FlyinNover 0 #1 November 21, 2004 The Comcast.net webpage has a video on Luis Cani and Jeb Corless and their goal of landing a wingsuit. The video is called "Skydiving Without Parachutes". I don't know if there is a direct link, so just open up "The Fan" at Comcast. (This is the second skydiving article this month on The Fan. Coincidence.............or psychic phenomenon?) ---Nover Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #2 November 21, 2004 have to sign in etc... anybody has this video somewhere else ??scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #3 November 22, 2004 scrolled through all the vids and dont see it. Must be missing something here Performance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jose 0 #4 November 22, 2004 hope this works.... http://www.comcast.net/providers/fan/popup2.html?v=24443750&pl=24478673.xml&config=/providers/fan/config/default.xml Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 November 22, 2004 Quotehope this works.... http://www.comcast.net/providers/fan/popup2.html?v=24443750&pl=24478673.xml&config=/providers/fan/config/default.xml Quote Help User Name: Password: To view this content, you must be a Comcast High-Speed Internet customer. Enter your zipcode to find out if service is available in your area. If you are already a Comcast High-Speed Internet customer please sign in to view this content. unfortunately...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #6 November 22, 2004 while doing a search for this video that i did not find, i did find this article. i would really like it if someone could enlighten me a little bit more on this and how high these guys are jumping from. It seems wrong to associate this shit with skydiving but whatever..... QuoteYour Weekly World Tools Printer Friendly NEWEST EXTREME SPORT... SKYDIVING WITHOUT A PARACHUTE Extreme-sports nuts are getting even crazier, taking their daredevil stunts to new heights: Skydiving without a parachute! "You just have to pay attention to where you're headed," says extreme-skydiving champ Brent Jolt. "You can control your direction as you fall, and you simply aim for the softest area or object on the ground that you can find. "Very often a large tree will do," Jolt explains. "If you hit it right, you can usually land with only some broken bones and maybe a few lacerations or puncture wounds. "Of course, in the extreme-sports world those are the trophies we collect -- I treasure every broken bone and dislocated joint I've racked up," says Jolt, who's in a cast since breaking his right leg in a jump two weeks ago. Extreme athletes like Jolt constantly test the odds of survival with death-defying antics. They ski or ride skateboards down rocky mountains, or wind-surf across churning seas. They skydive from places so low there's barely enough time to open their parachutes, which is known as BASE jumping for the kind of structures they leap from: Buildings, Antenna, Span and Earth). Jolt has done all that and more, and says he "just got bored." So he decided to see how far he could push things, and came up with a sport he calls "freediving." Jolt did his first public freedive at a BASE exhibition last year in Australia. Spectators were horrified at first, thinking his parachute had failed to open. But their fear turned to delight when he landed safely in a hayfield and bounced from a high stack of grain onto the ground -- his only injury a broken ankle. "It was the most thrilling thing I ever saw," says Angel Doorley, president of the extreme-sports club in Sydney that sponsored the exhibition. "We thought he was a goner but there he was, bouncing out of that haystack with barely a scratch. It was inspiring -- our members were working on freedives the next day." Three months later, the club had organized its first freedive championships and crowned Jolt the U.S. winner. Contestants from Portugal, New Zealand and Ireland also took honors for their nations, although they were not officially sanctioned by their countries. "As you can imagine, this sort of thing is highly illegal," confides Doorley. "And we've had several people arrested. But we're used to that." Doorley said three people were killed during his club's competition, "which is a remarkable safety record considering that we had more than a dozen people competing. You'd think it would be a lot higher -- I mean, we're talking about people jumping out of airplanes without parachutes. "Most of the fatalities happen in the earlier stages of learning the sport." .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #7 November 22, 2004 sweet - thx dudePerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #8 November 22, 2004 Quotei would really like it if someone could enlighten me a little bit more on this and how high these guys are jumping from. So this article is from the Weekly World News... You realize that it's bullshit, right? Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #9 November 22, 2004 i dont know the weekly world news but am guessing that it could be .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #10 November 22, 2004 Quote...extreme-skydiving champ Brent Jolt...."You can control your direction as you fall, and you simply aim for the softest area or object on the ground that you can find....Very often a large tree will do,... anybody knows this guy ?? I was really a few seconds away from posting a personnal attack on him... dudes, when you are going to go in, aim for a tree, it's easy... what altitude are these dudes jumping from ??scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #11 November 22, 2004 i have done a whole lot of searches on this and brent jolt and can not find anything but this article, it is probably horse shit. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #12 November 22, 2004 Quote dont know the weekly world news It's a tabloid. They just make stuff up. Usual headlines involve space aliens and bigfoot.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLYBRI 0 #13 November 22, 2004 I saw this story on the Weather Channel earlier this week. I only saw the tail end of the story and it seemed as if they were confused on the deatails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLYBRI 0 #14 November 22, 2004 Check this out... http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/60760 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #15 November 22, 2004 guys, even not knowing what the Weekly World News is, surely you can tell this article is BS. cmon, a world championships for jumping with no chute? MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #16 November 22, 2004 Bwahahaha That was an awesome read. Jolt should change his name to Bounce. There record is pretty good, only 3 out of 12 entrants were killed in the competition. Where do I sign up, I want some "trophies" to treasure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrock 0 #17 November 22, 2004 for those who can't see the video...it's just a little 60 second thing talking about how they see being able to land a wingsuit sometime in the near future. Addie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #18 November 22, 2004 QuoteSkydiving without a parachute! "You can control your direction as you fall, and you simply aim for the softest area or object on the ground that you can find. That reminds me of the stunt that daredevil Evel Knievel was going to do, jumping out of a bomber and freefalling into a large field filled with fluffed hay. Wisely, he never went through with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #19 November 22, 2004 As long as we are on the subject of jumping without chutes... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/walking.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #20 November 22, 2004 Whoa! That's some Jackie Chan shit there!Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #21 November 22, 2004 they did a show in the uk on these guys doing roof jumps from the buildings in London, that si some shit they get done. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #22 November 22, 2004 QuoteAs long as we are on the subject of jumping without chutes... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/walking.php haha now that is cool~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #23 November 22, 2004 QuoteAs long as we are on the subject of jumping without chutes... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/walking.php Now that guy has his PLFs down!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #24 November 22, 2004 It doesn't say how they plan to do it, just that they want to do it. Typical whuffo BS.Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
