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no new battle cry? As with any boogie...the new battle cry will show its ugly face when the time comes... Id take a wild guess its probably going to originate again from a certain team of Tom Cruise wannaBs JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Depends..if you're coming a day early...rotterdam would proably be easyest (and cheepest). You're more then welcome to spend the night here at my place. Or you could also opt to come to Belgium straight away and fly to brussels or antwerp. Or take the boat to Duinkerke or Hoek van Holland, and drive to Belgium and germany from there? But there's such a big group driving to germany from belgium...one extra spot in a car shouldnt be too hard to find! I thinkk you'd best send JohanW an email! If I recall corectly, he had one spare slut available! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Sweeeeeet! We'll feed you soo many drinks, even your face wil turn purple! MAN! You just registered for the party (and boogie) of a lifetime! Start practicing those "Fook ya's!" JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

At high speeds (just like backflying when the fabric on the armwing is not completely taught) there may be some flapping going on, which could ride/drag anything from cables to zippers and snaps apart if its extreme enough... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Send Michael Abrahams an email, and ask him about his sources.. I do have some great footage of Clem Sohn actually jumping this baby....looks scary as hell JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Felix probably has some good tips on that Spotted a big Felix Baumgarter truck in Ostria two weeks ago btw. His base dvd/games sales must really be paying off.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Rest assured..the only gay thing about me is my pink underwear... Dont know about the Danish people you're sharing the room with though..I'm glad my bedroom has a lock on the door Schaffen is going to rock...Kris..any chance you may hop over for a weekend? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thanx...dont know what Id do without you... Check it out people...this is image building in progress! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

From the look of things, Ill be there as a Birdman representitive to help out with the bigway organising and 1 on 1 coaching. If you need a hand learning to dock, backfly etc! Just scream! Looking forward to flying with you guys! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Waking up in a bed with 4 hariy guys and an empty bottle of lube is about the only thing that could truly scare or upset me... Im Dutch..and proud of it! We exterminated the Dodo damnit! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Since Nick posted it, shouldnt he be perfectly capable of standing for and defending what he sayd himself? If you can only say things 'hidden' deep witin a thread, and cant take it when people answer and dont agree with what you say....then DONT POST ANYTHING! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Jumping was not cancelled because he sayd the wrong words.. It was cancelled because he did some things (jumpingwise), that where against the few and simple rules the event had. And then, even after being warned several times, repeated it again and again. And then, on top of that, started a whole mess by calling people names. When you comes to such an event, there's a trade...you follow simple rules, all setup to keep te event as safe as possible....and they allow you to jump an object. Legaly. And some free food and drinks even. If you are traveling 1000s of miles to jump, you should be happy that that reckless jumper who did something dangerous/outside of the events rules will probably not be invited next time.. How fun it may be to 'stick it to the man', try and see that GoFast (which in holland is mostly run by people who are skydivers and basejumpers themselves) is only trying to the event fun and safe for everyone. If you want to be a rebel, dont travel 1000s of miles to a gofast event, but go someplace remote, and be all the rebel you want to be.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

As an 'outsider' (being hired by GoFast to do the video) I can say that this was definately not an ego driven event. I met lots of people there, and couldnt name one in particular that was walking around with a 'look at me' attitude, or there for fame and glory. Or is there some unwritten rule which states that basejumping needs to be illegal for it to count towards some form of bad-ass image which seems to be manditory for some people? Everyone was there to have fun. The mood was nice and easy, and everyone worked hard to show basejumping to the public in a positive way. All media coveredge on TV was positive, and there are already talks about next year, as GoFast and the Euromast organisation both thought it was a big succes. The only people that had to defend themselves and their sport for TV in the interviews that where given/taken there was the kids racing scooters.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Usualy they go to a warehouse with filmprops, and they just pick whatever resembles what they have in mind. Or (if the paraglider is 3D) they probably had that model still in the computer, back from the Jurassic Park 3 paraglider basejumps JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Looking mighty sweet! Love those side pics, showing the staggered/stacked (sorry..bad english knowledge) buildup towards the back of the formation... Was the MI8 doing 'static' exits, or still cruising? And which one of the two makes for easyer flocking/buildup? And is that whole bunch also coming to germany? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Only 2,5 weeks to go.... And here is the list so far...2 or 3 people may have dropped off, and there 2 or 3 other folks who's name is probably not on here yet, but we're expecting around 25 to 30 people there...its going to be massive! 3 groups jumping smaller 8 to 10 way (slotted) dives all weekend, and hopefully end the weekend with one or two (again, slotted) bigways..! Alejandro Lopez - BE/ES Costyn van Dongen - NL Jarno "Mc" Cordia - NL Hans "Gadget" Schoeber - NL Danny - BE Pascal "Long Tongue Bassie" Nijs - BE Jean-Louis "J-Lo" Becker - NL Kaspars "Darklow" Sprogis - LV Raitis Saulitis - LV Daiga Martisevska - LV Roy Steemson - SA Gavin Morrison - SA Francois Barnard - SA Riaan Bergh - SA Ralf Loggenberg (If not in Aus) - SA Edzard Biermann - SA Pierre Badenhorst - SA Bernard van Biljon - SA Steve Bartels - SA Tamsyn Souchon - SA Joan Garvey - USA Bo Wienberg - DK Benny Skovhede - DK Ahti Legonkov - EE Mette Christensen - DK Jesper Hestehave - DK Taya Weiss - SA/USA Johan Wiltink - NL Holm Ewald - DE Oliver Perschke - DE Bavo Vleminkx - BE JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The guy who designed those fashionsuits/dresses (1st picture, left) works at a Dutch company which makes RW/Freefly suits as well, so who knows what he may come up with someday But I'll leave it up to someone more capable to jump this design.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Ive uploaded a promo I had to edit for GoFast. windows media - 19mb http://airrebels.com/client/gofast/xdays_promo.wmv quicktime - 37mb http://airrebels.com/client/gofast/xdays_promo.mov Im a bit busy with other animation and video work atm. but Ill try and have a BASE specific (and longer) video online as soon as possible, with more of the fun stuff and a lot more jumping. When I upload that, I'll also upload the rough cuts (in both PAL and NTSC, broadcast quality) for those that asked, so you can use it in any personal projects of yours.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

No..because those make 5 skydives, then jump of a rock, and start bragging about their performance, and then expect al boosts in peformance to come from the suit..then come to a dropzone, and make a 90 second skydive, flying half the distance the gay ballet performers do when they max out for fun... (and then reach for their mathbook to justify..) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Not ignorant...and not even lack of understanding.. Its just knowledge of which I know and have seen that few people need it to be able to fly to the max. Tristan became #2 in the world cup, and I dont think he spends his nights analising data. He just flies.. You are talking about developing the actual suits and what makes them fly...and Im just talking about the skills it takes to fly them..and you dont get those from a math book... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The Blade Im currently flying gives me the best performance...whatever or whichever that may be in numbers... Ive tried a V1 and V2 and I personaly sucked flying it. My flying style mostly resembled a german U-boat impression. But thats just my lack of experience in that suit. I honestly have no doubt, that given some proper jumps (just like any suit) I could learn to fly it, and fly it well. And its the top of the line in performance from PF. The Blade Im flying now is the top of the line in performance from birdman. Having flown all suits from Classic to Gti, S1, S3, S6 and now the Blade, there is no doubt about its performance. Its beyond the previous products. But which suit is better? No clue...and Ive jumped with a lot of people flying v1s/2s. Granted, breakoff is the only time you can sort of compare. At breakoff, costyn, tristan and I are always racing. Tristan in a V2. Costyn and I in Blades. And (costyn, tristan, correct me if Im wrong or saying something not true here?) Everyone has his good days and bad days. And it depends how aggressive you are at breakoff. But the differences at breakoff are or always seem quite minimal. Sometimes one is higher/further, with enough altitude to do a turn and a flyby past the other one already under canopy. Sometimes the other. And that just 2 brands/suits/models. The performance rougly seems to be the same. Aside from maybe one being a better pilot..I dont think it differs that much.. Yet people online talk like its 100 km/h differences, going from one suit to another..."OMFG! THIS SUIT IS SO FAST!" quoted over and over. Its different flying styles, and its me flying a suit Im used to. And its tristan flying a suit he is used to. And should we ever switch suits and fly em long enough. I have no doubt we'll learn to fly em to the max at some point. But I just dont believe there is any use in comparing suits. The performance differences in top of the line suits are SO MINIMAL! Look at the contest people have held so far..everyone tries to compare, yet always ends up with 200000 variables. From someone being tired, so fat, to tall or short, a shitty exit, diarea..and now honestly tell me if they ever expect a definitive answer? And many people who over the past years upgraded from one suit to another see their distance/performance better...but is that purely the suit. Or also the added hundreds of jumps/experience, them flying better? Its impossible to tell it with 100% certainty. Seeing what people do in suits..I truly believe Mach1s, Blades, V2s all having roughly the same performance envelope...be it a few % less or more. And some suits are easyer on the muscles, other fly better or worse on the bacl. But talking about their straight, bellyflying performance its not something we're ever going to find out with a 100% quotable/written/measured certainty. No matter how many posts people do on the 'math' of flight. Its still humans flying the suit. And even though an increased angle of attack of 0.0004372 degrees might give me a better glide. I for one, can not possition my body to that detail/precission. And think anybody who claims they can should start selling widescreen TVs to blind people. Flying a suit. Its all about feeling what your body is doing, and not about calculating numbers...unless Im doing something wrong.. hit the search button, type best suit/best glide, best whatever..and each wil get you over 2000 hits. Its been debated..debated...debated...and aside from personal preferences and people constantly switching between crediting or discrediting the pilot, and then when its suits them at other times the suit. There just isnt a definitive answer..and there never wil be.. Just get any top of the line suit from any manufacturer...and look at what each suit offers. easy to fly. heavy to fly. backflying. Or it gets you the image or look you want. be it in base or in skydiving..whatever... But just going for a manufacturer you like, and getting their top of the line suit will no doubt get you something that matches what other people are flying from other manufacturers... Sfly pro, Mach1, Blade, V2...they're all formula 1 cars..and arguing which one is best is 100% pointless.. Any manufacturer wil claim the same thing..and have their best pilots fly the suits to prove just that... And I think most of them are going to be in a world of pain, seeing Loic is now also entering the big suit arena JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

So in short..you're saying nobody wil ever come up with the definitive answer. And the 3 to 5% performance differences in all the top of the line suits wil always be this hot a debate.. Quite eager to see what Loic wil pull off next year in russia in his 'big' suit btw... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Was the time/distance competition the only one there this year? I was quite eager to see last years 'creative' rounds...I only seem to recal Tristan and James' entry making it online.. Was any aerobatic/creative flying competition held this year? Wish I had unlimited funds.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

When I do press-ups, all I have to do is lift my arms, and my belly keeps me up... But why does good performance always get credited to a suit, and bad performance credited to the pilot? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Wasnt that settled already when Jeff outflew an upscaled prototype V2 in a production Mach1? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?