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Or PC's around their neck and other scary stuff. Im 100% okay with people pulling of the back, if they are sitting on someone else. If they are riding me. Hell no. Seen to much scary shit haha JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Outside of canopy choice, more and more we're also seeing line-length with bigger suits is an important consideration. Where canopies under 120 sq/ft the canopy itself (due to shorter lines) seem to sometimes not fully clear the burble, resulting in all kinds of erratic behavior on deployment with off-headings (or worse) as a result. When choosing to jump a big suit with a small canopy, remember it also influences the people you jump with. Fatal accidents have happened due to poor choice in canopies. So also decide with your jumping buddies in mind when you choose a size. And think about what you want to do. Do a wingsuit jump, or do a swooping jump. But try and keep the two disciplines separate and use suitable/ideal gear for both. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

You had a bad experience, we get it. But pushing that hate a bit to far perhaps? No decent footage? Id blame it on user error Ive been using the Sony camera for both skydiving and base, and getting nothing but killer shots on it. https://vimeo.com/53244622 - Rodeo doesnt look half bad in colors or sharpness does it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw-mSK9TnM - Left view is my Sony. Right view is the GoPro. Again. What are you seeing that Im not seeing? Looking at both files in fullres, the Sony does noticeably better in colors and having less issues with burnt out colors. The next Phoenix-Fly Need4speed video (out in a few days) was also filmed with the Sony for a large part. Whatever issues you're having with the camera, none of the users Ive seen footage from have the issue. The only pixelated issue I see in your examples is people who dont know how to properly export/render stuff for the web without shitloads of compression. For the $199 you get the AS10 for, you dont get a GoPro. And if 'issues' people have are a signal, ask that question about GoPros on a dropzone, and you'll get a dozen people with similar screwups. In the end, its a plastic action camera 'toy'. If you want real quality, get a proper camera or DSLR. But for the money these things cost, Id say well worth it. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I can also exactly imagine her next post, as well as her never actually experiencing the actual flying of a wingsuit and feeling of flying your body as opposed to rigid frames *cough* hangglider...but I attribute all those statements more to 'stating the obvious' as opposed to 'predicting the future'. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

No offense to any of the 'revolutionairy' thinkers predicting the future...but perhaps read into history a bit, and look up Leo Valentin and Clem Sohns motivations and hopes for the future with their initial designs.... Most of the drivel in here is predated by old and new wingsuit designs. Featuring the same 'idea's' already 5, 10 to 80 years old. Much like said before. Perhaps actually getting into the discipline instead of shouting from the side-line would benefit everyone.. That and learning how to edit posts, so you dont repost 500 line quotes with a mere added 'I predicted that 2 years ago' at the bottom... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

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I was more curious to your claims of inventing things that are already shown in pictures of the 1930's JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Speaking of time machine... Something stuff from the 1930's - pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4 Grabbed from a dz.com thread start of 2005 - pic 1 pic 2 Prototype from 2009 - pic 1 pic 2 All seem to slightly pre-date Giselle's 'invention' of grippers pointing out, and must (by actual FLYING) have figured out that it has something to do with lack of chest muscles and weak wrists and heavier build than birds, preventing us from actually keeping a wing like that tight and flying. Flying a wingsuit is not about hanging stationary on a thermal. Its about something completely different, and unless one actually tries. One will never find out. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

If you're not shooting sports, and you dont have a reason to need a small one...get a real camera. In the same price-range you will find many good consumer cameras that have a much nicer picture for home stuff. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I would never let anyone with low experience come allong on a flock, without a prior evaluation jump. Regardless of this evaluation being done by watching video, sending him up on a 2 way with someone else, or doing a jump with said person yourself. The fact that you're at a boogie, and there is no time/oppertunity to do a check up on a persons skills, should never be a reason to just throw them into a flock. Even in a chasing slot, they can do a lot of damage if they are not skilled, and (most important) not briefed on every aspect of their exit, approach and flying 'what if's in case the go low or get in front of the group. In general I prefer to have people with less experience (who worked their way up to said dive number progressivly over smaller flocks first) close to the base in exit, so they dont have to do a long/agressive dive. And than have them on a slot in the back of the group position wise. And important part of the briefing I always add is, that the approach is what they are practicing. And not actually trying to fly a slot or 'get there' Installing the idea that the path to getting to a slot is what they are training on a jump, and doing that part fully in control and learning there is the goal, takes away the mindset that they need to be quick, and dive like a bat out of hell to get to 'their slot'. Regardless of it being in the middle or back of a group. But taking a hint from freefly and FS. How many 10, 15, 20 way groups do you see going up doing a slotted formation, where they just tell a beginner with 15, 20, 50 jumps in the discipline to 'just follow us out'. Perhaps worth applying that same mindset to 'our discipline' and than (if you truly care about someone and their flying) take the time to get out of a group and work on skills with them in smaller 2 to 4 ways. Instead of acting like having them tag allong a big group is the only option. In FS, even with the added tunnel and freefly coaching, its rare to see someone in organized 15 to 20 ways at sub 50 jumps in their discipline. Just because people are impatient to, doesnt mean they should be in big groups. A focus on 2 way, some light acro, docks etc and coupling people and just giving them assignments per jump, and tell them to come to you to debrief after (I usually do that) while you do big groups, is probably the best thing to do. And (like someone said at some point) if you dont feel safe having a beginner take out a solo or 2 way before or after a group, they probably shouldnt be in the plane at all. As thats pure wingsuit basics. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Cool video. Try exporting it in a 16:9 resolution, so you dont get the black edges all around. Vimeo should allow for replacing. Makes it able for me to enjoy it in all its fullscreen awesomeness! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The PF Havok (the slightly smaller acrobatic brother of the Ghost3) is one minor step smaller than the Ghost3, and I can push out 3 minutes on that one from 12.000 without a problem. So on the ghost3, with its additional wingspan, shouldnt be of any problem (with some practice) to get those times. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Can only speak for the Ghost3, but in terms of backflying capability, power in the suit its one of the coolest big suits around. The Russian team scoring 2nd place in Hungary at the International Artistic Wingsuit Competition, flew Ghost3's for acro in the full comp, and did some pretty sick stuff with the suit. And in terms of lift, the suit has nice big armwings, resulting in the slightly flatter angle of attack that the bigger folks among us will like, with enough legwing to drive you forward with loads of speed. Here is a picture of 'Bionic' Rob flying his Ghost3 for the first time yesterday. The smile says it all. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Great to hear...spread the good word JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Forgot to mention Purple mike...of course he's in it! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Id been planning to do this several year in a row, but never got around to do it. But this time I finaly went ahead and collected a load of footage shot during the whole year and made a 'this was 2012' edit with a selection of shots from all the great jumps I got to make. Hope you guys and girls like it! https://vimeo.com/55014448 JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

That would actually make it even more important to deal with. On a group jump an off-heading opening or linetwist can send you flying into another person and potentialy hurt or kill someone. It may seem like a heavy way of putting it, but first deal with the skills needed to fly in groups and don't base it on luck and 'Ill do it at some point'. Make the next wingsuit jump you make one where you deal with this. Basic safety is more important than fun or gps gizmos. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Outside of the FlySight housing. I often see people complain about their openings, yet only spend the last 5 seconds of their jump working on it. It only takes one or two jumps of doing long (10 second) practice pulls, all the way down from exit to deployment, to work out the issues. Make sure you're not de-arching at the hips (a very common problem) and are pulling symetricly (not pushing one shoulder into your harness due to reaching your PC). Dont wait for issues like that to sort itself out over time, but just spend a day doing some solo's working it out before it bites you. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Feet position doesnt matter much. Can be on the wing, on the legs, laying flat, around the legs. As long as the weight is distributed nicely and not to far forward (which makes it fly very steep) unless thats what you want of course. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I also heard there will be two amazing cameramen at PR JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Since I shifted to doing this exit about 3 years ago after a tip from a Ukranian friend (Thanks Gregory!), we've had a close to 100% succes rate in exits. Even with sometimes 500 to 1000 ft of tumbling, the two stick together like glue and come out nice and stable. Only when the pilot lets go of the rider, it usually goes to shit. As it opens up, and develops into two bodies spinning around eachother in a wrestling match from hell Of course your passengers can still fall of later, but you can still have fun with that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRnZbtiVvuU JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

We always try and exit a rodeo like you would a tandem. 4 attachment points. Two top, two bottom. The rider holds the shoulders/rig on the top, and the pilot holds the legstraps, suit or leg grippers on the rider. If this exit comes of well, they will end up belly to earth, and the pilot opens arms, stretches legs, and flies. If it tumbles, due to them having top and bottom connections, the whole thing will not open up and start flailing through the sky. So you can easily tumble two or three times, right yourselfs with your legs and body (passenger just stays close, does nothing). Ive attached two images showing an unstable exit as well, and you see its no issue. Once stable, another advantage is that you can push the passenger down to where you want him/her to sit (haha...him...right!), so they are not to high on top, and in the right position in terms of weight distribution. A last thing is, make sure the key is up/down and hop out. And not a head/upper body shake left/right, as that usually leads to upper body leading out the door, and tumbling as a result. Though again, as long as the pair sticks together. No biggy. Check this video at 2:30 for a good view on the exit (of course easier out of a tailgate, but shows the hand positioning well). And another good view here JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

And to our handi-capable friend from Switzerland.. Orange colors = Sunset Airplane door on right= Pac 750XL Handles reversed= You need glasses JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Im flying the Shadow on both these jumps... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Working on a lot of full boogie/event/base videos at the same time at the moment, but here's a few short bits from the jumps I made in Oz last few weeks! Sunset Rodeo Carving - https://vimeo.com/53770347 Hybrid Rodeo - https://vimeo.com/53244622 More coming soon! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?