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07-29-2011 , 09:20 AM
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Probs been shared before, but these are just amazing.









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07-30-2011 , 02:49 AM
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These are indeed amazing, but pretty old now.
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07-30-2011 , 03:42 AM
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so sick. worth re-posting.
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07-30-2011 , 03:44 AM
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proximity flying is one of the sickest, most amazing things possible for a human to perform.

life goal imo
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07-30-2011 , 09:02 AM
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I really, really, really want to do this. But

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) requires in the Skydivers Information Manual that any jumper flying a wingsuit for the first time have a minimum of 200 freefall skydives, made within the past 18 months, and receive one-on-one instruction from an experienced wing suit jumper, or 500 jumps experience to go without an instructor.

Skydiving is expensive, 200 jumps * $200 =$40,000. Anyone know if they offer discounts to regulars? Like a "season pass" kinda dealio?
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07-30-2011 , 09:58 AM
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Wingsuit and a plane ticket to wherever those guys are jumping from is a lot less expensive, and imagine the extra rush of just jumping with no experience.
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07-31-2011 , 05:32 AM
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Wingsuit and a plane ticket to wherever those guys are jumping from is a lot less expensive, and imagine the extra rush of just jumping with no experience.
haha yea that rush you feel as you glide head first into the side of a mountain at 85 mph
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07-31-2011 , 10:36 AM
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I really, really, really want to do this. But

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) requires in the Skydivers Information Manual that any jumper flying a wingsuit for the first time have a minimum of 200 freefall skydives, made within the past 18 months, and receive one-on-one instruction from an experienced wing suit jumper, or 500 jumps experience to go without an instructor.

Skydiving is expensive, 200 jumps * $200 =$40,000. Anyone know if they offer discounts to regulars? Like a "season pass" kinda dealio?
You can get your license by going to "skydiving school" doing which is usually a 10 jump+ program plus classes from your local skydiving place. These cost anywhere from $2,000-3,000. I'm not a skydiver but I researched it in the past because I was really into it after doing a jump in New Zealand.

After you have your license and have jumped solo, you can do jumps for like $20 bucks. That is, if you have your own equipment. Parachutes aren't cheap and neither is the rest of the gear but you can rent that stuff at the drop sites.
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07-31-2011 , 10:17 PM
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I really, really, really want to do this. But

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) requires in the Skydivers Information Manual that any jumper flying a wingsuit for the first time have a minimum of 200 freefall skydives, made within the past 18 months, and receive one-on-one instruction from an experienced wing suit jumper, or 500 jumps experience to go without an instructor.

Skydiving is expensive, 200 jumps * $200 =$40,000. Anyone know if they offer discounts to regulars? Like a "season pass" kinda dealio?
Pretty sure they don't have officials at the top of every mountain checking for credentials. I could be wrong though.
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08-01-2011 , 05:17 AM
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Pretty sure they don't have officials at the top of every mountain checking for credentials. I could be wrong though.
Well, I figured you can't even buy a wingsuit until you have enough jumps. I could be wrong though, too.

If all goes well I am going to try very hard to start accumulating jumps starting next summer. Hopefully life doesn't get in the way.
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08-01-2011 , 05:12 PM
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Well, I figured you can't even buy a wingsuit until you have enough jumps. I could be wrong though, too.

If all goes well I am going to try very hard to start accumulating jumps starting next summer. Hopefully life doesn't get in the way.
I'd be more concerned about the ground getting in the way.
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08-02-2011 , 06:40 AM
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I really, really, really want to do this. But

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) requires in the Skydivers Information Manual that any jumper flying a wingsuit for the first time have a minimum of 200 freefall skydives, made within the past 18 months, and receive one-on-one instruction from an experienced wing suit jumper, or 500 jumps experience to go without an instructor.

Skydiving is expensive, 200 jumps * $200 =$40,000. Anyone know if they offer discounts to regulars? Like a "season pass" kinda dealio?
At a nearby skydiving place, it costs about 3k to get your USPA A license (aka you can jump alone). The license requires 25 jumps and you demonstrating for instructors a variety of abilities. The first 10 jumps are 200+ per, the next ten are 85 per, and after that each jump is solo and 23 bucks. So you're looking at about 7000 to get licensed and do 200 total skydives. That's with your own equipment for the solo jumps, which i've heard isn't cheap.
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08-23-2011 , 07:42 PM
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Here's a new one posted on youtube today:

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08-23-2011 , 09:31 PM
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Many of the hits for that video will probably not be coming from wingsuit enthusiast that's for sure.
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08-23-2011 , 09:36 PM
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Yup.
BTW, in the balloons bit, according to the uploader on youtube he's doing 122 mph horizontal speed (!).
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08-24-2011 , 02:35 AM
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08-24-2011 , 06:44 AM
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Here's a new one posted on youtube today:
Jeb Corliss is an effin maniac. A year ago, he was making plans to jump out of a plane w/o a parachute and land on a ramp set up on Las Vegas Blvd.
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08-24-2011 , 07:17 AM
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Jeb Corliss is an effin maniac. A year ago, he was making plans to jump out of a plane w/o a parachute and land on a ramp set up on Las Vegas Blvd.
This is still the plan right? I don't think he gave up.
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05-23-2012 , 08:39 PM
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A British guy just made the first ever landing without a chute using a wingsuit.

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05-23-2012 , 08:52 PM
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Landing in a field of 18,000 cardboard boxes certainly counts as an asterisk right?
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05-24-2012 , 01:45 AM
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Yeah, I saw that on Sky news last night ^^
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05-24-2012 , 02:08 AM
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Landing in a field of 18,000 cardboard boxes certainly counts as an asterisk right?
at some height I'd say no not really.
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05-24-2012 , 02:58 AM
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prolly nasty paper-cut tho?
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