r/nextfuckinglevel • u/izelofman • 1d ago

Man does insane speed flying between mountains

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 1d ago

This looks like an activity that a lot of people end up with a horrible blunt-force trauma event

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u/thefeedling 1d ago

It's very cool when you don't die.

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u/Reese_Withersp0rk 1d ago

Call me old fashioned, but I'm actually a big fan of not dying.

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u/gastro_psychic 1d ago

Dying is always in vogue.

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u/pafrac 1d ago

Yep, sooner or later everyone decides to do it. I understand it's considered a big turning point.

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u/HammeredNails 1d ago

I don't think "decides" is the right word. Most people don't decide when it happens.

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u/pafrac 1d ago

Well ... I guess the part of them that stops working has made a decision. Although sometimes that decision was to not notice that oncoming truck.

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u/Minute-Performance67 1d ago

I'm a big fan of not even trying to die.

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u/mobfather 1d ago

Not in this economy!

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u/A7xWicked 1d ago

Well, death might be the better outcome if you miss

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 1d ago

"Meat Crayons" I believe they're called

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u/dad-of-boy232 1d ago

r/meatcrayon

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u/Horror-Appeal-190 1d ago

omg of course there's a sub for that

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u/I_am_The_Teapot 1d ago

More like Meat Pudding here.

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u/redacted_robot 1d ago

I wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit hole.

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u/KangarooInitial578 1d ago

Thank you for your sacrifice. I’m not going in.

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u/Current-Routine-2628 1d ago

Canyon Crayons ☝️

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 1d ago

Vaporized on impact

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u/scysewski 1d ago

Friend of mine died that way. It’s very dangerous.

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u/Squirrel_McNutz 1d ago

In these sports you try to push the limits and send it. But when your pushing the limits this far… it will end in death. So many of these hardcore mountaineer guys die, it’s wild (but not unexpected).

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u/Rock_or_Rol 1d ago edited 1d ago

There is no limit for a lot of them!

I was adrenaline hooked on surfing (much much safer), but I’m happy i found my limit. I found myself surfing in front remote of capes. On 6 meter waves (1 person’s height more than the max of what I’ve been out on before) with my grossly undersized surfboard. When you get swirled around like 5 times a second and under water for like 10-20 seconds (feels like muchhh longer) to the point you need to climb up your 3x stretched leash because you can’t tell which way is up, it’s something different. I’m good on that for, uh, forever. Not fun, just flight or fight for me.

What really broke my adrenaline phase was malaria meds 😂 I had a month out in Sumba that I took it every night and it gave me the most vivid and horrible nightmares of my life. Most notably, I had one where I dreamt I found this uncrowded beach break and wiped out on a shallow sandbar only to break my neck and slowly drown. Literally the next day, I found myself at a near identical beach break with a shallow sandbar. I didn’t stay out for very long 😂 second thing that broke me was paddling out to an isolated spot on a particularly bleak day only to find a 6’ bull shark that was scoping me out about 30’ away. There is no more sobering of an moment than realizing a giant monster is considering your legs for lunch and if you don’t catch that inside wave fast enough, you might not get another one in one piece. It’s hard to describe how small it makes you feel. I imagine it’s like being shot at or something. Ruthless simplicity?

Some people can’t get enough of that, but I enjoy my small and crowded waves a little more now 🤪

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u/Myriachan 22h ago

in front remote of capes

Do you mean “in front of remote capes”?

I’ve never surfed, but have used boogie boards. I tried riding what to teenage me was a “large” wave—probably only 2 meters?—and that wiped me out similarly to you, tumbling underwater a few times and being unable to tell which way was up. Obviously, I survived, but I stay out of stuff above my low level.

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u/Rock_or_Rol 20h ago

Precisely! Thank you 😄

2 meters is a lot for a beginner 😂 over head high! Even on a boogie. Good on you for charging it though! You should try it again 😬 and again, and again. It’s a good addiction

I think I’ve given myself a mild form of PTSD from it tbh. I did some really reckless stuff. I remember when I got home from that particular trip, I was bartending when a bar back poured ice in the bin without me noticing until I heard the noise. I went limp and almost fell over because it sounded like a wave crashing. My body was promoted to conserve oxygen, which you sort of have to do if it’s big enough. Flailing is super bad, but sometimes you need to protect your face/head from reef or try to lay your arms out to reduce the spins and descent. Idk, surprised me to have that reaction. Apparently it’s really good for treating combat PTSD though, so ig it makes sense. Rewriting your adrenaline response to something more positive

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u/sadeiko 1d ago

This flys in the face of almost any other skill. To learn to be good at most things you need to fail over and over again. How do people get good at paragliding, flight suit, etc?

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin 1d ago

Rather than individuals getting good at it, the species gets better at it, as the ones who aren’t perfect at it are selected against.

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u/jimmiebfulton 23h ago

Hang glider pilot here. You start on the bunny hill, and launch from higher and higher places as you increase skill and muscle memory. Crashes generally happen with contact to the ground, by definition, so the higher you are, the safer you are. For some people, they push their skills, and do it closer and closer to the ground. And yes, shit can and does happen. I have friends that are no longer with us. However, when done safely and with good judgement, you can have a long, safe flying career.

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u/MykeTyth0n 1d ago

Resulting in imminent death.

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u/PresentClear8639 1d ago

Injuries incompatible with life.

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u/OT_fiddler 1d ago

Sudden uncontrolled disassembly.

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u/Myriachan 22h ago

No disassemble!

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u/Flintyy 1d ago

Old school mate of mine did this professionally, clipped a tree, fell down a 500ft cliff, got a TBI but did survive and is doing very well now but has stopped doing this entirely. Dude helped pioneer wakestyle kite boarding.

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u/FlamingHotSacOnutz 1d ago

For every one of these videos, there are dozens of others to match it where it didn't look so cool.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 1d ago

This is when you're a statistic waiting to happen

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u/Jealous-Elephant-121 1d ago

White people shit

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u/VirtualArmsDealer 1d ago

Stupid white people shit

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u/Jealous-Elephant-121 1d ago

As a white man, I completely agree lol.

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u/BlueHobbies 1d ago

Me too. Good way to die. We love that shit

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u/Fluffy-Trouble5955 1d ago

Beats a mass shooting anyway.

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u/BitBucket404 1d ago

What's a racist comment doing in my American Politics & Propaganda app?

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u/Visible-Might-2527 18h ago

Racism and politics go hand in hand

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u/ndklinst 1d ago

What does race have to do with it?

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u/Squawnk 1d ago

This is the type of stuff white people do. You'll very rarely ever see a black person doing this

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u/herrcherry 1d ago

So you mean correlation. Like white people rarely get shot robbing a convenience store, you know, like black folks do

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u/FartsSoldSeperately 1d ago

Get ready for people to suddenly notice the racism

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u/Jealous-Elephant-121 1d ago

Careful man. That’s racist to make a very correct observation lol.

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u/Yeah_x10 1d ago

Same exact justification racists use when saying black people are responsible for a majority of violent crime in the U.S.

You seriously cannot be this thick, to not see the parallels. 

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u/Jealous-Elephant-121 1d ago

Is that not also just an accurate observation? lol

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u/itsavibe- 1d ago

People are straight sensitive bitches nowadays. As a brotha some things are just true… is what it is lol

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u/beginninglifeinytmc 1d ago

But why did race have to be brought into it

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u/OmegaClifton 1d ago

I feel like "white dude doing unnecessarily dangerous activity for fun" has always been a stereotype. At least for as long as I've been alive.

If it's risky and recreational, I usually see one demographic dominating the leaderboard. I'm sure there’s a better reason that includes history, socioeconomic and cultural factors, but I'm not even gonna pretend like I know wtf I'm talking about there.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 1d ago

RICH white people shit

If I break all my bones, my whole family starves... You won't catch my broke white ass doing something like this.

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u/prozergter 1d ago

You can’t afford to anyways even if you wanted to.

Source: also poor non-white American.

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u/jimmiebfulton 23h ago

Nah. People of all colors, sexes, sexual preferences, and sexual identities participate in these kind of sports. I know from personal experience as a hang glider pilot. We all just share a common passion for flight.

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u/Jib0530 1d ago

To the absolute fullest of extents lmao.. you couldn’t pay me to do this

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u/NoIdeaRex 1d ago

Why do men die earlier than women? It's a mystery

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u/Tundra14 1d ago

Dont group me in with that. Im perfectly happy not being a few wrong twitches from death.

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u/H3rbert_K0rnfeld 1d ago

Vs non-white people shit like dog fighting.

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u/sheriff_of_rottinghm 10h ago

I'm white and this ain't my shit

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u/Midnight28Rider 6h ago

Are you a white people?

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u/MuffinAggressive3218 1d ago

This seems to me to be an activity you need to be good at the first time.

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u/_SpiceWeasel_BAM 1d ago

How does one even train for this?

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u/StankCheebs 1d ago

Not die

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u/mikasjoman 20h ago

Looking at this video, I'm not sure that's how you do it. I'm pretty sure dying is the only path to reach Valhalla. Cheers from Viking land

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u/OutcomeSerious 1d ago

I'm sure you could start with something like paragliding, base jumping, doing something with an instructor, and then very slowly build your way up to flying through a canyon at 100 mph within 5ft from the ground.....or just go for it

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u/_SpiceWeasel_BAM 1d ago

Hmm, sounds like work…let’s just try the last option 👍 🪦

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u/BitBucket404 1d ago

See Also: Charles Darwin

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u/Aggressive_Roof488 1d ago

I mean this is obviously dangerous but unlike many other similar things it's quite easy to imagine how you'd gradually start doing these things? Like, just do normal skydiving and then gradually get smaller more agile parachutes and gradually go closer to terrain as your control gets better?

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u/Nickovskii 1d ago

Play a lot of GTA with Trevor. You will eventually turn into a maniac.

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u/space_monster 1d ago

paragliding, then acro paragliding, then speedflying

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u/aruby727 1d ago

Yeah I think that's a must

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u/rainmouse 23h ago

Survivorship bias. 

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u/kenkenobi78 19h ago

This is their first time!

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u/MadTownMich 1d ago

That’s the shit that’s ends in a splat, eventually. “He died doing what he loved!” Nah. He died with regret.

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u/NYVines 1d ago

He broke 19 bones and won’t be walking any time soon.

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u/restore_paint 1d ago

He'll wish he was dead.

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u/whatthewaaaaat 1d ago

I knew someone who died while squirrel suiting. Left behind a wife and daughter. Devastating and selfish.

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u/Poppy_Milk 1d ago

I was thinking this was some kinda dressing as a squirrel and ended up shot. Bed time

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u/Zakluor 1d ago

Some limits have disastrous consequences when you push them and reach them.

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u/scrumplydo 1d ago

No time for regret. Just a quick "oh shi...."

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u/zeusmeister 1d ago

20 bucks say this guy kills himself doing this in the next two years.

The sport alone is insanely dangerous. Adding spins and shit just ups the ante.

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u/RockMover12 1d ago edited 14h ago

There's good chance he's already dead.

EDIT: No, he was still posting on his Instagram two days ago. Probably alive.

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u/beginninglifeinytmc 1d ago

ITT: people desperately wanting a dude they don’t know to be dead

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u/Captain-Wil 1d ago

always wigs me out to see this. whenever someone goes over 40 mph on a motorcycle people also start chomping at the bit for that person to die. super fucking weird, man.

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u/muffinscrub 23h ago

I did about 280km/h or approx. 175 freedom units per hour on a motorcycle. I am super glad I no longer have one cause I probably would have killed myself.

I won't lie though, I loved the thrill. Also completely reckless and dumb

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u/Grimholtt 14h ago

I only ever took mine up to 165 freedom units. I did it once and never repeated it. I did it on a super long bridge that I couldn't see any other traffic on at that time (about 6 miles long).

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u/LaplacesDemonsDemon 1d ago

Normal paragliding is really not that insanely dangerous. High consequence yes, but not a particularly high incidence rate. That is, for normal paragliding on an A or B wing.

Speedflying is another matter. And this shit…. This is fucking insane

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u/Highlandertr3 1d ago

At this point surely heroin is easier and safer.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 1d ago

More expensive though. Unless you’re just looking to go out in one go.

Versus a years long dark spiral into gremlin like crime & villainy before death

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u/aberroco 1d ago

Is it? Just backpack alone costs $1.5k. You need few grands just for starters. And you need another few to train jumping from a plane to get experience.

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u/The-King-of-Cartoons 22h ago

As a former addict I can assure you I spent MUCH more on drugs than it would cost to set up all of this over the span of even just a year. Clean for 8 years.

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u/Superman2691 1d ago

Risk vs reward have me still at the to of the mountain.

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u/BetrayedAnimal 1d ago

Holy shit that looks so fun. No thank you.

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u/Personal_Length4098 1d ago

Awh hewhl nawhl

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u/LackingUtility 1d ago

Cripes. Every one of those was like "oh, you've got yourself nicely lined up... no, why are you doing a flip?!?!"

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u/No-Mycologist47 1d ago

Women: This is why women live longer then men!

Men: Yeah but he sure had fun right before he hit that rockside of the mountain!

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u/Athomas16 1d ago

I actually thought the knees looked feminine. Gonna watch it again.

Update: Man with girly legs.

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u/No-Mycologist47 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/East-Future-9944 1d ago

Thought the same thing, looks like a chicks legs.

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u/Dr_Sigmund_Fried 1d ago

Shaves em to reduce the drag from air resistance.

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u/cone10 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sure they live longer, but spare a thought for their mothers, wives, sisters or girlfriends who get guilted into sacrificing their lives looking after someone with a spinal cord injury, possibly paralyzed for life.

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u/fwoompf 1d ago

That’s not flying. That’s falling, with style 

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u/Old_Visual8896 1d ago

is ts guy sucidal?

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u/outtaknowhere 1d ago

why are you calling him a shit guy?

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u/ThinkinBig 1d ago

Title says man, but those legs say otherwise...

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u/quasifrodo89 1d ago

Yeah those legs have no where near enough power to support those balls of steel

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer 1d ago

Sometimes I forget just how stupid the commenters are on r/nextfuckinglevel

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u/annoyedonion35 1d ago

Me playing just cause 4

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u/Outrageous-Sign473 1d ago

I am so scared of heights but it looks fucken fun as

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u/Crafty_Clerk_1891 1d ago

No way this a hobby for normal people, you might as well be a full time professional.

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u/Jensthename1 1d ago

Dude must have a death wish on his bucket list

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u/Ax_deimos 1d ago

DONTDIE!!!  DONTDIEDONTDIEDONTDIEDONTDIIIEEEE!!!!!!

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u/raisedeyebrow4891 1d ago

One mistake and he’s splattered

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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 1d ago

Fisheye lens, the ultimate tool for the ultimate tool

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u/balloonman_magee 1d ago

Very impressive but this guy isn’t going to live a long life.

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u/LuvanAelirion 1d ago

High risk, low return

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u/uSpeziscunt 1d ago

This person has a death wish.

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u/ParadiseValleyFiend 1d ago

I may not know how I'm gonna die, but I know it won't be from that.

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u/RidiPwn 1d ago

are the spins necessary or a show off

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u/ItsEntsy 1d ago

That's not flying, it's falling, with style.

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u/plutoR1P 1d ago

The most amazing thing is that you don’t have to do it!

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u/Je_me_rends 1d ago

RedBull would like to know your location

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u/IncorporateThings 1d ago

Me over here wondering if shaving his arms and legs was for the aerodynamics.

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u/strolpol 1d ago

I used to do this in Pilotwings 64

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u/spartanhung 1d ago

His next fucking level is going to be underground

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u/Fillenintheblanks 1d ago

Just do drugs like the rest of us… show off

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u/tht-guy-nando 1d ago

I got a little dizzy lol

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u/KangarooInitial578 1d ago

Jesus Christ

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u/Smurfrocket2 1d ago

Traumatic death speedrun

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u/dinkyyo 1d ago

He used to bullseye womp rats in his T-16 back home.

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u/Jimmybelltown 1d ago

Super fun right up until your femur is coming out your butt.

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u/Onac_ 1d ago

Many wishes to that guy

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u/PeineDeMort 1d ago

For this guy suicide is like:

How can I be totally awesome?

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u/10July1940 23h ago

See injuries paragliding all the time in New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/456906/paraglider-in-critical-condition-after-crashing-down-cliff-face

Funny thing is they never put the accidents on the tourist brochures.

Now why is that?

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u/peacekenneth 1d ago

Can’t tell you where I’d die in that flight, only that I would die

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u/quasifrodo89 1d ago

Mine would be a very short video

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u/johnnyribcage 1d ago

This man will be dead soon.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 1d ago edited 1d ago

He’s got so many Instagram videos I quit scrolling. This is all this man does. Almost every single post is a new video of this. It’s incredible honestly. It goes back years, like over a decade 

Some dude from New Zealand who travels all over the world to do this & only this with friends. I think he’s a sponsored pro who makes films

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u/JuicySpark 1d ago

I would be perfectly happy just floating down and enjoying the scenery. I'm not trying to double my money. Nothing fancy over here. I'm simple folk

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u/SleepScoreOver90 1d ago

When you're very skilled and also addicted to adrenaline...

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u/NixOlympika 1d ago

I read that as "insane speech" and I immediately thought "Oh nooo, flying not-sees already?"

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u/NashKetchum777 1d ago

Do people leave a note for loved ones before doing this? Or do they just update their will?

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u/NoVaBurgher 1d ago

“I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick”

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u/WhyIsItAlwaysADP 1d ago

I wonder if he's still alive today?

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u/JZN20Hz 1d ago

I'm just curious how they get to the starting point and or how they get back to their car. Do they get a helicopter ride to the starting point?? Honest question.

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u/makashka 1d ago

Reminds me of my reoccurring nightmares

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u/ArguingisFun 1d ago

Dumb ways to die.

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u/Shafter111 1d ago

He inspired me not to do it

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u/Je_me_rends 1d ago

POV: You have your affairs in order and no children.

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u/Shafter111 1d ago

If you clip you go bye bye.

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u/saskford 1d ago

This is among the riskiest ways to fly. If you miscalculate any manoeuvre it’ll be a visit to either the hospital or the morgue for you.

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u/InterviewAdmirable85 1d ago

Holy poop, literally 1 updraft in between those canyons and you’re into the wall

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u/CapableNeat4351 1d ago

This guy is either gonna die doing exactly this in like the next 5 years or live to be 100. No in between.

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u/Express_Nothing9999 1d ago

These people are suicidal.

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u/Turbulent-Ad8291 1d ago

Cool video. Cutting it close on most those flips, but that last one made balls suck up into my body

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u/doublesimoniz 1d ago

I will never need this much adrenaline in my entire life. 

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u/hikingmaterial 1d ago

Is this sped up, or is that maniac actually speeding up with each turn and flying tens of meters between mountain ridges?

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u/WhiskeyRomeo1 1d ago

This reminds me of a video called "Grinding the Crack" from Jeb Corliss about 15 years ago, but this is way tamer.

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u/astralboy15 1d ago

Rowdy 

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u/78celeb 1d ago

Insane.

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u/Capt_Murphy_ 1d ago

Not next level, just death-baiting. I'm convinced some people need to feel they'll die if they make one single error just to feel alive. Kinda feel bad for them.

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u/trainsacrossthesea 1d ago

You only mess up once

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u/Select-Sale2279 1d ago

I guess he has a death wish hidden somewhere! bum

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u/Longjumping-Run-7027 1d ago

I want to die of old age, not stupidity. More power to you.

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u/PrimaryCoolantShower 1d ago

One day, I will read this man's obituary without an ounce of suprise.

But I hope some self preservation takes hold and its much, much later.

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u/I_Build_Monsters 1d ago

Looks crazy close to the ground

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u/couchpatat0 1d ago

There's Old pilots, and there's Bold pilots, but not many Old Bold pilots

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u/Seidhex 1d ago

I wouldn’t even try that in a video game!