New extreeeme "sport"?

**Beaver** · 04-14-2016, 09:50 AM

I just had an idea for a great extreeeeeeeme sport.

Get a wing suit with a harness.
Get a Truck. (or a really fast boat?)
Get a rope. (A long one.)
I think you can see where this is going.
Tie the rope to the harness with a Quick release (for safety. lol)
Get a guy in the truck to man a belay.
Drive like fucking mad.
Belay the Guy in the suit up into the air as a Kite.

Getting back down could be sketchy if you don't pull your parachute at the right instant.

Who's in? I'll drive. Some salt flats somewhere? It could be in the next TGR moofie. Maybe we could all get free RedBull.

**digitaldeath** · 04-14-2016, 10:01 AM

you fool

do you know how fast a plane goes to get liftoff

go take another rip off da bongggggggggggggg

**neufox47** · 04-14-2016, 10:02 AM

I don't think a wing suit would provide enough lift at truck speeds. Definitely not if the truck is on a treadmill.

**jamesp** · 04-14-2016, 10:02 AM

hang gliders & paragliders have been doing this to fly flatlands for at least 20 years, so yeah its probably the perfect time for TGR to report as the next big thing.

**Beaver** · 04-14-2016, 10:37 AM

You wouldn't need enough speed for lift in the same sense as an aircraft needs lift. It would be more resistive lift like a kite. It would definitely be more extreeeeme than tow gliding because if you lose your pull you drop like a stone if you don't get your parachute out instantly (even then it could be pretty sketchy).

**PNWbrit** · 04-14-2016, 10:48 AM

Damian Sanders will have done it in the 90s far gnarlier than now when people are just wasting their money on the new size wing suits?

**Dantheman** · 04-14-2016, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by neufox47

I don't think a wing suit would provide enough lift at truck speeds. Definitely not if the truck is on a treadmill.

IIRC, typical wingsuit flight speeds are 120-140 mph and the stall speed is considerably slower. You'd need a fast truck and a Bonneville/Black Rock-type location, but I'd say it's probably doable. Launching and safely ending a run would definitely be the sketchy parts.

**Kenny Satch** · 04-14-2016, 11:09 AM

Beaver make it happen and film it

The Human Beaver Kite.....great idea

btw get back to posting NSFW threads if you survive

**iscariot** · 04-14-2016, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Damian Sanders will have done it in the 90s far gnarlier than now when people are just wasting their money on the new size wing suits?

Don't hate. The 650b+ 148 boost wing suits are the shit!

**XXX-er** · 04-14-2016, 12:14 PM

https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/se...oxes&fr=mcafee

this^^ guy wing suited into some boxes and he wasn't even french

**Timberridge** · 04-14-2016, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dantheman

You'd need a fast truck

or a Sonata. They'll do 140.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 04-14-2016, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by mtngirl79

Don't they do this in boats with parachutes?

Kites, too I think.

Yes, and it doesn't usually end with you becoming road kill.

**Timberridge** · 04-14-2016, 12:32 PM

It happens to be French, but....

http://zapata-racing.com/uncategoriz...-flyboard-air/

**Notchtop** · 04-14-2016, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Dantheman

IIRC, typical wingsuit flight speeds are 120-140 mph and the stall speed is considerably slower. You'd need a fast truck and a Bonneville/Black Rock-type location, but I'd say it's probably doable. Launching and safely ending a run would definitely be the sketchy parts.

I'm picturing a guy spred eagle face down on some kind of longboard or other sketchy roller, tied behind a truck, having to hit 140 before the lift is there.
Definitely extreme.

**jm2e** · 04-14-2016, 12:41 PM

Start with the original concept.
1. Tow vehicle, preferably on a runway or a long lonely road.
2. Long semi stretchy rope.
3. Harness thing.
4. Wing Suit with Wing Suiter Guy.
5. Treadmill.
6. Try different combinations of who/which is on the treadmill.