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Nice! For some reason I thought this was ANOTHER one and I was about to give you crap for doing 3 videos in one week. Either way, you're still an editing machine. Nice music, nicer flying. Flyby sequence rules. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Adult Content Confirmed to Appear on Blu-ray, HD DVD www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Webbie shirts! I'll bet Tony would make these. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

In the past page of posts, I've seen quite a few different suggestions thrown out, indicating that we are not all in perfect agreement. Starting from the plane (and then flying perpendicular to it) or starting from a formation at a prescribed altitude? Or starting from a balloon or heli? (helis are much less problematic than balloons and some will take you to 5500) Judge based on air video, GPS, or ground visuals? Stop (pull) at certain altitude or certain ground spot? There are quite a few different aspects of the competition we all seem to differ over. Back to my point, in air video can be severely limiting, as is relying on the competitors themselves for judging. If two people with different builds and different suits compete for glide, one could have a 30mph fallrate and the other 50mph (at optimum glide). It is totally possible that the guy falling 50mph is gliding much flatter, but it is not possible for an in air video guy to remain close enough to both competitors to see this. And by the time the 30mph guy pulls, the 50mph guy will have been under canopy for 30 seconds at least, and any canopy comparisons have lost a lot of meaning by then. There needs to be a reliable way to judge the outcome. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

We are going to need a set of judges as I can already see disagreements over the results. Regardless, there is only one L.O.T.S. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Don't you know there's no fun allowed in this thread? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Unless you have a long snivel. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Excellent idea. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

You did. nah. look at my post above. it's dated earlier than this post.. and while Jeff does say "I achieved 19mph vertical and 139mph horizontal" he doesn't say sustained. Straight flight no dives between 6,000 and 2,500 ft I achieved 19mph vertical and 139mph horizontal To me, that implies sustained for 3500 ft. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

You did. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

This will only work for the first 1000 ft or so after they pull away from you, and during those 1000 ft both wingsuits probably have not even stabilized to steady flight. A race should be from exit to deployment, in my mind, and GPS is unnecessary, since people on the ground can see where parachutes open. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I like to fly next to Scott Bland and read his Neptune. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Both Matt (blue wings) and Omar (white wings). Yeh, Omar does the triple and I do the double. Omar is MUCH smoother than me. He is right on axis and keeps his body perfectly straight. I arch at the hips a bit and usually turn off axis at least a little. I think they're easier out the door than while in flight. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Yes, get out at same point, fly same direction and deploy at same altitude. People from ground can watch for smoke and/or canopy opening spot. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Free wingsuit? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Take a break from glide ratio, performance, and the brandwars to watch a good old fashioned movie. This is a short video made up of a bunch of odds & ends from Summer 2006, mostly. There are some cool cloud surfing shots and a few short acrobatic sequences. DOWNLOAD (my site) The file will also be on SkydivingMovies.com once it is approved. Enjoy! www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Anathema is doom metal. Opeth is black metal. At the Drive-In is indie (arguable emo). Mars Volta is basically modern prog rock. Pavement is the original lo-fi indie band. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Yup, I remember you from WFFC 05 (BirdMan tent) and I thought of you when I saw this video. I actually think crawling on the lines looks cooler than flying. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Hope it's not a repost... http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q9WdjD5wc The flying, footage, music, and the guy's voice are all very moving. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

One more. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Some of my favorites, which probably not coincidentally are also some of my favorite albums. A few may seem sort of plain, but their correlation to the music inside is what makes them attractive to me. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Why do you think a tall skinny guy can glide better than a tall stocky guy? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Nope, it's for real. EG emailed me the other day and offered to send a Volturius demo suit within a few weeks. Rest assured that suit will be making its rounds at Zhills, so we'll have plenty of jumpers to offer feedback.

I'll put in a good word for this system. I had a chance to use it once, receiving only. Norman Kent was taking some photos of me and a few other people in wingsuits. Mike (Swanson, whose company this is) gave Norm the mic and the 3 of us receivers, so he could position us in the air for his photos. We could all hear him clear as day. The only bad thing was as we flew through the designated breakoff altitude and heard "hold it steady guys, I need more shots" in the earpiece. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

http://www.matthoover.com/gallery/skydiving-photos/ Every shot from the October, November, and December galleries were taken with this lens. The ones earlier than October are with the 350D kit lens. 10-22 is great. One of the lightest lenses you can buy, and there is virtually NO FISHEYE at any zoom level, which is amazing (unless of course you desire fisheye distortion). Look at the review on www.photozone.de to confirm this. The autofocus seems to work a lot better than it did on my kit lens. I also like the fact that the zoom element is internal; there is no external telescoping component to the lens. All of my shots are at about 17 or 18mm. www.WingsuitPhotos.com