pal 0 #1 August 27, 2002 saw this on a web site and just had to share it www.paraglidair.com/bruhopp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #2 August 27, 2002 Saw this before. Crazy stuff. There's a video of a similar stunt somewhere as well____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3fLiEr 0 #3 August 27, 2002 jumpers are now doing this with BASE gear - its called a McConkey - sure Tom would be able to fill you in seeing that there is some vid of him doing one off the Perrine I have also heard that people have started doing these off other of the 4 Objects................ phuq that! thats way outta my comfort zone! Nice work Tom! Cya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 August 27, 2002 www.paraglidair.com/bruhopp Thats pretty cool. I guess you don't have to worry about it NOT opening....*shrug* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #5 August 27, 2002 I can garentee that if i tried that, i'd fall off, get wraped up in the canopy, and go splat. At least the canopy around me would keep in the mess and serve as a body bag ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #6 August 27, 2002 That bridge is almost low enough to just jump into the water. Definitely a bungee bridge - would love to do a bungee head dip from that one. One thing you have to admit - that fine person has bowling balls in their pants. QuoteMy, my, my, said the spider to the fly jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #7 August 27, 2002 pretty cool,, I'd give it a shot. Yeah, the bridge looks low enough to jump off without the paraglider. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #8 August 27, 2002 Quotejumpers are now doing this with BASE gear - its called a McConkey - sure Tom would be able to fill you in seeing that there is some vid of him doing one We originally got the idea from the paraglider site referenced above. One of the Northern California jumpers is a long-time paraglider, and he posted the same link to the BASE board. Shane McConkey saw it, thought it looked cool, and launched it off our local span. Then I did one in Idaho, and before you knew it some crazy Canuck had launched one off a building. We're still trying to get McConkey BASE (the antenna is proving quite challenging for snag and wind considerations). Once someone can get off all four objects, I'm going to try to talk Shane into handing out numbers... A short video clip is on the skydivingmovies ftp server. I believe it's just titled "McConkey", and it's in the "BASE" section. Someday, I'm going to get off my butt and put up a more comprehensive (and higher quality) video of it. There's also a video (Mad World) still in the "uploads" folder that includes (among other things) a better quality clip of the same McConkey jump of mine.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #9 August 27, 2002 I haven't moved it yet cause I haven't actually downloaded it yet. It's just too big... over 400 megs. If you can, upload a more compressed version sometime. I don't have room on my hard drive for it anymore. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
