This might be the most incredible thing I have seen a human being do

[RyDogg66]

Behold...

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo...show_portrait=0&color

[RayKingsForemanGrill]

I agree. I suddenly want to do that.

[sbrylski]

I agree. I suddenly want to do that.

Maaybe, but I sure ain't buzzing the walls like those guys!

[PaulRigdon]

what about their ski's? those things arent cheap

[Bikeage77]

how much are those suits, and where can you get one? who has a cliff in their backyard?

[PlayerHader]

How do you even practice or train for something like that. Amazing to watch, but I wouldn't do it in a million years.

[JimH5]

Is there any structure in those suits? Those guys have to have incredible strength in their shoulders and back to be able to keep their arms out like that against that kind of force. And how do you ever practice something like that? One mistake and you're roadkill. In any case, that's a pretty spectacular video.

[Patrick425]

How do they land?

[DuWayne Steurer]

How do they land?

They have parachutes in the suits.

[RayKingsForemanGrill]

At the very end you see the guys pull a parachute, so that's how they land....

 

These base jumpers are crazy to begin with, so I'm sure trying it with a flight suit is nothing to them. Actually, if you think about it, jumping with that suit has to be safer because you get more resistance and it allows you to get further away from the object you jump from, quicker...

 

That whole buzzing the road thing though and getting inches from the rocks... that's crazy...

[RyDogg66]

The amazing thing is, they aren't falling that fast. They are flying very vast, in a horizontal direction, but the speed at which they are descending does not look anywhere near terminal.

[fstorm1]

Last week on (I believe) Modern Marvels (History Channel), they did a lengthy story on those suits. There's a number of different "styles", all having different effects, some that make "tricks" better, some for strictly speed (faster and slower), and so on. The biggest change among the suits was the cut of the "wings", some longer than the arms, some shorter, and the same deal on the one between the legs. Also fabric(s), and whether or not the "wings" were filled with air or not. Interesting...

 

But I still don't want to do it. 'Cause I'm a wuss. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[owbc]

Going skydiving once was good enough for me. That looks completely insane, which I'm sure is why they do it.

[RayKingsForemanGrill]

So now, I have gone skydiving... I might hesitate to use one of those suits off a cliff, but I'd love to try one while jumping at 10,000 feet...

[bork]

Last week on (I believe) Modern Marvels (History Channel), they did a lengthy story on those suits.

I recall seeing something similar in an IMAX movie a few years ago at Great America.

[Gobias Industries]

That is amazing.

 

And as someone else said, how do you practice something like this? It's gotta be pretty much one and done.