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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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Wingsuit Base Jumping was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Afros Afros  Chewbacca  Moustache Balaclava  Giant Nintendo Controller  Jesus Christ  The Krull Glaive  Little Superstar  Meat Suitcase  Sasquatch  Venus Fly Traps  Theo Jansen's Art  General Lee 01  Ghost Riding da Whip  Crop Circles  Mock Apple Pie  El Chupacabra  BigDog Robot  Roller Derby  Freerunning  Dwight K. Schrute  Mister Rogers doing The Wave  Miracle On Ice  Don King  President Obama  Velcro Shoes  Enclose by Bea Camacho  The Hamburger Bed The Hamburger Bed  Mr. Snuffleupagus  ANTS  Batmobile  Blue Whale  Bob Ross Bob Ross  Saber Toothed Deer  Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis  Shrunken Heads  Julie Moss at the 1982 Ironman  Leeroy Jenkins!  Flying Spaghetti Monster Flying Spaghetti Monster  Badass Mountain Men  Journey's Arnel Pineda  Toodle Shooting Grandma  Beer Maids  Rollerman  Paul Bunyan  The Brick Testament  Captain James T. Kirk  The Man with No Name  Banksy  Johnny Cash  Literal Video Versions  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka  Hunter S. Thompson  Mark Twain Wingsuit Base Jumping was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Robocop on a Unicorn Robocop on a Unicorn Badass Mountain Men Aurora Borealis  Major League Gaming  Hedgehogs  Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator  Library of Congress  MST3K  Extent of the Universe  Emperor Norton  Walking on the Moon Walking on the Moon
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   FREERUNNING
1st Place January 09 Freerunning (also called parkour) is a little bit like skateboarding meets gymnastics plus the Matrix. Anyone who can defy gravity, risk life and limb (for fun) and still look graceful gets my vote!
Nominated by Tiberius Rex
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Filename: freerunning.jpgSource: Tyson Cecka on flickr cc Url: http://flickr.com/photos/undaunted/488624324/
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This is really an amazing matchup. Jumping off a cliff with only a couple of small sheets of plastic to keep you off the wall, or jumping off a building with absolutely nothing but skills to save you. I think winsuit base jumping is more likely to get you killed, but Freerunning is a bit more of a lifetime skill that you could pull out of your bag of tricks anytime. A wingsuit guy on a date can say he does wingsuit base jumping, but a freerunner can jump off the balcony right in the middle of the date. Which inspires more awe?
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It's ON!
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My vote goes to Freerunning. Both are fairly awesome, but WBJ requires special equipment, training, etc - whereas Freerunning is accessible to anyone who wants to try it
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Agreed. It is possible to incorporate WBJing into FRing, but not necessarily in the other way around.
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Freerunning and Wingsuit Base Jumping should win everything ever.
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I had gotten so used to the original audio that this new stuff surprised me. Both tracks very mediocre by the way, and nowhere near marvelous.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FXWa9A4Ef8
Even Dwight K. Schrute approves of Parkour.
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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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It seems like this should be called Free Jumping. The running part strikes me as very incidental.
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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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