The problem with thrill-seekers is that they never consider the possibility that something goes wrong and they end up WORSE than dead. I have a thrill seeker living down the street from me (dirt biking). Of course he's now a quadriplegic in a wheelchair (snapped his back in 3 places), and I asked him one day if he though it was all worth it. As I suspected, the answer was no.

It's one thing to be the guy in front, picking the line, but I reserve my respect for the cameraman. He has to trust the leader and get a good video at the same time.

I wonder what the sink rate is for these suits. Maybe with some serious design mods these guys could actually have some decent glide ratios.

WOW! I'm terrified of flying, flight, planes, etc, but that was insanely beautiful and bad-(another word for donkey). Some of those shots were incredible too, that is about as close to what we dream is 'flying' as I could imagine. They were less than arms length from those rocks! Wowser...

blink3times, we were all given our own lives to live and love. Sounds like they're loving life, and loving life without bringing any harm to others (in fact, they're bringing excitement) is a wonderful thing.

That has to be a fantastic rush.

The bad thing is that, eventually, the odds will catch up to one of them.

Blink's a daredevil, living in the northern climate and owning and supporting HD DVD---- ;-)

Blink, its sad about your neighbor. A young, about 21years, Intern was working at the hospital with my wife's "group". His family took him on a vacation to Mexico to celebrate his graduation from UM medical school and getting a position. He jumped head first into shadow waves at the beach, now he's like your neighbor. The last 3 years at the Christmas party, its a reminder, "A** happens", so, we try a little harder to demonstrate how to analyzes risk.

I love this video. I had it sent to me a while back and will watch it gladly over and over. The next big thing these guys are talking about is landing without the shoot. While it looks like they have some ability to control their decent, I'm guessing even in their hardest flare, they're still dropping pretty fast vertically.... maybe that's why they have not landed one yet? Maybe?

"Blink's a daredevil, living in the northern climate and owning and supporting HD DVD---- ;-) "
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Well to be honest, I was one of those thrill seekers i my younger days. I think back at some of the close scrapes I got into and I'm amazed I'm still here.

I look back on it and although I don't regret it, I do think of the joy that my wife, kids, and life in general gives to me now..... and I put that future at risk many times over.... pretty stupid.

I have a sled that does about 180Km/hr.... I can't bring myself to sell it... but then I haven't touched it in almost 5 years.... the thrill of it just doesn't compare to watching my little one smile.

I often think about that Rod Stewart song... If I new then what I know now (from Ohh La La)