ryoder 1,381 #1 December 21, 2012 http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/paraglider-horacio-llorens/ Wonder how long it took until he could walk a straight line again."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #2 December 23, 2012 Damn. Not for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akokisa 0 #3 December 23, 2012 Why do they call doing a loop, "going to infinity"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #4 December 23, 2012 Can you say "Puke"? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #5 December 23, 2012 QuoteWhy do they call doing a loop, "going to infinity"?the manoeuvre is called infinity tumbling.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divinfool 0 #6 December 24, 2012 “I used oxygen and at 19,300 feet I opened the paraglider and started looping,” he said. “I was looping for around 15 minutes until I had the feeling I was close to the ground so I stopped at around 1,500 feet.” He had a feeling he was close to the ground?! Fear is the thief of dreams..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akokisa 0 #7 December 24, 2012 QuoteQuoteWhy do they call doing a loop, "going to infinity"?the manoeuvre is called infinity tumbling. I'd just call it "a lot of loops", or "lot-o-loops" for short. But hey, the fancier the name you give something, the more cool it is. Like "atmonauti". Who the heck wants to go "angle flying"? Nobody. But hey man, you wanna do some atmonauti? Hell yeah! Pardon my cynicism... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #8 December 24, 2012 if you want weird names, guess you never got any interest in snowboarding, skateboarding, FMX et al... you never heard of the esphera either scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akokisa 0 #9 December 24, 2012 Quote if you want weird names, guess you never got any interest in snowboarding, skateboarding, FMX et al... you never heard of the esphera either Well, the first two make perfect sense and are easily understandable. The last two, I don't have a clue without looking them up, so they must be something really, really cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #10 December 25, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Why do they call doing a loop, "going to infinity"? the manoeuvre is called infinity tumbling. I'd just call it "a lot of loops", or "lot-o-loops" for short. But hey, the fancier the name you give something, the more cool it is. Like "atmonauti". Who the heck wants to go "angle flying"? Nobody. But hey man, you wanna do some atmonauti? Hell yeah! Pardon my cynicism... The point behind calling it an 'infinite' tumble is that, as demonstrated, the manouevre can be sustained ad-infinitum (until you run out of air and hit something more solid, anyway). That distinguishes it from being able to do one tumble, or a finite series of tumbles with decreasing energy in each one until the PG collapses. In the paraglider world I think it was a pretty big deal when they first managed it.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #11 December 26, 2012 Quote “I used oxygen and at 19,300 feet I opened the paraglider and started looping,” he said. “I was looping for around 15 minutes until I had the feeling I was close to the ground so I stopped at around 1,500 feet.” He had a feeling he was close to the ground?! Utterly pointless and incredibly stupid. When your only clue is "I had a feeling" you are not someone I want to hang out with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,381 #12 December 26, 2012 Quote He had a feeling he was close to the ground?! Probably felt the tree branches brushing his back on the lower portion of the loop."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #13 December 26, 2012 Maybe he just felt the sound of his audible? With his ears, you know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #14 December 27, 2012 QuoteQuoteQuoteWhy do they call doing a loop, "going to infinity"?the manoeuvre is called infinity tumbling. I'd just call it "a lot of loops", or "lot-o-loops" for short. But hey, the fancier the name you give something, the more cool it is. Like "atmonauti". Who the heck wants to go "angle flying"? Nobody. But hey man, you wanna do some atmonauti? Hell yeah! Pardon my cynicism... Actually in Finland nobody calls it atmonauti, because it sounds silly. Everybody calls it 'angle flying' since the Finnish word for it is more convenient (kulma) and it describes it better then atmo.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 189 #15 December 27, 2012 Quote Quote “I used oxygen and at 19,300 feet I opened the paraglider and started looping,” he said. “I was looping for around 15 minutes until I had the feeling I was close to the ground so I stopped at around 1,500 feet.” He had a feeling he was close to the ground?! Utterly pointless and incredibly stupid. When your only clue is "I had a feeling" you are not someone I want to hang out with. No love lost, no love found...Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
