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My name is Iiro Seppanen and i'm the president of the World Wingsuit League (WWL). I've been approached by several jumpers asking how to participate to the Tianmen Mountain Grand Prix held in China on October 13th -14th in 2012. We will invite world's 16 best wingsuit pilots to compete against time - to determine who is the fastest wingsuit pilot in the world. We will pay for everyone's flights and accommodation and additionally the athletes will compete for the following prizes: 1st prize 20,000 USD 2nd prize 10,000 USD 3rd prize 5,000 USD We have selected 14 jumpers already, but we still have two more open slots. We only want the best and the most experienced pilots to apply. If you are not sure if you would qualify, you probably don't. We emphasize on skill, experience and safety record. And VERY IMPORTANT, additionally, all our athletes have to represent not only themselves, but also the entire sport of wingsuiting in professional and good manner. You can apply by sending a message through our Facebook page with your jump resume/CV and links to your videos: https://www.facebook.com/WorldWingsuitLeague If you are not internationally known jumper, please include some references by well known base/wingsuit mentors. We will announce all final 16 participants on next Friday, September 7th. We only have 16 slots and I apologize in advance if you don't qualify for this year's race. But for those who are interested to participate for our future events, i'd like to encourage you to be active in the WWL community to open a relationship for the future. Thank you for your interest! P.S. I will not read comments on this board. If you have any questions, please communicate with us through WWL FB page

This subject is also at wingsuit forum, but i guess it might also fit under this category. Statistics: hand to the rail is 86 ft Witnesses said Jeb flew from 2 and 6 ft of hitting the rail and he repeated the flight four times. Good job, bro! WINGED MAN MAKES HISTORY - SOARS WITHIN TWO METERS OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER Historic Flying Man Footage Captured as Brazilian Professional Athlete Luigi Cani Narrowly Escapes Tragedy over Corcovado Mountain Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April 26, 2007) / PRNewswire / - Earlier today, residents of and visitors to Rio de Janeiro witnessed something never seen before, when Brazilian native and Go Fast! Sports and Beverage Company-sponsored athlete Luigi Cani soared under his own wings within two meters of Christ the Redeemer, atop Corcovado Mountain. Further etching this amazing spectacle into the minds of onlookers, Cani freefell at terminal velocity, skimmed the earth, and continued flight, uninjured. "This was the most exhilarating flight I've ever experienced," explained Cani, who skimmed the bushes after flying past Christ the Redeemer. In spite of skimming, Cani maintained flight long enough to get to a location high enough above the ground to open his parachute. "It was almost miraculous," Cani said, "I truly felt a greater power was watching over me." "I am hoping that the imagery captured during this flight will convey the sense of freedom, emotion and awareness of everything around you; especially when you only have control over certain elements in life." Cani continued. It was Cani's calm, clear-headed and fast response that allowed him to continue flying and avoid fatal disaster after scraping the mountain. This momentous flight took place less than two weeks after Brazil launched a campaign for Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue to be named one of seven new wonders of the world, Cani hopes with his legendary flight to embody his country's vision, which believes that the outstretched arms of the statue represent a feeling of national pride. After more than a year of planning this event, and with the help of his frequent BASE Jumping friend, Jeb Corliss, Cani was able to freefall past the statue, which stands 38 meters (125 feet) atop the 710 meter (2,330-foot) tall Corcovado Mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city and its world renown beaches.

Here's a few images... iiro

...and the winner is: Jeb Corliss!!! :)

Fly Free Eddie... BSBD iiro

I was elsewhere when BD Film Festival- and accuracy competition prize ceremony took place and therefore i was not able to hand out 3 Triple 7 gift certificates for winners. Could winners PM me, or could you also pass the word for them to contact me, so i can get winners their stuff? Thank you! iiro p.s. Thanks to everyone for good times at the parties! www.3triple7.com www.myspace.com/threetripleseven

i need to hire an experienced base-jumping aerial cameraman to film couple jumps at BD. You need to have your own equipment (helmet, NTSC Mini-DV cam or HDV cam...and a rig. hehehe) PM me, if you are interested. iiro www.3triple7.com www.myspace.com/threetripleseven

Good job Lika, it is a very good video! I highly recommend it! iiro www.3triple7.com www.myspace.com/threetripleseven

Rest in Peace, Coombesy! You are missed. My sympathy and condolences to everyone involved. BSBD iiro

You must understand when doing an interview for an hour and they cut only less than a five minutes clip from it, some what Jeb said seemed out of content. He actually had a good point why he said people can survive events like 9/11. Jeb's point was that PARACHUTES save lives and that all tall buildings should have an emergency parachutes. SOME people would have SURVIVED WTC, if there would have been emergency parachutes. Unfortunately, the editor cut that essential part off. "Anybody else find those last two statements hard to believe???? Even if he didn't make the ESB jump, his attempt broke several laws." Yeah, like what? It is up to court to decide, if he broke any laws or not. He was not tresspassing because he had purchased a ticket to observatory deck and there is no law against ATTEMPTED reckless behavior. I think Jeb did well, given the circumstanses.

Rest in peace Tom. You truly were a beautiful person and you always had a big heart for people around you. You are missed. BSBD iiro

I'm really glad to hear you have enjoyed the movie! Even though the movie is aimed for non-jumpers, the opinion of base community means a lot to me. Answers to your questions. 1. The price. I think it costs $ 30.00. 2. Limited Quantity: I printed quite a few DVD's to promote the movie at MipTV, MipCom and American film market for network distribution. Once these copies run out, i'm not going to print any more for a while. Even though, i used this first print of the movie for promotion, it is a fully length commercial DVD, with artwork, extras ect. 3. Limited Edition When me, or the distributor, prints more copies, i have to remove a few seconds of footage and replace it with something else.

I still don't have time to organize shipping for individual orders, but a limited edition of the DVD can now be ordered from Square One in Perris Valley. If i have not responded personally to all order inquiries, i want to use this opportunity to thank you for all the e-mails and the positive feedback! C'ya Iiro

There is one about 30 minutes from Holiday Inn and i'm not sure, if it is the same one Yuri just mentioned. Ask the reception at Holiday Inn. The more you drink, the better looking they get. It can't be any worse than in Twin Falls. If you see the blond with nice hooters, round booty and a cartoon tat on her shoulder, tell her i lost her number. ;)

"2000 base jumps between him and his girlfriend" Really? According their site Paula has 300 base-jumps, which would leave Ulli with 1700 base-jumps. I did not know anyone in the world had that many base-jumps (how many "Idaho Tom" has by now?) and i seriously assume there must be some air in those numbers. Please, correct me if i'm wrong http://www.baseeuphoria.com/id9.html

I think we named the exit point in your picture "Virgin John" in 2000? It is about 90 meters high, you'll gain maybe another twenty meters, with somewhat on-heading opening, and the landing area(s) are huge. Jeb did a double back-gainer from it.

First, thanks for all the inquiries about "The Ground Is The Limit". We have signed a network distribution deal, but we have not negotiated for the DVD rights yet. That is the reason why the movie is not officially out for sale. We were hoping to release it trough internet some time ago, but I have been extremely busy with other projects and i have not had time to work with this. The Ground Is The Limit -site is up, but it is not officially "open". At this time, i must ask you to not try to place orders trough the internet site, or post its address anywhere in public forums. ' Thank you! The movie is aimed for non-jumpers, but i'm hoping to share it with you sometime in the near future. None of the orders will be processed. Thanks! P.S. Thank you Jeb, Matt, Jimmy, Martha and John for all your help with filming of "The Courier". ...and other congrats to Matt for opening the "Rooster Boy" -cliff in Utah. :)

OHOY! If anyone is going to see Douggs & Coombesy in Norway, please ask them to read their e-mails and/or get in touch with me. THANK YOU!!!

We just got back to Shanghai! Many people PM'd me asking questions about the cave. In order to save time, i rather give all the requested information here. I was already corrected about the name. The correct name for the Cave is "The Tiankeng Cave - The Heavenly Pit" and it is located close to Xiaozhai village in the mountains of Difeng. Our crew of eleven flew from Shanghai into a smaller village in the middle of China and then continued for three days on Yangtze -river. Along the way, we saw so many suitable cliffs and bridges for base-jumping, that we stopped counting. China truly is a virgin territory and a person could jump one object a day for several years and not having to do the same one twice. Where as the Hole in Mexico gets bigger the more delay you take, The Heavenly Pit gets smaller. The jumpers had awesome visuals and their POV shots looked amazing! All three jumpers launched from a cable, which has been placed across the Cave. The cable was used in a high wire act a few years ago. Jeb (full twisting triple back) and Douggs did three jumps into it and Paul Fortun did two. The landing area must have been the most hard-core i have ever seen. It is HD even in Australian standards (ask Douggs). The jumpers had to avoid powerlines, class five rapids and boulderfield of death at the bottom. This is NOT a jump for most jumpers. We got a permit to jump the cave from the company which owns the land around it and they where very supporting to us. The jumpers also did a few more jumps from other cliffs, in near by. The expedition was filmed in High Definition format. The one hour documentary movie will be called "Journey to the Center" and it will be done by the end of 2005.

Congratulations to Jeb, Douggs and Paul Fortun for being the first base-jumpers to jump the Tianking -Cave in China! We are still travelling for another two weeks and i'll post more detailed info, after we'll get back to Shanghai. Now it is karaoke time! :)

Jagshemash! For years, i thought John Vincent's tar and feather story was a myth - just like Bigfoot, Santa and un-corrupted US president are. I could not believe my eyes, when i saw it just a few weeks ago. I loved the part, in the beginning, where he does not know what is happening and he keeps asking if some anonymous woman had set them up for it. He seemed to be relieved, when he found out the mob were his "base buddies", not some other people he had screwed with. You can clean tar and feather faster than you would heal from a bullet wound, in the back of a head. :) This thread started by someone saying how cool John Vincent documentary was. Everyone's negative opinion of him as a person, does not change the fact, he was a hard-core jumper at his time. I know his jumping inspired some of todays best jumpers to get into base-jumping. Correct me if i'm wrong, but in my opinion Vincent was a jumper, who occacionally did a high profile jumps and ALWAYS remembered to bring the media along. In some ways, he was a bit like Thor-Alex and that Austrian guy, who thinks wearing tight-pants is a cool fashion statement...

It was me and Jeb, who had the encounter with the management a few weeks ago. I've stayed in Shilo for quite a few times and i always found the attitude from receptionist and management to be very friendly and nice. This time, the manager was very offensive and told us, how base-jumpers have recently stopped respecting the conference room, never returning the chairs or tables back on their correct places and making a mess, but never cleaning after themselves. That had caused problems for their other, "real" conference groups, who also use their facilities. It is not a big thing and i understand where she was coming from, but the thing that pissed us, was how she confronted us about it. Pointing her finger at us and blaming how we were personally responsible for it, even though we have not been jumping in Twin Falls for over a year and a half and we've always behaved well. You can still pack (quietly) at the hallways, but i'm not going to. The main attraction of Shilo, were those nice big conference rooms for packing. It is a shame, how often actions of a few individuals affect the entire community.

Please, drop me a line. I'd like to talk with you. Thanks! [email protected] Party on! iiro

If you can't get hold of rick, send me a mail ([email protected]). I'll talk to her occasionally. Iiro

I already got hold of him. Thanks for help!