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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Palumboism on July 31, 2016, 05:56:12 AM
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A guy just successfully jumped from 25,000 ft with no parachute, into a net!
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:o
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A true pioneer. Seriously though, that shit takes balls and lack of brains.
Did anyone see that dude jump into the pile of cardboard boxes in one of those flying squirrel suits? How long before the art is perfected and we're flying?
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A guy just successfully jumped from 25,000 ft with no parachute, into a net!
good for him... ::)
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Crazy. That dude has a death wish.
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We're pretty close to standardizing effective individualized cancer therapies, finding a cure for blindness; found a vaccine for the dengue fever, generalizing the use of prosthetic arms, et cetera. None of these things make the news.
Some white dude decides to jump off a plane without a parachute... and it's celebrated as a breakthrough.
Folks, we're going down the drain so fast...
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Caesar Killed!!
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Awesome jump, though. Must have been a serious rush when he realized he was safe.
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Just watched this. How was it not a big deal, like on tv? I remember when Bumgartner jumped from space with a parachute Redbull sponsored it and it was all over tv. Were they afraid he wouldn't make it?
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Just watched this. How was it not a big deal, like on tv? I remember when Bumgartner jumped from space with a parachute Redbull sponsored it and it was all over tv. Were they afraid he wouldn't make it?
Agreed. I didn't know about it until it was already over.
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Inb4: this is proof earth is flat
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landed quite abit on the side there
wonder about the margin of error there, how easy it would be to miss the net. That would be a sight to see
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landed quite abit on the side there
wonder how easy it would be to miss the net. That would be a sight to see
Yep, he was far from the center.
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The crowd was all paid to be there. Unlike Evel Kenevel, no stunts have the flair or showmanship he did.
I'm guessing Stride couldn't get any hotel to sponsor this event, due to the possibility Luke landed on someone.
The only time people care about skydiving or BASE jumping is when there is a gimmick attached. Landing in boxes, net, high jump, etc.
I still like the jump where Pastrana jumps out shirtless, no rig and hooks himself to someone mid air.
It's always the same comments on a jump like this, huge balls, no brains, etc. just say, more guts than me...and accept it...haha. Luke isn't a dumb guy. Many stuntmen are meticulous about planning and not the yoyos many would like them to be. It's easier to say someone isn't smart or reckless to feel better about their mundane existence.
A little like the father on a dull road trip with the family seeing a guy on motorbike going 100mph past their family truckster and goes...smart. That guy is having a blast, you're going bass fishing for the weekend.
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landed quite abit on the side there
wonder about the margin of error there, how easy it would be to miss the net. That would be a sight to see
any chance of him missing the net the guys who dove with him would have saved him, the only danger was if the net had ripped, and that was impossible.
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We're pretty close to standardizing effective individualized cancer therapies, finding a cure for blindness; found a vaccine for the dengue fever, generalizing the use of prosthetic arms, et cetera. None of these things make the news.
Some white dude decides to jump off a plane without a parachute... and it's celebrated as a breakthrough.
Folks, we're going down the drain so fast...
Well said Slapper :)
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Props to the guy, adrenalin must have been through the roof
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Props to the guy, adrenalin must have been through the roof
And what's going to top that? Dude is going to keep going until he dies.
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Lincoln Assassinated, dumbo. Also, we decided it was a bitchstunt because he had parachuters nearby who followed him until 6,000 feet. 6,000 barely. And less than 150mph?
Pfft.
He had a fucking NET, the pansy.