One of my good mates who is a kite surfer got into this sport and has been in NZ doing this
here is a vid of what it is all about
At least when they do it on snow there usually aren't trees to hit.
I understand the rush, just don't think it's a calculated risk i could take... what with landing being the most dangerous part of flying, and they're just 3/5ths of a ****teenth away from 'landing'.
awesome footage about 45 - 50 sec in...... as he goes down that narrow gully.
Not the most forgiving of sports but looks bloody awesome
pretty advanced canopy control .......learn to paraglide first...and that old airsports maxim " don't F..k with the earth!!"
Most of these guys have extensive skydiving and base experience, especially in canopy control jumping highly loaded canopies.. Definitely not for the faint hearted but its an awesome experience..
Richo
Awesome stuff,
"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots"
DM
I'd love to give that a go.... I wonder whether jumping off the sand dunes at Stokton would rate as a "go".
My idea would be to smoke untill your lungs give way, drink untill yer liver fails.... then do that sport off the highest mountain..... then end it all in one big rush!
you can do something similar with kites .Its up there when extreme cheating of death is involved
I'm 54. I don't have a speed wing as such. It's more of a mini-paraglider. Ridge soaring in stronger winds is a hoot. You can pull some decent G's in a diving swoop.
Speed flying is all very well if you have humunguous mountains to leap off. Australians have to make do with large hills and sand dunes.