I've got thousands of skydives and hundreds of BASE jumps, and I'm still alive because I'm a pussy--I climb down a lot and don't try to do flips off low shit or fly threw trees and rocks at 120 miles an hour.

[Edited on May 18, 2015 at 10:38 AM. Reason : a]

5/18/2015 10:36:37 AM

the Perrine Bridge has already claimed two fatalities so far this year (and almost got her third last Tuesday)

5/18/2015 12:25:19 PM

https://vimeo.com/132593840

Cork screw entry.

7/8/2015 3:50:32 PM

2. meters. wide.

7/14/2015 12:00:28 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=641095

7/14/2015 12:17:50 PM

^^^Ian died yesterday

7/22/2015 7:40:03 PM

And another good friend, both wingsuit, both fucking terrible luck.

7/22/2015 7:44:41 PM

Props to them. They knew how they wanted to take risks, and they did it.

[Edited on July 22, 2015 at 7:47 PM. Reason : Seems fitting.]

7/22/2015 7:46:27 PM

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-23/skydiver-and-base-jumper-dies-in-wingsuit-crash-in-french-alps/

8/24/2016 1:10:57 PM

Idiot

8/24/2016 1:17:59 PM

^ He did basically a barrel roll low to the ground, like in the above video I posted above*, and hit a tree then came to rest in the couloir. He was responsive when emergency personal got to him. Amazing he wasn't instantly killed.

All of my friends are dead. It took me ten years to know ten dead BASE jumpers--a feat my wife accomplished after being around it for just one year.

Take up heroin it's safer.

*Also, guy from video above is learning to walk again after a malfunction at the same location as the current incident.
** Also, Uli from the 2 meters wide video died in the past week.




[Edited on August 24, 2016 at 8:11 PM. Reason : a]

8/24/2016 8:04:02 PM

play stupid games, win stupid prizes

8/24/2016 8:06:44 PM

13 BASE jumpers have died so far in August.

8/25/2016 3:21:35 AM

8/25/2016 3:54:38 AM

Jeb Corliss (who made Grinding the Crack) is the only high profile wingsuit/BASE jumper that is still alive, and he had a pretty horrific accident that damn near took his leg off a couple years back. It looks awesome but is dangerous as fuck.

8/25/2016 6:58:40 AM

Sorry, but these guys had it coming. This seems like it might possibly be one of the most dangerous and stupid "extreme sports" you could do.

8/25/2016 12:45:50 PM

Hope none of them had children.

8/25/2016 12:52:10 PM

I thought this was "grinding the crack"

8/25/2016 1:30:33 PM

I see an injury like that and all I can think of is BBR and how you can survive the accident but succumb to the treatment. RIP man.

8/25/2016 1:42:54 PM

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"Sorry, but these guys had it coming. This seems like it might possibly be one of the most dangerous and stupid "extreme sports" you could do."

Fifteen years ago people dreamed of being able to fly through terrain in wingsuits, but no one had the balls to try it. Finally some people started pushing the limits and dying. Equipment got better, techniques were developed, and more performant and people pushed it harder. Before they were jumping overhanging cliffs with 10 second rock drops--now it's 300 ft where a tumble on exit is certain death. It's clear there is an upper limit on whats repeatedly possible and I think that's been found. Five years ago the limits weren't known, but it seems pretty solid now that doing some of these jumps every day all summer is not repeatable over a small span of years.

They may have been dumb, but a lot of them taught everyone else valuable lessons on what not to do. They at least had skin in the game and people will ultimately be safer and learn from their mistakes. No one gets into this stuff because they are risk averse.

8/25/2016 2:06:51 PM