The UK Growers Thread!
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The Yorkshireman
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Lol, sods law Don.
Don Gin and Ton
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I'm renaming it Don's law haha nothings taking the sheen off my day I'm refusing to let it. Saw a lass speak yesterday who survived the 7/7 bus bomb. If she can turn out every day with a smile. I'm too pessimistic a lot of the time. I'm taking life by the balls for the rest of it.
The Yorkshireman
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Aye I saw the post in your thread, inspirational.
I've decide that now I'm finally getting my body back into shape after my car crash I'm going to full fill a life long dream and fly wingsuits, back then I came to terms with my own mortality quite sharpish (it tends to do that to you) and since then I've been having extensive physiotherapy work done and I've been using wind tunnel time (on and off) to help with the physio and to train for my skydiving license.
I've had a recurring dream since early childhood that I could fly but could never get more than about 2 feet off the ground, back when I had my accident (about 10 years ago) professional/quality wingsuits had only just become available and I haven't been in a position to pursue it until now really.
I intend to pass my AFF course this year and then next year I'll start block jumping to reach the 200 jumps needed (I'll probably fuck off to Poland for a month or two in summer and cram em all in) before I can fly a wingsuit in the sky, then we'll see about the 200 BASE jumps needed to BASE jump wingsuits.
The missus has been in a tunnel with me one time but wasn't impressed when I finally let her into my head, told her about the dream and that I want to fly wingsuits, she's well aware of the dangers but she also knows what kind of person I am.
I also want to be the first to BASE jump the spire on the new suspension bridge in Wroclaw Poland. It's about 2 miles from the stadium they built for the European Cup, about 10 miles from her parents house and I've been studying it since they started building it.
It's the tallest bridge of it's kind in Europe but me jumping it is a couple or 3 years away yet!
My motivation is this guy, Jokke Sommer.....
[video=youtube;GASFa7rkLtM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GASFa7rkLtM[/video]
......and DST if you're reading I could do with some of those cool 'Breeders' Boutique' stickers for my helmet when I start filming my wind tunnel time again!
I've decide that now I'm finally getting my body back into shape after my car crash I'm going to full fill a life long dream and fly wingsuits, back then I came to terms with my own mortality quite sharpish (it tends to do that to you) and since then I've been having extensive physiotherapy work done and I've been using wind tunnel time (on and off) to help with the physio and to train for my skydiving license.
I've had a recurring dream since early childhood that I could fly but could never get more than about 2 feet off the ground, back when I had my accident (about 10 years ago) professional/quality wingsuits had only just become available and I haven't been in a position to pursue it until now really.
I intend to pass my AFF course this year and then next year I'll start block jumping to reach the 200 jumps needed (I'll probably fuck off to Poland for a month or two in summer and cram em all in) before I can fly a wingsuit in the sky, then we'll see about the 200 BASE jumps needed to BASE jump wingsuits.
The missus has been in a tunnel with me one time but wasn't impressed when I finally let her into my head, told her about the dream and that I want to fly wingsuits, she's well aware of the dangers but she also knows what kind of person I am.
I also want to be the first to BASE jump the spire on the new suspension bridge in Wroclaw Poland. It's about 2 miles from the stadium they built for the European Cup, about 10 miles from her parents house and I've been studying it since they started building it.
It's the tallest bridge of it's kind in Europe but me jumping it is a couple or 3 years away yet!
My motivation is this guy, Jokke Sommer.....
[video=youtube;GASFa7rkLtM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GASFa7rkLtM[/video]
......and DST if you're reading I could do with some of those cool 'Breeders' Boutique' stickers for my helmet when I start filming my wind tunnel time again!
Garybhoy11
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The annual 420 meeting is in Kelvingrove park, Glasgow tomorrow, and is on all day regardless of weather, everyone is welcome, bring ur own stash lol, we are all meeting up as usual to discuss the current situation in the uk regarding cannabis laws, hope to see some of u there.http://ukcsc-scotland.org/
Don Gin and Ton
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fuck me stones of steel. only way i'd be jumping off anything flying or stationary that tall would be if it's on fire! those squirrel suit vids look mental, i've seen a couple where the guys are going through a gorge and literally fingertipping the bushes n stuff on the way through. don;t get locked up for base jumping man. actually it's one to tell the grand kids eh. fuck it. in for a penny in for a couple thousand feet! go for it man
The Yorkshireman
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Well if the spire went straight down with no taper then yes easily but the spire starts to flare out after 46m adding a degree of difficulty to the jump.
If I exit from point A then I have about 35m or so (once I've caught air with the first 6-10m) with which to 'track' away from the spire before it tapers out at point B.
'Tracking' is a technique used to help the jumper glide away from an exit point or to break away from formation and find a suitable spot in the sky to pull a shoot.
To 'track' you would make your body as flat as possible in order to catch air and enter a controlled glide as you fall, using your hands/ shoulders and feet to steer. Much the same technique that ski jumpers use to jump further once they have left the ramp.
In skydiving/BASE jumping there are special suits based on 'Ram Air' (just like how wingsuits work) technology that help with tracking.
[video=youtube;vvpDuUJ8giA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvpDuUJ8giA&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
I'm confident I can do it, if not I'm dead.
Don Gin and Ton
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do or die yorkie. no half measures. it's my new ethos.
those wind tunnels look muchos fun. might stick that on the list.
those wind tunnels look muchos fun. might stick that on the list.
bazoomer
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wow Yorkie, just watched that vid, u must have some testicles to do that ! , by the way i used to have dreams etc as a child that i could fly ! & im sure i floated down the stairs once when i was about 6 ! , lol, im not even lying !Aye I saw the post in your thread, inspirational.
I've decide that now I'm finally getting my body back into shape after my car crash I'm going to full fill a life long dream and fly wingsuits, back then I came to terms with my own mortality quite sharpish (it tends to do that to you) and since then I've been having extensive physiotherapy work done and I've been using wind tunnel time (on and off) to help with the physio and to train for my skydiving license.
I've had a recurring dream since early childhood that I could fly but could never get more than about 2 feet off the ground, back when I had my accident (about 10 years ago) professional/quality wingsuits had only just become available and I haven't been in a position to pursue it until now really.
I intend to pass my AFF course this year and then next year I'll start block jumping to reach the 200 jumps needed (I'll probably fuck off to Poland for a month or two in summer and cram em all in) before I can fly a wingsuit in the sky, then we'll see about the 200 BASE jumps needed to BASE jump wingsuits.
The missus has been in a tunnel with me one time but wasn't impressed when I finally let her into my head, told her about the dream and that I want to fly wingsuits, she's well aware of the dangers but she also knows what kind of person I am.
I also want to be the first to BASE jump the spire on the new suspension bridge in Wroclaw Poland. It's about 2 miles from the stadium they built for the European Cup, about 10 miles from her parents house and I've been studying it since they started building it.
It's the tallest bridge of it's kind in Europe but me jumping it is a couple or 3 years away yet!
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My motivation is this guy, Jokke Sommer.....
[video=youtube;GASFa7rkLtM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GASFa7rkLtM[/video]
......and DST if you're reading I could do with some of those cool 'Breeders' Boutique' stickers for my helmet when I start filming my wind tunnel time again!
redeye jedi88
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you need 200 skydives in 18 months or 500 altogether before you can use a wingsuit, something i would love to do aswell but where i live is just too expensive will have to move to the mainland
The Yorkshireman
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The nearest one to you (and me) is 'Air Kix' in Manchester.
http://www.airkix.com/?gclid=CNKij8fb1rYCFe3MtAod5moACQ
[video=youtube;Iu3Tt1NO9lg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Iu3Tt1NO9lg[/video]
Prices start at £30 for 2 mins tunnel time with an instructor, 1 min is the free fall time you would get from a tandem skydive.
The cheapest reputable tandem skydive I've found is £180.
bazoomer
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...or during .
The Yorkshireman
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Lol, I'd take em with me! (not jumping of course)
This little man's 3, the woman with him is Roberta Mancino. World champ free flyer and Jeb Corliss's girlfriend so that helps!
[video=youtube;eI0pN9-ETBk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eI0pN9-ETBk[/video]
Don Gin and Ton
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shit that's pricey as fuck
they'd probably have to turn the fans up a bit for my fat arse too 
bet i'd look a belter in that lycra suit too hahahaaaa
The Yorkshireman
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As long as you weigh less than 17 stone your good to go!?shit that's pricey as fuck
tip top toker
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This is one of my fav wind tunnel vids.
[video=youtube_share;_XxyZ0oGJ8M]http://youtu.be/_XxyZ0oGJ8M[/video]
[video=youtube_share;_XxyZ0oGJ8M]http://youtu.be/_XxyZ0oGJ8M[/video]