tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9521853072502504012024-03-05T22:44:41.818-08:00Team ILL VisionBASE jumping, skydiving, wing suiting, wingsuit, stunt, stuntmen, commercial jobs, photography, cinematography, video, film, HD, travel,Team ILL VISIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14061124560852792716noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-24150660362364932792011-03-28T12:18:00.000-07:002011-03-29T14:48:04.216-07:00Mexico BASE with Damien Dykman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UTwSFX_NU1l7KVKPSa7YWoXk_mVWOIA4V5qEqx7ZplR_Z1JiKbCo1WbsG4c9jChFYvkxsAtRJrwYlqVz4Y-4cWlztq9vH_4CWZJWl3mK_iGo3YCINkqWThFyx7UALB-_qICtx5hg7UFV/s1600/WWR+TIV+Michel+profile-2cw.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UTwSFX_NU1l7KVKPSa7YWoXk_mVWOIA4V5qEqx7ZplR_Z1JiKbCo1WbsG4c9jChFYvkxsAtRJrwYlqVz4Y-4cWlztq9vH_4CWZJWl3mK_iGo3YCINkqWThFyx7UALB-_qICtx5hg7UFV/s1600/WWR+TIV+Michel+profile-2cw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>By Damien Dykman<br /><br /><br />Beautiful mountain deserts would be a good 3 word description of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It's only a few hours away from Texas and an easy drive from Houston, home of Gee and David, my partners in crime for this trip. But wait, I should be a little more cautious using those words given all the sad events happening in that part of Mexico. For us gringo, apart from having to pay a "muelta" in cash, here and there, to a local corrupted cop, it really wasn't that bad. Maybe when it really gets bad, you can't tell the story... I just hope things will get back to normal, those people are so nice, they really deserve a little more peace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5AvSAC8Gmt2EKqhja2VbAo906bfWzuwDIs8Ty_so6do4hRRh7JhXhGQwqTOtirO8WfSWmehsL6b77nRixchkHRJzb_LQHuSpOpD1C_BK1j_NXOKUTusHLgFutqJ1pkjK_J_nq7jOzKA/s1600/IMG_1666.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5AvSAC8Gmt2EKqhja2VbAo906bfWzuwDIs8Ty_so6do4hRRh7JhXhGQwqTOtirO8WfSWmehsL6b77nRixchkHRJzb_LQHuSpOpD1C_BK1j_NXOKUTusHLgFutqJ1pkjK_J_nq7jOzKA/s320/IMG_1666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589247684760505714" border="0" /></a><br />First stop, la Popa. One of the classics. The hike is steep but if you pay attention, there is a trail marked with yellow dots, all the way to the summit. The exit point, is right there, next to the cross made out of 3 pipes welded together. Gee and I did a 2 way flying our wingsuits but quickly realized that the air was turbulent and the winds strong over the LZ. Opening over the LZ was a bad idea. Gee went straight to the alternate LZ, down wind from the main one. I decided to stick to the plan, but the wind was too strong for me to move forward. Luckily, I had a graceful landing in the boulders, between bushes and cactus. A few minutes later, we joined David who was watching the jump with Ezequiel, the ranchero who owns the land and old friend of Gee.<br /><br />The 2nd cliff on the list is a few hours away and requires to go <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-fLOJ0aBBAHWG2tupjdyKRIZSEWUVwtypYC-E6CsWmMJkkvn8fC3DnqRt3yN2KcdNBnU580SdfTG49GAVSVt_Mjb7JW6af8TAhGlcg6FI4KAx0YdIdC8rzv9DEXAazRxbapsIxI-v3Y/s1600/GOPR2997.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-fLOJ0aBBAHWG2tupjdyKRIZSEWUVwtypYC-E6CsWmMJkkvn8fC3DnqRt3yN2KcdNBnU580SdfTG49GAVSVt_Mjb7JW6af8TAhGlcg6FI4KAx0YdIdC8rzv9DEXAazRxbapsIxI-v3Y/s320/GOPR2997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589247330482818610" border="0" /></a>through Monterey. The local soccer team was playing: so barely any traffic! We made it to the mountains above at night and took possession of our local cabin. After 2 hours through the bushes and cactus, we got to a little pass where David set up the camera to have a side view of the jump.<br /><br />An additional 20 min took us to the Exit point where Gee decided to be the wind dummy. The cliff is amazing: massively overhanging limestone cliff. The tricky part is if you decide to fly into the canyon in which case, you need to clear the narrow section <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigLHUPKp7ksgcdbCmbnsM64anDs3TXEB9rtk6b7kHWRoOMgSUNrbu-1Q9AybcsI7e-3HKcdJOzt5ki7f-0Xa-xW4vXOkE1b1IhrMfLnL4KJRYCDdela4T_kRQ5I8ymQejCsyYCr4yUQ/s1600/P1040936.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigLHUPKp7ksgcdbCmbnsM64anDs3TXEB9rtk6b7kHWRoOMgSUNrbu-1Q9AybcsI7e-3HKcdJOzt5ki7f-0Xa-xW4vXOkE1b1IhrMfLnL4KJRYCDdela4T_kRQ5I8ymQejCsyYCr4yUQ/s320/P1040936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589248075649182546" border="0" /></a>to be comfortable to open and land on the beach down the river. But how to we get back to the cabin from this gorge? Just follow the river and 1 hour later we were "home", ready to enjoy a local meal. But David made it back at least 2 hours later, beat up and dehydrated. It took him 5 hours to go down, twice as much as going up! Obviously, the new alternate route he tried is not to be repeated!<br /><br />Our third and last day didn't allow enough time for the exploration of an other cliff that Gee had scoped on his last trip. Never mind, we went for that same beautiful cliff again with David shooting from the bottom this time. Similar conditions than the day before, but more light due to our early start. What a blast again. But no time to chill, Houston is a long drive back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkMhtDTRUtKphY_etP2Z701CK3X3MT0LY-5RMySzb59JXaj1tcpyqTxnzX6rR0cB4SBhyphenhyphenCb4PZ3Q-P9AUDlsjPCfDffNNhhV8XWfZ8zE1A_l7q-HC9rNi2hAagV6LRS8P9nePXpTGE6s/s1600/Mexico_Base_2011_02_20_composite1_10_layers_c_small.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 1000px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkMhtDTRUtKphY_etP2Z701CK3X3MT0LY-5RMySzb59JXaj1tcpyqTxnzX6rR0cB4SBhyphenhyphenCb4PZ3Q-P9AUDlsjPCfDffNNhhV8XWfZ8zE1A_l7q-HC9rNi2hAagV6LRS8P9nePXpTGE6s/s1600/Mexico_Base_2011_02_20_composite1_10_layers_c_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlsjUnNw1mJjfCYBSCkMAQuFBcYwqOciMe1r5cEQvJYUAF2qzcw1uN7sI0nMkiN_GvRVjZwOEU5uqvwpcQySwjXVhihZkSZEKNymrFQVHtnufXjL9psN1a1LEZqSLvjZiXLSZGYPvC5U/s1600/P1040882.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlsjUnNw1mJjfCYBSCkMAQuFBcYwqOciMe1r5cEQvJYUAF2qzcw1uN7sI0nMkiN_GvRVjZwOEU5uqvwpcQySwjXVhihZkSZEKNymrFQVHtnufXjL9psN1a1LEZqSLvjZiXLSZGYPvC5U/s1600/P1040882.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hJZ0OTV6Pyk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Damien Dykmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17652344787439852915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-738856253325208142011-02-15T11:36:00.000-08:002011-02-15T11:49:35.555-08:00Flocking at Lodi January 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qagF6TAQ9sKLEuATseCAsntUNFPo3LkzST9XADzqX8Jt0Zt7tkkAxmiKHuZESjyjQT3wQR2METr0Mlir2sphMrH_RQLixzxHfDv-XzMVsiPaRNlEjdWQlbAnN6_Rtic9K8HJ8u4kbUz7/s1600/jhonny-1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qagF6TAQ9sKLEuATseCAsntUNFPo3LkzST9XADzqX8Jt0Zt7tkkAxmiKHuZESjyjQT3wQR2METr0Mlir2sphMrH_RQLixzxHfDv-XzMVsiPaRNlEjdWQlbAnN6_Rtic9K8HJ8u4kbUz7/s320/jhonny-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574004938205523762" border="0" /></a><br />Check out these cool shots from the bigger then life Team Member and PRO Cameraman,<a href="http://www.facebook.com/jhonathanflorezp"> Jhonny "Madusa" Florez</a>.<br />Just click the Flocking picture to go straight to the <a href="http://jhonathanflorez.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=15851099&AlbumKey=u9Tzi">Gallery Slide Show</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://jhonathanflorez.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=15851099&AlbumKey=u9Tzi" title=""><img src="http://jhonathanflorez.smugmug.com/Sports/Skydiving/Team-Ill-Vision-January-2011/0100-TIV-0149/1188550139_Dn24r-M.jpg" title="" alt="" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-64114281884817078702011-02-14T10:40:00.000-08:002011-02-14T10:42:38.747-08:00Dean Potter in Purple N RedPretty sure I saw teammate <a href="http://www.facebook.com/damien.dykman">Damien Dykman </a>in one of these clips!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sf49cw0134U&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sf49cw0134U&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-11551042534784665692010-12-15T12:11:00.000-08:002010-12-15T12:40:19.105-08:00Team ILL Vision Makes Para MAGPage nine of<a href="http://paramag.nuxit.net/index.php"> 2010 October Para Mag,</a> Full Page, CRW Fly By.<br />Congrats guys!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-AnM9h5ihJ3RZqU1iRLgCQRKiNs3VEgLERSkRGPq6vyaWg26I3D6m7znGHxcmugaaJKobA_1QYc3coPedLrezjIr9DXuZKhb0smvOjL2Smlc9GL2tBH5k4bkL-dHd3IP3qAlFJASArfK/s1600/ParaMagFXBlog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-AnM9h5ihJ3RZqU1iRLgCQRKiNs3VEgLERSkRGPq6vyaWg26I3D6m7znGHxcmugaaJKobA_1QYc3coPedLrezjIr9DXuZKhb0smvOjL2Smlc9GL2tBH5k4bkL-dHd3IP3qAlFJASArfK/s640/ParaMagFXBlog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551010371321923410" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-89134577987756909052010-11-14T08:33:00.000-08:002010-11-18T10:52:18.457-08:00<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Please check out our new website!</span></b></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.teamillvision.com/">Team ILL VISION.com</a></span>WestCoastWingsuitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128457053227968826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-60387883656230036462010-11-10T13:08:00.000-08:002010-11-12T10:19:05.713-08:00"Courage in Sports Awards" features Team Ill Vision!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKQ6AvEmYYi1xL_7ezfggNQUkTxt3zPGoc-VCjxYVWsquqEAFlE3XQ-5VMlL1JrIThRTS6S_oHrel7P7j1nwcQDjfOKNOLXETs231oLCxWgdt1sDM-sGM7qt-w4NfpKpZk1Tm7B2mEBpO/s1600/ED+profile-3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKQ6AvEmYYi1xL_7ezfggNQUkTxt3zPGoc-VCjxYVWsquqEAFlE3XQ-5VMlL1JrIThRTS6S_oHrel7P7j1nwcQDjfOKNOLXETs231oLCxWgdt1sDM-sGM7qt-w4NfpKpZk1Tm7B2mEBpO/s200/ED+profile-3.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538706472433407410" border="0" /></a>By <a href="http://www.westcoastwingsuits.com/">Ed Pawlowski</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJTUxQJlYAPiHPU24zJrRef9qMQPs1pkGXKNrZm0H-JkDSYY6XROb7-TySOO6V1jrwJSmYAOp6Rt2plD3ZUpVypntpahQlJGl6GXMQviNqz_1dgVlA5PuUcPZQ4Ys3Ys1rjtTZ0ootoc/s1600/IMG_2020.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJTUxQJlYAPiHPU24zJrRef9qMQPs1pkGXKNrZm0H-JkDSYY6XROb7-TySOO6V1jrwJSmYAOp6Rt2plD3ZUpVypntpahQlJGl6GXMQviNqz_1dgVlA5PuUcPZQ4Ys3Ys1rjtTZ0ootoc/s200/IMG_2020.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/cbssports/story/12497679">"Courage in Sports Awards"</a> is an annual one hour program that will air nationally on CBS November 14th at 2pm PST and 5pm EST. The show will honor and profile athletes who have demonstrated exceptional courage, character, and perseverance in the face of great challenges in order to succeed in their chosen sport.<br />Past honorees have included professional athletes like former Olympic gold medalist Muhammad Ali, 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and current MLB All-Star Josh Hamilton. But, the heart of the program lies in the stories that <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8mZo5Q52znkxmnWW_uo6YP0lVUwqUrIA7rlpYwgkXaR8Ie-Sw1SAgNZYOPSwMUaPdaQf43eWfNBK4ivVpdPU9zDY3TbUlZJmYOdGL4FmPakmutR3HNjT-15Cd7MBB1RQSBml8JjKuoQ/s1600/IMG_2004.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8mZo5Q52znkxmnWW_uo6YP0lVUwqUrIA7rlpYwgkXaR8Ie-Sw1SAgNZYOPSwMUaPdaQf43eWfNBK4ivVpdPU9zDY3TbUlZJmYOdGL4FmPakmutR3HNjT-15Cd7MBB1RQSBml8JjKuoQ/s400/IMG_2004.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a>often pass us by and go untold each year. From individual athletes and coaches, to teams and organizations, these unique stories possess the rare ability to inspire hope in ways that few others can.<div><a href="http://www.intersportnet.com/">Intersport Productions</a> was looking for a some of the best wingsuit pilots in the world when they called<a href="http://westcoastwingsuits.com/"> Ed Pawlowski of WestCoast Wingsuits </a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Ill-Vision-Professional-Stunt-Skydivers-and-BASE-Jumpers/159154934367">Team Ill Vision</a> fit the roll 100%.<br />Team Ill Vision will be an abstract element in the show, somewhat helping tie the show <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3syel7Z9Phw-pHDhNuGA0F_e9hVt0QPKxGL-M5ttRqDJyfHtP-ZYMX6zvSBKlsTGqZB8i6rqt3zm9k61E9xiVHVfGoFWxgA45W28fThpIGbNnL3sT0wWPqvzsCngP7KamSUW491zF7I/s1600/IMG_2116.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 343px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3syel7Z9Phw-pHDhNuGA0F_e9hVt0QPKxGL-M5ttRqDJyfHtP-ZYMX6zvSBKlsTGqZB8i6rqt3zm9k61E9xiVHVfGoFWxgA45W28fThpIGbNnL3sT0wWPqvzsCngP7KamSUW491zF7I/s640/IMG_2116.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a>together. Shooting the preparation, the ascent, the jump itself, the flight, and the landings are all of what they were looking for.<br /></div>In the program Team Ill Vision explains an encompassing story arc of what it is to overcome a fear and persevere.<br />We hope you enjoy the show!<br />TIV<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLygrVOdpn9oaBwUjQxQ0nVgYqmRNdsdq4WHifK13AIjQDlS077ASNx409L6WlN2CgHR9HtQuzo8b8OvTYJ20Lp8aWF1WuekkNhU_fHICUvvdMidZAt9UOkNmQbdpujiWFdhpKWayWYUU/s1600/IMG_2086_2.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLygrVOdpn9oaBwUjQxQ0nVgYqmRNdsdq4WHifK13AIjQDlS077ASNx409L6WlN2CgHR9HtQuzo8b8OvTYJ20Lp8aWF1WuekkNhU_fHICUvvdMidZAt9UOkNmQbdpujiWFdhpKWayWYUU/s1600/IMG_2086_2.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo7kuAWuAInt-02fozCCGFe9MJuWaNibsEYDEhyvQg93aC38lGfOLppTJoBBusRPIeNM8hnuQsNS0nWC5Z_JlpvP7UVnUGDpTDAy3XI9jGzu7bogoS8AOKdDPIoPWdiPyvLLq4S7JIVs/s320/IMG_2052.JPG"><img style="float: right; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuD81ncTYS5pU1ohsUQKV86bDkkqHHt6wN2y2ZOH8k_gUkUEDcJCzEw1wU8r3DyL4sTo86pQueYmsBfhYAF9eQbeprsJ1_gVrouwKkbqp294Y2AG-CYkR3oVERH2_gUqgHK1GJkLw7LhA/s600/IMG_2142.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgnbb-d1TkeV5fbuKjBiNPbGAUXe7yLyiHp2aW7O3ENInA9KJuBLG9rlbHzGC53Wlwq4kLo4i-e2PVvpJSz0_uYhg_VzZXuuVyzI3V15wvcCc1fTZlsfmg_TYDsUq2b_BGEKPMeiiIVI/s320/P1030145.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgnbb-d1TkeV5fbuKjBiNPbGAUXe7yLyiHp2aW7O3ENInA9KJuBLG9rlbHzGC53Wlwq4kLo4i-e2PVvpJSz0_uYhg_VzZXuuVyzI3V15wvcCc1fTZlsfmg_TYDsUq2b_BGEKPMeiiIVI/s600/P1030145.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW2WOkqQY7x-uN9MtfmYxCECkHUm8E874cy0NXWJPoJ63XWKb02-NPdmjD3PrKYdKjk82OtA_r9ZnmcdV6f9zZkUxC9QAJ7bw6Drk8UatTIenB74r5gPGomq-gvBHhQI57F5iGkbIsVY/s320/IMG_1046.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW2WOkqQY7x-uN9MtfmYxCECkHUm8E874cy0NXWJPoJ63XWKb02-NPdmjD3PrKYdKjk82OtA_r9ZnmcdV6f9zZkUxC9QAJ7bw6Drk8UatTIenB74r5gPGomq-gvBHhQI57F5iGkbIsVY/s600/IMG_1046.JPG" alt="Team ILL Vision" border="0" /></a>WestCoastWingsuitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128457053227968826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-8482769350301631372010-09-14T12:27:00.000-07:002010-09-21T11:57:29.569-07:00Wingsuiting the North West Coast Terminal Cliff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UTwSFX_NU1l7KVKPSa7YWoXk_mVWOIA4V5qEqx7ZplR_Z1JiKbCo1WbsG4c9jChFYvkxsAtRJrwYlqVz4Y-4cWlztq9vH_4CWZJWl3mK_iGo3YCINkqWThFyx7UALB-_qICtx5hg7UFV/s1600/WWR+TIV+Michel+profile-2cw.jpg" alt="Damien Dykman form Team Ill Vision"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UTwSFX_NU1l7KVKPSa7YWoXk_mVWOIA4V5qEqx7ZplR_Z1JiKbCo1WbsG4c9jChFYvkxsAtRJrwYlqVz4Y-4cWlztq9vH_4CWZJWl3mK_iGo3YCINkqWThFyx7UALB-_qICtx5hg7UFV/s200/WWR+TIV+Michel+profile-2cw.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision members and friends" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517623628837547746" border="0" /></a>By Damien Dykman<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIS3Lqv5HFx3kqDXjPMCf9slHT65AlMThZV1HqQxDpN2NtnYuPSLgwr7IVw0gsa6FoyLSkaIJ4UX1e_F65vBBfQDqBxJ4SgBHJtJHh8EDpTLpSLDUI042lPg2VqbPFsTM_WvsmkWn4LA/s1600/PNGMarkusPreso+18.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIS3Lqv5HFx3kqDXjPMCf9slHT65AlMThZV1HqQxDpN2NtnYuPSLgwr7IVw0gsa6FoyLSkaIJ4UX1e_F65vBBfQDqBxJ4SgBHJtJHh8EDpTLpSLDUI042lPg2VqbPFsTM_WvsmkWn4LA/s320/PNGMarkusPreso+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516863689656832402" border="0" /></a>Summer's too hot? What about those mountains up North of the West coast to get a little fresh air? Four of us and our close friend Arnel Sanchez decided to go for a quick weekend trip before the end of the season. Not the perfect place for a first wingsuit BASE, but decent enough given his experience wingsuiting and BASE jumping. With Tom and Bill, two friendly locals, we had a good crew going.<br /><br />Saturday, the weather was great. Low winds, cloud patches. Perfect conditions for Arnel's attempt. But first, you have to earn it with a healthy hike. From 3 years ago, I had remembered it as a mellow 2 hr hike...<br /><br /><br />W<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABYQgZF3JG5GcHLdx4_ksk_jzWco7eg22UhqE-UWeTP_wC6_XfP5-1QmDC5zbf_SwkJFO_ktWdy-Ft6Cm3gjBJYrXd00Zk1vtfN8MJHj1KUNkXeKaua6yHNL3H9c53PyVNK2RatpbER8/s1600/IMG_0018.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABYQgZF3JG5GcHLdx4_ksk_jzWco7eg22UhqE-UWeTP_wC6_XfP5-1QmDC5zbf_SwkJFO_ktWdy-Ft6Cm3gjBJYrXd00Zk1vtfN8MJHj1KUNkXeKaua6yHNL3H9c53PyVNK2RatpbER8/s640/IMG_0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516901195655358290" border="0" /></a>ell, at least it wasn't too hot. Perfect hiking conditions. At the exit point, Bill and Tom opened the game by a sweet 2-way to show the visitors how it's done. Brian, Jimmy and Dingo followed with a red & purple 3-way, so that they could shoot ground footage of Arnel's first.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8fWmvGH2Xk6OHmq6Du9-yekcFOcyoPqJeM0LcA9d8ajDTIBfbDOU4cN60BOPwvwVYN1gfTp0yGthMDb-_NuliQbLABh_3I3_9EYJyT6_s_u2K4BhyCKH4FW7Q9PZkCjXSmMwymWHi2o/s1600/P1020772_zoom.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 648px; height: 571px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8fWmvGH2Xk6OHmq6Du9-yekcFOcyoPqJeM0LcA9d8ajDTIBfbDOU4cN60BOPwvwVYN1gfTp0yGthMDb-_NuliQbLABh_3I3_9EYJyT6_s_u2K4BhyCKH4FW7Q9PZkCjXSmMwymWHi2o/s640/P1020772_zoom.JPG" alt="Dingo, Jimmy and Brian exiting with their wingsuits" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516905892940630818" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviiCXoknqEgFBWgvc0hLU-Kp_XLw5pUd06xaGQ9Dzt6cDgSPNImfZaCXrZA-FK6QjDK5Mel_0jUhY9Bhgu17hV9xs-qHGqr5NEOamOzFuLFpw5SjDv4HZF3s_wixtu7sT45EJCWQSwZE/s1600/PNGMarkusPreso+32.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviiCXoknqEgFBWgvc0hLU-Kp_XLw5pUd06xaGQ9Dzt6cDgSPNImfZaCXrZA-FK6QjDK5Mel_0jUhY9Bhgu17hV9xs-qHGqr5NEOamOzFuLFpw5SjDv4HZF3s_wixtu7sT45EJCWQSwZE/s320/PNGMarkusPreso+32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516898074873754770" border="0" /></a><br />I could feel a bit of tension, but mainly concentration. He was ready to do it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSBU4gjueLqpSimWrVuHpGSY-u537zLs6689MWk3WWO6DCHO03uwZWzWetZm_P9C6El4SKNH-vmsskInRQlPvhzB63kY5H93ALb0hyphenhyphenGnS0B5rNnt7zAlG6bQfJVevl71Jp2H603YffAY/s1600/PNGMarkusPreso+21.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSBU4gjueLqpSimWrVuHpGSY-u537zLs6689MWk3WWO6DCHO03uwZWzWetZm_P9C6El4SKNH-vmsskInRQlPvhzB63kY5H93ALb0hyphenhyphenGnS0B5rNnt7zAlG6bQfJVevl71Jp2H603YffAY/s320/PNGMarkusPreso+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516907826112443970" border="0" /></a> Last radio contact with the boys at the bottom to make sure the cameras were rolling. Arnel did a powerful push that got him flying almost immediately. He took a nice conservative line, carving right towards the dry part of the lake where we land. What a great smile he had on his face after landing, walking towards the rest of the group!<br /><br />After a quick hike back to the car, we went for a great lunch in the local post office / grocery store / hardware store / restaurant. From the campers hanging out on the lake People to the local shop owners, everybody seemed so nice and friendly.<br /><br />We took a digestive h<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAI8h8MwLBI5O8F8gqCCaqMzYFHqiMlnTKpYq3ayIMsso3fUlL2apSJtERVvDoKiFIdmBYH5roopLCgIPtzirtLsS7l_xsDZ_MEC6OcurZO8cna_XN2MrolL4riknjo5EDr1yrSY470D8/s1600/PNGMarkusPreso+33.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAI8h8MwLBI5O8F8gqCCaqMzYFHqiMlnTKpYq3ayIMsso3fUlL2apSJtERVvDoKiFIdmBYH5roopLCgIPtzirtLsS7l_xsDZ_MEC6OcurZO8cna_XN2MrolL4riknjo5EDr1yrSY470D8/s320/PNGMarkusPreso+33.jpg" alt="Jimmy from Team Ill Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516910376961762370" border="0" /></a>ike... back to the exit point. That one felt even longer... but again, it was worth it! Though, we had to wait for maybe an hour for the fog layer to clear before being able to jump.<br /><br />The following day, conditions weren't as cooperative. Good thing there's a small cliff in the vicinity. And what a good excuse to relax instead of going for a long hike again!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_9YfCMJRGkbGjAJFCZbN7xwls_ovBvwJ11PuvplNtcOiOrWGiUm_yC6lCwhq0E-PDcbpmZmWP1L-lrTH7IxceAPoGffjSrkVaTyfghbGjBz1Vyr8zExOhZJ1V4zHv1oEeqgSAa0hn14/s1600/PNGMarkusPreso+2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_9YfCMJRGkbGjAJFCZbN7xwls_ovBvwJ11PuvplNtcOiOrWGiUm_yC6lCwhq0E-PDcbpmZmWP1L-lrTH7IxceAPoGffjSrkVaTyfghbGjBz1Vyr8zExOhZJ1V4zHv1oEeqgSAa0hn14/s320/PNGMarkusPreso+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516911985552822210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To end-up the weekend, our buddy Doug and 2 of his friends took us for a night bungee jumping session from a 200+ ft local bridge. Super quick to set everything up. How do you get back up? Well, what do you think the pickup truck is for? We'll pull from right back on the bridge!Damien Dykmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17652344787439852915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-38933116080084533962010-09-02T16:34:00.000-07:002010-09-02T16:38:58.457-07:00ILL Vision Shark'n the Crew DogsMore press for Team ILL Vision in <a href="http://www.skydivethemag.com/news-articles/view/flock-of-suits/">Skydive the MAG</a> out of the UK. The Team flew all the makes and models of the Phoenix fly line.<br />Check it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDAk1-Nlpgn2vJl2Iyzc-GqLoUjHJ8N7__ahp5ACTlfp7PcDYMu-STUtccasnSmf1ohnsOSzOAbICFiGYMJoiUoPbhHlhoMj_SAJLdajaIvKXuJN4lChBqZUNHVdqSYKyokqpeYWP2je-/s1600/Stuf102cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDAk1-Nlpgn2vJl2Iyzc-GqLoUjHJ8N7__ahp5ACTlfp7PcDYMu-STUtccasnSmf1ohnsOSzOAbICFiGYMJoiUoPbhHlhoMj_SAJLdajaIvKXuJN4lChBqZUNHVdqSYKyokqpeYWP2je-/s640/Stuf102cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512464549502881442" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-8757937362767192102010-08-24T19:50:00.000-07:002010-09-16T14:13:11.648-07:00In Loving Memory, Allisyn Beisner-MartinezAugust 23, 1973- July 22, 2010<div><br /></div><div>We mourn the loss of Allisyn Beisner- Martinez, and our thoughts are with her husband Nicola, her parents, her family, and the community she was a part of.</div><div><br /></div><div>In memory of Allisyn's birthday this Monday, Nicola, and the NorCal Skydive Community invited Allisyn's family and friends to Skydance Skydiving in Davis, California, for a celebration of her life. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was an honor to be a part of the jump where Nicola released Allisyn's ashes, and her beauty and passion was felt. </div><div><br /></div><div>David Royer.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14427646" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/14427646">Allisyn Beisner-Martinez Memorial Jump</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2003489">David Royer</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div></div><div><br /></div>Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326133031685501594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-23546224683197577682010-08-06T11:01:00.000-07:002010-09-16T14:13:57.175-07:00The Great Book of BASE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt3_V5fG8JuGqeNJ53v6HBqWWjXkqAVzW4jH_nG0MOEb3KcCNWj75A64KnPTmHFlM2XW457R32SEga_P2vs2T3WlSwIgxVAtNkkXjAs8oCoZ_F5HoUi1gvLP36u38D2CQ0PgJVN2TLeU/s1600/COVER+FINAL+BONES+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt3_V5fG8JuGqeNJ53v6HBqWWjXkqAVzW4jH_nG0MOEb3KcCNWj75A64KnPTmHFlM2XW457R32SEga_P2vs2T3WlSwIgxVAtNkkXjAs8oCoZ_F5HoUi1gvLP36u38D2CQ0PgJVN2TLeU/s400/COVER+FINAL+BONES+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502359858921853778" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;" ><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" >If you or anyone you know has ever wondered what BASE jumping is all about, this is the book. Who is the audience you may ask? <a href="http://base-book.com/">The Great Book of BASE</a> was written in a way that appeals to a wide demographic.<span style=""> </span>Whether you are an experienced jumper already or are simply intrigued by video you may have seen on TV or the internet and want to know more, this book has something for everyone. The photography alone is worthy of owning a copy to be placed on your coffee table. </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:48pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:130%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;font-size:16px;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" >While there are many other BASE related resources out there, this book is special in that so much information has been organized and illustrated in one place. It is hands down the most comprehensive reference you will find about the sport of BASE jumping. Author and fellow BASE jumper, Matt Gerdes, has done a phenomenal job capturing the essence of the sport in his own descriptive and entertaining writing style. The Great Book of BASE is a huge contribution to the sport carrying more positive impact than any other action attempted to since the days of the CJAA. It's brutally honest and portrays the sport in an educational and realistic capacity. </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:48pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" >Purchase <a href="http://base-book.com/">your copy of The Great Book of BASE</a> or download free sample pages. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" >Team ILL Vision is honored to have been given the opportunity to contribute photography and writing for this project.</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:48pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:48pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span>Jimmy Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337471184714596486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-52263035666204246232010-08-02T14:01:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:10:59.070-07:00SkyDive the MAGFrom the British Parachute Association Magazine!<br />Congrats guys!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTV3rF7N1TBLKUKoO9KUi1HbjDyCLRe3BJfpt-OcIrJrMylfEd_iDVxgRAuAxld1wBvQ_bytTU0XbixgYR8m3zw8YvyWL90MvvcLmkgXaylhCLnspoZO9Mcgf7SICY-D4EvvpEDqRV110/s1600/Stuf090cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTV3rF7N1TBLKUKoO9KUi1HbjDyCLRe3BJfpt-OcIrJrMylfEd_iDVxgRAuAxld1wBvQ_bytTU0XbixgYR8m3zw8YvyWL90MvvcLmkgXaylhCLnspoZO9Mcgf7SICY-D4EvvpEDqRV110/s640/Stuf090cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500920959748598210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15Ig84CihMkXSM5MEfpKxgId5TOHPFyi1uEjQ4G82AgbdwisucOBkKZGUAjbnfZ57ukKiWT_TatqtBIp1mS_spiU3lNRviHD8aD07oudpAYyk0nKk98iO44A9hYtoxt0q4gKZ9KAyfRmx/s1600/Stuf091cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15Ig84CihMkXSM5MEfpKxgId5TOHPFyi1uEjQ4G82AgbdwisucOBkKZGUAjbnfZ57ukKiWT_TatqtBIp1mS_spiU3lNRviHD8aD07oudpAYyk0nKk98iO44A9hYtoxt0q4gKZ9KAyfRmx/s640/Stuf091cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500920955230900754" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-22814536749705839732010-07-28T08:04:00.001-07:002010-08-02T14:11:50.380-07:00Team ILL Vision International PressFor the past few months Team ILL Vision has gone international with it's press. From Canada to Norway Team ILL Vision antics are being covered by the world.<br />Attached are some pics from <a href="http://www.frittfall.org/">Fritt Magazine</a> from Norway. Over the last year other international magazines have featured the USA based Team ILL Vision, including, <a href="http://paramag.nuxit.net/index.php">Paramag</a> from France, <a href="http://www.airpress.com.br/">AirPress</a> from Brasil and <a href="http://www.skydiver.com.au/">Skydiver</a> from Austrailia. Team ILL Vision has also been recently covered in <a href="http://www.skydivemag.com/">Skydive the Mag</a> out of the UK on the <a href="http://www.skydivemag.com/news-articles/view/flagwingsuit-flyby/">July 4th Wingsuit Flyby</a> and the <a href="http://www.skydivemag.com/news-articles/view/flock-of-suits/">Phoenix suit formation.</a><br /><br />Team ILL VISION, livn' up to it!<br /><br />Thanks for all your support Fans! You rock!<br /><br />HP<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvs2J5nyeSjw467SOTMzYYT1JN17bUTDgz2n-oZX_0DXkdwBa1jA0UpHLW6YbMl1ygM8Jzrtut29xvujDmGMnt_U-xTon3B6c_KjsIF7xV5yudslwooCA0mLmWr3Yc4UHbW3SgyBwzLSt/s1600/Stuf087cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvs2J5nyeSjw467SOTMzYYT1JN17bUTDgz2n-oZX_0DXkdwBa1jA0UpHLW6YbMl1ygM8Jzrtut29xvujDmGMnt_U-xTon3B6c_KjsIF7xV5yudslwooCA0mLmWr3Yc4UHbW3SgyBwzLSt/s640/Stuf087cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498978419985535730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTr-1hOmkn4NKXM2YpHbfvizRGI4yitjAiBfQLe1MMohhIxyOERLXhipPbS_r78VwPuFEG8FrqSxXeyjV42ruKtizLRpL1KF1gNJhSViKHxbc1hISMlvX0wRL398-e93InKKPLSWN13p0n/s1600/Stuf088cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTr-1hOmkn4NKXM2YpHbfvizRGI4yitjAiBfQLe1MMohhIxyOERLXhipPbS_r78VwPuFEG8FrqSxXeyjV42ruKtizLRpL1KF1gNJhSViKHxbc1hISMlvX0wRL398-e93InKKPLSWN13p0n/s640/Stuf088cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498978408180786786" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-9238743953036630722010-07-01T06:38:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:12:30.924-07:00All American Wingsuit FlybyBy Brian Drake<br />Alternate Team Member<br /><br />On Saturday, April 24; at the <a href="http://www.parachutecenter.com/">Parachute Center in Lodi, CA</a>; Team Ill Vision, collaborating with a team of local skydivers, planned and executed a wingsuit formation flyby of a 1000 square foot American flag (suspended under canopy); a feat requiring precision timing, group coordination, and flying ability.<br /><br />The massive American flag was flown by Rex Pemberton, who was jumping at the Parachute Center to prepare for an upcoming public exhibition. While watching Pemberton's practice flag jumps throughout the day, the idea for a wingsuit formation flyby was hatched. A three person wingsuit formation consisting of Brian Drake, Jhonathan Florez and Ed Pawlowski would attempt to fly by the flag while being filmed by wingsuit camera flyer Jade Tatum. Chase Bradshaw volunteered to provide canopy-to-canopy footage.<br /><br />After designing the flight plan, the safety considerations, and the camera angles, the team boarded the Twin Otter for the sunset load. Due to the fall rate and ground speed disparity between a canopy trailing a 1000 square foot flag and a wingsuit still in freefall, the setup, approach, and flyby offered a very small window of opportunity. With the additional factor of the desired sunset lighting and Pemberton's travel schedule, this was truly a one-take shot.<br /><br />The canopy pilots (Pemberton and Bradshaw) exited the Twin Otter at 10,000 ft before the plane resumed climbing to normal exit altitude of 13.000 ft AGL. While still in the plane, the wingsuit team watched the canopy team deploy and begin to navigate the agreed flight pattern. Quick thinking and flexibility were brought into play when it was realized that due to the change in wind conditions, the canopy team had reversed their flight direction to maintain landing distance to the dropzone. Wingsuit team leader Ed Pawloski adapted the flight plan to compensate and communicated the revised strategy to the canopy team via one-way air-to-air radio. Confident in Pawloski's leadership, the wingsuit team exited the plane, wearing the signature red and purple Phoenix-Fly wingsuits of Team Ill Vision. Pawlowski led the formation with Florez and Drake flying in slot offset behind him while Tatum flew outside camera.<br /><br />As the formation completed its setup and began final approach on the flag, all flight skills were brought into play as Pawlowski ably varied fall rate and forward speed to maintain the desired interception angle. With timing the crucial element, the team waited until just the right moment before "punching it out", transitioning their wingsuits into full flight performance as the flag loomed ahead. The 3-person formation rocketed past the Stars and Stripes at a distance that caught each person's breath as the enormity of the flag was appreciated up close and at very high closing speed. As the wingsuits cleared the flag, shouts of exhilaration were heard as each pilot pealed off from the formation to seek their own airspace for safe canopy deployment, while those jumpers watching from the ground exhaled in relief breaths held in nervous anticipation. The energy and excitement was palpable as the team landed, congratulating each other on a job well done. Another vision accomplished for Team Ill Vision.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXYffW70EuzaUTVKhRTkRsOQ6YRld89zCjWJudNmD-cw-aF_RYb-5Iahg8VXu3zr5hxXHJjTgnJOSYah728vfKpMIYtd7R0S82OKsIVhPeYzWgujU_T4BzVj2GTpEE8PR5EC1J1_egiPK/s1600/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-6cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXYffW70EuzaUTVKhRTkRsOQ6YRld89zCjWJudNmD-cw-aF_RYb-5Iahg8VXu3zr5hxXHJjTgnJOSYah728vfKpMIYtd7R0S82OKsIVhPeYzWgujU_T4BzVj2GTpEE8PR5EC1J1_egiPK/s640/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-6cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision flies by flag" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467212087001248546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA57pvvtb8fnNaE6Tz_Jx2mZj4_lmpX7I42Q746gGLQ-JhTs6sao9Eftg2QGtmPV1Xljql2u_Qdm0YcKS8bjQ7Bma5JrEqePlYqDRcRvJZFLt8gQzX1IDQGBdrOFL-4rsDu4hhuqvgvaO/s1600/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-5cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA57pvvtb8fnNaE6Tz_Jx2mZj4_lmpX7I42Q746gGLQ-JhTs6sao9Eftg2QGtmPV1Xljql2u_Qdm0YcKS8bjQ7Bma5JrEqePlYqDRcRvJZFLt8gQzX1IDQGBdrOFL-4rsDu4hhuqvgvaO/s640/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-5cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision flies by flag" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467212085337263234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUj3EfIdzjzbqFGfiiSVCELuWE3tcCplmaYfKl3OB53JdTndonY9QcPpjxJ5jGhhEED7B4T9sWsZ0XSmhqhD_lGUSlEsKZ19ihbIZa0pwx3ADOgfc0cQC6S5rkW1SR4DzZ21DNqO4ERTY/s1600/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-2cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUj3EfIdzjzbqFGfiiSVCELuWE3tcCplmaYfKl3OB53JdTndonY9QcPpjxJ5jGhhEED7B4T9sWsZ0XSmhqhD_lGUSlEsKZ19ihbIZa0pwx3ADOgfc0cQC6S5rkW1SR4DzZ21DNqO4ERTY/s640/4.10.TIV.Flag.Flyby-2cw.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision flies by flag" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467212075541144050" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-29726998437942141822010-06-28T11:33:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:09:25.733-07:00Another Way to Get High<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmOflPOH25wXPeGLacbOJe-IsT0vhGGVF3ag6xZ-EYscOjRMv3ni753SzenrzsYDZ__LnNVcjCYpSJThKojwTwGmwelDuQI5Vmu88xTrztWRfzI0QBCPRmVGdsATv915CZrYYr-cw7HY/s1600/IMG_0282.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_FxmQlbaOYjadRmYdvSq6E0LxQYe75Cl8Jmq-uw7VSp2v_koZJb285uTl9KTukYuKEGNlxk9K7kYJLK8_WfuuS_pCXKmRd9OK4zU4AGX2zism35AtbYDBdMc_aXLdK4_kySkVqNy-zc/s1600/noname-12.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_FxmQlbaOYjadRmYdvSq6E0LxQYe75Cl8Jmq-uw7VSp2v_koZJb285uTl9KTukYuKEGNlxk9K7kYJLK8_WfuuS_pCXKmRd9OK4zU4AGX2zism35AtbYDBdMc_aXLdK4_kySkVqNy-zc/s200/noname-12.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487900604932453602" border="0" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal">By Jimmy Hopper</p><p class="MsoNormal">Team Member</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to the introduction and encouragement from teammate, David “Dingo” Royer, paragliding has become one of the mainstays of my weekly routine here in the Bay Area.<span style=""> </span>Our local site, known as Mussel Rock in Pacifica, CA, is a fantastic playground and a host to an eclectic group of pilots.<span style=""> </span>These guys have become like family and we all thrive on the consistent conditions each summer season offers.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFiqZlbJXpJEVzJ7FPutsL9RHHs3Y0RS_9In2zgsAxi2vcQiMhzYuaGXQO9NrSTaKUfBqK253M-8FrJk1vcihuy9wqR3fJ4apNZZzbKpx9hhmK5pV36O2asowfRh7y05tWcKPqoicaKY/s1600/Para+Formation_Crystel+2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFiqZlbJXpJEVzJ7FPutsL9RHHs3Y0RS_9In2zgsAxi2vcQiMhzYuaGXQO9NrSTaKUfBqK253M-8FrJk1vcihuy9wqR3fJ4apNZZzbKpx9hhmK5pV36O2asowfRh7y05tWcKPqoicaKY/s400/Para+Formation_Crystel+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487912553793004722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthAb3b8bRWnHN2AbKCssHwj6tZVC8nv1_pNYab0yaiXaJgi8cT-fCqVarO96s3CDTXaUkTGUNbvkdFQE2ZQPTpsaUHhOFUR_a5KSmvJiRVcDIypjLuRCBbJPaFgzEZ2bB__wBM7sWOnA/s1600/pg+wingover.jpg"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthAb3b8bRWnHN2AbKCssHwj6tZVC8nv1_pNYab0yaiXaJgi8cT-fCqVarO96s3CDTXaUkTGUNbvkdFQE2ZQPTpsaUHhOFUR_a5KSmvJiRVcDIypjLuRCBbJPaFgzEZ2bB__wBM7sWOnA/s400/pg+wingover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487912881258842306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">After a few years of paragliding I couldn’t help but to be a little envious of all the hang glider pilots who shared the skies with us.<span style=""> </span>Sure, paragliding has its own unique advantages with transportability and ease of set up topping the list.<span style=""> </span>The reality is both sports have their time and place.<span style=""> </span>There’s just something about the maneuverability the hang glider offers.<span style=""> </span>I mean these guys had literally been flying circles around me in my paraglider for years now!<span style=""> </span>A hang glider pilot’s body position during flight is probably what attracted me the most to this new form of flight.<span style=""> </span>Unlike the reclining seated position in a paraglider, the prone position assumed in a hang glider is much more like a bird and likely the closest we will ever get to flying like they do.<span style=""> </span>To me it is reminiscent of flying wingsuits only we can now maintain and gain altitude.<span style=""> </span>What could be better?!</p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJYnxHPPOF1HCmF6LJr_2hZFaeRnq_OxJacrbpp6qS0ZkMI9ov0p8L3VIeSAFLKikDASlyluV31LrNMjv0UIN7OJTjV7G8EvLmFt2VyL3iGrhPkwxH2jOrK9Re_l4tOy1J1N_9UulDZ8/s400/PG+2009-07-07_037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487912083894152690" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLQhVb8tl0ofyQ8OVfYnVt0g0nGAV4p2jmv8HZeRgCwelxgQzgQz7fgxm_1BWCvx4P3OBjSjV7GWhivNAc7dNG9X341c_FGEtzSvDJoM9KZsKZSNqIRtgyv0_qqhyphenhyphenmgOHO74VeEP_qd0/s1600/PG+2009-07-07_027.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLQhVb8tl0ofyQ8OVfYnVt0g0nGAV4p2jmv8HZeRgCwelxgQzgQz7fgxm_1BWCvx4P3OBjSjV7GWhivNAc7dNG9X341c_FGEtzSvDJoM9KZsKZSNqIRtgyv0_qqhyphenhyphenmgOHO74VeEP_qd0/s320/PG+2009-07-07_027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487914688414512290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">This spring it was time to get on the path and add this skill to the quiver.<span style=""> </span>Friend and fellow wingsuit pilot, Brian Drake, was also eager to learn the sport and we were soon introduced to instructor, Jon Blome.<span style=""> </span>Under Jon’s direction we kicked off our first lesson at <a href="http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/parks/menuitem.106844a55ca9d5a5dbc2bd4735cda429?path=%2Fv7%2FParks%20and%20Recreation%2C%20Department%20of%20%28DEP%29%2FFind%20a%20Park&contentId=6ee37d256b784010VgnVCMP2200049dc4a92____&cpsextcurrchannel=1">Ed Levin County Park</a> where we spent the better half of the day practicing takeoffs and landings on a 50 foot “bunny hill”.<span style=""> </span>All in all the day was a big success and we ended it by taking a test and receiving our Hang 1 rating.<span style=""> </span>Unlike my experience with paragliding, right out of the gate it became evident that there were many more rules and hoops you have to jump through in order to earn the coveted Hang 3 rating needed to fly the most consistent local site, <a href="http://www.flyfunston.org/">Ft. Funston</a>. Convinced the payoff is going to be worth it, I didn’t let this get to me.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IGI7UnxVBlnapCvDVQhAYrHsvpjcClemRYABan6IDLvlUVdVjZbrU20nkRY22IqsjS9_SVKTq4GJOps_CHirANLeypqP4PJu8gJgrnTAhKkVibj4_5iM_KAcgfBRLMZ3W8axicTQHUc/s1600/sled+levin+2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IGI7UnxVBlnapCvDVQhAYrHsvpjcClemRYABan6IDLvlUVdVjZbrU20nkRY22IqsjS9_SVKTq4GJOps_CHirANLeypqP4PJu8gJgrnTAhKkVibj4_5iM_KAcgfBRLMZ3W8axicTQHUc/s400/sled+levin+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487918165527898658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1Vxuxyh_V_hOfcgCxYYOH_8mvUifunxeh8yJ17u8dxlwtH4Dm6MU1bGXAxlP2879hj9QUnsHWGnRUdwOH_mLGjXKz1iWAxUzeeYq4l4DogFJ168kF23OVr_nlITg8SSXDLroL6kRHVE/s320/funston+training+bowl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487917813914502850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" border="0" /></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">Over the next few weeks Brian, Jon, and I met nearly every Sunday at Ed Levin County Park to keep the momentum going.<span style=""> </span>Once we could demonstrate strong takeoff/ landing skills, ground control of the glider, and the ability to change direction and fly to a target, the next step would be moving higher on the hill to the 150’ launch.<span style=""> </span>To our dismay there were several weeks in a row where wind conditions proved to be challenging and we were confined to the 50’ launch at best. We were beginning to feel like we were stuck and would be “bunny hill” lifers.<span style=""> </span>Right about when frustration was truly setting in, weather cooperated and Brian and I were granted permission to move up to the 150’.<span style=""> </span>We each had 4 good flights and our motivation was restored.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6qAItUSyKvHN4iRGXFBsCWqBeV2yj-BiVJj0U_zsag7PXF10Q9wl1H1-OQoZ4Jm-AijbcF9zH4KhiI7EP5VWSuAFhZT3zarvHilSm4STW0UXeAfbkoiPawG6jaPH_ebWAt5HEKxRtZE/s320/IMG_0142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487917819528769602" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrpz__Cn8kjgXM5HCoH3VbA3ogJngHWzw-orzYez3c2zTbrzmOxMtglIdrBiXTmVYzKNpDgnDpqTwNQlOguDkwNUc5QNvsIG9ICZzVHLjWyJh1Jmpfm2naZhYUCfgIGptU_qB_b4vpjA/s1600/IMG_0144.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrpz__Cn8kjgXM5HCoH3VbA3ogJngHWzw-orzYez3c2zTbrzmOxMtglIdrBiXTmVYzKNpDgnDpqTwNQlOguDkwNUc5QNvsIG9ICZzVHLjWyJh1Jmpfm2naZhYUCfgIGptU_qB_b4vpjA/s400/IMG_0144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487921232624127762" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The following weekend was looking promising and we were almost certainly going to have the chance to launch from the 300 footer.<span style=""> </span>This would bring us that much closer to our Hang 2 rating which would allow us to fly a few more places than just Ed Levin.<span style=""> </span>Typical of any three day holiday weekend, the coming Memorial Day weekend presented a myriad of action sport opportunities and the challenge was to figure out how to do it all.<span style=""> </span>Dingo and several experienced hang glider pilots were planning to fly in the Owens Valley to celebrate his birthday, but this was thwarted by a sudden change in the forecast.<span style=""> </span>With conditions looking favorable in the Reno area, a new plan was underway.<span style=""> </span>This region offered something for all skill levels and it soon was agreed that Brian, Jon, and I would join forces with these guys.</div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">A Bump in the Road</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We arrived at our friend, Bill Cuddy’s house just south of Reno early that Saturday morning.<span style=""> </span>Due to the amount of gear and number of people in tow, we were a comical caravan of five vehicles, though this didn’t seem to bother Bill.<span style=""> </span>Time was of the essence since temperatures would be rising in an hour or two and would get too rough for Brian and I.<span style=""> </span>We wasted no time and drove a short way to the landing area where we received a thorough briefing of the landing area.<span style=""> </span>We then piled into 3 four-wheel-drive trucks and bounced our way up to the launch that Brian and I were suited to fly.<span style=""> </span>I think I set a new personal speed record for setting up the glider.<span style=""> </span>I did a quick pre-flight inspection, hooked in, and walked the glider to the launch.<span style=""> </span>After a few minutes of assessing conditions we all agreed that they were nice and mellow and perfect for launch.<span style=""> </span>Walk, jog, run and I was off with a strong launch.<span style=""> </span>Almost immediately I felt a tiny bump of lift (rising air) so I pushed out on the bar to milk it for a little more altitude.<span style=""> </span>This was the mistake that would lead to the next series of events.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmglN1zkcPhrvP8g_Fd2eael3pUrBdY-CxARjgFAtzYWQmCGOjiEEzRSS3hU46XLRF03jsM8jFAQCnf2xgFDHXMUU-QyemtLjt3INYySnktpi7HZSUg7cI7V9eoGNLx_9zwKFvKBJinLI/s400/Hang+trip_Mem+Day+wknd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488208422176980034" style="text-align: center; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEqbuppQJSaJRSpEHOaXK-3p300ihVwuzN4XHDHlhNYl-OTO0FCASwI6drNRtJku7wzcBvMFB_Dn-NzL3o6v4t8C1BPaBfIiJe5B3of3y-IDJvAm9dG3dvjOkxawKFoYyGvJ-SnG1i6I/s400/hang+trip_mem+day+wknd+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488208428959063986" style="text-align: center; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">In accordance with my flight plan discussed with the guys at launch, I initiated a left turn after flying straight for 10 seconds or so and flew along the ridgeline careful not to get too close.<span style=""> </span>The glider suddenly seemed to want to bear left toward the hill so I immediately bumped to the right to point it in a safe direction.<span style=""> </span>Nothing happened.<span style=""> </span>I bumped right again even harder and more deliberate this time.<span style=""> </span>Still nothing happened.<span style=""> </span>The glider continued to come around to the left until I was now flying on a collision course toward the hillside.<span style=""> </span>The terrain was formidable, littered with sage brush and boulder piles.<span style=""> </span>This was all bad as it became obvious this is where I was headed.<span style=""> </span>As the hillside got closer my ground speed became uncomfortably apparent.<span style=""> </span>As a BASE jumper ground rush is a thrill you learn to enjoy and look forward to.<span style=""> </span>In this case I was overcome with a sick feeling because I knew there wasn’t a parachute to save the day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just before impact I remembered the stories of crashes I had heard from other pilots.<span style=""> </span>Natural instinct is to maintain a death grip on the control frame all the way into the ground which often is responsible for spiral fractures of the humorous.<span style=""> </span>With this in mind I pushed out on the bar (flared) as hard as I could and let go of the control frame pulling my arms near my body.<span style=""> </span>The wings weren’t perfectly level with the left tip lower than the right.<span style=""> </span>This caused the glider to shoot upward and into a big left turn.<span style=""> </span>With a loud metallic ‘clank’ me and the glider pounded into the hillside like a piano falling from the second story.<span style=""> </span>I was quick to my feet and immediately started assessing myself for injuries.<span style=""> </span>Teeth.<span style=""> </span>Check.<span style=""> </span>Legs.<span style=""> </span>Check.<span style=""> </span>Right arm.<span style=""> </span>Check.<span style=""> </span>Left Arm.<span style=""> </span>Ch…Damn it!! There was a very visible deformity on my left wrist right about where it joins the hand.<span style=""> </span>I let out a shout of disgust with myself which was a signal to everyone standing on the launch that I was conscious and more importantly, not dead.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y4sBzRysZvt7m-rf8MnT-E6ZV5kOY1Y6jh1q2mEcHaq26n63hM3nVg1muHwXcYDGgO5AqQXhuhXPcauKN0I_A5gJTlbKvDaEoEympO1jEyOR45WD7-fIcc9x1KKwmQGprr0rXJy2XdE/s400/Picture+11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488212328409760834" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" border="0" /></span></p><div>The guys made their way to me pretty quickly with cameras rolling.<span style=""> </span>I’m not exactly sure what I said but I’m pretty sure it was to the effect of, “summer has been canceled.”<span style=""> </span>The glider turned out to not be damaged that badly with only one down tube bent.<span style=""> </span>The hike on the other hand back up to the top was a bit uncomfortable to say the least.<span style=""> </span>The scratches on my helmet and my face indicated that I had taken a bit of the impact on my head.<span style=""> </span>This would explain why vision started to blur periodically and a break or two was required before reaching the top.<span style=""> </span>At least this time everyone was spared the repetitive questions that are typical of a concussion.<span style=""> </span>Before the inevitable bouncy ride down in the truck, Bill splinted my arm with a stick, a bath towel, and some duct tape.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">So back to the mistake and what lesson was learned here.<span style=""> </span>By pushing out on the bar right after launch I reduced my airspeed right off the bat.<span style=""> </span>Instead of letting off of the bar and letting the glider fly I am almost positive that I still had the bar pushed out an inch or two the entire time.<span style=""> </span>There was just enough energy left in the wing to make the left turn but after that there was nothing left to correct back to the right.<span style=""> </span>In hindsight I could have pulled in on the bar generating more airspeed and turned to the right with no worries.<span style=""> </span>Better yet, don’t kill your airspeed so soon after launch and so close to the ground!<span style=""> </span>Let it fly!<span style=""> </span>And in case you’re wondering, I look forward to picking up where I left off.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Big thanks to all of my friends on the trip for going out of their way to help me out.<span style=""> </span>Special thanks to Anne Kroemer and Laure Willams for sacrificing their day to get me to the hospital and for looking after my dog.<span style=""> </span>Thanks to the Cuddy family for opening their home to me and all of our riff raff friends.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Happy birthday, Dingo.<span style=""> </span>This one will be easy to remember.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-Jimmy Hopper</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmOflPOH25wXPeGLacbOJe-IsT0vhGGVF3ag6xZ-EYscOjRMv3ni753SzenrzsYDZ__LnNVcjCYpSJThKojwTwGmwelDuQI5Vmu88xTrztWRfzI0QBCPRmVGdsATv915CZrYYr-cw7HY/s400/IMG_0282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488212969578975346" style="display: block; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Jimmy Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337471184714596486noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-19406823421038726172010-06-24T11:21:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:13:37.395-07:00Phoenix-Fly Product Line Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfB-G2TEuw6BcHqOG6qgyV-hoD8OhOmP4vnP3keDPuEBWbl_O2jWDE_ifg6gnBYDDR1Zp2c95A3ByGJdIcmlWs1V4uGdgEOkKs7fBwkTtlYLAU_4mNeyfa9DK04WPZ4B-1Ojft8A09wit/s1600/8.09HPFrance-5.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfB-G2TEuw6BcHqOG6qgyV-hoD8OhOmP4vnP3keDPuEBWbl_O2jWDE_ifg6gnBYDDR1Zp2c95A3ByGJdIcmlWs1V4uGdgEOkKs7fBwkTtlYLAU_4mNeyfa9DK04WPZ4B-1Ojft8A09wit/s200/8.09HPFrance-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486407458584052578" border="0" /></a> By Ricardo Valbuena<br />Team Member<br /><br />Photography by<br /><a href="http://www.iwanvanderschoor.com/">Iwan van der Schoor</a><br /><br />Once again Team Ill Vision has gathered to accomplish another challenge. This time the challenge consisted in Flocking the entire product line manufactured by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.phoenix-fly.com">Phoenix-Fly</a>, Human Flight Innovations.<br />The challenge came as an idea after super light and skinny Team member Jhonathan Florez realized he was able to generate a fall rate of around 80mph with just the Tracking Suit. The realization prompted Jhonny to call up other team members to see if they could match up their Wingsuits with his Tracking Suit fall rate while staying within proper proximity to make an actual flock.<br />Practice jumps were called on June 18th and June 19th with just a few members. After a few practice jumps, and going through a process of trial and error, Jhonny was able to dial the right body position and fall rate to make it possible for the Wingsuits to stay within proper and consistent flocking distance.<br />On Saturday 20th at the Parachute Center in Lodi, California, the challenge was called up. The challenge counted with the presence of most Team Ill Vision members along with participation and collaboration of Aerial Videographer and Photographer Iwan Van Der Schoor and other members of the Lodi Wingsuit community.<br />An early morning first jump was made with the idea to flock a perfect diamond with 10 Points, including 6 different Wingsuits types led by a Tracking Suit. Only about an 85% success was achieved on this jump mostly due to the distraction generated by anxiety and anticipation among some of the participants. Nevertheless the jump provided the participants all the necessary inspiration and facts to work with in order to make a second successful attempt.<br />A second attempt was made, and short after exiting the plane a beautiful flock assembled to form a perfect diamond containing every type of Wingsuit and Tracking Suit made by Phoenix-Fly.<br />Participants included:<br /><br />Jhonathan Florez<span style="font-style: italic;">, Team Member,</span> (Tracking Suit)<br />Avery Badenhop, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Member</span>, (Shadow)<br />Damien Dykman, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Member,</span> (Acro)<br />Ed Pawlowski,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Team Captain,</span> (Prodigy 2)<br />Kristin Sosso,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Team Member</span>, (Ghost 2)<br />David Royer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Member,</span> (Phantom 2)<br />Brian Drake, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Alternate</span>, (Vampire 3)<br />Brian Sobe, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Alternate,</span> (Stealth 2)<br />Rex Pemberton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Alternate,</span> (Phantom 2)<br />Sean Horton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Alternate,</span> (Ghost 2)<br />Iwan Van Der Schoor, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Alternate</span>, (Ghost 2 -Photography & Video)<br />Ricardo Valbuena, <span style="font-style: italic;">Team Member</span>, (Ghost 2 – Aerial Direction & Coordination)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGVH98nHCviP-OCWhqhJ-_1iL-c5XNVUYf56pRqPiRzl52sBh3uhzJPuRv_aKm6Vsj6ikI6AyQ7RiIkMs1PxIVmtfTrLzyvx1Cdf_Lbjn7UVOZfTY5RLGOHeWr3moDtG0r2w6OcvNRLgN/s1600/All+PF+by+TIV-3wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84LjWw2FABhOBl9UIG8XFhwqW0ACUfmCopsTdXfQlJQuyqyWCpQ_HbY-hpvWMlcOFKXNa67W_tAKMu4X1ufF2FOOsCqcpZTirJEB5M08_mzPYL5vRU6EuFQlBgDtmJIuC4siWReJiush2/s320/TIV+Katie+Hansen-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486398607453364162" border="0" /></a>By Katie Hansen<br />Alternate Team Member<br /><br /><br />May 15 – April 14 a team of 20 BASE jumpers plus a photographer traveled to Sam Ford Fjord on Baffin Island to discover new exit points to jump from, as well as leap off old favorites. Baffin Island is located in northeast Canada up in the Arctic – the same island where the BASE jump off Mt. Asgard was filmed for the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me.<br /><br />The team met in Ottawa then flew north to Iqaluit, boarded a smaller plane and flew into the small town of Clyde River, population 800. We stayed the night in town camped out on the baseball field where kids were excited to take us sledding, ask us questions, and play tag. In the morning we loaded up our big 12 foot sleds the Inuits call “Qamituks” with our gear, piled in, and were taken by a fleet of snowmobiles north into the fjord. Seven bumpy hours later we set up our tents in 30mph wind to establish our base camp.<br /><br />With camp set, let the jumping begin! Our first jump was off Kiguti, a 3000’ overhanging cliff that camp was set up near. We hiked up a gulley and across a ridge to the exit point in about 3.5hrs kicking steps into the snow the whole way. I made my first wingsuit BASE jump! Flying the Team Ill Vision colors in Jhonny’s (“Medusa”) suit, I had a beautiful first flight. Camp made an awesome reference for scale to judge how high I was since depth perception is a challenge over the frozen sea ice below. Unfortunately, it didn’t help with my first snow landing in awhile. I ended up doing a home-run style slide and put my crampon through the back of my (Jhonny’s) leg wing…sorry Jhonny… It was nothing a little rip-stop tape couldn’t temporarily fix.<br /><br />With the wing repaired and a string of good weather, we set out each day with different groups of teammates to different exit points all over the fjord. We jumped the Chinese Wall, one of the widest big walls in the world, towering over the fjord at 5000’ with a clear view out to the frozen Atlantic. It was cold and windy on top of this particular exit, making for a stressful gear up. Putting on crampons and stowing ice axes, hiking gloves, radios, stash bags, layers of clothing while sweat dries and fiddling with camera gear with numb fingers, James’ nose dripped onto the metal friction bar of his leg strap which froze instantly. With the friction bar iced over with snot, there was no longer any friction and James had to punch it and beat it to break the ice off, with us laughing while he punched himself. Everyone had awesome flights. I did a sweet 2-way with Douggs, flying left along the wall with Douggs below me.<br /><br />Overall, we were camped on the sea ice for 28 days, half of which were jumpable. Of the 14 jumps I did, all of them were amazing. I would half to say three of the top jumps though, were Walker Citadel, The Citadel of The Sail Peaks, and Vertical Playground.<br /><br />Walker Citadel was a 4 hour hike straight up a steep couloir. As we emerged out of the narrow passage, we were rewarded by the breathtaking view from the top overlooking the fjord. Constant antics of Jim Mitchell, Douggs, Livia Dickie, Cato, Ted Rudd, all while trying to follow the crazy Frenchman, Rudy, made the hike fly by. The exit was in the back of a huge bowl over a snowfield thousands of feet below. We flew out over the bowl and made it out between two enormous pillars of rock, then carved around the wall on the left, flying even farther. Livia and Ted Redd went to a different exit point and jumped the main wall of Walker Citadel, opening a new exit point that had never been done before. Livia had a beautiful and long flight, carving back and forth along the wall, and Ted did one of the most impressive tracking jumps (a jump with no wingsuit) that I have ever seen. He was proximity tracking along the ridges! Ted, you are my hero.<br /><br />The other citadel we jumped was The Citadel, one of the Sail Peaks of Stewart Valley. Ben Mitchell, James MacDonald, Livia Dickie, Rich Webb, Rudy, myself, and our photographer, Krystal Wright, loaded up two Qamituks and set out with the help of our two Inuit guides to leave the fjord and pass into Stewart Valley. Snow conditions were better suited for traveling at night, so with our 24hrs of daylight, we headed out in the evening to face a pass full of rocks and boulders guarding our way. Our guides were able to pick their way through the pass with us in tow, except for one stretch that was just too treacherous. We unloaded from the sleds and using teamwork were able to push the sled over the rock field. After arriving at our destination and setting up camp, we finally crashed around 4:00AM. We slept in and started hiking around 2PM the next day. Judging by the topo map, and with Ben being an IFMGA mountain guide, we decided the best looking way up to the top was up the glacier. The route was growing increasingly windy to avoid crevasses until finally Ben and James said to stay put while they scouted out the best way to proceed. Ben’s exact words were, “This is getting borderline retarded!” So we took his word for it, got off the sketchy glacier of doom, and headed straight up the scree and rocks for the next few thousand feet to the top. It was definitely the direct route.<br /><br />After an hour of 6.5 second rock drops with a “good push,” aka hucking the rock as hard as we could…we finally found what we were looking for; a 20 second rock drop with a beautiful, easy access exit point directly in line with camp – perfect. We named the exit point, “Qamituk Push” in honor of our epic journey into the valley. James jumped first, tracking, followed by me in my wingsuit, then Ben in his, Rich, and Liv and Rudy did a 2-way bringing up the rear. Everyone had nice long flights over the biggest talus I have ever seen. After we landed, we warmed up, ate some delicious bag food, and broke down camp. Shortly after, Krystal arrived from hiking back down (staying off the glacier) and we did the epic journey back that night, stopping only for a little 3AM bouldering session on one of the rocks guarding our way.<br /><br />After some rest and a few other jumps, Livia, Wildman, Randy, Jay Moledski, Ben, Cato and I headed up to an exit point called Vertical Playground. It was across the fjord from our main camp, spotting originally from one of the boys while he was relieving himself on the pee ice-sculpture they had made. Every group that had jumped it came back saying it was the best jump in Baffin. 4900 feet and 4.5hrs later after looking over the edge, I could see why it was named Vertical Playground. There were so many potential lines to fly! Ridges and gullies… we had perfect weather; sunshine and no wind. I exited off the diving board rock outcropping, got flying and headed hard right. I dove down steep and mobbed through a gully between the cliff and a ridge. I shot out of the gulley and banked left around the front of the main cliff face then turned right to get away from the wall and fly out over the ice for a safe deployment. So far, this has been my favorite exit point I can recall to date. It blew my mind…<br /><br />Between the quality of the BASE jumps, the majesty of the fjord, and an awesome crew of jumpers, the Baffin 2010 BASE jumping expedition, lead by Collin Scott, was the best expedition I have ever been on. I can’t wait to go back with the rest of the Ill Vision playas…<br /><br />--Katie Hansen<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF92ubue00f9vN5Scc-GSpymMF_x4FV1HMlC4uT_eHMiqWXg82ErXr_WspLySshgmN5MAA4_F1XClKOPMvzjhjWDIxDkFs4CkEE1Xawu_OpbmGNEGn3WISi3tHpDh8URTvqUd4x6SsM9Im/s1600/Baffin+2010-69wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF92ubue00f9vN5Scc-GSpymMF_x4FV1HMlC4uT_eHMiqWXg82ErXr_WspLySshgmN5MAA4_F1XClKOPMvzjhjWDIxDkFs4CkEE1Xawu_OpbmGNEGn3WISi3tHpDh8URTvqUd4x6SsM9Im/s640/Baffin+2010-69wtmk.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision, Katie Hansen, BASE jumping Baffin Island" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486403892599761394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy98ZLYPVGcHhwE4nPsJFYttbYMtRzHl95suUDBAqREbw1cgeUmXAn0Ga-DdlaSKWcAJwBdwmB53faNSVaFdXEMn1gtEkl73DMALhHQnIdJpNAC8TIlVlzXWjI6ae0tkqXPRur_arxW_u-/s1600/Baffin+2010-66wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEmwzyTkY0u0rDCEQfGr5pfgjCqjmpMbDCgb75aPXoQy26wsP3rwDJ0nXOU-Kf_UAqd-YiQ9ZlAo3jKtXolBcXJUXsm-jOeYMLqfByCfkx_PmCxa6rcyF6X-hgaVQPlPkBLXwP8yDOpKj/s640/Baffin+2010-1wtmk.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision, Katie Hansen, BASE jumping Baffin Island" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486401734405233426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGYS3-kIRd4p5Eoop2uYzbvUxqWnR0LyX4iVaJGcKsVv7C1p7fIb0nJp4uuTD2rYOBnj1tfrrRlo-hiP5PCtFTdBzglympJoTuvNGaJHOCRtXxZi3Vlt_LAr2Vtt5Bj7puDto_toNv8ES/s1600/Baffin+2010-8wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGYS3-kIRd4p5Eoop2uYzbvUxqWnR0LyX4iVaJGcKsVv7C1p7fIb0nJp4uuTD2rYOBnj1tfrrRlo-hiP5PCtFTdBzglympJoTuvNGaJHOCRtXxZi3Vlt_LAr2Vtt5Bj7puDto_toNv8ES/s640/Baffin+2010-8wtmk.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision, Katie Hansen, BASE jumping Baffin Island" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486401718237710418" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-27265835670487375342010-06-15T10:09:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:15:00.817-07:00Flock Lodi Video!!!!By Brian Drake<br /><br /><object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12522319&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12522319&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12522319">Lodi Wingsuit Weekend - May 21-23, 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/briandrake">Brian Drake</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-62230555770960944192010-06-14T10:02:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:15:13.994-07:00WestCoast Wingsuits "Flock Lodi"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJrY1a6akInPDAdn3HWykGh6zvydnO71jbzO-0of3rvjXfPHEGOpca1n_F9lgWS7I1VPv8DMNd0SfcDF8IaiApEoKvT4r-H9j0CQs4tF-Sme-TY6rSkZEYGu7mrqWJEshZuWeYj1nAFpG/s1600/ED+profile-3.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJrY1a6akInPDAdn3HWykGh6zvydnO71jbzO-0of3rvjXfPHEGOpca1n_F9lgWS7I1VPv8DMNd0SfcDF8IaiApEoKvT4r-H9j0CQs4tF-Sme-TY6rSkZEYGu7mrqWJEshZuWeYj1nAFpG/s200/ED+profile-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482677395679933778" border="0" /></a><br />By Ed Pawlowski<br /><br />WestCoast Wingsuits, "Flock Lodi", paints the sky with awesome wingsuit pilots wearing purple and red!<br /><br />The "out of towners" showed up at <a href="http://www.parachutecenter.com/">the Parachute Center</a> Friday morning with their A-Game and ready to fly! To start off the event they joined a few local pilots with some nice 10-ways, while awesome clouds filled the sky for all to fly around. Unlike how Florida's humid cloud cover fogs up lenses and makes the video and stills go into a blur when entering cloud elevation, the cool crisp Northern California air refreshed the pilots and made some awesome video!<br /><br />Most of the group completed 5 jumps on Friday. Normally, at all WestCoast Wingsuits events, the last jump of the day on Friday is a demo jump into Ed Pawlowski's Wine and Wings Ranch. But due to a prior engagement some locals only did 4 jumps, so they could support a local skydiver Will DaSilva, at his premier boxing match. Will's fight was well worth watching, getting the crowd on fire up with a 53 sec TKO!!!<br /><br />Saturday started off with clear skies and eager pilots ready to fly. With the Ed Pawlowski leading the flock in his TIV Vampire3, and the Team Ill Vision contingent ready to fly, the sky soon filled with 20 very talented pilots in a fast flying formation through the sky.<br />Do to recent shoulder surgery, Team Ill Vision's Kris Sosso, was not able to fly with us this year but showed her support at the event. We also had some other talented female pilots with us too. Brook Shinsky, Cate Henegan, Lori Butz and Katie Hansen, rocked the sky with the flocks! The dirt dives were relatively easy, with only a few cats to herd, and the formations went as planned. Jade Christopher Tatom rocked the Team Ill Vision Stealth2 on the flocks and provided some awesome video for the debriefs and still pics that will make your jaw drop.<br /><br />After jumping on Saturday, the flock and about a dozen other skydivers gathered at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lodibeercompany.com">Lodi Beer Company</a>, where great food and drink was consumed by all, with only a little concern from the restaurant staff....lol<br />Sunday's weather showed us that the wind was still The Boss on a couple of jumps, but the flock continued to fly some awesome formations. Tight precise flocking lead to some awesome vertical stacking throughout the day. The day also lead to Team Ill Vision breaking out its entire arsenal of <a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/">Phoenix Fly wingsuits</a> including:<br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/products/wingsuit_Acro2.htm">Acro</a><br />Shadow (custom order)<br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/products/wingsuit_Phantom2.htm">Phantom2</a><br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/products/wingsuit_ghost2.htm">Ghost2</a><br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/products/wingsuit_stealth2.htm">Stealth2</a> <br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-fly.com/products/wingsuit_Vampire_v3.htm">Vampire3 </a><br />This soon lead to almost the entire 20-way formation rockin' the TIV purple and red!<br />Team Ill Vision members at the event included, Avery Badenhop, Ed Pawlowski, Jimmy Hopper, David "Dingo" Royer, Damien Dykman, Ricardo Valbuena, and Jhonathan "Medusa" Florez.<br /><br />Wingsuit Pilots who joined the flock included:<br />Cate Heneghan<br />Ben Mitchell<br />Katie Hansen<br />Brook Shinsky<br />Brian Drake<br />Don Simmons<br />Lori Butz<br />Charley Kurlinkus<br />Nic Russell<br />Sean Horton<br />Randy McCoy<br />Chase Bradshaw<br />Zack Morlock<br />Glen Fafard<br />Ira Meiberger<br />Kip Chambers<br />Andy<br />Melissa Pemberton<br />Jade Edaj<br /><br />Thank you to all the new pilots that attended the event, as well as all the ones that have flown with us before! WestCoast Wingsuits and Team Ill Vision look forward to flying with you again sometime soon!<br /><br />Long Flights<br />ED<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHPzf9S6xOf8yPK1Qz66krY5zUnMz8mYmpmeVv5MlnAw01fmZppoMpVhQF0GuhX4G-QtnvsIffJEvTm8kXAaKQKFZ3yEgbOmLrocBacN1qG8uj0ApGVvkDNzAOH3zUdbSONo8f7Vog1D8/s1600/Wing+Suit+TIV+5.26.2010-24wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHPzf9S6xOf8yPK1Qz66krY5zUnMz8mYmpmeVv5MlnAw01fmZppoMpVhQF0GuhX4G-QtnvsIffJEvTm8kXAaKQKFZ3yEgbOmLrocBacN1qG8uj0ApGVvkDNzAOH3zUdbSONo8f7Vog1D8/s640/Wing+Suit+TIV+5.26.2010-24wtmk.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision, Avery Badenhop" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679559606738130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJIw_4m20IVUt1e3Z9fvedTRVKAEkK6qdyo3LSgFn8hBCk7Q3mMW0yAI7b_yZ8WlxK0HXh1ACOtx8x0JdkPKz5XIKTxdpwadQHXD0DOL8J3VJ76TFkqSBs2ptPTo3CrQlOVkRtu8rzjcd/s1600/Wing+Suit+TIV+5.26.2010-1wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcr8IyYO1EM-McbgFF_yVdioghXKLugf9xhYSgXalfRTbMTQT7Yrr58Wr1sj7yTZG6KSMs3WFOYKi1p_e60MOb9VYxGu20vmx2BwLxkO9feyk7_VO2InqGZVyhbcscngHunM7NILfx5xS/s640/Wing+Suit+TIV+5.26.2010-13wtmk.jpg" alt="Team ILL Vision, Avery Badenhop" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679565962887554" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-34179409290052937792010-05-19T10:54:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:15:30.925-07:00Revive Carl Boenish's Work!by David Royer<br /><br />All,<br /><br />We have an amazing opportunity to support a project that will give the world a first window on the birth of of BASE jumping, right here in Nor Cal. The story of Carl, beautiful and tragic, is one all jumpers have heard, I can't wait to experience it the way he chose to share his dream, through his cameras.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marahstrauch/help-us-transfer-carl-boenishs-archive-and-finish">Marah Strauch and Eric Bruggemann</a> are producing <a href="http://www.gravitythefilm.com/">Gravity</a><br /><br /><a href="http://kck.st/cSLgQF"><img src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marahstrauch/help-us-transfer-carl-boenishs-archive-and-finish/widget/card.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In the early eighties Carl Boenish coined the acronym “BASE” (standing for Buildings,<br />Antenna, Span, and Earth, the objects jumped) and invented a sport. Carl was the catalyst<br />behind modern BASE jumping; an electrical engineer and filmmaker who believed that<br />BASE jumping would allow mankind to overcome artificial physical limitations. He<br />religiously chronicled the early days of BASE in beautiful 16mm film, a filmmaker who filmed himself inventing a lifestyle and a sport.<br /><br />If you want to see the journey, please support by clicking on Marah and Eric's name above.Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326133031685501594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-45181202087718707162010-05-17T17:41:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:16:46.499-07:00PR Newswire: Captain America falls out of Airplane!Tim West, aka Captain America, an old time Fort Funston Hang glider pilot and good friend, decided to cross another item off the bucket list and learn how to skydive.<div><br /><div>After doing 45 minutes at <a href="http://www.iflysfbay.com/"> Ifly Tunnel</a>, Tim was ready to rumble, and completed AFF, Accelerated Free Fall Training, and got certified by Ill Vision'ite Ed Pawlowski from <a href="http://westcoastwingsuits.com/">West Coast Wingsuits</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the video of one of his first jumps off student status, Arnel, Damien and I completed a speed star, what a fun jump! I also included a sit-fly jump with Damien and Arnel, as well as 2 nice 3 point wingsuit jumps with the usual Lodi suspects, from the same day. Enjoy, dingo dave.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10px;" ><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11799648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11799648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11799648">Tim West, Freefalling, May 15th.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2003489">David Royer</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326133031685501594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-42810401418078049532010-05-11T06:09:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:17:45.044-07:00“Bideo Uno” & Jhonny Florez Make Debut at Petaluma Film FestivalBy Jhonathan Florez<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFUGnc-e_POGP4R4VFGyI0r6tdua4_Eef7JmEW8YckVJs-cOg89Hils6sNx-ZIbwPxh3x2gi2bmN5T8LX5RSeviT5CQt8NVObTP8nYcyEpWQ-Ir92lZGl6hLwslOvv_BHwTT6onUhefW9/s1600/HR+Petaluma+Film+-2wtmk.jpg"><br /></a><br />Saturday, May 1st, I had the opportunity to present<a href="http://vimeo.com/groups/norcalfreeflightfilmfestival/videos/7154089"> “Bideo Uno”</a> at the <a href="http://www.petalumafilmfest.org/home/2010_Petaluma_Film_Fest.html">Petaluma Film Festival</a> . The festival was organized by SRJC Proffesor Michael Traina. This Festival featured 26 animated & live shorts. Directors from Sweden, Japan, Italy, France and many other places, submitted their work and after passing the screening process were selected to present it at the festival.<br /><br />“Bideo Uno” from Team Ill Vision was selected as the college representative entrance for this festival. I’m humbled to admit that I never thought I would ever see any of my movies played in a real movie theater. For me this was a great honor to share the big screen with Oscar, Cannes and Sundance nominated directors and awarded shorts. It was a great experience to interact with all these amazing directors. I had an opportunity to share techniques, talk about cameras and discuss where the industry is heading. I also made some new friends and passed some business cards for any aerial services they might need on their movies. Some of them were really interested in our field and even offered some collaboration for future projects.<br /><br />To sum up this was a great opportunity and an incentive to keep pursuing quality in my work. I feel honored and I can’t wait to start shooting my scenes with a story line and a movie in mind.<br />Thanks,<br />JF<br /><br /><br />In a technical note, I was blown away by the techniques, story lines, camera work and photography used in these shorts. If you have a sec to check out some outstanding work by up and coming cinematographers, then check these favorites:<br /><br />My Top 3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi729547801/">“Touch”</a> by Jen Mcgowan<br /><br /><a href="http://goodesite.com/">“Love Tap”</a> by Mike Goode<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pC18HJ2I6Y">“Wunderkrammer”</a> By Andrea Pallaoro<br /><br />Other great Views include:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6P0N_jiFa8">“Madagascar, Canet de Voyage”</a> by Bastien Dubois<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JyqzY3NiV4">“The Kiss”</a> by Stefan Le Lay<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9sjaNL38o&feature=related">“True Beauty This Night”</a> By Peter Besson<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDl5KyIpj9A">“Fard”</a> by Luis Briceno & David Alapont<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jitenshamovie.com/media.php">“Jitensha (Bicycle)”</a> by Dean Yamada<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waO_iULDg7s">“The Saddest Boy in the World”</a> By Jamie Travis<br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/7177975">“The Third Letter (36 Stairs)”</a> by Grzegorz Jonkajtys<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFUGnc-e_POGP4R4VFGyI0r6tdua4_Eef7JmEW8YckVJs-cOg89Hils6sNx-ZIbwPxh3x2gi2bmN5T8LX5RSeviT5CQt8NVObTP8nYcyEpWQ-Ir92lZGl6hLwslOvv_BHwTT6onUhefW9/s1600/HR+Petaluma+Film+-2wtmk.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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A big thank you to media professor Michael Traina who invited me to participate and share my work at this event. This was a cool opportunity to interact with other students, look at their work and share techniques and concepts.<br /><br />The outcome of this festival was incredibly positive. “Team Ill Vision Bideo Uno” was selected as the College Elected Video and will show at the <a href="http://www.petalumafilmfest.org/">Petaluma Film Festival</a> at the <a href="http://www.mystictheatre.com/">Mystic Theater</a> on May 1st. Film makers, nominated Oscar directors and people from the film industry from all over the world come to this annual festival. There will be 26 animated & live action shorts, and their filmmakers in conversation at the historic Mystic Theater.<br /><br />We are looking forward to this opportunity to show our work and to meet and talk with different film makers. Come and Join us at the Petaluma Film Festival on May 1st!<br />Go to <a href="http://www.petalumafilmfest.org/">Petaluma Film Fest</a> for times and directions.<br /><br />Hope to see you there and thank you for all your support,<br />Jhonny<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Fhn0pqVyL2_uWZAFuDQjQ7LcGeb1E5nDtIx3K2He-3DkUGDD-kKl4FSyLLJfJXmaZ4nGdOlkhEHLEpxNdU8A1XwdM5VBed6u7EGUVVpHAqwlZs-Qo3WX8yklj-OxnqxlWR4VfrDP8zlC/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-3cw.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOB9IOHGF0GrN8FH3xMJUfmh_lZlLxwEQXi_win5qunqAWcChoGvisGT1Wr6mFy8Yw0bpcRc_YQ19iJc74NAXY7RqOmQe9zYbHupLMQu_zETwNCzqo0QvQovfdS7fMjKq9PE5cZtYWVs3/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-2cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOB9IOHGF0GrN8FH3xMJUfmh_lZlLxwEQXi_win5qunqAWcChoGvisGT1Wr6mFy8Yw0bpcRc_YQ19iJc74NAXY7RqOmQe9zYbHupLMQu_zETwNCzqo0QvQovfdS7fMjKq9PE5cZtYWVs3/s640/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-2cw.jpg" alt="Johnny Florez, Team Ill Vision, Bide Uno" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464482278797601218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Fhn0pqVyL2_uWZAFuDQjQ7LcGeb1E5nDtIx3K2He-3DkUGDD-kKl4FSyLLJfJXmaZ4nGdOlkhEHLEpxNdU8A1XwdM5VBed6u7EGUVVpHAqwlZs-Qo3WX8yklj-OxnqxlWR4VfrDP8zlC/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-3cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Fhn0pqVyL2_uWZAFuDQjQ7LcGeb1E5nDtIx3K2He-3DkUGDD-kKl4FSyLLJfJXmaZ4nGdOlkhEHLEpxNdU8A1XwdM5VBed6u7EGUVVpHAqwlZs-Qo3WX8yklj-OxnqxlWR4VfrDP8zlC/s640/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-3cw.jpg" alt="Johnny Florez, Team Ill Vision, Bide Uno" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464482292789583362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpW8y6yngiSLTM-rAv-gKJxWJ-ppyGGG5iFQerqhWGnN6urnZoIOsT5i-5-57CVUWixhEbQ6uNrKLZzZWL3S_tHtlnRDOTUsy5AfWlSyQR59VCicniRLLQuxF4uy15UYjahh5dyk8XQFx/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-4cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpW8y6yngiSLTM-rAv-gKJxWJ-ppyGGG5iFQerqhWGnN6urnZoIOsT5i-5-57CVUWixhEbQ6uNrKLZzZWL3S_tHtlnRDOTUsy5AfWlSyQR59VCicniRLLQuxF4uy15UYjahh5dyk8XQFx/s640/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-4cw.jpg" alt="Johnny Florez, Team Ill Vision, Bide Uno" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464482298844237282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK-ZhZsv2ZZnX5xBp-6nFFzot4uzHX_KEwLGqV9zfEjIySTRcsWFIfp9nKn30nyjeuXD8wzszEWzZjvZqeB81Ut_2bZeCx_UOufZQs6DdIFN6OR44MVhFMAkS2po-tgVjqd2O3Rav9X-J/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-8cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK-ZhZsv2ZZnX5xBp-6nFFzot4uzHX_KEwLGqV9zfEjIySTRcsWFIfp9nKn30nyjeuXD8wzszEWzZjvZqeB81Ut_2bZeCx_UOufZQs6DdIFN6OR44MVhFMAkS2po-tgVjqd2O3Rav9X-J/s640/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-8cw.jpg" alt="Johnny Florez, Team Ill Vision, Bide Uno" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464482314459387842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLyzTb9NXJFa24YcO_rO1946nscJHO32an7UdY3c9jgFpFZn03_0yeQLT7v37ATE5k-iwe9GnXW0cKjkKhUyhPDWMaI2w1wER_4hJTkfs9MWi63pYL-VIgU8-JJogyNruD0amDYQ_MToa/s1600/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-6cw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLyzTb9NXJFa24YcO_rO1946nscJHO32an7UdY3c9jgFpFZn03_0yeQLT7v37ATE5k-iwe9GnXW0cKjkKhUyhPDWMaI2w1wER_4hJTkfs9MWi63pYL-VIgU8-JJogyNruD0amDYQ_MToa/s640/2010+Apr+SRJC+FIlm+Fest-6cw.jpg" alt="Johnny Florez, Team Ill Vision, Bide Uno" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464482307677163394" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-58347201542560037542010-03-26T13:18:00.001-07:002010-08-02T14:17:56.838-07:00Team ILL Vision Takes First Place in Film FestivalThe Free Flight Seminar Series & Film Festival was held March 17th in downtown San Fran and our own David "Dingo" Royer set up and ran the film fest portion of this growing event produced by Jose Pruneda and Eric Blum from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/b1f3e;photonfilms.tv/">Photon Films</a>. Contestants submitted over 14 films this year.<br /><br />Team ILL Vision's own Jhonny "Medusa" Florez took first place with <a href="http://vimeo.com/groups/norcalfreeflightfilmfestival/videos/7154089">"Bideo Uno."</a> That's Columbian for BASE jump! 1st runner up was once again Team ILL Vision's own Jimmy Hopper with <a href="http://vimeo.com/groups/norcalfreeflightfilmfestival/videos/10225358">"Desire Bites Back."</a><br /><br />The event is targeted toward the Northern California crowd of Paraglider Pilots, Hang Glider Pilots, BASE jumpers and Skydivers.<br />The event was sponsored by GoPro, the North Face, Ozone, Bay Area Hang Gliding, Airtime of San Francisco, Pacifica Paragliders, Team ill vision and Team Jank.<br />Food sponsored by Bay Area Paragliding Association & beer sponsored by Peroni / Pilsner Urquell.<br /><br />You can check out all the video <a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/norcalfreeflightfilmfest">RIGHT HERE!</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15voDfsi_i-NU-svv7yL3mfytB0KPBih0Vw8nUiFEKD6_5X7463BAE0pRh824wuQjm6niyHL8Jou09b7vROIUs3OFF-z-GE6FWzkGesUK0nkUqswbyI9yUCfkD7mhxkV7AsQQZbGndYFs/s1600/3.10FilmFestTIV-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlaD6Ls4zXNbnCJ500ugZPeRtUEdkMkpiNhCqiLHQLzqDn8IosKZ8r8BIk1yNb8FH_uEbwE4tU8ZxyY3H637CRBHhAD1ogVztEpy_QgiejX2DTShrbkT5EzyQ3WwuC1WO-Ws-U_dO1oQL/s400/3.10FilmFestTIV-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453042020853952050" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-19503613653255791882010-01-04T13:33:00.000-08:002010-08-02T14:18:14.738-07:00Jhonny Goes to Colombia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuewnuLVhoTPYSnH3k0VFg13ZUkaahlX-iVk5dDtys43aUaIS8ipBJrIFUCQ4oXB9UbpRV3dzOJECOCqn-e7AcrR4IM6NW_D3-DP_Y7SmLtZH7q0kV-OuujsBykODvo1H8ydy-7xy8Msv/s1600/jhonny-1.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuewnuLVhoTPYSnH3k0VFg13ZUkaahlX-iVk5dDtys43aUaIS8ipBJrIFUCQ4oXB9UbpRV3dzOJECOCqn-e7AcrR4IM6NW_D3-DP_Y7SmLtZH7q0kV-OuujsBykODvo1H8ydy-7xy8Msv/s200/jhonny-1.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision Jhonny Florez" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453045956147164274" border="0" /></a><br />On December 31 2009, Katy Orrego hooked me up with professional Colombian Paraglider Ruben Montoya. I had the pleasure on doing the First Wing Suit BASE Jump in Colombia, after riding tandem then leaping from a paraglider. We took off from El Voladero de San Pedro and flew all the way to Bello. we where at Aprx 1700 Ft from the landing Zone where my family was waiting for this private exhibition.<br /><br />It was a beautiful experience all around. flying on top of Medellin, flying over urban terrain and flying for the people that you love the most waiting for you with a warm hug. All this magic filled my head during flight and it was then I realized this was a magical way to finish 2009.<br /><br />I also went to bogota for a couple of days, I did a couple of interviews for two major Colombian Tv News stations, <a href="http://www.canalrcn.com/noticias/index.php/deportes/el--superman--colombiano-/">RCN</a> and <a href="http://www.citytv.com.co/videos/36266/jonathan-florez-es-uno-de-los-mejores-paracaidistas-colombianos">City Tv</a>. An interview with the biggest news paper in Colombia EL Tiempo went well too. I explained about Wing Suits, BASE Jumping, Team ILL Vision and our future plans. I want to thank all the people that made this possible and I'm looking forward to working again with everyone again.<br /><br /><br />Thank You and God Bless,<br />Jhonathan Florez<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiYh0gHCOlZb0IcfSr7pn3KwjSobC9u7s20CkP44A6nG3orCqufkeqpuOQt6Tu61vRjRaR0fgXIWTbDSofwXi3L7AhQNUrQijJNos3lrjV2hbjvVQu59cN2GiNWOtSWnk380QM9Rp_3RC/s1600/Colombia+12-09+LR-59.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiYh0gHCOlZb0IcfSr7pn3KwjSobC9u7s20CkP44A6nG3orCqufkeqpuOQt6Tu61vRjRaR0fgXIWTbDSofwXi3L7AhQNUrQijJNos3lrjV2hbjvVQu59cN2GiNWOtSWnk380QM9Rp_3RC/s400/Colombia+12-09+LR-59.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453044179379186546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEvs10cQ_I0gctDa2TXJ0HYALwqgydEXXENpS0AGFXjxxXuKXCoDeF6PVizibGFFMTpt5SgiRY4SuWGotq784ve2MLxoWvMw-x4YU4bb2Vc26ZZgReTAL0brhvmqvHifMyab_XpbJe9rr/s1600/Colombia+12-09+LR-58.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEvs10cQ_I0gctDa2TXJ0HYALwqgydEXXENpS0AGFXjxxXuKXCoDeF6PVizibGFFMTpt5SgiRY4SuWGotq784ve2MLxoWvMw-x4YU4bb2Vc26ZZgReTAL0brhvmqvHifMyab_XpbJe9rr/s400/Colombia+12-09+LR-58.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453044177246884690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkiLPbNoMN1h0cPxMDCqcmiCCAwDHRsEi9Rnr3sJqwfLnuWJxyjv3vMm3HNihWZM8ji3KTHWaUQ0x1yD4r32XW1tOU098syIHllZv2gPOnY3xxfdN4Bo8IIIN8GIEkhm4He0GNUlMiGLD/s1600/Colombia+12-09+LR-55.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41LwpU7RxtGjkyS8UdfMHybtE_9heYaZFHNJ2VUfn4cI_JmuYfPlR6xAbHO3MoB1YbPZ_2lPeYPEzA2sZ2oF5LmXYXVfTf1X9hRPG5bHNAMGydZbwYj9XtVJGoaAc0ZkgWWX3OTGh27_G/s1600/Colombia+12-09+LR-55-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41LwpU7RxtGjkyS8UdfMHybtE_9heYaZFHNJ2VUfn4cI_JmuYfPlR6xAbHO3MoB1YbPZ_2lPeYPEzA2sZ2oF5LmXYXVfTf1X9hRPG5bHNAMGydZbwYj9XtVJGoaAc0ZkgWWX3OTGh27_G/s400/Colombia+12-09+LR-55-1.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453044162863738818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlraL2rAVLYNNtfbFpgmZhC3hFV9ZEm1wdYHQUieIiI6OQYwoq0kMLSFx1GekPAMQTWPbVLalBx0t8aJrbCbhC0iLiehex_QCOulzRSwSZPbv_0LvOIMHLPybVq7OwWpIzG_vmXRN9D1-/s1600/Colombia+12-09+LR-51-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlraL2rAVLYNNtfbFpgmZhC3hFV9ZEm1wdYHQUieIiI6OQYwoq0kMLSFx1GekPAMQTWPbVLalBx0t8aJrbCbhC0iLiehex_QCOulzRSwSZPbv_0LvOIMHLPybVq7OwWpIzG_vmXRN9D1-/s400/Colombia+12-09+LR-51-1.jpg" alt="Team Ill Vision" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453044161447667154" border="0" /></a>Harry Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947650928073682440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952185307250250401.post-73237895100148886282009-12-21T12:17:00.000-08:002010-08-02T14:18:26.749-07:00Wingsuits: Powered by CiscoIwan van der Schoor, www.<a href="http://www.iwanvanderschoor.com/">iwanvanderschoor.com</a>, a fellow NorCal jumper and wingsuit pilot, contracted Ill Vision to work on a promotional video for Cisco this fall. <div><br /></div><div>All aerial footage was completed in 2 days, thanks to Ed Pawlowski co-ordinating shot sequences with Iwan for in-air shots, and the production crew, headed by Laura Marks, Tim Fink Productions, for landing shots. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.timfink.com">www.timfink.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ed Pawlowski and David 'dingo' Royer from Ill Vision and So Cal wingsuit expert Brian Drake pulled together their flying skills and got the needed shots. Producer Laura Marks was having a blast, she did a tandem the same day, stayed for beers afterwards and is working with Ed to learn the sport! <a href="http://www.northerncaliforniaskydiving.com/">www.northerncaliforniaskydiving.com</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>TonySuits built custom S-Birds for the shoot, they were ready and at the DZ in less than 10 days, amazing turn-around time. <a href="http://www.tonysuits.com/">www.tonysuits.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Iwan customized his camera helmet to fit the Sony XDCAM-EX1 with great results, watch the clarity and color below:</div><div><div><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8268241&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8268241&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8268241">Wingsuits: Powered by Cisco</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/teamillvison">teamillvision</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div></div>Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326133031685501594noreply@blogger.com0