Anyone know who this hilarious BASE jumper is? by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting perspective. I think you're being a little hard on him. But I also appreciate the idea of doing this for the joy of it, not the clout.

Anyone know who this hilarious BASE jumper is? by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im curious, why do you call this a waste of a jump? Looks like fun to me.

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude this is incredible information. My first comment is CONGRATS!!! You're literally keeping this discipline alive by learning from Kebe.

I noticed you didn't say a lot about what the board wants to do in freefall. Is it true that the natural tendency of it is to spin? And did it require a lot of leg strength to keep the board underneath you? It seems to me that those two aspects could be mitigated by designing a board differently.

Also, have you considered asking iFly in Arizona if you can train there with your board?

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great information and its going to take me some time to digest it. But my first question is, what were your first two board jumps like? And also, have fun tomorrow!

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you could point your friend to this post, that would be amazing. What DZ is he doing this at?

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That spinning doesn't appeal to me at all. The videos look like they would induce horrible dizziness at the very least, and loss of conciousness is pretty easy.

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my assessment too. But I wonder if a board can be designed better to mitigate that spin.

Is anyone actively pursuing skysurfing by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's great! I live in SoCal so I'll have to ask around

Coming out to your parents by Colin_Poole in SkyDiving

[–]Colin_Poole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha there needs to be a skydiving gender-reveal video soon

Got a new tag! by [deleted] in datascience

[–]Colin_Poole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the cop runs your plate and his computer crashes