burritobandit
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Insane Paragliding Video
Just thought you peeps might get a kick out of this vid:
http://www.vimeo.com/2377628
These guys have some serious skill and cojones to be pulling stunts like that :shocked2:
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flexiblade
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Intense video - that is crazy what these guys are doing with para-gliders - I am in awe.
we all believe is called the expansion
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PHREERIDER
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love this flow, very serene
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full on every time, and for it ALL every time.
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DAKITEZ
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All I can say is WOW. Those guys are intense.
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BeamerBob
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Those full loops make our suicide gibes look like a piece of cake. Looks like they generate lift which slings them upward and then using that
momentum, they swing the glider directly underneath them. Doesn't seem possible. Did anyone notice the bridle cord sizes on the paragliders? They
looked like 1000 lb lines each. The thing that bothered me about the loops was what happens if a gust puts you onto the bottom face of the glider and
you can't get out plummeting to the earth. I hope they have a backup plan.
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Drewculous
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just plain freakin sick! that is the coolest thing ive seen, well, since i watched that buggy vid posted by ripsession... but w/e that is way cool!
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Kamikuza
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God, look at that countryside ... I'm moving to Austria :shocked2:
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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Hardrock
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Gesh, if there's a way to make a paraglider malfunction, I'm sure they'll find it.
That was awsome!!!!!!
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mougl
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:shocked2: Holy.....
but that looks :wee::wee::wee:
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arkay
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I soiled my pants just watching that. I can't believe the wing completely deformed and came back to life :eekdrull:
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