# World record skydive now.

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457 "2012-10-09T07:07:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/81 "2012-10-14T15:31:06Z")

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being associated with death is never good. if there became a trend of people dying during red bull stunts they might have to resort to regular marketing

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**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/82 "2012-10-14T16:16:00Z")

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Dying always ruins your day.

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/83 "2012-10-14T18:04:27Z")

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That was so fucking awesome. I can’t imagine freefalling at 700+MPH. Should add this to ATIM!

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**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/84 "2012-10-14T18:40:09Z")

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![http://media.heavy.com/media/2012/10/tumblr_mbwbtr4zaa1qiw8y5o1_5001.gif](http://media.heavy.com/media/2012/10/tumblr_mbwbtr4zaa1qiw8y5o1_5001.gif)

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**Author:** ![d1kingz1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d1kingz1/32/5607_2.png) [@d1kingz1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d1kingz1)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/85 "2012-10-14T20:19:25Z")

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Start to finish.  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JNfq1IxyWA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JNfq1IxyWA)

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> [@Darksyde](#):
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I’ll raise you

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**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/86 "2012-10-15T07:26:15Z")

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I’m all in fellas…

 ![http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/bobbyg1243/9B6F52E9-D29E-42AD-BAD8-69C1933E0D36-36719-0000197FDC4F7054.jpg](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/bobbyg1243/9B6F52E9-D29E-42AD-BAD8-69C1933E0D36-36719-0000197FDC4F7054.jpg)

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**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/87 "2012-10-15T09:15:25Z")

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Anyone have a link, the one posted above has been removed.

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**Author:** ![d1kingz1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d1kingz1/32/5607_2.png) [@d1kingz1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d1kingz1)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/88 "2012-10-15T10:01:18Z")

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> [@livin4hockey](#):
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> Anyone have a link, the one posted above has been removed.

They keep taking them down. I guess it’s because Red Bull is editing their own video.

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**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/89 "2012-10-15T11:00:32Z")

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[![http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/14/47/91/31554910.jpg](http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/14/47/91/31554910.jpg)](http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=596&u=13144791)

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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/90 "2012-10-15T14:01:39Z")

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so many awesome pics…

i was talking about this over lunch today and how intense the moment was when he was in free fall and spinning out of control… then the moment when he enters controlled fall… it was fukking awesome.

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**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/91 "2012-10-15T14:22:58Z")

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I have been wondering what happens to his capsule he went up in…is it just going to float around or come back to earth?

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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/92 "2012-10-15T14:24:58Z")

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it landed 55 miles from him a couple hours later… he landed 23 miles from where he took off from.

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**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/93 "2012-10-15T15:42:15Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> so many awesome pics…
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> i was talking about this over lunch today and how intense the moment was when he was in free fall and spinning out of control… then the moment when he enters controlled fall… it was fukking awesome.

this! Wife and I sat here watching, I figured it’d be cool to see but man when he started spinning then pulled out I got chills. Seriously a cool thing to witness.

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**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/94 "2012-10-16T08:14:53Z")

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[https://youtu.be/BQUmdOLmS\_4](https://youtu.be/BQUmdOLmS_4)

Lol!

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/95 "2012-10-16T08:21:49Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> so many awesome pics…
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> i was talking about this over lunch today and how intense the moment was when he was in free fall and spinning out of control… then the moment when he enters controlled fall… it was fukking awesome.

He had an emergency chute that would deploy if he passed like 3.5g’s for 6 seconds or something.

> **[The tech behind Felix Baumgartner's stratospheric skydive](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/137521-the-tech-behind-felix-baumgartners-stratospheric-skydive)**
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> In a twin of James Cameron's record-setting dive to the bottom of the ocean, Red Bull's Stratos balloon launched Felix Baumgartner into space, allowing him to set a new world-record for high-altitude skydiving and freefall speed.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/96 "2012-10-16T12:47:58Z")

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and in this thread too:

![http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247364_4335904348235_1192101204_n.jpg](http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247364_4335904348235_1192101204_n.jpg)

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/world-record-skydive-now/226457/97 "2012-10-17T07:12:17Z")

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[https://youtu.be/yFU774q6eVM](https://youtu.be/yFU774q6eVM)

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