LAKE ELSINORE, CA, 23 September, 2010 – For the first time in the history of human flight, three wingsuit skydivers flew and linked up with three parachutists for simultaneous “human surfing” in the air. One of the linked pairs became the first female team ever to ever “dock” a wingsuit and parachute in flight. More news at: http://raisethesky.org/2010/09/xrw-elsinore-press-release/
Canopy Pilots: Jessica Edgeington, Ian Bobo, Jonathan Tagle
Wingsuit…
LAKE ELSINORE, CA, 23 September, 2010 – For the first time in the history of human flight, three wingsuit skydivers flew and linked up with three parachutists for simultaneous “human surfing” in the air. One of the linked pairs became the first female team ever to ever “dock” a wingsuit and parachute in flight. More news at: http://raisethesky.org/2010/09/xrw-elsinore-press-release/
Canopy Pilots: Jessica Edgeington, Ian Bobo, Jonathan Tagle
Wingsuit…
Wingsuit BASE jumps and footage from Project XRW fogheadstudios.com tonywingsuits.com base-book.com raisethesky.org The Wingsuit Channel vimeo.com/wingsuits
Disclaimer: The ending of this video has been sped up 15% to go with music.
Raise the Sky conceived and organized Project XRW. The launch of Project XRW, or “Extreme Relative Work”, marks the first time that a parachutist has surfed on the back of a wingsuit skydiver who is still in freefall. Advances in technology and skill allowed the wingsuit skydiver in freefall to match the slower vertical speed of the parachutist for more than 20 seconds. The wingsuit skydiver opened his own parachute before landing.
The stunt was…
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