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   WINGSUIT BASE JUMPING
1st Place February 09 Since the beginning of time man has dreamed of human flight. Over the years little steps and innovations were made. However, base jumping with inadequate fabrics usually resulted in death. By the early 20th century some successes were being made in the field of aviation. Skydiving allowed men to explore horizontal movement. A group of pioneers known as 'The Birdmen' explored the wingsuit, but the materials available were not as advanced as their passion. 72 of the 75 original Birdmen died testing their wingsuits. Advances in wingsuit construction allow today's adrenaline junkies to push the limit of human flight. This video is the OFFICIAL Matchstick Productions wingsuit flying segment from 2007's feature film "Seven Sunny Days." Starring Loic Jean-Albert, Andreas Barkhall, Espen Fadnes, Shane McConkey, JT Holmes, and others. Go to www.skimovie.com to buy the film or learn more!
Nominated by Flori
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Filename: wingsuit.jpgSource: screenshot from Matchstick Productions Wingsuit Base Jumping video
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Produced by:Matchstick Productions Posted by Youtube user: mspfilms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0tU3Hy7et8
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   ENCLOSE BY BEA CAMACHO
This is a piece of performance art entitled 'Enclose'. Artist Bea Camacho spends 11 hours non-stop crocheting herself into a cocoon. Why? to contemplate the ideas of isolation.
Nominated by Ivana B. Awesome
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Filename: enclose.jpgSource: Video Still from enclosed by Bea Camacho
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The more I watch the video for this, the more overcome I am by it's Awesomeness. I'm a pilot, and there really is no freedom like the freedom found in flight, but this is on a whole different level. I wanna do this! Bad!
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ivana loves nominating things that involve yarn.
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so true :-)
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how do you land?
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They are wearing small parachutes. A big part of the adrenalin rush is to pull the shoot later and later. There are some videos of guys pulling the chute open within 100 feet of the ground.
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