How This Girl Takes Indoor Skydiving to the Next Level | Obsessed | WIRED
Vložit
- čas přidán 1. 09. 2020
- Sydney Kennett is one of the world's best indoor skydivers. The 14-year-old champion moves with the grace of a ballerina inside wind tunnels that propel air in excess of 100 miles per hour. Sydney holds numerous top prizes at competitions around the world, and she's even a Guinness World Record holder.
Videographer: Michael Ross Cunningham, Revibe Creative: www.revibecreative.com
Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on CZcams? ►► wrd.cm/15fP7B7
Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc
Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: wrd.cm/DailyYT
Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. Here you can find your favorite WIRED shows and new episodes of our latest hit series Tradecraft.
ABOUT WIRED
WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.
How This Girl Takes Indoor Skydiving to the Next Level | Obsessed | WIRED - Zábava
She's going places, while not going anywhere.
Me too
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
She's going up in life, and also down
@Boy628 Cheeky fun insight love your quote 😳
She is quit literally, not going anywhere, if you know what I mean.
She's probably an Airbender
I thought Aang was the only one. Unless...
Maybe they all went into hiding as indoor skydiving
*skydivers
im finding people with good taste under this comment
XD
Imagine wearing a VR headset at the same time and free form flying thru any number of surreal worlds.
And put it all into zero-gravity plane upside-down).
Awesome idea
Its here, they have it. i havnt tried it yet
@@MSTRKRFTMSTRKRFT I heard it was just a 360 video recording of a real skydive. I was more thinking of something very surreal or game-like. Something you were able to feely move in the virtual world and it matched your movements in the air tunnel.
@@brettcameratraveler That would be cool, but very hard to make with our current technology. Because you would have to measure inputs, the closest thing we have to that is a multi-directional tredmil that isn't mass produced, and mapping your movements is hard enough on that. Though, a ready player one style thing would be cool.
What they didnt show here is just how insanely loud the tunnels are, especially when you’re inside them, it’s deafening!
ear plugs m8 :)
Definitely need earplugs!
This is very true! I did iFly in VA Beach and it was undeniably loud. The hardest 2 minutes of my life!
Use good ear plugs
Welp, I guess my k#bab stories don't make sense. Haha…MY PFP!!
I want to try!
70$ for 2 minutes...
Yeah i guess i'll stick to trampolines...
She must have rich parents to train this much
Mr. Brophy very
Go to Norway. $200 for 2 minutes 😂
@@erlingnesbakken9871 ouch, i guess everyone has different prices but yeah it's not cheap, probably if you do it regularly you can get a subscription or something for way cheaper cause you don't need an instructor
8SH0CK8 You can get a subscription here in Norway for a cheap $7000 a month 😂
I’m being serious here. It’s absolutely ridiculous 😂
The problem with getting it in the olympics is the cost of entry and the fact it only exists in rich western countries at the moment.
Make that ~5 countries.
there are tunnels in about 50 countries around the world.
@@kyleappelman9149 Hmmm... really? 🧐
@@christopherbedford9897 yes, you can look on indoorskydivingsource.com
www.indoorskydivingsource.com/
Everyone Gangsta until the Power goes out
It's netting at the bottom not hard flooring. You can clearly see it throughout the video..
@@ivorenesmith9003 Liar
@@mootoast8614 0:19
oOf!
there is a lot of energy stored in the system. (Velocity of the air and the turbine blades).
It takes a few seconds for the system to slow down.
The bottom net is made out of steel cable, it's relativly stiff but spring loaded.
It wouldn't be too bad i guess.
Wired : how this girl takes indoor skydiving to the next level
Me: proceeds to walk to floor 2
Ha ha
Wai-
Dont you dare-
* speaks into the megaphone*
"Do a flip"
ahAhaaha I’m comin too, watching this made me feel like absolute crap
Her parents must have money for this to be their daughter's hobby.
easy being a rich kid
Bro I went to Ifly once and it was like 90 bucks per person
Not necessarily. The tunnel in NC started a program for a membership program $500/month which gave you either the potential for 5 minutes a day or 30 minutes per week. So you share your time with someone else and it goes to potentially hours per week. Other places have adopted this. Also most if not all the kids in this sport have parents in the industry. So I’m guessing that her time is greatly reduced or free because of sponsorships.
Probably crazy to start up but I bet they let her use the facilities for free at this point for the marketing.
Alternate headline: RICH PERSON DOES THINGS YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO
It takes a lot to be an indoor skydiver, YEAH A LOT OF FK MONEY.
Yes Im sure lots of people can do it this one is a professional spender
@@buttercupslongnails spending money she didn't earn.
Isn't it like $75- $150 per session???? That's a ton if money over 10 years, 2x/week. But it is beautiful to watch
@@catherined6960 yeah kinda
Came here to say this. I could be #1, if someone else was paying.
Wired: "Shes one of the best indoor skydivers"
All 5 other professional indoor skydivers: *offended*
5 others, bruh it honestly is true though
she is actually 3rd best in the world....
This would be a cool competitive sport, but those infrastructure costs......
The massive amounts of energy required to run this thing seems really environmentally destructive to me
@@redwolf7929 I kinda wonder if they use solar energy or have some self-produced way of creating energy so the costs are lower... I don’t know. I think that would be cool. Solar power or something?
Just a thought, why don’t they add energy producing fans in the circulating fans
@@KOKOBC you probably should do some research into basic principles of physics
@@redwolf7929 bla bla bla. Then racing with cars and other competitions like that are also not soo eco friendly
I wonder how often people lose control and slam into the glass.
or the ground and the ceiling.
not often, because when ever there is a beginner, theres always an instructor to prevent any slams.
It usually happens after someone's first time. The instructor will let go. A lot of the time people do fall
It's not hard I've done it once at a party
@@zconsci I've done it and there's a springy bottom sort of like a trampoline but sturdier and fewer/thicker wires. It doesn't hurt to hit it. And for the ceiling, you can't hit it because of the way the air flow system works-after the glass ends it disperses more towards the sides so even if you go up super fast you will automatically lose lift after you pass that point. And to what zeu said, there was an instructor to guide the first flights. He let me go and I did occasionally bump the sides but there was no slamming because you use your arms and legs to push back. All in all, super fun experience-if you have the money!
Definitely could have a career in movie stunts since there are more science fiction / space movies coming out in the future. There will be a demand for stunt people who can perform in zero gravity situations.
True true, would be a sick fight though.
Well, not really zero G. You move up or down depending on your surface area exposed to the airflow. You can get zero G in an aircraft that goes up and down over and over, though. It doesn't last long per dive but you could edit the shots together later.
most of such zero g movie scenes are shot underwater, and it seems pretty legit.
It would be too loud, that fan is so loud they actually need to hand out earplugs. And she would always need a helmet which would be impractical. Also there is no filming allowed in the tunnels i think.
I've done indoor skydiving and it is such a cool experience! Insanely expensive. But by far the most amazing thing I've ever done, highly addictive, and I can't wait to do it again!!!
Me too! I just went for the first time over the weekend so now im obsessed!
I feel two ways about this.
Way 1: Well your parents are super-rich.
Way 2: I genuinely wish I was wealthy enough to afford things like this for my kids, so good for your parents.
It's not a problem that the parents are rich it's a problem that the kids get spoiled. But dont worry most times rich kids lose all the parents money cause they never learned the discipline and hardship that led to the money in the first place
There’s definitely an initial cost but if your kids show promise you should be able to get sponsorship
I spend 140 per week on this, ik ppl who spend $140 1-2 times every month. And if u plan to do outdoor skydiving, it helps a lot too. Its all bout the memories at the end of the day, dont got a lot of time here so y not do what u want to.
@@haydenbrophy9460 uhhh...no, its mostly only billionaire’s kids who r spoiled. U dont have to have millionare parents for this. I dont got rich parents, yet im still able to do this. And come on man, what do u what her to do, start learning how to keep a good credit score at the age of 14 years
You don’t have to be that rich. The cost for pro flyers is not that high, it usually about 800 usd for an hour without coaching. But you use it 15 minute chunks, so you can train 15 minutes per week and it will cost you 800 usd per month. Remember, she does it for 10 years now and at this point she probably doesn’t spend any money as she can be sponsored or coach herself.
That's hard. I'm still working on level 1 belly flying... Granted, I have a career and haven't lived near a tunnel until recently. The ~$20/min cost doesn't help either... I'm sure there are discounts for blocks of time and it's cheaper without a coach.
Still a lot cheaper than the usual $70/min skydiving price it was in 2000's, not sure how much it is now.
Philip M so her parents must be rich
@@lukes.1333 must be nice to have money you can do whatever with.
@Jack Dobbs yeah I'm just getting into sit flying
You’ll get there I was at belly a little more than a year ago, now I’m head down!
She is talented and confident. I love her movement, it is very aesthetic. I hope she continues to enhance her skills. I'm surprised that so many people, especially male adults are showing sheer jealousy against her in this comment line. Literally all comments are sarcastically talking about her wealth; not for fancy technologies nor amazing performance.
anyone can get as far as her with the right Amount on MONEY MONEY MONEY ! I once had a chance to drive a Racecar on a Track. As i did (illegal) Street Racing in my Younger days i had the Feeling. Nope - not Dragracing... STREE RACING in Europe looks different. Point a to Point B. Either through the City or curvy Countryside Roads. So nothing for Americans ;-)
Well, the Instructor was shocked of my Driving Skills and as he recognized my time i needed for aLap after a few training ones he blamed me to be a Pro pranking him.
Give me the right amount of Money ans time to practise and i could do the same as this Girl. Simple as that ! Nothing Special.
@@FRITZI999 I once had a chance to join a indoor bloudering training once and the coach me I was talented as that was the first time I ever went to one, however, I don't have chance to do that again because it is too expensive
I wonder how expensive it’s to built this thing and use it.
It is pretty darn expensive I recall when I was at an ifly for a team building event. I recall only getting like 30seconds in the tunnel...
@@spectrex709 Energy consumption must be high, but so is racing. Fuel is expensive and people still use it for sports.
😅
iflysales.com/products/
No price listed but they do sell the concept.
most tunnels run around $700-$800 an hour plus coach rate. first time flyer rates are usually around $35/min starting. 2 minutes for $70 is the base package at my tunnel.
I’ve been to iFly and it’s truly amazing. All your anxiety builds up waiting to get inside and once you start flying you feel like you’re in your own world
''I wanna talk to my friends, sometimes', most relatable thing of the whole video
I did this in my dreams once, but even in my dreams I pulled a couple muscles.
for now it's yet another "rich people only" sport
You mean , jewish only.
@@mrvn000 no...?
Yes, it is definitely a rather expensive sport, but not utterly ridiculously expensive. I've spent 4.000$ in one year of indoor skydiving (about once a week), which is definitely not inexpensive, but doable if e.g. you don't have kids and Indoor Skydiving is a priority for you.
She might have sponsors now but yeah
No it’s not you don’t have to fly as much as her and that is disrespectful
many people talking about the price, im just happy some people get to try it, and maybe it'll get cheaper in the future, who knows
a full flight session is 1minute long
the offer is usually 2 sessions for $90, and the prices can vary on where you go
I would compare this to horseback riding-as an example of "you can't do it everywhere, and it's expensive to do" but you either can afford to go do it frequently or just have a stable
More like motorsports. Riding is expensive, but not 50$/minute-expensive.
When you compare it to outdoor skydiving, $90 for 2 minutes is cheap.
@@amperoni unless you just get lucky with deals. I spent $50 usd for my jump.
@@edjecollins4141 was that the one where you had to make your own parachute?
@@Krekkertje haha. No. It was a deal through the BOSS program. A certain number of people had to sign up, boss covered half of the group cost. Which meant our individual cost was 50 each.
I love how they are just wearing vans and converse
yeah where are the “Airwalks”? 🤣
@@scurus11scurus I hate you for making this comment lol
I loved the grace and beauty and lightness of the video. Go, Sydney. Fly, girl.
How this girl takes having tons of money and free time to the next level
@@lukes.1333 ok... but it's a job that required her to have a lot of money and free time to get into in the first place. 😐 his comment is still valid. Still I think it's a pretty cool art form. I'm rooting for her.
When it comes to free time it's not anything special compeared to other hobbies?
Haters gonna hate.
IMO one of the obstacles of this being an olympic sport is the fact that the machines are rare and expensive.
I hope the best for her and the sport gains world attention for the olympics. She really shows she enjoys doing this.
Next ep : the world's best dreamer........ He has been dreaming 3 years in a row,... A true master of his craft
Plot twist: it’s Leonardo DiCaprio
sign me up
I could try. It's something I always train when I have no money to go anywhere. I can go anywhere in my dream. :D
What a great time to be alive... especially to be young enough to fly like this.... keep going
Her little helmet wings are so cute! Man, I am sure she will have a great career. At least I hope so, if they turn this into an official sport. :)
Okay, I suppose this is a proof of what money does. True demonstration of wealthy
So happy so much of our footage made it into the video!
Started flying at the age of 4. And a Guinness Record holder at 14.
She is amazing!!!🥇
I can certainly see this becoming an Olympic Global Sport.
Let's make it happen!👍
Thank you! I tried flying at 4 1 time and then started in flight school at age 8. Pretty cool, just like going to gymnastics or dance class each week. Who wouldn't want to fly!
Not really. As cool as it is, it's way too expensive to practice.
In the last 2 days I did 13 minutes in the tunnel. I can kinda be stable, do turns, forward/backwards and up/down. What she is doing is unbelievable!
Go for the gold! But I will highly recommend real skydiving as a person who's done it. The ride down under a chute is a fantastic view.
Good for you. Nice to see that joy on a young persons face.
Perfect for quarantine. She’s probably having a bunch of fun practicing right now.
That's pretty dope
This is one of the coolest things I've seen.
Impresionante, adrenalina y hermoso al mismo tiempo ! Felicitaciones !!!!
This must be awesome to do! Respect! A real sky-Angel!
I’d love to do indoor skydiving!!! I’m too scared to jump out of a plane so this would be perfect for me!!
If you want to skydive I would highly recommend doing it. I just went 3 days ago for my first time, it was awesome and I'm terrified of heights. Once your at the door it's really not scary.
@Captain MufDyven you’d be very wrong and surprised. They have to get these tunnels to pretty high speeds for head down freefliers. Kind of like that Darth Vader quote, “the weight of an individual is insignificant next to the power of aerodynamics”
It’s amazing do it!
I realize this comment is a year old but... you should give real skydiving a shot! There are skydiving centers all over that offer tandem jumps for around $200-$250, and it's well worth it to try at least once. You'll be harnessed to an experienced skydiving instructor who will do pretty much everything, so you can just enjoy the thrill of your life on the way down!
So happy for her! I’m looking to get into this as well!
Being an old combat pilot, I revere what Sydney is doing.....
She’s such a young badass! Shoutouts to her and her family
Pretty amazing stuff for sure,good on her 👍
Imagine make a large field like this and making quidditch a real thing alongside flying football and racing. But mainly quidditch.
Keep up what you love and never let go.
Go Sydney go!
This looks pretty awesome. Now I have to try something like this.
Looks like so much fun. She makes it look easy. Maybe one day hopefully I can try it.
Go Get It! ... This life is short! Get on it!
This is a sport way too expensive for third world countries
It's expensive for everyone, only the 1% are using these.
yeah third world countries are poor duh
You’ll be surprised but there are very good wind tunnels in Russia which cost 3 times cheaper than in Europe/Us. I see a lot of Americans and European train in Saint Petersburg in and Moscow tunnels when I go there.
Una genia, no sabía que existía este deporte
watch me start pulling out the sailor moon transformation sequence
AWESOME! :D
And I can perform some awesome Dragon Ball Z movements as well.
The cost of flying in a wind tunnel is so expensive, forget the Olympics. Judging by the mere cost of training and competing, expect this to go of the way that Formula-1 did.
Personally I would prefer Wired to highlight the diverse competitors in sports.
Seriously
+
Exactly, I don't think sports that cost loads of money to train for should be in the Olympics, she must be spending a fortune on practicing. I think Olympic sports should be avaliable to everyone
@@joecramp2987 Oh, like Ski Jumping?
@@A.F.Whitepigeon But i feel like being able to ski ends up cheaper than skydiving indoors
5:21 Same with ballet. Most people, if they haven't tried it themselves, just think it's a simple frilly artform.
I've been wanting to try this for a while! It looks like such a rush and seems to be less dangerous than actually skydiving
Give a man, a lot of money, and he can become whatever he like.
@@lukes.1333 because those rich people dont dedicate they're whole lives to it
The whole time i watched this, i thought: "money money money, must be funny, in a rich mans world"
Than i felt bad for that and take a look in the comments... yeah ok, everybody seems to think that.
I'm not sure why there is any harsh judgement for or against what she is doing. I don't personally know her or the income level of her parents. She had an opportunity to pursue a very uncommon discipline and she has excelled at it. By looking at her body, flexibility, and grace it is clear that she has worked hard to be able to compete at the highest levels. We should always encourage people to pursue their dreams.
A graceful sky ballerina!💕
I really hope that this becomes an Olympic sport, that would be awesome.
So basically she is the most talented super rich girl in the sport of super riches
Go-Karting is much more $$$
COOL! I had no idea it was an actual sport! That's amazing! Well, any real athlete (especially professionals) will stay in shape the best they can, it could only help them in their sport. I guess contortion, acrobatics and gymnastics should easily make sense with this. AWESOME! Syd's really cool! :)
Good for her!!
Wow! Must be so fun at this level
Thank you. It is amazing!
This needs to go to the Olympics!!. I would so watch it!!.
Hey I do that too!
Sucks to be poor... If only my parents privileged me into experiencing a wind tunnel at the age of 4. I can barely afford to have internet.
Oof dude, hope you make a career and get a bag dude
Quit bitching and change it.
@@cbreezy jesus christ
Related, high or even mid class people don’t understand, i respect you for being a fellow low income citizen.
@@karelpgbr yo I respect your comment. You wish the best for others and in turn I wish the best for you. ✌
She's soocool, she is going new places and not eing scare to transform and inovate what she wants and loves( if you ask me, thats amazing) even iff you don't ask lol
I was at iFLY Denver one day. Getting some air time and I got the privilege of being in the group she flew in. She differently ROCK'S!
reminds me of Altered Carbon netflix's serie
Nederlands of niet, if not, bruh
Ya the zero-gravity fighting ring. I forgot what they called it in season 1, Season 2 was shite
I would love to try. She's next level, but I would just like to enjoy the experience.
Do it it’s amazing!
You should try, it is amazing!
I hope Sydney does try sky diving! I have a fear of heights, too. I started sky diving as a teen ager. I have jumped over 50 times. I still do it occasionally. Sky diving is a very surreal feeling. Not connected to the sky, not connected to the ground. Very freeing feeling. Love it!
👍👏👏wonderful hope learning more for this sport you’re amazing
I watched this while struggling to fit into pants.
Thanks Life!
Why would you be bothered about that? She's fourteen and has not had the chance to get frumpy. She keeps in shape constantly. What do you do for workouts?
@@jamescurfman3284 Dude, you read way too deep into this person's comment. And then asking them what they do for their workout? I see you, you're one of those sneaky little buggers that hides in dark corners or like a bed bug. Yeah. I see you.
@@Erocks301 No, you don't see me. You definitely have it wrong.
@@jamescurfman3284 he definitely has it right
@@lightswitch2622 No, he does not. And neither do you. Quit trying to put blame for what you have done on me. Sneaky little buggers, both of you. Shame. SHAME ON YOU BOTH! Don't you DARE put it on me. That has NEVER been how I roll.
I think I've seen her before my dad me took to that i fly before I left the state and there was a girl doin tricks in the tunnel
Beautiful.
Indoor skydiving is what I think a form of skydiving(which it certainly is-) for people who get nauseous easily, scared of heights, or faint easily. Both certainly look fun but I believe that indoor skydiving is more where you don’t have to worry about parachutes, and doing flips but the actual skydiving is where you can fly through the sky or clouds, in all I think both are pretty fun.
This girl deffo inspired animations in the new Spidey game
Go Sydney! You go girl! That's so great that you are blazing the trail to a new sport that might be in the Olympics some day! You are a founder, girl! You know that? A founder! Not many people get to live their lives and be called a founder. You go girl! So proud of you!
Thanks for the kind words! Love this sport so much!
Love the fluttery ears. Cute.
It's a start to *flying competitions*. Build it as an horizontal tunnel and you got something magical.
Kinda plus/minus about whether this should be considered a sport.
I want to see her go undercover at an indoor skydiving place and pretend to be doing it for the first time.
Nature thanks you for this awesome, energy friendly, sport.
That looks strangely relaxing.
Guys can we stop dissing the fact that she’s rich an applaud her for the effort she’s put in to be a champion at the sport?
yeah, too many stupid, weak minded snowflakes. Amazing skills is good to see, rich or poor.
Some pretty incredible stuff, good for her. While I was watching I was wondering if someone who was paraplegic could do this, and even rig something to bend their legs with an arm controller. Seems like it would be a pretty cool experience.
Yes! The tunnels all host regular all abilities nights. It is an amazing thing to see someone in a wheelchair get in the tunnel and fly!
This looks real fun. Gotta try it
Harder then it looks for sure!! I tried it a few times was super fun tho!!
If I was in that thing, I would pretend I was in a dragon ball Z episode and fight my friends
Yeah, but first you have to have ten years of experience.
@@karelpgbr she has only been flying for four years not ten.
She: Hoping it becomes an Olympic's sport.
Me: thinking how most countries don't have this kind of technology and if they get it's super expensive most people won't take it as a full time sport.
I agree. Should be an Olympic event
Remembered they have one of this in Action Park, NJ.
She’s an EVA pilot
Wait, enlighten me please?
Imagine if somebody accidentally turned off the air.
it spins down slowly, its a non issue
Wow! That looks like a lot of fun!
So incredible!