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Offline Ragwing

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Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
« on: March 06, 2010, 04:05:47 PM »
Anybody up to enjoying the blending of a recreational activity (Kayaking) with a rational activity (flying)?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7366715/Introducing-Skyaking-skydiving-with-a-kayak.html
 ::eek::  ::loony::   ::drinking::
The British must have had too many pints again.
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Offline Oddball

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Re: Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2010, 05:03:37 PM »
Funny that since the Skyyaker is from Idaho  ::whistle:: (Its reported in a British paper)
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Re: Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2010, 06:04:15 PM »
That guy Miles is a friend of a friend of mine, though I've never met him.  I saw video of one of his early jumps in a kayak where he got stuck upside down in a spin and pulled out of the kayak... In the video, you last see the kayak as a tiny spec plummeting toward Hwy. 99 in Lodi, CA.  I guess it didn't hit anything, since I never heard about it on the news  ::loony::. 

These guys are really pushing boundaries, and keep paying the price with their lives - one of Miles' friends was Shane McConkey who died skiing off a cliff with a wing suit and a parachute... 

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Anybody up to enjoying the blending of a recreational activity (Kayaking) with a rational activity (flying)?
It's funny, but I've always considered flying to be less rational than kayaking, but I suppose that's because I learned to kayak first...
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