The dupe seems to have slightly clearer/smoother embed.

Vids like this and the eiger para skiing one, make me have too look for my jaw on the floor.

OMG I´d Kill to do it once...

Siftin' is about all the adrenaline I can take.

Wow, anyone I hear insulting the French, after I've seen this, is getting a good smack in the face!

are they really french? They sound like americans base jumping in france.

ah majortom was showing me this video earlier.

holy shit.

This video is recorded in the north-western part of Norway.

The french basejumper is Jean-Loic Albert, who is arguably the very best wingsuit pilot in the world. This video made when he and a group of american base jumpers visited the norwegian basejumping group VKB (Verdal'n Karsk & Base) to learn about proximity wingsuitflying. The guy in yellow, Espen, is a norwegian from VKB. In that last scene he's flying about a meter and an half over the ground.

lol for the whole video, until the last second, I thought "wtf no parachadute they didn't die?!?" then it opened and the clip ended.

btw *sports

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Thanks for that great info ambivalens! I've added it to the summary. I had guessed it was France from the Liveleak info before.

Wow. Just wow. But, it's not really as much 'flying' as it is 'gliding', right? I think I'd like to try this once, but I'd probably chicken out, for sure.

I forgot to explain how they can do it

The wingsuit is constructed by having panels underneath the arms and between the legs that fill up with air. When the wingsuit is inflated it performs not too differently from a wing. The pilot can manipulate how the "wing" flies by adjusting his bodyposition. Needless to mention, these guys have bodycontrol that just blows your mind.

You should also pay attention to when they do their exit from the cliff - apart from the summersaults for dramatic effect you can see that they go into pretty much a straight vertical dive. By doing this they build up an amazing amount of speed that they can use to fly flaster. They can use the extra surplus of kinetic energy to quickly adjust their trajectory if needed and thus fly over any obstacles. Greater speed = greater control.

You can find another VKB video right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6NFCIneTc
This video has been a huge hit in the skydiving/basejumping communities, but somehow it's not as popular with the general population.

I wonder how much time and money I would need to invest to be able to do that just once. Seriously considering it.

Go for it messenger! Just make sure you film it

Yup. You film it, I sift it!

mmhMmm... i think I'll wait until carbon nanotubes make wings and soaring eagle-like possible. That will be cool. No silly parasails, just you looking like something out of daVinci's notebook.

carbon nanotubes are nothing more than satan's candy you heathen!!!

Anybody know what the music track is on this video?

*nature

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Unbefuckinglievable!

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It's a shame this does not have a Top 15 medal.
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