tecnologyvista.in: Wingboarding Is The Most Extreme Sport You Will Ever Know Science and technology have made possible quite a number of impossible tasks while providing users with the freedom to materialize their dreams. One such user is Aaron Wypyszynski, the founder of Wyp Aviation, a company based in Alabama. He has his eyes set on introducing a new sport that combines wakeboarding, skydiving and wingsuit flying. The sport is called WingBoarding in which a rider can be towed behind a plane. Yes, this picture below will take you to places since the inspiration comes from TaleSpin – a Disney animated series.WingBoarding – Inspiration from TaleSpin4 The name Wingboard describes the sport pretty well; the user shall stand on a winged board which will be towed by the plane. The rope being used for the purpose of towing divides into two ropes about 3m away from the rider. One of the ropes is then attached to the WingBoard while the second rope gets affixed to the tow bar which the rider holds onto. In order to minimize loads that the user is being subjected to; the rider is connected to the board via foot bindings that provide a flexible footing to the rider while the rider is connected to the tow bar like a kite is attached to a kite surfer.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:30:00 +0000