Comments on: 20 Athletes Pushing the Most Insane Limits on Water, Land, or Air

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:32:34 +0000

Insane. I had seen that windsuit video before. My husband jokes that he is going to do it one day. These guys are nuts!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:07:18 +0000

Thanks Julie, and you're totally right, as I put this roundup together I was thinking, 'this is all dudes.' No doubt there are women out there killing it in every terrain and sport. The first two women that come to mind immediately are: Layne Beachley--all time greatest female surfer who charges huge waves Emily Jackson--only 18 and multiple world champion kayaker who also charges huge whitewater They're also both total cultural ambassadors / folks who give back to local communities. check out this vid:

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:50:40 +0000

sweet videos Joshua. I just embedded that second one you mentioned. It must feel incredible to start a progression in sky sports.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:13:03 +0000

Good call Carlo, Tony Hawk has definitely pushed insane limits for years. His foundation has also helped get skateparks built across the country. Word.

By: danger

danger — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:53:26 +0000

Check out travis rices recent video parts if you want to see the limits of snowboarding really getting blown away.

By: Gak

Gak — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:36:32 +0000

No rocket boot man? Up there with the wing suits for sure.

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By: Carlo

Carlo — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:02:45 +0000

I got shivers up my spine. Those are insane videos! Those flying suits…I can only imagine the rush they must get from that.

I love the snowboarding and skateboarding vids – those guys keep pushing and pushing the limits, evolving their sports. It’s funny to see the kinds of things they come up with, just plain ridiculous. I wonder how many twisted knees there were in trying/landing those tricks with a foot out of the binding. (and I wonder why there isn’t a binding where you can click out in the air? Or is there…).

And give Tony Hawk some credit! Not that I’m much in the skate scene anymore, I reckon he’s up there with Mullen in getting skateboarding where it is today.

By: JoshuaAM

JoshuaAM — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:27:13 +0000

Here is the first video again this time with out the audio issues.

By: JoshuaAM

JoshuaAM — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:16:55 +0000

Great Article David, I really enjoyed that you covered Wing Suit Base Jumping.

I myself am a Free Fly Skydiver and have about 20 more jumps before I get to strap on a wing suit. My current coach is Joao Tambor he is a world renown free flyer and I am luck to have been able to spend a few hours int he wind tunnels with him.

Loic Jean Albert is the man he practically invented wing suits, he was injured pretty badly last year in a skigliding accident but he is making a come back. It is one of my biggest dreams to trace canyon walls with these guys, that is the pinnacle of freedom to me soaring through the sky.

Here are a few videos of skigliding and Freeflying the first one was created by my coach Joao Tambor the second is an example of skigliding.

FreeFlying — The audio is bad on this but worth a watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZzOa6O2ns

SkiGliding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut1kGmOhzWQ