And a short video from past saterday, in which I make a surprise appearance backflying as a base myself ;)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Vertical Challenge 25 Way Zhills 2011
A great team of flockers gathered to attempt a 25 way vertical diamond over 4 days, the weather took 2 days from us but we still achieved our goals and had fun doing it!
Volo - Still a stick figure, nnnggg
Some more news from Martijn on the Volo wingsuit game:
Here's kind of an intermezzo while I work on the suit model more. You can see the extra physics join in Wingman's back at work, as well as the newer chase-cam. The cam needs tuning as its movements are too high-frequency and it sometimes fails to show you where you're going, but it already shows a lot of improvement in perceived character motion. Also, superman strength!
I'm having some real trouble getting any kind of cloth motion going for the wingsuit. The PhysX cloth works well for no-speed conditions but breaks down at average flight speeds. That, and it mostly fails to convey the impact of the relative wind, which is the entire goal of the wing animation. I'm testing some bone-based implementations now.
Going Vertical .....Wingsuit Style!!!
25 way wingsuit skydives and some airplane flybys.... a must see!!!!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Something different
This is a song from my "Closer to Far Away" album, originally intended for "Ghosts and Lovers."
I wanted something a little sleepy for a short skydiving piece. It did not work out as planned, but figured rather than toss it, I'd share it for those that have a hard time falling asleep. :^)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Learning to Wingsuit
Elizabeth flying the Prodigy Wingsuit in Eloy, AZ and the Phantom Wingsuit in Mesquite, NV during the winter of 2010/2011.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Roughcuts - ZHills, April 2010
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
The last day of Zflock6 was a rainy one, but a small group managed to squeeze a low (8000ft) jump in at the last moment. Not a lot of action, but sure a lot of fun!
Check it out!
Camera: Brian & Andreea
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
wingsuit jump - staff skydive madrid
The staff of Skydive Madrid did some flights with Miki and Paula of BB Team.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Hezarfen
Hezarfen is a historical Turkish character.
The story takes place in 1632 in Istanbul, where he will attempt the first flight of the human being.
Fo the freaks
Dutch 'sale' website 1dayfly has the Contour GPS on sale today, with a 100 euro discount on the normal price.
Just figured we'd give you guys (and girls) a heads-up...
Just figured we'd give you guys (and girls) a heads-up...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
They Fall. We Fly.
They Fall. We fly. trailer.
DZ: Paracentro Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
Wingsuit pilots: Bruno Wälli, Gian Paolo Longoni, Herwig Habenbacher, Marco Regina
Camera flyers: Bruno Wälli, Marco Regina
Roughcuts - Hoevenen, July 2010
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
A fun wingsuit jump with Andrew, with a few coaching pointers on docking (dont bend arms:) with Bart and Elias having some fun in the background.
A bit wet, but certainly fun!
Roughcuts - Empuria, April 2009
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
Some people requested the full video on this wingsuit jump. Though exit was a bit rainy, we did two cool bigway loads organised by Alex at the end of the boogie. I got to fly a slot behind the 3 level stacked formation, tailgaiting the base. Got a sweet FlyBy in at the end, and had fun under canopy.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
RC Wingsuit Flying
Editing out a picture of former Birdman CEO Jari Kuosma, a Swedish RC plane pilot made this awesome wingsuit model and flies it indoor!
Check it out!
Check it out!
Jeb Corliss - Reckless Diving
UK Magazine has an article on the man keen to set a new record for max amount of GoPro Cameras attached to a human body.
Check it out here
Friday, January 14, 2011
I’ll be your wing man anytime...
Michael Romanek allerted is to an article in the January issue of Square Mile Magazine (a magazine for the UK financial sector).
There is also an online version of the article which you can read here
Check it out!
AVRO 504K WWI Biplane - Skydive Flyover
Juan Mayer from juanmayer.com does a flyover on this historic Biplane. More info on this 100% Argentinian made plane at aerohistoric.com.ar
A Drift HD170 action POV camera was mounted to the wing, tail, and to the helmet Juan wears.
Music: "GOOD MORNING" by BOCrew (feat. DEBBIZO / THEDEEPR)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
東京スカイダイビングクラブ - wingsuit
The first Wingsuit 2way flight in year 2011 with Tomo at Tokyo Skydiving Club.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Fall(ing) is beautiful ...
A nice little scenic wingsuit-base flight on a beautifully colored Fall day ...
Scatty Flockfeather
An oldie...but we couldnt resist posting it again for those who've never seen it...
Geraldine Fasnacht - Portrait
A Beautyfully shot video on Geraldine Fasnacht (flying what looks like a Matter suit sponsored by Brietling).
Check it out!
Check it out!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
In Between
Grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy this great compilation of wingsuit basejumps.
Wingsuit Proximtyflying/ BASE jumping in Norway, Greenland, France summer 2010
Camera
Tom Erik Heimen
Jokke Sommer
Kevin Vorst, Ghost2 - May 2010
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
Kevin Vorst makes the maiden flight on his brand new Ghost2.
With a few practice pulls to get used to the bigger wings, and a deployment altitude of 4500ft to make sure he has plenty of time and altitude
Elias & Bavo Ground2Air video
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
May 2010, Elias and Bavo, filmed from the ground (both doing a time/distance solo) at Skydive Hoevenen, Belgium. Jumping from 9.000 ft.
Sadly lost em from view due to the building being in the way.....
Skydive Oostwold (NL)
And something from my own camera..
Cleaning up my harddrive I find all kinds of fun shots from boogies I attended the past year. I didnt always edit these into full videos, so to catch up, here are a few:
Skydive Oostwold, jumping from the PH-PCF (I made my first freefall from this plane in 2001, when it was still owned by Paraclub Flevo) flying my PF Shadow to film a Blade II at skydive Oostwold (NL)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
UFO's in Elsinore
A wingsuit formation in the nigh skies over Elsinore proved to be the UFO experience of a lifetime for some local (clueless) folks.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Friday, January 7, 2011
EA wingsuit game (FAIL)
Electronic Arts just released the trailer for SSX: Deadly Descents.
The long awaited wingsuit feature they boasted about before shows they could have done with some more inside help regarding the actual design and working of a wingsuit.
In the trailer, the main character goes over a cliff-edge, and deploys a single-layer camera suit, without a leg wing. In the real world, this attire doesn't do anything besides slightly slowing down the fall rate, and doesn't generate any forward momentum.
That aside, the game will probably still be fun to play, but sadly not the high-end wingsuit gameplay we hoped for...still the snowboarding looks like awesome fun.
Teaser: Nissan Outdoor Games 2010 - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
The Nissan Outdoor Games is back for its 6th consecutive summer edition. The concept is to create a 5-minute film and a photo report uniting 5 outdoor sports with the worlds best sportsmen in each discipline: mountain biking, mountaineering, kayaking, paragliding & hang gliding, BASE-jumping & wingsuit flying. Five teams are selected and invited by the organisers in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Their challenge is to create a high quality short film and still photo production in only one week. The productions are shown to the public on a giant screen in the heart of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the evening of July 15th . 32 000 € prize money is at stake to win the Golden Peak Award for the best film, the Nissan Prove It Award for the best action sequence and the Best Still Photo Award, announced by an appointed professional jury.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Bear Grylls wingsuit skydiving
Via twitter @BearGrylls shares some exciting news on the episode he is recording right now:
Heading for Arizona today for episode there. Wing suit skydive into canyons - then we'll see what we find! Am excited... I love man vs wild!
Jeb in Finish press
Check out www.iltalehti.fi for an interview with Jeb Corliss and his adventures in the famous Swiss Crack..
NTV Doku Wingsuit
German TV station NTV had a short segment on basejumping showing well known performance competition flyers Helmut, Lutz and several others...
Check it out!
Check it out!
Bear Grylls to go wingsuit flying in new season of Man vs Wild
This article popped up on our radar. TV survival persona Bear Grylls is apparently going to be wingsuiting into one of his next locations for his show.
In Arizona, Bear transforms into a one man high speed glider with a cutting edge wingsuit and flies into the Arizona Sky Islands. Bear shows viewers how to find water in the parched desert landscape, builds a sand-buggy from a wrecked aircraft and crosses heart-stopping rock drops.
Check out the article here.
More coverage on the same item on:
Entertainment Weekly
Media News International.
Note: Bear seems to have done his FFC back in 2009 with the UK Army team Red Devils
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Wingsuit Cutaway
Wingsuit flight was a little off, so I decided to pull high... reached for PC at 5K, went head down, then to back and began to spin... heard 3500 beep and then 2500 beep... threw PC from my back while spinning... main out yeah!!! wait, blown toggle and spun up... now spinning on my back aimed at the earth while under my main... heard the 1K solid beep... cutaway and pulled reserve handle... spun up reserve at 750ish'... unkicked from line twist and at 250ish' unstowed brakes and landed... held on to both handles and found all my stuff...
Ben Borger
Ben Borger of the US Army Golden Knights sets a world record for wingsuit jumping, starting at an altitude of 32,000 feet.
Epic Flights
Epic flights project gave competitors at the ProBASE World Cup event in Lauterbrunnen a chance to enjoy some of this planets most spectacular landscape from the air. Organized heli loads took the pilots to 4000 meters altitude, above the peaks of the Jungfrau and Eiger, from where they could fly their wingsuits down to the valley, following some of the most amazing and stunning lines on Earth. Enjoy these breathtaking visuals.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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