Jon Ison
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Man in a skirt.........
This man in a skirt as got balls.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:32 PM |
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From that description, do I really want to click the link? 
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ned
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:37 PM |
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from the title i was expecting something dodgy to do with a man in a kilt or similar but that base jumping glide suit man is quite cool.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Simon
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:41 PM |
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No praise for the cameraman then
ATB
Simon
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Taz Surfleet
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:57 PM |
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NUTTER !!!!
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NigeEss
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 10:10 PM |
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Excellent, and sponsored by Fat Face clothing, one of my favorites
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donut
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 06:25 AM |
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that's cool!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 07:32 AM |
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That looks seriously fun! The Elvis suit is a bit dated tho
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wildchild
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 08:48 AM |
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I guess you've probably got to look quite hard to find a suitable launch site!
Not something you can really practise or 'work up to' either!
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olv
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 11:04 AM |
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I want a go!
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 11:57 AM |
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really cool jumping, you need around 500+ jumps to have enough experience to do that sort of thing.
it looks like a popular base jump site in southern france.
scary sh1t though, you dont have a reserve on base rigs
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Originally posted by olv
I want a go!
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wildchild
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 12:09 PM |
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quote:
scary sh1t though, you dont have a reserve on base rigs
don't suppose it would be worth it! if your main chute didn't open you'd probably have hit the ground before you thought about
pulling the reserve!
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 01:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wildchild
quote:
scary sh1t though, you dont have a reserve on base rigs
don't suppose it would be worth it! if your main chute didn't open you'd probably have hit the ground before you thought about
pulling the reserve!
thats exactly why they dont have them. you make sure you pack the main properly, base rigs are also different as they are designed to open instantly
as opposed to a normal canopy that opens in 1 - 3 seconds. downside is it bloody hurts like hell when they open that fast.
all the wight taken up by the two straps on your legs
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 02:27 PM |
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The guy who pioneered wing suits is a guy called jari kusoma take a look here clicky pretty cool stuff.
Base jumping has been around for years but the wing suit adds a new dimenison and a longer flight.
they also use the suits for normal skydiving and a typical freefall lasts a few minutes instead of 45 - 60 seconds. vertical speed can drop to 45Mph
as opposed to 120mph. one nutter planned to jump from a plane in new zealand with a wingsuit and land on a mountain side on the snow without pulling
his parachute. he figured he could bring himself to land at the correct angle and skid to a stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not sure if he did and bear in mind
your forward speed can be over 100mph head first into the side of a mountain
also seen a guy i think it was jari dock onto a jumper in freefall with a wingsuit whilts under canopy.
translation..... guy jumps out of plane with wing suit happily flying back to earth.
another guy jumps out of plane and deploys parachute.... not a normal canopy butyt one specially designed and about the size of a postage stamp to
give him a forward speed of 60+mph.
the guy under canopy lands onto the wingsuit jumper whilst in mid air.
they separate and he than has to land the postage size parachute. they pulled it off and it was very impressive to see.
anyway better get back to doing some work this afternoon.
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wildchild
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 02:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
who was the test pilot who 1st thought about adding a bit cloth to his clothes and then jumping off a cliff.
Chris
It predates this vid by quite a long time!
I remember in a lecture at uni on early flight being shown a film of a guy jumping off the first level of the eiffel tower (pre wright bothers, etc)
wearing what was basically a blanket strapped to his wrists and ankles.
It, erm, didn't work. Camera followed him all the way down to a sickening crunch into the ground.
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wildchild
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 02:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by skydivepaul
base rigs are also different as they are designed to open instantly as opposed to a normal canopy that opens in 1 - 3 seconds. downside is it bloody
hurts like hell when they open that fast.
all the wight taken up by the two straps on your legs
It did look like he came to quite a painful stop mid air.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 02:48 PM |
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Used to jump a PC called a Starlight 20 odd years ago that opened in about 1/2 second (yes half a second ) every time I jumped I had bruises on my
inner thighs, First time I jumped a square I though it had misfunctioned cos it took a couple or three seconds to open . Someone had the Starlight
blow up a couple of weeks after I had finished with it.
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 02:58 PM |
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never did jump a round......now i know why
quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Used to jump a PC called a Starlight 20 odd years ago that opened in about 1/2 second (yes half a second ) every time I jumped I had bruises on my
inner thighs, First time I jumped a square I though it had misfunctioned cos it took a couple or three seconds to open . Someone had the Starlight
blow up a couple of weeks after I had finished with it.
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OX
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 04:41 PM |
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thats looks ace but id chicken out on the first step.
i went on holiday a few years ago and i saw all these people jumping off a 30 ft high diving board into sea doing backward flips and all sorts.i got
to the top and straight away id decided i wasnt gonna do it but i was holding the que of kids up so i stood at the top and let them allpast each one
of the little shits laughing at me hehehe ,anyway after 5 mins of talking my self into doing it and no dignity left i jumped .
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greggors84
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 04:59 PM |
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Originally posted by OX
anyway after 5 mins of talking my self into doing it and no dignity left i jumped .
But i bet you went back and did it again!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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OX
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 05:04 PM |
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no once was anough it took ages to cough up the salt water and pull the swimming trunks from my crack
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Messenjah
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 06:32 PM |
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lol last summer we were jumping off a 25-30 foot harbour wall in france 
we were also jumping off this rock face bordering a mountain stream that was fooking freezing we were litterally climbing up what was like a cliff but
halfway up a mountain and throwing ourselves off into this stream / river it was great we were there in swimming shorts then these guys came down
from further up the mountain in wet suits with built in boots and stuff and were doing the same as us for a while and then went to get changed because
they were too cold rofl
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