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Parachuting and
skydiving are
methods of
descending from a high
point in an
atmosphere to the
ground or
ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving...
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deadliest in the
history of
recreational skydiving and led to
congressional scrutiny into
regulation of
skydiving. A
report by the
National Transportation...
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Skydiving was an independent,
monthly news
magazine covering the events, equipment, techniques,
people and
places of
sport parachuting. It was
based in...
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Speed skydiving is a
skydiving competition in
which the goal is to
achieve and
maintain the
highest possible terminal velocity. It was
developed in the...
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Banzai skydiving is a
rumored form of
skydiving in
which the
skydiver throws their parachute out the
airplane door, waits, and then
jumps after it. To...
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wingsuit BASE jumping. In
contrast to
other forms of parachuting, such as
skydiving from airplanes, BASE
jumps are
performed from
fixed objects that are generally...
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Formation skydiving is a
skydiving event where multiple skydivers attach themselves to one
another by
grabbing each other's
limbs or by the use of "grippers"...
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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...
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mandate a
student show
proficiency at
tracking in
order to
obtain their skydiving license.
Although there are many
variations of the
basic body position...
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India has a
history of
sports dating back to the
Vedic period, with
Western sports having been
imported during British rule.
Cricket (England-origin sport)...
