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07-30-2016, 11:54 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Hmmmmmmm
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That's amazing. It always amazes me how they can stay so close to each other in the air and it seems pretty easy.
For someone who has experience, is it easy? Or do you need to be really experienced?
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07-30-2016, 11:58 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Hoo boy, that's amazing. Totally crazy. I think I'd black out the second I jumped from the plane.
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07-30-2016, 11:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Damn.
That takes some Cajones
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07-31-2016, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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07-31-2016, 11:52 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Last edited by polak; 07-31-2016 at 11:56 AM.
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07-31-2016, 11:58 AM
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Norm!
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I'm kind of in wonderment that he didn't go through that net like cheese through a grater.
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07-31-2016, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Calgary
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Wow, that's amazing
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07-31-2016, 12:34 PM
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It takes some kind of talent to steer yourself into a net from that height. I have no idea how he did that.
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07-31-2016, 12:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
It takes some kind of talent to steer yourself into a net from that height. I have no idea how he did that.
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No doubt. That as my thought, that that seemed like a pretty small net for something like that.
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07-31-2016, 12:43 PM
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No doubt. That as my thought, that that seemed like a pretty small net for something like that.
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YOU can't see the net from the height he jumped from. There must have been some other means of directing himself toward it until it came into view.
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07-31-2016, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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That's amazing.
Don't know why anyone would want to do that, but that's still amazing.
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07-31-2016, 01:02 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
YOU can't see the net from the height he jumped from. There must have been some other means of directing himself toward it until it came into view.
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I'm assuming he had some sort of smoke signal or something from the net and he probably practiced the jump a million times before going for it.
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07-31-2016, 02:49 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I was reading about how he navigated.
He practiced quite a bit, and hooked up a GPS unit he wore to groundlights. So when he was not directly over the net, the lights would light up red.
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07-31-2016, 02:54 PM
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First Line Centre
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I'm kind of in wonderment that he didn't go through that net like cheese through a grater.
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In an article I read, a test dummy did rip through a net during a trial. The skydiver's response was basically hey, that is why we do tests.
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07-31-2016, 03:32 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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It takes some kind of talent to steer yourself into a net from that height. I have no idea how he did that.
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When I go cliff diving on lakes I feel like I'm going to screw up and miss my target spot from 20 feet up.
Even if people are chilling in the water watching like 15 feet out from the cliff I feel like there's a chance I'll somehow hit them. 
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07-31-2016, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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i've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane... twice!
both times were tandem jumps from i think 10,000 feet - soooo much fun!!!!
what aikins did... ummmm - nope! not a chance!
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07-31-2016, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Um. Thanks but no thanks. I'm good.
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