enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: skydiving equipment for beginners pictures

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. BASE jumping - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping

    In the early days of BASE jumping, people used modified skydiving gear, such as by removing the deployment bag and slider, stowing the lines in a tail pocket, and fitting a large pilot chute. However, modified skydiving gear is then prone to kinds of malfunction that are rare in normal skydiving (such as "line-overs" and broken lines).

  3. Going skydiving? Here are five things to know before you jump

    www.aol.com/going-skydiving-five-things-know...

    Tips from the United States Parachute Association for first-time skydivers.

  4. Skysurfing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skysurfing

    Skysurfing boards in different sizes, beginner - expert. A neutral position maintaining stability is to stand upright on the board during freefall, this is also the position required for deployment of the main parachute whilst surfing medium and expert boards. Both feet in the bindings and ready to exit the aircraft

  5. Wingsuit flying - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

    Wingsuit flyer over fields in the UK. Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just free falling.

  6. Closing pin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_pin

    The closing pin passes through the closing loop [3] and in doing so, secures the main container of a skydiving rig, keeping the parachute from deploying prematurely. [4] When the pilot chute is thrown out by the skydiver and catches air, it pulls the closing pin from the closing loop and allows the main parachute to be released from the ...

  7. Parachuting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachuting

    For safety reasons, this requires more equipment than a usual daytime jump and in most jurisdictions, it requires both an advanced skydiving license (at least a B-License in the U.S.) and a meeting with the local safety official covering who will be doing what on the load. A lit altimeter (preferably accompanied with an audible altimeter) is a ...

  8. Ripcord (skydiving) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripcord_(skydiving)

    A ripcord is a part of a skydiving harness-container system; a handle attached to a steel cable ending in a closing pin. The pin keeps the container closed and keeps the spring-loaded pilot chute inside. When the ripcord is pulled, the container is opened and the pilot chute is released, opening the parachute.

  9. Houston skydiving instructor dies after parachute fails to open

    www.aol.com/news/houston-skydiving-instructor...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  1. Ad

    related to: skydiving equipment for beginners pictures