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If the "free world" is threatened by the truth then it wasn't a free world in the first place. -Jo Henrik

I assume that Oy is just a Finish version of Ltd. -Jo Henrik

Isn't it a bit ironic that this happens on Robi's birthday? :P -Jo Henrik

I have no doubt that Tony is an excellent skydiver and wingsuit flyer. He gave me a tour of his factory 6-7 years ago so i also know he is a nice guy. But the way Tony writes it make it sound like bending the legs while flying over the road is not needed as it's easy to fly 1.5GR. Having lots of wingsuit skydiving experience does not necessarily make you a good wingsuit base jumper. People with thousands of jumps have died while wingsuit base jumping because they didn't know the basics of proximity flying. Again it all comes down to what you refer to as "max performance". Are we talking about max performance to get longest freefall, longest distance flown or fastest speed horizontally? I would say that the way the base jumper is flying is close to max performance in horizontal speed. -Jo Henrik

The argument is not silly. I'm not saying that Sangi knows why, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. There are big differences in bending your legs and falling at a ratio of 1.5 and tilting your arms back and dive at a ratio of 1.5. By diving you have more speed and reserve to ascend from your original plying path. If a jet fighter wants to fly at 1.5 he can either turn off his engine and fall in the angle he wants or he can tilt his nose down and keep on going downwards in full speed. The last option is definitely the best flying which causes lowest chance of stall and more outs. You might not be all that experienced with wingsuit base, but as a respected wingsuit manufacturer you should be careful when discussing there issues as several people are dying every year because they don't get the difference. Please don't mislead the wannabe wingsuit base jumpers. -Jo Henrik

No he couldn't. The World Base Race have proven that a big and fast suit (Vampire) is the fastest suit even at steep angles. As the Vampire can also be flown with a better gliding ration than smaller suits it also gives more "reserve" (as mentioned in my post above). I don't know how the TonySuit models compares, but I hope we'll see some of them at the World Base Race this summer. I for one would love to see them in action. -Jo Henrik

When base jumpers are talking about flying with reserve then we aren't talking about flying slow, we are talking about flying steep. You should always fly very steep and with lots of speed. This way you have a possibility to flatten out and get a better flight ratio, i.e. a reserve, to outfly ledges you didn't see. The Base Fatality List is full of people who didn't understand this. -Jo Henrik

It all depends on what you are referring to with "max performance". He is not having the best gliding rate, but he is going as fast and efficient as he can in that angle (and any other angle would be either deadly or boring in that spot). By pulling his arms back he will also have more power to change his angle if needed to outfly obstacles. I will say that "max performance" is correct. -Jo Henrik

I've had a few of those landings and the Vampire turns into a very nice flotation device in water. The airlocks keeps the air into the suit nice and I was floating very high in the water until the boat came. I'm a bit scared of what would happen if/when water starts entering the airlocks though. -Jo Henrik

I believe that what happened was that Robbie quit and started Phoenix-Fly. Seems like Robbie was the real brain behind the suits, and I haven't seen any suits they have made since then that I would care spend my money on. The jeans looks cool though... :P -Jo Henrik

You forget the fact that the American economy have dropped faster than in a third world country the last years. When V2 was released in 2006 1400$ was about 1080€. Today 1495 equals 1015€. This means that Robbie has cut the prices with more than 5% to help out Americans through your financial difficulties. Some people would actually think thats a very nice gesture. -Jo Henrik

The prices are pretty normal for nice jeans here on this side of the Atlantic (at least here in Norway). Too bad they don't come in 36 length though, then i would have got some. -Jo Henrik

I did the KL-Singapore train too and it was very nice and convenient. I went with 1st class tickets and only paid about 65 malaysian ringits (night train was about double the price, but you got a nice bed and a small breakfast). It took about 7 hours. -Jo Henrik

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/May/09/br/br8927046531.html -Jo Henrik

This was very sad. Going to miss you Benni -Jo Henrik

From http://www.basekjerag.com: "We are aiming to have the Heliboogie 2007 from June 20 to june 23 if we can get the permit to fly. Official dates will be announced when the permit is approved by the government. Stein" -Jo Henrik

I cant really say that I agree with you on that one. I believe that people will be surprised to see the distance you can get with an S-fly if it's flown properly. It's not quite as good as the Vampire, but pretty close. Another good thing about the S-fly (for BASE) is that you can fly it a lot steeper than the Vampire without loosing wing surface. This is good when you are flying close to stuff and want to go down to a talus. To go really steep with a vampire you would have to reduce wing surface on the arms and then you loose some of the speed and power in the suit. With the S-fly you can rather tilt it steeper and keep full surface and power in the suit. Although even with these differences it's mainly up to the pilot. I'm sticking to my V1 for now and I'm very happy with that, but they are both excellent suits. -Jo Henrik

Excellent video George. Good memories from the summer of 2006. Hope to see you in Norway again next year. P.S. Congrats with the New York Marathon. Even without "buns of steel" you made a good time -Jo Henrik

I got a copy as a birthday present from the guys when I met them in Norway this summer (thanks again guys) and It's really good and I would recommend it to everyone. I'm looking forward for the next movie, I bet they have some really good video from their Europe trip. -Jo Henrik

I've done a couple of gainers of Kjerag with my V1 and I found that you have to have a lot more momentum than when you do gainers without wingsuit. It's very easy to end up on your back with head towards the cliff if you don't have enough speed spinning backwards. Thats not a very pleasant experience (but it worked out fine)

Most of the cliffs are slider-down, but the big event with helicopter is at a slider-up cliff. You can also hike to the top of this cliff the other days if your not into slider-down jumping. This is the cliff where Loic did his famous wingsuit flight last summer. I would strongly recommend the extremesports week, nice people, great parties and lot of fun

We (the Norwegian guys) had a great time in Italy and will be back. Thanks to the Hungarian guys who showed us to the exit. The money is well spent on beer. Can I have some more? -Jo Henrik

The location is one of the exits up north in the three valleys in Norway. It's about 1500 meter and you have to hike every one of them. -Jo Henrik

Hi Marty I was standing at the bottom right after my landing and saw you hit the cliff. When I reached the top of the talus Gaddy had just reached you and told me that you were alive but passing out all the time. When we carried you down the talus you were tough and didn't scream or complain even though you must have been in more pain than I can imagine. As I'm from Norway I haven't seen you before or after your cliff strike and haven't had the chance to check up on you personally, but I've asked around and found out you were recovering and going to be fine. It's nice to read your post and get it confirmed that you are back on your feet and that you have learned from the experience. We all have a lot to learn, and we never get too old for that. Take care and good luck in the future :) -Jo Henrik

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