Body Board Flying

[Carver 0]

I want to give it a try.

Has anyone ever tried it? Not sure how deployment would work without losing the board unless you custom make a handle on it. Obviously using a leash would be out of the question.

Then flippers would come off for landing?

Any thoughts?

Never try to skip a stage of natural progression...

[bigorangemd 0]

You'd jump out and bye bye board in the blink of an eye.

[koppel 4]

I know of a jump that was made just like that for some tv thingy (I fella in question was wearing a yellow dress as well).

Anyhow I believe a tandem harness was used underneath the normal rig and attachent points were added to the board.

Usual checks to see if handles etc were easily accesible and away they went. Worked rather well I believe

I like my canopy...


...it lets me down.

[Gene03 0]

I'll wait for you to do the ground and aerial work and then make snide comments about the video.
Your sigline does answer your own question.

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[BMFin 0]

A couple years back around Zmasboogie there was a guy in Zhills flying his bodyboard pretty frequently.

I had the impression the bord flew really well and wasnt that difficult to control.

Im not sure about the details how he was attached to the board.

I suggest you talk to someone whos done it before, before you go and try it..

[Peej 0]

Here's a pic Google found of someone doing it...

http://www.matton.com/images/jpg/bxp_bxp139025.html/sok-skydiver

And riding a surfboard:

http://www.matton.com/images/jpg/bxp_bxp138323.html

And even a skateboard:

http://www.matton.com/images/jpg/bxp_bxp69979.html

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[PhreeZone 20]

Talk to Joe Jennings, he's filmed one a lot over Hawaii for Good Stuff.

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[jsaxton 0]

Not like I've done this but I lurked someone who was trying this once. I HIGHLY reccommend a full face helmet

[kkeenan 14]

I like the caption on the bodyboard photo:
"Skydiver on Bodyboard Hovering in Air"

I guess he could have stayed up there all day...

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[AUSkyguy 0]

I've done the body board in the sky before. It's actually really easy to hold on to as long as you exit in the direction of flight (into the wind) and ride the hill that way. Then small input on the board will fly it around. At opening i just wrapped my left arm around the board and pulled. Once i was under canopy i stuck it between my legs. I would suggest a full face helmet for sure and i wouldn't suggest rigging up any kind of attachments to your body with it since it could SERIOUSLY hinder emergency procedures. Also, Don't be afraid to let go of it if you get in a spin or any other kind of serious problem. Better off dropping a foam board that weighs practically nothing than going in trying to keep it. Attached is a pic of me exiting out of a caravan with it

-Chris Martin

[ltdiver 3]

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Here's a pic Google found of someone doing it...

http://www.matton.com/images/jpg/bxp_bxp139025.html/sok-skydiver . . .

"credit: OLIVER FURRER." I bet he'd be a good place to start in asking advice about this kind of thang...
ltdiver

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[yeyo 1]

A friend did it 2 days ago with fins. It went well but lost board on deployment. He did a rolo on the exit and a couple of spins in freefall, was fun.
About halfway in this video is another guy doing it 4 yrs ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9T04Dc4Q_g

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[Carver 0]

No, you would!

Never try to skip a stage of natural progression...

[Carver 0]

Nice one! Where was this photo taken? Byron?

I'm surprised you exited that way. I was imagining a dive exit and riding down the hill. Did you try it that way also?

Never try to skip a stage of natural progression...

[AUSkyguy 0]

Well i figured that exiting towards the line of flight with the wind in my chest was easiest since trying to dive out of the plane would be hard to do since you need to keep from getting wind in between your body and the board which will tear it right out of your fingers. As you can see in the next picture of that sequence we are turning down the hill to fly perpendicular to the line of flight to keep from flying other the other groups (Very Important!) Do not fly up jump run with these boards as they do have a fairly fast forward speed.

-Chris Martin

[AUSkyguy 0]

Oh yeah that picture is in good old beautiful Pell City, Alabama

-Chris Martin

[Carver 0]

Ah, there were 2 of you. Did you ever get them relative?



That'd be funny.

Never try to skip a stage of natural progression...

[AUSkyguy 0]

Yeah we flew side by side for a while and then we got too much vertical separation so we tracked away from each other. It Was pretty cool for sure

-Chris Martin