Skydiving is the technique of launching humans or objects from a height using a parachute to cushion the impact, which can be done from any aircraft as aircraft or helicopter or fixed objects such as hills, buildings and bridges. Moreover, skydiving born for military purposes in the First World War, but it was not until 1970 when it was marketed as a recreational and sport activity style:
Next, we will discuss the different types of skydiving
FALL FREE
- Free Style: During the flight stunts and tricks freeform similar to those of artistic gymnastics.
- Free Fly: in this type the positions, shapes and directions are combinedduring the fly.
Figure 1: Free Fly by Orange
- Relative Work: This mode is performed figures or group formations in prone position.
Figure 2: Relative Work by Skydiving Orange
- Tracking: This type of flight displacement is more horizontal rather than seeing Vertical
- Sky Surf: Performed with a table skyboard and enables movement very fast but it is a very complicated form that requires lots of practice and technic.
Figure.3: Sky Surf by Scary Peter
- Wingsuit: a suit with special about the design of a flying squirrel is used, allowing glide through the air and looking for a more horizontal travel and high speeds are attained and can be fatal if it collides with a mountain as an example.
Figure 4: Wingsuit by lakmiseta
- Tandem Jumping: two people jumping together by the harness. This type of flight is made for beginners and people jumping together with an experienced jump.
- BASE You jump from a fixed platform, either a mountain or a bridge. Its meaning is: Building, Antenna, Span and Earth = BASE.Este type of jump is usually done in the cities from tall buildings.
Figure 5: Base Jump by XtremeSpots
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