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Wingsuit flight documentary

David Pescovitz at 1:23 pm Mon, Oct 29, 2012

Beautiful new mini-documentary on wingsuit champ Espen Fadnes. Titled "Split of a Second," it was directed by John Boisen and Björn Fävremark.

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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http://www.ecoevolution.org/ Ian G

Crazy. The title is dripping with irony because I understand the internets are full of videos of unsuccessful BASE jumpers and wingsuit flyers literally splattering themselves all over the place by clipping things and by failed jumps. I am not morbid enough to watch them, but it shows this is clearly not a sport for the layperson
Cowicide

Aren’t these officially called Flying Squirrel Outfits?
- oasisob1
  
  If they weren’t before, they are now.
mark

That dude is batshit-crazy.
http://profiles.google.com/baadibo Jo El

I friend of mine is a base jumper, crazy is the last thing a would call him. They seem more like people who need the feeling of control. The guy I know is a talented computer programmer, he never tasted alcohol or drugs, he is a scout leader and does tons of volunteer work and once a month he jumps off a crane or building.