Wingsuit

Word WINGSUIT
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Definitions and meanings of "Wingsuit"

What do we mean by wingsuit?

A special jumpsuit, used in extreme sports like a parachute, which adds surface area to the wearer's body to create lift.

Similar to base jumping, but instead of freefalling, the diver is equipped with flaps below their arms and between their legs. The diver then "flies" around similar to a flying squirrel. Most wingsuit jumpers attempt to fly as close to the cliff/wall as possible. Urban Dictionary

The feeling when you are in a state of total panic, but have to maintain a facade of control, least you literally lose it and die horribly. Urban Dictionary

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The word "wingsuit" in example sentences

For the jump he wore a "wingsuit", a specialised garment with fabric "wings" filling the space between his arms and body and between his legs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"ski-basing" - a combination of skiing and Base jumping in which you hurtle off the top of a mountain on skis, release them in mid-air and sail down the mountainside in a "wingsuit" like a flying squirrel, before finally deploying a parachute - which claimed his life last year: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Via Jon Armstrong: wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo. ❋ Lou Anders (2009)

When they reached the top Rosoz donned a wingsuit and glided for about 45 seconds before pulling his parachute. ❋ The Huffington Post (2010)

You also have to keep in mind that it's one of the most dangerous activities, and that many of the greatest wingsuit BASE jumpers are already dead or will be dead within a matter of years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After you become HIGHLY proficient at wingsuit BASE several hundred wingsuit BASE jumps, you can then maybe start trying to proximity fly like these guys. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leo Houlding, for example, parachuted into Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, then spent weeks climbing an iced-up rock tower called Mount Asgard, only to leap from the top in a wingsuit. ❋ Michael J. Ybarra (2010)

"At the beginning of wingsuit basejumping we were trying to get as far from the wall as possible, so basically clearing out the whole thing... and now its getting boring..." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Once you have about 50-100 wingsuit skydives and 50-100 regular BASE jumps, you can then start flying a wingsuit on BASE jumps. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It takes an unbeleaveable amount of skill and experience to control a wingsuit, however easy these guys make it look. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's best known for his wingsuit flying, jumping from high objects wearing a suit that allows him to control his rate of secent and fly laterally as well as down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The wingsuit is entirely steered by the movement of the wingsuit pilot who controls glide, angle, speed, and trajectory with his body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A wingsuit is made of two layers of fabric that inflate during flight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tagged with extreme sports, wingsuit base jumping, YouTube ❋ Unknown (2009)

Guy 1 - Hey, we're going to the [Alps] to go [wingsuit (base) jumping]... you wanna come? Guy 2 - Hell ya, we'll be [flying] like sqirrels! ❋ ThisWasTheLastNameLeft (2009)

"I was called into a [hip] [surgery] this morning. I'm a pediatrist, not a [surgeon], so I had to wingsuit it." ❋ Ajsee (2018)

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