Grinding the Crack

[Glass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k&feature=player_embedded

[iOWNme]

Very cool.

Anyone know where that is? The video on YT didnt say.

[Golden]

http://www.myspace.com/jebcorliss
http://laughingsquid.com/grinding-the-crack-an-exhilarating-wingsuit-flight-video-by-jeb-corliss/

[Dogman]

The crack flight was in Lauterbrunnen Switzerland ?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

[Celtic Rogue]

WOW thats all I have to say. I saw another vid some time ago they had these guys flying through a hole in a mountain... I think it was in china... Crazy sh1t! 8-)

[k-os]

About a minute into it, I realized I had both of my hands over my mouth with my eyes wide open . . . then I laughed. That looks exhilarating! He looks like a flying squirrel or a sugar glider. Wow.

[iOWNme]

Here is one that went BAD.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvjgvXcxMsU&feature=related

[Awoke]

The guy with the balloons at 1:44 is trying to get them both killed I guess....

[Awoke]

Sui, that is the kind of shit that will happen if you get into this stuff.

As amazing as it is (to fly), when things go wrong, there is no recovery.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

That really was insane....


That dood has a death wish... and eventually- he'll get his wish.

[Santa]

That really was insane....


That dood has a death wish... and eventually- he'll get his wish.

Right there on the thin edge for sure.

I've parachuted out of an air plane before, and I thought that was sick,
but this is a whole nother experience. That balloon shot from the ground was awesome.

[Awoke]

The most amazing thing about watching these guys in their flying suits is that while you are watching their helmet cameras, they seem to be moving so slow, but when you see them from the ground, they are just SCREAMING by at the speed of light!!

[mightymanx]

I am sure that he is a pretty laid back decaf kind of guy.

I mean hell if you do that for fun, it would be pretty hard to get excited over being stuck in traffic.

Here is the delux a powered version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgdIE2t8QkM

[iOWNme]

Sui, that is the kind of shit that will happen if you get into this stuff.

As amazing as it is (to fly), when things go wrong, there is no recovery.

I still say man was never meant to fly. Have you looked at a helicopter? WTF? :)

[Awoke]

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/stunts/Helicopter_Crash_4/

[gunDriller]

i don't think this is what the Wright Brothers had in mind.

[Son-of-Liberty]

Must feel like superman to fly like that.

[Joe King]

Must feel like superman to fly like that.

Yea, right up until this happens.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHfIlcOpPU&feature=player_embedded


Or this. Can you say, dizzy time?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9biGeoznEvU&feature=player_embedded

[Horn]

Dig the tune, by AWOLNATION.

Guess there's a weight restriction on those things?

[Golden]

Jeb Corliss base jumper crashes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e4EXbArJe8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e4EXbArJe8

[willie pete]

that has to be as close to flying lie a bird than anything else....wonder if the military has pondered it, maybe for a SEAL Team insertion?

[Glass]

Jump that went wrong
Avery Carpenter
THE internationally-renowned base jumper who crashed on Table Mountain, suffering severe leg injuries, could now face charges for attempting the illegal jump.
American Jeb Corliss, 35 – who is in intensive care in a city hospital – has gained an international reputation for completing more than 1 000 successful base jumps around the world.

Base jumpers freefall until, just before landing, they open their parachute.
Base is an acronym for the surfaces from which one can jump: building, antenna, span (bridge), and earth.

Corliss has jumped off far-flung locations such as the Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Falls in Venezuela, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and into a cave in Tianmen Mountain in China.

He has also been known to push both physical and legal boundaries – an attempted jump off the Empire State Building in New York resulted in his arrest after he failed to get the necessary permission.

But yesterday, when attempting the feat off Table Mountain, he clipped a rock, tumbling 60m into Contour Path.

Corliss had been jumping with fellow American adventurer, Joby Ogwyn – the youngest person to climb Mount Everest at the age of 24. The men had previously completed the Table Mountain jump last week for a television special on American network HBO.

Speaking from his hospital bed in ICU at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Corliss relayed a spirited message through the hospital’s marketing officer, Michelle Norris. “I feel better than I’ve ever felt,” he quipped.


Story @ Cape Times (http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/jump-that-went-wrong-1.1214384)

[Glass]

Billabong XXL Big Wave awards.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQ4asDar_s&feature=relmfu

I think this fits nicely. Grinding the waves. Not sure if they are the biggest ever but this is for 2012. includes the Cow Bombie. I think the Portugal wave is a screamer.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

The future is now. Ancient man, eat your heart out.

[Awoke]

Story @ Cape Times (http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/jump-that-went-wrong-1.1214384)



LOL, laying in a hospital in critical condition with a shattered leg, and he feels better than he's ever felt. Pfft.

[ShortJohnSilver]

LOL, laying in a hospital in critical condition with a shattered leg, and he feels better than he's ever felt. Pfft.

Because of the drugs he was on!

[Osiris]

Dig the tune, by AWOLNATION.

Me too! That video made me obsessed with that song for a while when I saw it for the first time... Didn't find any other songs of theirs that peaked my interest as much though. I want to live by that lake in the video, so beautiful!

[Glass]

Worlds Scariest Path?

El Camino del Rey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrN6PzhiyWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrN6PzhiyWo

[Glass]

With the Pikes Peak International event coming up soon in Colorado I thought this might whet the appetite.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J-K1B4sTX4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J-K1B4sTX4o

~3:30 here comes the sun.

[Twisted Titan]

Me too! That video made me obsessed with that song for a while when I saw it for the first time... Didn't find any other songs of theirs that peaked my interest as much though. I want to live by that lake in the video, so beautiful!

Dude that song is wicked.............

Check out this kid mixxing it up on the Saxx


http://youtu.be/kN0eZNTqTUk

[Glass]

Not sure if this is the exact same place but it's in that park of the world ball park kind of thing.


Olympic Bond parachutist Mark Sutton killed: reports
The stuntman who amazed the world when he parachuted into the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony dressed as James Bond has died while wing-diving in Switzerland, according to British press reports.


http://images.theage.com.au/2013/08/15/4663162/dh_bond-20130815114445985240-620x349.jpg
Mark Sutton, 41, died on Wednesday after crashing into a ridge near Martigny, close to the French border, during a three-day wing-diving event, according to The Sun and The Times newspapers.


The former army officer played the role of Daniel Craig's Bond in the most memorable sequence of the ceremony, accompanying another stuntman dressed as Queen Elizabeth II



Link to story (http://www.theage.com.au/world/olympic-bond-parachutist-mark-sutton-killed-reports-20130815-2ry56.html)

[gunDriller]

Not sure if this is the exact same place but it's in that park of the world ball park kind of thing.

Link to story (http://www.theage.com.au/world/olympic-bond-parachutist-mark-sutton-killed-reports-20130815-2ry56.html)

how about some 'after' pics ?

[Glass]

tossing up posting here or motorcycles. edgy enough for here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYNFhO6c8g

[Glass]

Grinding is about the buzz of doing something you love doing.

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=35745d25c9bc

can't embed these liveleaks sorry.
not chemtrails but I'm guessing this guy gets a buzz of doing this for a living.

was reading this morning someone died swooping during a chute jump. Warning, objects may be closer than they appear.

[Cebu_4_2]

^ that was cool, something I really never think about. My kid liked it too.

[Glass]

Water Skiing a Plane. This guy is from Alaska but now in Cali? Or Nevada not sure.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAEGPVcvhU

These are Back Country flyers. To get in to those tight spots they need STOL capable craft. Short Take Off and Landing, Some pretty impressive planes and pilots. I found watching some of the videos by other STOL pilots really interesting. I'm not sure if there are many doing that down here but it is certainly a skill and ability that would be worth having in the outback. Some pilots probably are, I've just not looked into it.

[Glass]

Russian Magadan Motorcycle Adventure.

Aussie goes riding in Russia. Finds the people nice and very helpful. How amazing is that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpFOaEK5FqE