Fun new way to die

[Kaido]

"Wingboarding" - like Wakeboarding, but you're getting towed behind an airplane instead of a boat!

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/1...ture.cnn/video/playlists/future-of-adventure/

Looking forward to watching the GoPro videos on Youtube from the comfort of my chair :thumbsup:

 

[Greenman]

A little more chlorine for the gene pool.

 

[destrekor]

Neat! I'd love to watch people do that, and moan that I'll never get the opportunity.

 

[DaTT]

Neat! I'd love to watch people do that, and moan that I'll never have the balls to.

FTFY....or me

 

[destrekor]

FTFY....or me

Oh, I feel I have the balls to go skydiving, bungie jumping, wing-suit gliding, etc. But I don't surround myself with the right people to ever make it happen, and I guess I don't go out of my way wishing to spend a fair penny to do any of it. I'm in basically the worst part of the country to really do anything crazy adventurous (NW Ohio - flat land for miles in all directions).

It's all shares space on my "bucket list" with the likes of hiking at least a 1/4 of the Appalachian Trail and a few other oddities. I just never seem to be around people who encourage the adventurous side.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I just peed a little.

 

[DigDog]

damn that's cool.

 

[Ruptga]

I like it, but almost nobody will get to do that. To use that you have to have a lot of practice with a wingsuit, and to use a wingsuit you have to have a lot of practice with a parachute. That's a lot of commitment in both money and time.

 

[Linux23]

oh boy.

 

[SKORPI0]

Not much of a sport with a parachute available just in case. :awe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOc70FCUGOU
video mentions that you'll really need strong hands and arms just to hold into that bar and legs to keep it level.

 

[skyking]

I dunno who's going to fly the tow plane. It sure as hell would not be me!
I towed banners for a few years, with the same hardware.

 

[11thHour]

If you've ever been around the elderly much, you'll find there is NOTHING fun about dying from disease or 'natural causes.' If you can die being towed by a plane, imo you're way ahead of the game.

 

[destrekor]

If you've ever been around the elderly much, you'll find there is NOTHING fun about dying from disease or 'natural causes.' If you can die being towed by a plane, imo you're way ahead of the game.

I don't think you need first-hand experience to understand that, lol.

Dying certainly sucks, and I expect all of us would most certainly prefer a quick and painless death as opposed to some drawn-out illness that robs us of quality of life.

I'd certainly like to reach old age, but I hope for a quick escape. If it isn't having a heart attack or otherwise meeting an untimely end doing something I enjoy most, then I hope there is the comfort of euthanasia by the time that is necessary, aka "physician-assisted suicide." Go out comfortably on our own terms, not gradually becoming more frail and unable to enjoy life with no recovery in sight.


And, so that's how we bring the concept of mortality into a thread about death-defying activities.

 

[Bakuna]

I can imagine that this is either a lot of fun (read this), or you piss your pants, or you have fun while pissing your pants.

 

[destrekor]

I can imagine that this is either a lot of fun, or you piss your pants, or you have fun while pissing your pants.

:thumbsup:
Great first post!

 

[Exterous]

Oh, I feel I have the balls to go skydiving, bungie jumping, wing-suit gliding, etc. But I don't surround myself with the right people to ever make it happen, and I guess I don't go out of my way wishing to spend a fair penny to do any of it. I'm in basically the worst part of the country to really do anything crazy adventurous (NW Ohio - flat land for miles in all directions).

That means its perfect for skydiving! Depending on where in NW Ohio you are you might want to check these guys out. I've gone with them before and they seem to be well run

http://www.skydivetecumseh.com/

And you're not that far from good white water rafting

I can imagine that this is either a lot of fun, or you piss your pants, or you have fun while pissing your pants.

I think "Realizing you peed your pants when you land" is a decent possibility

 

[darkswordsman17]

Holy shit. I was expecting them to do that in the air, like they get up to altitude and then they put out the tow-line and then the person tries to keep upright and then they pull their chute (and/or ride the glider for a while before). Can't believe they're towing at take-off. That alone I expect will cause way too many accidents.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Oh man I'd totally try that! Looks fun. And you get a parachute, so it's all good.

 

[disappoint]

I can imagine that this is either a lot of fun, or you piss your pants, or you have fun while pissing your pants.

You have to wear pants? No deal.:thumbsdown:

 

[SSSnail]

That is quite inspirational.

He even did a barrel roll.

 

[edro]

I'm sure there are no shortage of volunteers to be the first test rider.
The guy looks smart as hell and the R/C test flight looked perfect.

 

[Linux23]

Lmfao. I used to watch tailspin everyday after school when I was growing up.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Think about the G force you might have to withstand at the end of that cable in a serious turn if the pilot is a jerk. There is huge potential for failure. What happens if the wingboard rider passes out or the pilot does something that causes a lot of slack in the line by varying speed. (think loss of rider altitude)

I only mention that because I was a jerk when I used to pull tubers using my skiboat. I never had anyone back there that I couldn't sling off by going into a turn, choking my speed, then turning the other way and gunning it. It caused about 10-15 feet of slack when I did that maneuver on a 25 foot line.

 

[destrekor]

Think about the G force you might have to withstand at the end of that cable in a serious turn if the pilot is a jerk. There is huge potential for failure. What happens if the wingboard rider passes out or the pilot does something that causes a lot of slack in the line by varying speed. (think loss of rider altitude)

I only mention that because I was a jerk when I used to pull tubers using my skiboat. I never had anyone back there that I couldn't sling off by going into a turn, choking my speed, then turning the other way and gunning it. It caused about 10-15 feet of slack when I did that maneuver on a 25 foot line.

I would think if there was something that caused the rider to lose grip, well, that's it, he falls off the board and skydives for a bit then opens the parachute.

The biggest question is what kind of force will be experienced during takeoff, and can most people have sufficient strength to hold onto the control bar during that and retain that in the air for some length of time?

I wonder if there could be some kind of build-in grip-assist (like a link-collar between arms and bar) that can retain the rider onboard should be let go, but still be weak enough to break if there is sufficient force, purposefully letting go and throwing your hands back or something. Or some kind of quick-release button that severs the collar link?

 

[disappoint]

Think about the G force you might have to withstand at the end of that cable in a serious turn if the pilot is a jerk. There is huge potential for failure. What happens if the wingboard rider passes out or the pilot does something that causes a lot of slack in the line by varying speed. (think loss of rider altitude)

I only mention that because I was a jerk when I used to pull tubers using my skiboat. I never had anyone back there that I couldn't sling off by going into a turn, choking my speed, then turning the other way and gunning it. It caused about 10-15 feet of slack when I did that maneuver on a 25 foot line.

Then the wingboarder pulls the ripcord and parachutes to safety into Mayne's chimney. No worries. But then again I think the bible was just a giant ancient troll post before the internet so I'm probably off my rocker, a few platters short of a hard drive, a few transistors short of a microprocessor, a few pixels short of a jpeg...