While most normal people spent their Thursday morning eating breakfast and heading to work, Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan jumped out of a plane over Sydney Harbour wearing wingsuits and a couple of Contour action cameras. More »
This is Greg Gasson, and he’s either the bravest or craziest man alive. Why? He has a habit of jumping out of planes without a parachute. Sure he brings one with him — nobody’s dumb enough to leave home without it — but it’s not like he wears the thing. More »
I always imagined skydiving to be a frantic, chaotic experience. OK, maybe you get 15 seconds of “whoa this looks cool” before panic sets in as you start zipping down the air and plummeting to earth – don’t freak out, oh MY GOD PULL THE CORD, PULL THE EFFING CORD ALREADY YOU JOKESTER. This slow motion video, taken with the Melbourne Skydive Centre, is nothing like that. More »
These giggling Japanese will make you fall in love with the country all over again. And Google Earth, which is really the star of the video. If you’ve got a harness and projector, it’d be super-easy to do this yourself. More »
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I would be surprised by the impressive quality of this video – recorded with a simple GoPro HD – if I weren’t looking at the screen like an imbecile, wondering why the hell I’m not trying to fly like him. More »
As you’re trying to squeeze onto the train in the hurry to work, or are perhaps going to bed after a horrible day at the office, take a deep breath and remind yourself of the bigger picture. More »
If you’re skydiving and your parachute fails, there’s always a backup. But what if the backup fails, too? That’s when you pray that you’re jumping with a hero like Dave Hartsock, who risked his own life to save another. More »
