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Tom Pauncz wrote on 6/30/2006, 12:33 PM
Wow!

Tom
winrockpost wrote on 6/30/2006, 12:59 PM
Very cool, I notice the names I am familiar with seemed to have their feet on the ground, smart group those VASST dudes.
PeterWright wrote on 6/30/2006, 6:09 PM
In the CNN clip I thought I saw DSE in jump suit heading for the plane ...
Spot|DSE wrote on 6/30/2006, 7:47 PM
You did. I actually have a quiet life outside the music and video production world; I jump out of airplanes. ;-)
Peter, I'll be jumping in Melbourne this November, hoping to get some awesome footage. I'll also be in NSW doing the same. This is my "international year" for flying, I'm shooting in Sweden, maybe England, Singapore, Malaysia, potentially Thailand, and of course, Oz.
farss wrote on 6/30/2006, 9:05 PM
OK, if you need a cameraperson in NSW I'm up for it, so long as my feet stay firmly on the ground or in the cockpit!

Bob.
Grazie wrote on 6/30/2006, 10:49 PM



Double-Post! Too excited! - G


Grazie wrote on 6/30/2006, 10:50 PM
Kool-dude! " . . maybe England" . . .WHEN!!!?

I'll come and shout at yah!

Grazie
Spot|DSE wrote on 6/30/2006, 11:34 PM
Looking at mid October, Grazie, as part of a VASST in Sweden. Hoping to work it out, cuz I love the outskirts of London, and love Herefordshire even more.
winrockpost wrote on 7/2/2006, 12:08 PM
Sorry DSE, didn't know you were a jumper, I can't imagine shooting anything while falling to earth ,I would be screaming too much. Hell I darn near had a heart attack para-sailing ,kept the cam rollin though and got some truley unuseable footage.
Lili wrote on 7/4/2006, 7:58 AM
DSE - verrry interesting, - tell us, what DON' T you do!!

I used to jump but stopped when numerous injuries got me thinking that since I valued staying in one piece more, perhaps I was pursuing the wrong sport, .. broke my leg on the first jump too!.

Loved filming skydivers from the ground/airplanes, but never experienced the excitment of filming in freefall. Hope we will get to see some of your footage taken from up high someday, as I'm sure it will be awesome!
Spot|DSE wrote on 7/4/2006, 10:05 AM
I'm obviously not the one wearing the cam, but here is a finger flight dive, where I'm flying (or trying to fly) on fingers-only.
I'll post some of my own work later today. The article shows what we're using for the camera work. One thing that's a lot of fun, that anyone can do, is fly under a tandem with a video camera, and while you can't film in freefall, you can shoot once under canopy. A lot of people do that, or they take stills from under canopy. You don't need a license or experience.
Sorry to hear you broke a leg, that's never fun. Blue skies!
Lili wrote on 7/4/2006, 1:48 PM
It's a bird.....it's a plane.....it's superSpot!!! Loved the clip - thanks so much for sharing it.

Re: my broken leg, I was probably one of the the few people to show up at the hospital with a huge grin on my face - and that was BEFORE the painkillers:-)