Comments for "Amazing Wingsuit Flying" Video at VideoSift.com

By Thylan

Thylan (http://www.videosift.com/member/Thylan) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:26:36 -0700

The dupe seems to have slightly clearer/smoother embed.

Vids like this and the eiger para skiing one, make me have too look for my jaw on the floor.

By NeuralNoise

NeuralNoise (http://www.videosift.com/member/NeuralNoise) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:46:01 -0700

OMG I´d Kill to do it once...

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://douchebag.videosift.com) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:17:08 -0700

Siftin' is about all the adrenaline I can take.

By kingsblood

kingsblood (http://www.videosift.com/member/kingsblood) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:18:15 -0700

Wow, anyone I hear insulting the French, after I've seen this, is getting a good smack in the face!

By Chaucer

Chaucer (http://www.videosift.com/member/Chaucer) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:19:48 -0700

are they really french? They sound like americans base jumping in france.

By guessandcheck

guessandcheck (http://www.videosift.com/member/guessandcheck) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:18:42 -0700

ah majortom was showing me this video earlier.

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:32:08 -0700

holy shit.

By ambivalens

ambivalens (http://www.videosift.com/member/ambivalens) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:18:03 -0700

This video is recorded in the north-western part of Norway.

The french basejumper is Jean-Loic Albert, who is arguably the very best wingsuit pilot in the world. This video made when he and a group of american base jumpers visited the norwegian basejumping group VKB (Verdal'n Karsk & Base) to learn about proximity wingsuitflying. The guy in yellow, Espen, is a norwegian from VKB. In that last scene he's flying about a meter and an half over the ground.

By looris

looris (http://www.videosift.com/member/looris) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:12:03 -0700

lol for the whole video, until the last second, I thought "wtf no parachadute they didn't die?!?" then it opened and the clip ended.

btw *sports

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:12:03 -0700

Adding video to channels (Sports) - requested by looris.

By Zifnab

Zifnab (http://zifnab.videosift.com) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:36:29 -0700

Thanks for that great info ambivalens! I've added it to the summary. I had guessed it was France from the Liveleak info before.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:08:10 -0700

Wow. Just wow. But, it's not really as much 'flying' as it is 'gliding', right? I think I'd like to try this once, but I'd probably chicken out, for sure.

By ambivalens

ambivalens (http://www.videosift.com/member/ambivalens) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:34:37 -0700

I forgot to explain how they can do it

The wingsuit is constructed by having panels underneath the arms and between the legs that fill up with air. When the wingsuit is inflated it performs not too differently from a wing. The pilot can manipulate how the "wing" flies by adjusting his bodyposition. Needless to mention, these guys have bodycontrol that just blows your mind.

You should also pay attention to when they do their exit from the cliff - apart from the summersaults for dramatic effect you can see that they go into pretty much a straight vertical dive. By doing this they build up an amazing amount of speed that they can use to fly flaster. They can use the extra surplus of kinetic energy to quickly adjust their trajectory if needed and thus fly over any obstacles. Greater speed = greater control.

You can find another VKB video right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6NFCIneTc
This video has been a huge hit in the skydiving/basejumping communities, but somehow it's not as popular with the general population.

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:30:32 -0700

I wonder how much time and money I would need to invest to be able to do that just once. Seriously considering it.

By Deano

Deano (http://www.videosift.com/member/Deano) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:58:10 -0700

Go for it messenger! Just make sure you film it

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:42:48 -0700

Yup. You film it, I sift it!

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:07:06 -0700

mmhMmm... i think I'll wait until carbon nanotubes make wings and soaring eagle-like possible. That will be cool. No silly parasails, just you looking like something out of daVinci's notebook.

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://douchebag.videosift.com) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:40:41 -0700

carbon nanotubes are nothing more than satan's candy you heathen!!!

By 8725

8725 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8725) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:36:55 -0700

Anybody know what the music track is on this video?

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:22:04 -0700

*nature

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:22:05 -0700

Adding video to channels (Nature) - requested by arvana.

By Throbbin

Throbbin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:48:24 -0800

Unbefuckinglievable!

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:48:24 -0800

Invocations (promote) cannot be called by Throbbin because Throbbin is not privileged - sorry.

By Throbbin

Throbbin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:20:27 -0800

It's a shame this does not have a Top 15 medal.
*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:20:28 -0800

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