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Parraglider

Postby Slider » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:41 am

Uuuuummmmmm ja, what can i say. guts or GUTS??

http://www.break.com/index/insane-skydiving-stunt.html

Still dont like them....................
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Re: Parraglider

Postby gertcoetzee » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:15 am

No Slider, THIS is a parra-glider
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Stephan van Tonder » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:38 am

That guy is insane with a deathwish.
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Slider » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:59 am

gertcoetzee wrote:No Slider, THIS is a parra-glider
:lol: :lol: :lol: You cant blame me for calling him a "Parra" ##
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Tailspin » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:25 am

Two words

DUMB ASS.

This is asking for something to go wrong and when it does :-(-( :-(-(
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Grumpy » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:30 am

Tailspin wrote:
DUMB ASS.

This is asking for something to go wrong and when it does :-(-( :-(-(
And when he's killed,.......then 'SKYDIVING' is dangerous.
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Koevoet » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:54 pm

Slider wrote:Uuuuummmmmm ja, what can i say. guts or GUTS??

http://www.break.com/index/insane-skydiving-stunt.html

Still dont like them....................
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Re: Parraglider

Postby thermalator » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:05 pm

Tailspin wrote:Two words

DUMB ASS.

This is asking for something to go wrong and when it does :-(-( :-(-(
I'm Afraid I do not see the issue, in this case it is a professional doing a show where the spectators are on top of a hill - he has plenty height to throw his reserve should he fluff a planned & practiced move. No different from any airshow move. I will admit you see some dumb things on paragliders - this is not a bad one.

BTW Microlite related - have you guys seen this one in SA @ Aviators Paradise. Note this is worst case scenario the wing has spun instead of unstalling cleanly with lines twisted & the wing cravatted which he has to fix first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mavKB4lBsY
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Pat Two » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:59 pm

Wow...

I call that trusting your equipment & yourself completely.
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Tailspin » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:55 am

thermalator wrote:
Tailspin wrote:Two words

DUMB ASS.

This is asking for something to go wrong and when it does :-(-( :-(-(
I'm Afraid I do not see the issue, in this case it is a professional doing a show where the spectators are on top of a hill - he has plenty height to throw his reserve should he fluff a planned & practiced move. No different from any airshow move. I will admit you see some dumb things on paragliders - this is not a bad one.
Hi thermalator

Mabe it is because i do not fly Parragliders and do not know what the stats are. :oops: to me this look plain dangerous. What happens if his momentum is not enough to carry him over and he falls into the wing :?: Like a trike doing a whipstall.
If he is good at it then good luck to him. It just makes me cringe at the sight. ($$) ($$) ($$)

Eish and the other Clip. Again i go cold watching this. Maybe i have seen too many oopsies with people going to these extreams (**)
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Re: Parraglider

Postby thermalator » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:53 am

I don't do Aero's myself, although I need to scare myself for training soon under controlled conditions over water.

As long as you guys are aware there is no stereotypical paraglider pilot & Aerobatics is but one of 8 Disciplines (Mine is X-country racing) of which coastal dune gale hanging is probably the most accessible.
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Re: Parraglider

Postby Blue Angel » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:11 am

Eish!!
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