One thing I often hear about wingsuiting is “how in the world can someone learn to do something that dangerous?” The answer is to start with skydiving 200 times, get the endorsement of a respected wingsuit mentor, then start wingsuiting on a student wingsuit from 13.5k feet. This means when you inevitably make a mistake (as seen here), you have some margin to figure it out and not die. Plus since you are now an experienced skydiver, you are not at all phased by jumping out of a plane, deploying a parachute, and then landing it. You just focus on the wingsuit. I also pull my parachute ridiculously early (6k feet above ground) just to be extra cautious. Subscribe to watch my wingsuit and canopy swooping progression and check my channel for full jump vids
@@mtnman1 Students who are learning rarely flare the wingsuit. We’re focused on safe exit, navigation, and deploying without going unstable. Flaring comes with time and practice. Also Student level wingsuits are not as fast/intense as the larger, more advanced ones you usually see on CZcams.
But I should have arched a little bit and looked up to the horizon, and bent my knees. This would have slowed me down at least a little. Not a full flare but that would have been better
@@johnnelson4043 great video though and thanks for the reply. Its good to see progress in others and to watch growth in the sport of skydiving. Wingsuit is definitely an avenue id like to get to in time, but certainly appreciate you for sharing your videos and learning.
Nope! To my knowledge a water landing without a parachute has never been performed successfully. Although a wingsuit pilot did manage to “land” into a giant “cushion” of cardboard boxes which is just as impressive if not more so imo
One thing I often hear about wingsuiting is “how in the world can someone learn to do something that dangerous?”
The answer is to start with skydiving 200 times, get the endorsement of a respected wingsuit mentor, then start wingsuiting on a student wingsuit from 13.5k feet. This means when you inevitably make a mistake (as seen here), you have some margin to figure it out and not die. Plus since you are now an experienced skydiver, you are not at all phased by jumping out of a plane, deploying a parachute, and then landing it. You just focus on the wingsuit. I also pull my parachute ridiculously early (6k feet above ground) just to be extra cautious.
Subscribe to watch my wingsuit and canopy swooping progression and check my channel for full jump vids
Receptionist: “Psycho’s-R-Us can I help you.??” 😳😳
The ladies who run the manifest office are very nice 😂
@@johnnelson4043 I’m sure they are bud, it’s just the thought of jumping in a wingsuit and rocketing towards earth 😅
Ouch!!
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Maybe he just needs to pull up and slow the f*** down before deployment 🤔
is there a technique or a proper position to have your head when you pull the canopy? that looks jarring to the neck.
Yes, he didn’t flare at all before deploying.
@@mtnman1
Students who are learning rarely flare the wingsuit. We’re focused on safe exit, navigation, and deploying without going unstable. Flaring comes with time and practice. Also Student level wingsuits are not as fast/intense as the larger, more advanced ones you usually see on CZcams.
But I should have arched a little bit and looked up to the horizon, and bent my knees. This would have slowed me down at least a little. Not a full flare but that would have been better
@@johnnelson4043 great video though and thanks for the reply. Its good to see progress in others and to watch growth in the sport of skydiving. Wingsuit is definitely an avenue id like to get to in time, but certainly appreciate you for sharing your videos and learning.
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Has anyone ever thought to wear water skis and land on water without using the parachute?
Nope! To my knowledge a water landing without a parachute has never been performed successfully. Although a wingsuit pilot did manage to “land” into a giant “cushion” of cardboard boxes which is just as impressive if not more so imo