YM4 0 #26 February 20, 2004 Yeap I was there. Sayaka kiked some ass. She is in every pic I took. And with only one shoe. I also felt on my first attempt when I went to film from the top. Whats cool about Atmonauti is that you really have to fly your body or you can fall from the sky. Check out: http://groups.msn.com/JuliosPhotoPortfolio/shoebox.msnw There are a few good pics of atmonauti"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflydrew 0 #27 February 20, 2004 QuoteLooks like a really steep track to me... Yeah, but when you're tracking, there's a leader, and usually the other people follow behind... In autnomauti, everyone is one the same level, only they're flying at a 45 ish degree angle. (Everyone's eyes are on the same level) It doesn't actually look like tracking, and it definitely doesn't feel like tracking, and you're not flying like you track... It's more like flying head down, but you're flying at an angle of 45 degrees. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #28 February 22, 2004 QuoteQuoteLooks like a really steep track to me... Actually this debate has been beat to death. Is it head down flocking, is it steep tracking? I myself couldn't understand it until Frick took us for a jump. Its its own thing and you won't get it until you try it! And it is FUN! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #29 February 22, 2004 Seems to me this is freeflying. Most people just head up or head down and call it freeflying, but wasn't the idea to use all surfaces at all angles? This is taking 'standard' freeflying and doing it in a flocking type angle. Sounds like a tons of fun to me, but still over my head. Someday. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #30 February 22, 2004 Quote This is taking 'standard' freeflying and doing it in a flocking type angle. Its a shallower angle than a flock, its steeper than tracking. In these flight positions your bodys profile looks pretty straight from head to toe. If I had to describe atmonauti I would say that your upper body is in a head down. Your arms ( and legs ) are out to maintain your "on level" with the rest of the group. Then your lower body is arched down, this maintains your angle of flight. set by the leader of the group. From the side it looks like your body is in an arch. Its more pronounced than the curve of a body in a efficient flat track. It is a unique feeling and has to be experienced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflydrew 0 #31 February 24, 2004 Centerfold of the latest parachutist has a great pic of an atmonauti with dusty, g, jeffro, and cathy, taken by tim straus... another one was taken in perris during x-fest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #32 February 25, 2004 you jumped in peris during the Xfest ?? I think I saw you on a DVD from my mate Benjamin (Benji) a french guy who travelled with the Babylon guys from Empuria.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyjuggler 0 #33 February 25, 2004 Benji!!!Don't think he was doing atomonauti out there - too busy doing coach jumps with Steff! But his DVD is cool - there are some super good jumpers on that DVD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #34 February 26, 2004 Quoteyou jumped in peris during the Xfest ?? I think I saw you on a DVD from my mate Benjamin (Benji) a french guy who travelled with the Babylon guys from Empuria. Yes and other than one FF jump with Guano and two wingsuit jumps with wingsuit comrads I was on most of the atmonauti jumps 30 + when the weather allowed. Is Benji an englishman? I was pestering an englishmen from Empuria about info on the soulflyers DVD, could be him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyjuggler 0 #35 February 26, 2004 The English man was me!!! Benji is a French dude who comes down to Empuria alot and provides me with plenty of opportunities for jokes He was doing coaching with Steff from Babylon out in Perris during the X-Fest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pccoder 0 #36 February 27, 2004 isn't anyone afraid of more or less tracking right into another groups freefall path with this kind of flying? PcCoder.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #37 February 27, 2004 You track away from jump run as if on a tracking jump even though its not a tracking jump. The biggest fear is that someone who cant really maintain " on level" in a head down zooms through the formation like it is a tracking jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #38 February 27, 2004 QuoteThe English man was me!!! Benji is a French dude who comes down to Empuria alot It was nice meeting you James, The X-fest was a blast. Wish I could get to Empuria to be on more Atmonauti now and then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyonthewall 0 #39 February 27, 2004 Hello, lurker here. I don't have any skydiving knowledge to share on this subject. But I wanted to say that I had the pleasure of meeting Marco and Gi at the X-fest. Those are two of the nicest people I have ever met. I had read about Atmonauti here in these forums. So when I met Marco we had something to talk about. he was amazed that someone who had never jumped had even the slightest idea of what Atmonauti was all about. The footage I saw of Gi flying is awesome. She is so incredibly graceful in her flying. Marco wanted to take me for an Atmonauti tandem lol. He was sorry he didn't have his gear. I made my first jump that week and it's a week I'll never forget. I hope team frick comes back next year I know I will. X-fest was a blast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDolphin 0 #40 February 27, 2004 I just posted a few pictures from XFEST on the Flyboyz web site. Look for the link on the left for XFEST 2003 Photos Flyboyz Rhonda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Kennedy 0 #29 February 22, 2004 Seems to me this is freeflying. Most people just head up or head down and call it freeflying, but wasn't the idea to use all surfaces at all angles? This is taking 'standard' freeflying and doing it in a flocking type angle. Sounds like a tons of fun to me, but still over my head. Someday. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #30 February 22, 2004 Quote This is taking 'standard' freeflying and doing it in a flocking type angle. Its a shallower angle than a flock, its steeper than tracking. In these flight positions your bodys profile looks pretty straight from head to toe. If I had to describe atmonauti I would say that your upper body is in a head down. Your arms ( and legs ) are out to maintain your "on level" with the rest of the group. Then your lower body is arched down, this maintains your angle of flight. set by the leader of the group. From the side it looks like your body is in an arch. Its more pronounced than the curve of a body in a efficient flat track. It is a unique feeling and has to be experienced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflydrew 0 #31 February 24, 2004 Centerfold of the latest parachutist has a great pic of an atmonauti with dusty, g, jeffro, and cathy, taken by tim straus... another one was taken in perris during x-fest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #32 February 25, 2004 you jumped in peris during the Xfest ?? I think I saw you on a DVD from my mate Benjamin (Benji) a french guy who travelled with the Babylon guys from Empuria.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjuggler 0 #33 February 25, 2004 Benji!!!Don't think he was doing atomonauti out there - too busy doing coach jumps with Steff! But his DVD is cool - there are some super good jumpers on that DVD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #34 February 26, 2004 Quoteyou jumped in peris during the Xfest ?? I think I saw you on a DVD from my mate Benjamin (Benji) a french guy who travelled with the Babylon guys from Empuria. Yes and other than one FF jump with Guano and two wingsuit jumps with wingsuit comrads I was on most of the atmonauti jumps 30 + when the weather allowed. Is Benji an englishman? I was pestering an englishmen from Empuria about info on the soulflyers DVD, could be him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjuggler 0 #35 February 26, 2004 The English man was me!!! Benji is a French dude who comes down to Empuria alot and provides me with plenty of opportunities for jokes He was doing coaching with Steff from Babylon out in Perris during the X-Fest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pccoder 0 #36 February 27, 2004 isn't anyone afraid of more or less tracking right into another groups freefall path with this kind of flying? PcCoder.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #37 February 27, 2004 You track away from jump run as if on a tracking jump even though its not a tracking jump. The biggest fear is that someone who cant really maintain " on level" in a head down zooms through the formation like it is a tracking jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #38 February 27, 2004 QuoteThe English man was me!!! Benji is a French dude who comes down to Empuria alot It was nice meeting you James, The X-fest was a blast. Wish I could get to Empuria to be on more Atmonauti now and then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyonthewall 0 #39 February 27, 2004 Hello, lurker here. I don't have any skydiving knowledge to share on this subject. But I wanted to say that I had the pleasure of meeting Marco and Gi at the X-fest. Those are two of the nicest people I have ever met. I had read about Atmonauti here in these forums. So when I met Marco we had something to talk about. he was amazed that someone who had never jumped had even the slightest idea of what Atmonauti was all about. The footage I saw of Gi flying is awesome. She is so incredibly graceful in her flying. Marco wanted to take me for an Atmonauti tandem lol. He was sorry he didn't have his gear. I made my first jump that week and it's a week I'll never forget. I hope team frick comes back next year I know I will. X-fest was a blast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDolphin 0 #40 February 27, 2004 I just posted a few pictures from XFEST on the Flyboyz web site. Look for the link on the left for XFEST 2003 Photos Flyboyz Rhonda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
