Calvin19 0 #1 August 8, 2010 AMAZING. (this is why I sold my skydive rig and bought a paraglider 5 years ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQJsl8WpqqY I flew with these guys in swiss land last year, needless to say they are the best of the best. and really awesome guys. good story also. If you want a good story/documentary with awesome PG footage look up Gabor and Pals' video of them learning to fly acro. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #2 August 8, 2010 what just happened? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #3 August 9, 2010 soooo cool. The best is the seem totally stoked and super extatic (after having done it soooooo many times solo). A great moment scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #4 August 9, 2010 HA! That's crazy. I've been flying on and off for a couple of years and still wondering how the tumble is initiated, going from spiral to over the top. I was going to post a video of what I thought was the world record (solo, that is) at ~120, but then found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlr5HiWZbrc And this is amazing as well. We should try it out of a plane sometime. http://vimeo.com/1684334 --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #5 August 9, 2010 I have jumped my PG from a plane, pretty complicated and very hard on the gear. the tumble, or any 'transitional' dynamic maneuver is pretty hard to time. Of course, I have never tumbled. The tumble, at least more than one rotation, takes pretty hard core equipment. the gliders used to tumble are VERY acro-specific. a regular glider CAN "tumble" if enough energy and timing is put into it, but only once or twice before the energy is lost. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #6 August 9, 2010 QuoteAnd this is amazing as well. We should try it out of a plane sometime. http://vimeo.com/1684334 Damn! So what size wing does it take to foot launch ten people at 11+k ft?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 August 9, 2010 Quote but only once or twice before the energy is lost. ..... and often at the worst possible moment... whoops (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 August 9, 2010 Glad my 3 lady passengers never saw that before their flights yesterday. That was amazing. ..... shame about the Go-Pro [spit] - all the cool kids have Contors (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,381 #9 August 9, 2010 Quote Glad my 3 lady passengers never saw that before their flights yesterday. Dayum!How big is your wing?"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
bertusgeert 1 #10 August 9, 2010 QuoteQuoteAnd this is amazing as well. We should try it out of a plane sometime. http://vimeo.com/1684334 Damn! So what size wing does it take to foot launch ten people at 11+k ft? And what's more, to then land that huge wing with just his own weight. Watch how he gets no penetration on landing, but the glider just floats back when he's touched down. And then the tandem comes cruising in. --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master_Yoda 0 #11 August 10, 2010 I never thought that was even possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #12 August 10, 2010 Good: nice moves. Bad: Red Bull is a virus. Elvisio "ugh" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #13 August 10, 2010 Quote I never thought that was even possible. at the end of the video it says : yes it's confirmed, skydivers are as crazy as paraglider pilots scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,621 #14 August 10, 2010 Very cool, but it looked more like looping than tumbling to me. There are some pretty nice tumbles in Sean D. Tucker's routines: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0DwvhVQmiA... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #15 August 10, 2010 Quote Very cool, but it looked more like looping than tumbling to me. There are some pretty nice tumbles in Sean D. Tucker's routines: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0DwvhVQmiA Lets see him do that under a canopy.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #16 August 10, 2010 Quote Very cool, but it looked more like looping than tumbling to me. In a loop you can ascend over the top, in a tumble, you're tumbling... --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
