Wing Suit Flying in Norway: Video of the Week

by Jay Thompson on January 5, 2009 · 20 comments
Written by: Jay Thompson

in Video of the Week

OK, so this has absolutely nothing to do with real estate.

But it’s wicked cool.

I’ll freely admit that certain parts of my anatomy are not large enough to do what these guys do.

For those not aware, “terminal velocity” is the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity. For a skydiver, that’s about 124 MPH (200 KPH).

These guys are nuts.

Hat tip to Jeff Moriarty of Writing is Cake via Twitter (@jmoriarty).


 

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1 Dave@Lift Chairs January 5, 2009 at 10:41 am

Wow, that is crazy. It looks like fun, but I couldn’t bring myself to do something like that. With as close as they are flying to the cliff, it would only take the wind blowing in the wrong direction or a small branch to wreak havoc.

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2 Aaron@Learn Spanish Arizona January 5, 2009 at 10:59 am

This video has been making the rounds for about 6 months now. No matter how many times it has been reposted I can’t help but watch it 3 or 4 times. Amazing!

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3 Linsey January 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm

Skiing – love. This? Ummmm…. no thank you.

**Linsey´s last blog post..2008 Housing Review and 2009 Predictions

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4 Sam@Austin homes January 5, 2009 at 12:23 pm

I logged close to 60 minutes of freefall time doing almost 60 skydiving days when in college. If this wing had been around back then, I would have been all over it. Now? I’m a bit too mortal!

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5 Dave Dugdale January 5, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Wow, that is just amazing! One little gust while buzzing the walls and it would be over.

I love Vimeo, I can waste 20 minutes a time on the HD channel.

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6 Irene Hammond January 5, 2009 at 3:14 pm

That was sooooo cool.

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7 waterproof basement mold January 5, 2009 at 8:40 pm

Very cool video and looks like great fun although I doubt I would have the guts to do that…

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8 Edmonton Real Estate January 5, 2009 at 8:56 pm

That is quite the amazing video, you’ve got to have some serious guts to do this.

Ryan Philipenko – Edmonton Real Estate Blog

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9 Leon Belenky-One Bal Harbour January 5, 2009 at 8:58 pm

Wow! I have to take my hat off to these guys; they are crazy, but that looks amazing!

**Leon Belenky-One Bal Harbour´s last blog post..The Bath Club – Miami Beach Luxury Living

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10 Cal Carter@Gulf Shores Condos January 6, 2009 at 7:14 pm

I think you got the “nuts” part right.

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11 Steve Belt January 7, 2009 at 10:31 am

Athol Kay brought those videos to my attention last year…they are indeed very incredible.

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12 Realty.com January 7, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Wow yeah, that’s insane. Checking out some more now!

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13 Heather Barr January 8, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Alright, I’ll be the first to call it – wingsuit jumping shows up in the next Bond movie. Hee.

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14 ceejay2005 July 15, 2009 at 1:45 am

I live in Glendale. When my relatives come to visit they don't want to leave. Yes, we have hot summers, but we don't have snow in the winter which is real nice. I hate the bad drivers out here. Other than that its an awesome place to live.

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15 Movie Reviews July 22, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Looks like a lot of fun. A bit nuts, but that's why I like it.

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16 Movie Reviews July 22, 2009 at 9:08 pm

Looks like a lot of fun. A bit nuts, but that's why I like it.

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17 stevea66 November 10, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Same here. I've probably seen this one, and a few like it, a dozen or so times in the past week or two. It's about as close as it comes to the flying dreams a lot of us had as kids. Must be amazing.

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