Games & Recreation Base Jumping, Parachuting, Bungee Jumping, Diving etc.(vid)

[mcuzzy]

This is for general discussion of jumping and free falling, parkour etc.

just want everyone to see this video too, blew my mind!

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[mcuzzy]

oh and I have never tried any of these, I'm too scared to be honest

 

[Mr Gor]

amazing stuff, no. 6 is one of the most ballsy things i've ever seen. nothing beats no. 1 though!

 

[WALL-e]

WTF! #1?

#2 was crazy.

 

[mcuzzy]

the one where he jumps between those cables frreaked me out, i thought he was going to get sliced. #2 the guy had a wing suit on.

also in #1 the guys glove 'malfunctioned' and his hand expanded to twice its original size

 

[kaysee]

Some of those are awesome (Wing suit close to the ground and the motorbike on to and OFF the arc de triomphe)

No where near as crazy as those but here is my personal attempt:

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[mcuzzy]

bloody hell nice work mate, did you find it scary? i wouldve been nervous as hell before the jump

 

[kaysee]

bloody hell nice work mate, did you find it scary? i wouldve been nervous as hell before the jump

Yeah a bit... I guess I just tried not to think about it.

-1st put your trust in the experts (they don't want to die either).
- 2nd treated the flight as a "joy flight" and just enjoyed the views.
- 3rd... 2nd scariest part was when the other divers jumped out a few thousand feet earlier... not just watching them but feeling the weight in the plane suddenly move up.

- Finally... shat myself when I had to wriggle out to the edge of the plane, and butt slides off the plane and the only thing holding me there was the strapping holding me to the skydiver... all in his hands now.

Once you drop out a bit of disorientation but once you level out it is BRILLIANT... just like being on a motorbike without a helmet with air rushing by as you spin around etc rushing to earth. Once they pull the chute it is just a site seeing tour as you peacefully glide down.

** PS Original video has voice/soundtrack (with ACDC and Van Halen song backings)... but YouTube/EMI took the sound off due to copyright.

 

[TheStinger]

Some of those are awesome (Wing suit close to the ground and the motorbike on to and OFF the arc de triomphe)

That wasn't the real Arc de Triomphe, it's the other one in Las Vegas. I watched Robbie Maddison do that live on ESPN. He broke his hand on the jump down.

I also watched Travis Pastrana's double backflip at the X-Games live. Two moments I won't soon forget.

That "space" jump though was insane.

 

[Team Mo']

Where is the video?

 

[mcuzzy]

Where is the video?

the one in the opening post, or?

 

[Lets Beyblade]

Wow, those clips are amazing.

The crazy bastard in the wing suit is one ballsy guy. The speed he is travelling when he passes that road is just unreal.