Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Ragwing on March 06, 2010, 04:05:47 PM
Title: Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
Post by: Ragwing 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.
Title: Re: Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
Post by: Oddball on March 06, 2010, 05:03:37 PM
Funny that since the Skyyaker is from Idaho ::whistle:: (Its reported in a British paper)
Title: Re: Skyaking: Skydiving with a Kayak
Post by: The_Muppet 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 (http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200907/shane-mcconkey-death-1.html) 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...
