Tag Archives: parachute
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Guy Parachutes Onto Soccer Field in Ecuador and Plows Into Player (Video)
You’ve all seen somebody parachute into a sports stadium prior to a game before. Maybe not in person, but certainly on TV. So tell me: when you’ve seen it, is the field littered with people, or do they keep it pretty empty so that the person has a nice open space to land without anyone [...]
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Felix Baumgartner Became The First Human Being To Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Sound Yesterday (Video)
In the fall of 2010, a Brooklyn cinematographer scored a YouTube hit by using a weather balloon to send his iPhone into the stratosphere with an HD camera. Then, last November, two dudes sent a can of Natty Light up there and claimed it was the first beer in space (which is highly unlikely). Finally, [...]
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900-Foot BASE Jump Goes Horribly Wrong (Video)
For those of you who are wondering, Christopher Brewer’s parachute was supposed to open before he hit the water after jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia on Saturday. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, resulting in a fractured pelvis, along with other lung and spinal injuries. While those injuries do seem awfully [...]
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Hanging By A Thread (GIF)
I am not a parachuting expert, but apparently this guy got hung up during a UK military parachuting exercise are required the use of a HUPRA to safely release him. One thing is for sure; it doesn’t take an expert to figure out that this is some scary sh*t. Could you imagine being stranded thousands [...]
