did you imagine this when you were a kid?
 

http://youtu.be/vNqx8XZIWnI

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i did

Even before I came down with puberty.

I didn't have that much control jumping off the garage roof.

check out how he splits 2 pillars at 3.25 into the video

awesome amazing

Why does the link...

YouTube - Wingsuit proximity flying in Switzerland and Norway

...have a period between the "u" and the "b" in "tube?"

Not the real YouTube? Virus installer? Just curious.

Same here. I was about 8. :D

It's their URL shortner address. Same as tinyurl.com or bit.ly

It's legit.

These guys must need a dump truck to haul their balls around in!

Yes, I would LOVE to experience that! I do wonder though, how they judge their rate of descent when they come gliding in over a tree-covered rock outcropping. Some scenes show them approaching the top edge of a cliff that is covered with trees, and it looks like they are so precise in their judgment of depth that they could reach out and touch the tree-tops!

Isn't gravity something like 9.8 meters per second? Clearly that suit reduces that substantially...by what, maybe 75%? But that has to vary greatly based upon other conditions present...wind, the design of the suit, etc... And I wonder what the forward acceleration is? The beginning of that clip when he flew by that bridge looked like he was doing 100 m.p.h. +.

They seem to be in complete control. I wonder how many people have been killed doing this?

Very interesting, nonetheless!

JA

There are other similar videos on YT showing where guys did get killed..one guy hit a bridge at 120mph and it tore his leg off....died instantly. I agree...takes major bolz....