OT: Bambam - This guy needs a lesson or two

FlyDunes · Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster

If he's still alive that is....

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Lol. Ça va? Ça va?

Youkai · Since 08 Feb 2010 553 Posts Beaverton Addicted

Holy heck. That looks painful.

Jackal · Since 17 Dec 2005 147 Posts WS Stoked

love the videographer's one liner every time- "Ca va?!" he must be made of rubber

pdxmonkeyboy · Thu Feb 17, 11 11:54 am

Fuck me, how is that guy still in one piece?

Is that Barnes? LMAO

Nak · Thu Feb 17, 11 1:00 pm

Back when I was a USAF Instructor Pilot we called these guys NCMFs... (No Concept Of Manned Flight)

mystery curd · Since 14 Jun 2010 98 Posts Floating

Should call that: speedcrashing. Although, I would love to try speedflying out sometime, with an emphasis on flying. That is the guy who gets shit outlawed, banned etc. I call them the 1%-ers. The other 99% of people out there would think, maybe I should be good at piloting my canopy and even take a lesson or two before I ...

backtoCaLi · Since 15 Mar 2008 74 Posts Nor-Cal

haha I love that video.

someone needs to tell that guy- flaping his arms will not help him fly....or maybe he is trying to roll up the windows to keep the pine needles & pow out.

DesertWinds · Since 01 May 2009 80 Posts

guy is lucky to still be around and still flying the same canopy he surely has crashed hard many more times than caught on cam.

translation of what he saying?

bambam · Since 15 Mar 2005 760 Posts Hood River Photographer

Flydunes,

That was pretty funny! Looks at the wing he is on. Looks like the very very early days as it looks more like a parachute/base wing.

Speaking of... watch for some serious fun this summer. I've ordered a new Cloudstreet tow rig, and am working on getting a base rig. Any tandem pilots out there wanna help out?

Bams

FlyDunes · Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster

krazedkiter · Since 08 Jun 2009 183 Posts Florida Stoked

Yah. Looks lke an old 7 cell canopy. He is choking and stalling the canopy by trying to get lift. If the canopy was the right size and it was a skydiving rig he would probably suceed. But with the little speed he has and that small canopy.....it aint happening.

That one stunt where he launches and gets some good air but then does a 360 and hits the ground hard is a very common skydiving injury. Usually resulting from a low hook turn to the ground and hitting it before your body gets back up under the canopy. I am surprised he walked away from that without a shattered hip.

ALot of his issue is no lift...too little speed....too little canopy.

pdxmonkeyboy · Fri Feb 18, 11 6:14 pm

I found out who that guy in the video actually is....

KITE ME!!!!