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I've been watching wingsuit videos non-stop for the past few days and that has to be one of the coolest. The cloud surfing footage is sweet There is no spoon.

I was looking at those two books as well as the book "Skyflying, Wingsuits in Motion". As far as the wind tunnel thing and the list of things to do, I was guessing and pulled it out of the research file in my a_s. The idea I had was that it would allow me to perfect very small direction changes. In a wind tunnel I thought it would be easier to gauge how far I was moving in any direction as opposed to in the sky where there are no fixed objects. However now after thinking about it, I think that the wingsuit may just fly me straight into the wall There is no spoon.

Thanks for all the responses and advice. I will deffinetely sign up for the USPA and call a DZ close to me and talk with them (2hrs away). I should note that I have done two tandem skydives (Davis, CA). I have zero fear of hights and in fact I find them to make me feel extremely relaxed. The first time I did a tandem jump was around 10years ago. All my friends chickend out, so I ended up going by myself. The instructor noticed I was yawning on the plane ride up and took my pulse and was surprised it was normal. The acceleration was the coolest part of the first tandem jump. I really liked it and I'm sure my pulse raised on the way down. Then I went back two years later with my new wife and did it again. I was totaly bored the second time. I'm sure if I was jumping solo I would enjoy it more. I recently saw a video on www.jet-man.com and pray that there is a version of that wing to buy 5 or 10 years down the road and I'd like to be ready. Then I saw this video of a wingsuit base jump and it is all I have thought about for the last few weeks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szK0yo2mrI The thought of actually flying has me hooked. I know it is dangerous but I think being able to fly like that is worth the risk. For over 15 years I have been involed with sportbikes and have seen alot of my friends die or get seriously injured, so I know what that is about. I even broad sidded a car myself at an impact speed of 50mph, 3 years ago and thought for a few seconds I was toast. Luckily I flew over the car and had minimal injuries due to the full saftey gear I was wearing. That was the closest thing I remember to flying for a hundred feet or so. There is no spoon.

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I am going to get into skydiving and have a ton of questions. First off my long term goals are to be proficient enough to do wingsuit base jumps. However I know it will take a while to get to that point. I plan on getting a clas A certification and then skydiving at least every other weekend for a year. Then buying a wingsuit and skydive with it for a year. Then take the wingsuit to a wind tunnel. Then finally find someone experienced to coach me in the wingsuit base jumps. Questions: 1.Are some chutes are made specifically for beginners? 2.Can I buy a chute that I can use from the beginning all the way to the base jump stage? 3.How do you really know what brands of chutes are the best? 4.I found zero books on skydiving or base jumping at my local Boarders and Barns and Nobel. Any recommendations? 5.Any recommendations on good beginner DVD's? 6.What skydiving mag should I suscribe to? Are there any base jumping magazines? I'm assuming there are a lot of adds for gear in them? 7. Any other advice? Thanks in advance. Zachri Catz - Reno, NV There is no spoon.