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bullshit Show us the money-shot...THEN brag about it I also have a nice video from past week, me skimming around a tandem with only my right arm-wing attached, and (ofcource) it was a slow falling tandem where I needed my wings... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

He's done that quite a few times already, without the 'ouch' part I think there's some pics of him doing so in this article JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I'd go with the S3S over the normal S3. Even though it's advertised as a more high range suit then the normal S3, it flies easyer IMHO and the hard ribs make it quite suitable for less-optimal body postures and backflying (no flapping of the fabric due to the hard ribs) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

This picture from the site seems to show that the tension of the fabric keeps the wing tight. So unlike the S3/V1 etc. there is no loose fabric that kan flap between your hand and your hackey. I don't know if this is whats actualy happening, but judging these pictures it seems like a less 'problematic' (overstatement) pull then what most of us are used to on other high-range suits.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The suit, and the exchangable wings look amazing... Too bad we live in Holland...all the cool toys are usualy late here (in terms of demo's) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Also depends a bit if you mean - Biggest mass bird exit, and birds scattered all over the sky - record or - Biggest slotted formation ever flown (by count of people actualy being in their slot) - record JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Check this out Some of the sickest flying you've ever seen! I don't know if this is Loic, but this guy is MILES ahead of what everyone else is doing in my book..amazing!! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I don't care for take offs and landings....but being able to flock for 10 minutes in my regular suit would be a dream JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I would love to add jet engines to my wingsuit...can't anyone come up with a practical solution that doesnt involve rigid wings that take up 4 slots in an airplane JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

That could very well be. I'm on a machine that has more RAM then I have brains (insert easy one liner here), so that might explain why it works fine here? Cause I never really tinker with the settings too much, and everything comes out looking clean here... I have noted earlyer that premiere (earlyer versions) would tend to fukup compressionwise, if you have low memory and didn't render your effects before exporting. So this might be the cause....? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I've got a harmonica installed in my wing, you should hear the sound it makes in freefall (OKAY, OKAY....I ment harmonica......so sue me!!) But I'll upload some of the footage next week. I made one of the slowest tandem-flybys ever with my S3S...can't wait to play with it more... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1588834;search_string=48.000;#1588834 JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

A lot of people forget to deinterlace footage, which can result in small lines/jagged edges of objects. You can either deinterlace uppon exporting, or you can deinterlace your video on the timeline itself (clip>field options>always deinterlace) I always use the adobe media exporter for .wmv export within premiere/after effects, and get great results... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I just got back from Germany, where I spent a whole week at the DZ TU-7 (Seedorf). My home dz has a small boogie like this once a year. As promised (Thanx Jari, Jussi!!) the morning before leaving, I got a nice brown box from a DHL delivery man, and inside, found my new S3S. The past week, Ive made about 18 flights with the suit, and can say that it's a definate improvement of the 'normal' S3. 1st...the suit just looks cool. Next to the technical improvements, you can see that extra work has been put into also making it look nice. A lot of 'non-wingers' actualy comented on how cool it looked compared to my 'old' suit (although the almost 'all-black' colors probably also helped a bit. The differences with the normal S3 that you notice straight away are the new toggle-releases. I've sat in about every corner of a porter, and in a couple of Cessna 206(Turbines), and didn't have any problems with the toggles coming off. I think this is definately a feature that should stick, and should be used in all future suits... The leg-zippers also have a new 'protective flap' over the bottom part, and no longer use the small buttons. This has the advantage that you don't have to unclick the buttons after opening, and can unzip straight away. I feared that the zippers would come open without the buttons to hold em closed, but I didn't have any problems with this during the week. The biggest change are the hard ribs. The do ad a bit of extra care for the suit in terms of putting it away. You can no longer just stuff it in a gearbag, or smack in into the bm-stash-bag with your eyes closed. You basicly need to pack it. Folding the wings, so the ribs rest on one and another. And then fold the 'packed' wings onto the chest, and do the same thing with the legwing. Closing it like a harmonica, and then rotating it onto the chest. And then folding the whole suit again, so it fits into the shash-bag. Because the ribs feel a bit harder, there is a fear of damaging them. But seeing how the rest of the suit is made, I don't think it will be a problem. When you compare it to the S3, the construction feels much more solid. And you can see that on certain areas, the suit has been modified, with pieces of binding-tape sewn into the wing to make certain pieces (like the leg-wing corners) more solid/durable. In terms of flying you realy notice the difference. The suit inflates much eayer. When you put tension on your arm or leg, the ribs instantly inflate it, so it's no longer just air-pressure doing its job. I think BASE folks wil probably like this feature. In backflying, the ribs also help quite a bit keeping the wing rigid, and not flapping. The biggest difference is noticable when you fly the suit in a les the optimal posture, or non-symetric postures. One example: I could look over my shoulder (after a tandem-flyby) and rotate my upper-torso to the point, where your arms are in such a wierd position, that normaly one wing would become distorted to the point where you'd 'fall over'. But the ribs kept it inflated. It adds a lot of stabily, and makes the suit easyer to fly over the a normal S3. The bigger air-deflectors are the feature all people that see the suit ask about. They look strange on the ground. But when flying my head-cam setup, I could see that they do inflate and channel air over the wing (where the smaller deflectors would just stick to the suit on my old S3) Next to me being happy with my new suit, I had the great luck to make a number of great jumps with a few good friends. And thanx to Jean-Louis Becker (aka J-Lo) a couple of people also got to experience their first few flights. We flew some cool 2, 3 and 4 ways. Jumped with smoke, tried several cool camera setups, did heli-jumps, and thanks to a wonderfully insane pilot, got to dogfight with a porter on several occasions. Here's some stills from the past week. After Ive finished the boogie DVD later this week, I'll make a small compilation of all wingsuit jumps. I'll also post a small video from Tristan, who shot some of the most insane wingsuit vs plane footage you've seen in a long time! Too bad the boogie is over, back to work JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I already thought of a mod. for the suit. Open up the seem on the bottom of the wing, and change it for a zipper. That way all the chambers in the wing could be filled up with beer-cans, or even wine-bottles, and we'd have ourselves a flying vending/drinking-machine But I'll stick to normal jumping for now...can't wait... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I just shook hands with a friendly DHL man, and took a big package from his hands. And after that heavily embarased myself before my neighbours, who spotted me through the kitchen window while I was hopping around my house wearing my new S3S. I was quite happy to see the differences between the normal S3 and this suit. Especialy in construction, this feels much more sturdy and durable. On the pictures I saw, I didn't realy notice a big difference with the normal S3, but up close, it's realy a completely different suit. I can't wait to take it up 'for a spin' If the weather cooperates, the first flight will be a chopper jump in Germany tomorrow... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

S3S= Stock 3 Sprites? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

They used to be good for stashing bullets, but the newer air-deflectors could probably be used to take complete beer-cans along :) Hope you get to fly it this weekend! AND HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS COMING SUNDAY!!! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

FF2, but with a normal chin/neck strap, instead of the chin-cup (which is not that comfortable for a longer time) JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Dont talk about it...post it you fools! I'm at my pc..got a clean pair of undies within reach! POST IT!! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

V I D E O ! ! ! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

So instead of just saying your fly wingsuits, you now also need to state which sub-dicipline you are involved with Before you know it, you'll have to choose the glideratio you want on your 'distance' suit when you buy it, varying on a 1.5 to 5.0 scale And that's next to your base-wingsuit, flocking wingsuit and freestyle/aerobatic wingsuit ofcource......and we want every suit available ofcource... Damn you suit-maker$... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Cool video (had to install the latest Divx version to see it though, waiting for codecs to download sux) And nice swoop...:) I'm quite curious to the differences (performance-wise) of the S3S, compared to the normal S3. Any GPS data on Glideratio of the S3S compared to the 'normal' S3? If you look at the Red Bull guys, they flew 20,5 km in 12 KM of freefall. So that already puts them at a 1,7 glide-ratio, including trying to flock with 4 people, and massive fattigue near the end of the jump, and les-dense air at the higher altitudes...? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Always handy to have a Visa, cause this sport is damn expensive JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I've uploaded a short edit of camera-wingsuit jumps I've made in 2004/2005 (and a few misc shots other people took of me) Enjoy Skydivingmovies.com Dutch Flyers in there: Tristan (yellow classic) Anouk (white/green green/yellow classic) Tom (blue/white classic - nice cartwheel exit) J-Lo, Niels & Marius (Red/Black/Yellow S3 - same as I have) Hans (all white S3) Aeneas & Niels (green/white GTi) Additional camera: Fredrik Tengbom & J-Lo Tatka Treykova (shot of me from airplane) p.s. I'll also be uploading the whole Hercules Boogie 2004 - Wingsuit Edition in a short while JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?