Swooping The Pink Open 2011
Swooping, swooping and more swooping on Day 2 of the 2011 Pink Canopy Piloting Open (Czech and Austrian Nationals) at Skydive Pink Klatovy in the Czech Republic. Congrats to the top 3 competitors — Nick Batch, Jonathan Tagle and Wuzi Wagner — for making the podium. Thanks to Max Kossidowski for sharing this edit; nice... Watch Video »
Incredible Slopeflying by Jokke Sommer in Norway
What do you do when you’re bored with wingsuit proximity flying? Call it “slopeflying” and keep pushing the limits. This is incredible footage of Jokke Sommer slopeflying in Stryn, Norway. The trees better move out of his way soon; he gets closer on every new line he finds. Want more? Check out a few more... Watch Video »
Olav Freeflying Through 40-Way Sequential
This is a great clip from multiple angles of Olav Zipser freeflying through — and weaving in and out of — a 40-way sequential at DZ Aerograd Kolomna in Russia. Big thanks to Olav for sharing this video. In case you missed this funny clip a while back, check out Olav doing a Superman track. Watch Video »
World Atmonauti League Training For World Record
Point, pause. Point, pause. Marco Tiezzi and Gigliola Borgnis — the atmonauti masters — training for the World Atmonauti League 2011 event, where they recently set the new atmonauti relative work 2-way (ARW2) world record. Does the foot-to-the-face at 1:16 still count as a point? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: AFF Student Loses Both Instructor...
Poor Robi Lanana never did a tandem skydive, but Andre Stepsky got video of Robi’s first AFF jump (level 1) at Skydive DeLand, which didn’t exactly go according to plan. Both instructors lose their grip on exit, but luckily he remembered to arch like his life depended on it and the instructors eventually caught his... Watch Video »
Speedflyer Skims the Famous Fisher Towers in Moab
Fun footage from Marshall Miller of the GoPro Bomb Squad skimming the famous Fisher Towers while speedflying in Moab, UT. To quote Marshall, “this place is awesome!” I couldn’t agree more, buddy :) It should be illegal to have this much fun! Watch Video »
Awesome Aerobatic Wingsuit BASE Jumping
The Bad Boys team made a trip out to Norway to do some wingsuit BASE jumping — but not your typical wingsuit BASE jumping. Instead of the usual wingsuit flying or proximity flying, they pulled off some awesome aerobatic wingsuit flying. You should also check out the freefly-BASE by Soul Flyers, which is pretty badass... Watch Video »
Fun "Inverted" RW Skydiving
AJ and Boz do some “inverted” RW skydiving at Skydive Burnaby in Wainfleet, Ontario. All goes well, sort of… Boz ends up on his belly every time he tries to flip on his back — like a real badminton birdie. This looks like tons-o-fun! Now let’s see an inverted 8-way :) Watch Video »
Navy SEALs HALO Jump
Hooyah! This is a mashup from the movie “Navy Seals” (1990) with the song “Irreversible” by VHS or Beta during a HALO skydive from 30,000 feet. Even though the song has great build up, this scene has a bit of a cheese factor to it — minus the 4 minutes of freefall in movies like... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Crazy Canopy Wrap With Paraglider
Infinity tumbling on a paraglider can be a lot of fun. Especially when you first learn how… until you try one too many tumbles and become gift wrapped in your own canopy. David, you’re one lucky guy; that was quite the mess you were in! Good job on pulling your reserve with your arm caught... Watch Video »
Flyfactory's Freeflying Fun
Flavio Santoro of the Flyfactory team — a Brazilian vertical formation skydiving (VFS) team — put together a collection of his freeflying fun earlier this year at Skydive Boituva and Londrina in Brazil, and Skydive Arizona in Eloy. Watch Video »
Fast Speedriding in Switzerland
Yann Planes and Jokke Sommer do some fast speedriding in Wengen, Switzerland. Check out some more speedriding videos in the past… Watch Video »
Proximity Flying: 40 Seconds of Tickle
Badass wingsuit proximity flying by Matt Gerdes — author of The Great Book of BASE. This is a crazy line, and may be one of the longest “no pull zones” in BASE jumping I’ve seen yet. Here’s Matt’s BASE jumping version of “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Too!”: Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Trees, Over... Watch Video »
The Petra 69 Project: Fast As F**K!
I’m sure by now you’ve heard that Icarus Canopies‘ new high performance swooping canopy, the JPX Petra (aka “Playmate of The Year“), is here to stay. And you all remember Nick Batsch, the distance world record holder, swooping a moving truck. Well here’s a sneak preview of Nick’s early jumps on his JPX Petra 69;... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Sit Fly Premature Deployment
Ansar Mohammed got a nice surprise — a premature deployment — while sit flying with Whit Bakers, Andre Stepsky and Joe “The German” at Skydive Sebastian in Florida. He’s lucky he wasn’t head down when this happened, like this scary head down opening. Yet another reminder to check your pilot chute and closing loop before... Watch Video »
Incredible Tunnel Routine by Team4Speed
Team4Speed is a badass vertical formation skydiving (VFS) team from France. They visited the Paraclete XP SkyVenture wind tunnel in Raeford, NC and performed their incredible 4-way routine. This is some very impressive flying; it makes this kid’s belly flying in the tunnel look like child’s play. Watch Video »
Baby Does Belly Flying in Wind Tunnel
There’s a new skydiving kid on the block. This cute 3 year old tries belly flying for the first time in the wind tunnel at SkyVenture Colorado. Watch out Skywalkers, this kid is going to give you some stiff competition in the next 15 to 20 years. Watch Video »
PD Factory Team Swooping Waterfalls in Norway
Jonathn Tagle and Ian Bobo of the PD Factory Team were invited to Skydive Voss in Norway to do some incredible speedflying in the Gudvangen Valley — including swooping over cliffs and down wateralls. This is the stuff dreams are made of. Big thanks to JT for sharing this edit. Watch Video »
In Memory of Arne Aarset. Fly Free.
Midgetbase recently lost one of their brothers: Arne Aarset. He died doing what he loved most — wingsuit proximity flying — not to defy death, but to celebrate life on the edge (and what a view he had). R.I.P. Arne. You now have the best wings any soul can have. Fly free brother. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Bow-Tie Line Over Malfunction
If you’re going to have a malfunction and cutaway, the least you could ask for is a perfectly shaped bow-tie line over. But forget about this handsome looking mal; there were some pretty interesting emergency procedures going on here — watch his hands closely (WTF??). But at the end of the day he landed safely... Watch Video »