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Buh... :shock:
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:58 pm
by Jaeger
This is inspiring but...
holy shuckin' fit!
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--Jaeger
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:45 pm
by piccini9
I think I saw a flying squirrel last night.
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:00 pm
by calamari kid
Balls. Big honkin Balls.
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:12 pm
by Zer0
HO
LEE
CRUD
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:48 am
by Jonny
Fuck yes, what a mentalist! Total respect, and love the nervous maniacal laughter upon landing.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:45 am
by guitargeek
WHEEEE!!!
SIGN ME UP!
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:59 am
by Pattio
I wonder how difficult that is to do, aside from the courage to make the first leap. Does the squirrel suit do most of the work, or does he have to use great strength and body control to stay in an aerodynamic state?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:56 am
by piccini9
From the Wiki:
Flying a wingsuit adds considerable complexity to a skydive. The United States Parachute Association (USPA) requires in the Skydivers Information Manual that any jumper flying a wingsuit for the first time have a minimum of 200 freefall skydives, made within the past 18 months, and receive one-on-one instruction from an experienced wing suit jumper, or 500 jumps experience to go without an instructor.[14] Requirements in other nations are similar. Wingsuit manufacturers offer training courses and certify instructors
Doesn't say anything specifically about strength training, but I don't think my Aunt Marie will be trying this anytime soon.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:58 am
by roadmissile
Having jumped out of a plane twice in my life 200 jumps in eighteen months seems like quite a lot. Looks damn fun though.
/RM
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:03 am
by Pattio
To loosely quote the late Douglas Adams, 'There is a knack to flying, and the knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.'
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:53 am
by Zer0
You'd have to have amazing upper torso strength--shoulder, pecs, abs and lowerback. He HAS to be spent even after a "little" leap like that.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:21 pm
by Sisyphus
I am not...no, no fucking way.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:45 pm
by Zer0
Plus this guy can now brag that he's a master grinder of cracks.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:24 pm
by DerGolgo
Right, after a couple of days, I tried watching this again and after a full dozen attempts I finally found a proxy server that would load the entire video. Whichever fascist decided to block this video for Germany didn't even have the decency to identify himself.
In any case, regarding the actual content:
Needs moar motor.