What is SPEEDFLYING? An extreme sport you've probably never heard of - The Descensionists
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2023
- Come with us on an exciting, albeit brief, adventure in the fringe and dangerous world of big mountain proximity speedflying.
From New Zealand and based in Colorado; we follow the story of extreme sports enthusiast Scotty Dobbo as he finds the work-life balance it takes to pursue his passions combining mountaineering and flying.
The Descensionists introduces the niche sport of speedflying to a mass audience while showcasing the opportunities it can open in the the upper boundaries of the human flight experience.
Filmed and Directed by Edward Clem/@bigeasyphoto
Edited by Sean O'Brien/@seanob.productions
FPV Drone Footage by Dayne Baumchen/@gr8.dayne
Pilots: Scotty Dobbo/@scotty_dobbo and Derek Herra
#paragliding #speedflying #extremesports #adventure #redbull #gopro #outdoors #outdoorfilm - กีฬา
Great story and beautiful movie guys!
Keep going. We need more real stories about speedflying! But no more crashing please! 🖖😁
Thanks for the kind words! We definitely have some more stories to share in the future that don't involve accidents 😅. In fact this film was never meant to be about an accident but unfortunately a mistake was made and it just made sense to share it. 🙌
I've done some thrilling, physically challenging and dangerous stuff in my 65 years, performance motorcycles, snow mobiles, ice skating on very thin ice, skiing, roller blades, wind surfing, triathlons, bodybuilding, some rock climbing, mountain bikes, just to name a few. But this is on another level. I currently reside in northeast Georgia and I do some hiking, paddle board and kayak, catamaran sailing and open water swimming. The riskiest thing I do now is bike riding up and down these local mountain roads. The up is the workout. The down is the thrill. I've always wanted to try hang gliding or paragliding but I'll leave the proximity stuff to the younger more experienced flyers...What these guys are doing reminds me of wing suit flying. Super cool video.
I remember talking with other sport riders above San Diego and the wise one's knew there was a level of riding that you needed to stop at and be satisfied with. I enjoyed the hell out of it for about eighteen months without a close call and had reached a comfortable place with my riding. I was rewarded with a lasting boat load of good memories.
For sure truth to this comment. I've come to realise my comfort zone now and have much better self-mitigation measures in place after this accident. I wish it didn't take getting this messed up to learn the lesson but sharing it here is a way to share my free lesson to others in the sport. 🫶
@@scotty_dobbo Sorry you got busted up. Your sport looks thrilling!
Yeah I learned this while skateboarding at 18 and i wasnt looking at risk like this, I'm surprised people aged 25+ and this level of risk feel this is valuable input seems obvious to me 😂
Unreal scenes! Loved the film! 👏👏
Totally awesome...
Total AWESOMENESS!!!
Live fast!!!!..
Soooo cool guys! 🔥 Great cinematography, flying and storytelling. Great job!! 👏🏻
Glad you liked it!!🫶
Very inspirational! Good luck with creating your career in this revolutionary sport!
So good!! The shots, the flights, the story telling, editing- all of it! Excited to see where you take big mountain speedflying, Scotty!
Thanks Danelle!! I owe Derek big time for being such a good sport about the project 😂
Love it! Nice shots of the backyard!
Awesome, Scott! What a pleasure to watch a great story!
Much appreciated! 🫶
Ready to watch you speed fly big mountains. 100% following.
Gnarly. So much amazing footage.
Gigantic cojones. I can only imagine the adrenaline. Good luck on all your adventures, Scotty, and I wish you all the success. Cheers!
Perspective is everything in this life and living past one's nose is risky! Quite a view well shared! Thanks!
Subbed and belled! I really enjoyed this. I have been flying speedwings here in Canada for 14 years, mostly wingsuiting but speedwings were the first things I flew in the mountains. You guys did a great job of putting this video together. Respect.
Thanks mate!! It was a fun project and I'm glad we could share some more of what Speedflying has to offer (and the consequences of bad decision making 😅)
AWESOME film!!!!! Quality filmmaking! Way to go!!!
Thanks so much! Where can people watch your film?
Love it!! 🩵
So sic! I just started speed flying. This film is awesome.
yay! Aesha!! my all-time fav cast member! so much pizazz!!!! whaddup grrr!!!
Epic! That's the stuff! Thanks for the rad story! Scotty is such a badass!✌🧡🦅
Nawww cheers bro!!! I'll keep you posted when we decide to get after another project
That was fantastic...the story and the footage...thanks for the vid.
Cheers mate! Glad to share a bit of the realities of the sport as opposed to just Instagram edits that don't show the full story.
That is wild. I'm rootin' for ya! This video is very well produced. Great job! Will be watching. Cheers!
Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it 🙌
Best Heineken commercial I’ve ever seen. Awesomely cinematography and story.
Great to see good Kiwis doing groundbreaking things. From the mighty Toerags no less! Doing us proud mate.
From Toerags to toetags.
Groundbreaking…. Yeah, the ground breaking his bones.
Groundbreaking…. Yeah, the ground breaking his bones.
What a thrilling, emotional, well written and edited piece this is!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very cool! Thanks for the great edit.
Glad you liked it!
Soooo cool guys! Great cinematography, flying and storytelling. Great job!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing sport, really exciting to watch, this sport definately deserves utmost recognition and respect, love it.
Much appreciated!
Yeah ... until they make a FU & emergency services have to risk lives and break balls to save them ........
Awesome video and super inspiring! Just got my paragliding qualifications in the UK, hoping to get out there and push my dreams of flying too, so cool to see what you’ve achieved. I’m sure you’ll have redbull calling in no time 🤙🤙
Cheers!! I'm glad to share it and will catch you in the air one of these days! 🫶
Yeww awesome vid. Wicked to see in such a high quality production and love seeing Kiwis continue to push the sport. Awesome man 👍🪂🇳🇿 go hard
Cheers cuzzy!!!
really well put together 👏
You guys did a great job with this
That was absolutely amazing.. Scott you are so brave and talented it's unreal. Your flying is magical. And in the most beautiful places. You deserve all you want in life. And I hope all your hopes and dreams come true. As your girlfriend would say.. you are AMMAAZZZZING!!! LOVED THIS SO MUCH. AWESOME
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for the kind words! 🫶
Dopeeeeeeee ❤
That was absolutely amazing! Wish I had the nerve to do it. Looks hella fun!!! Great filming 🎥 👌
Thanks so much!!
This was awesome
Totally dug it. Live in Povones CR and always surf to the max. Air surfing is really rad. Keep going! I subscribe, getting off the mountain the way you are doing it is the ultimate/
Good luck mate, hope you make it all happen!
Brother, I live with a fractured T7 so I can take my hat off to you, shit hurts. This is such a captivating look at a niche hobby. I can genuinely say I want to do this.
Also, I implore you, visit Tasmania for this.
Cheers!! Yea, some call getting hurt a "badge of honour" or "rite of passage" but I honestly don't think either of those are how I feel about such a complacent decision and bad injury.
Hopefully the next film we work on will be more fun and exciting 😅
This looks like so much fun... I love the San Juans! You proxy flying is insanely good, especially doing barrel roll right back into the depth of the line.. Hope Scotty and the rest of you the best of success, exposure and safe "trek'ing"... I'm surprised Red Bull hasn't noticed you yet! IF you haven't already, you need to keep up the great videos and point all of this their way... Again, to your success!
Appreciate the kind words! Thanks so much for the support and glad you enjoyed 🫶
Nice! Started launching ourselves off mountain slopes with our Sabers and Valkyries years ago and never dreamed of what you guys are doing today. Thanks for the great video and some fine memories.
Amazing!! It has been defined a little since running off on skydiving canopies but so cool to hear from people who helped pioneer it. Seems as though skydiving canopies and harnesses (like the mutant) are circling back to find similar performance as speedwings. Will be amazing to see how this all progresses. 🫶
@@descensionistsgood luck, be safe and never forget...there are old flyers and bold fliers, but not a lot of old bold fliers. :)
Very nicely done. Editing, footage, commentary. Be safe!
Be safe! Is that supposed to be a joke? You can't be serious.
Thanks, will do!
sick!
very sick video dude! 🔥
Great film Man! I hope it takes you Places and I’m sure it will!
Cheers!! Hoping to do some fun and adventurous follow up films around the world.
Wonderful footage from your camera man ❤. Not my sport or specialty but you do have to admire people like yourself exploring the capabilities of the human mind and body .
Could you imagine how far we have come and what we could actually be capable of give time and no restrictions.
Imagine people from the 60’s going forward in time and even better from say the 1800’s they would be mind blown.
Total respect guys 🇬🇧👍
Cheers!!! We're often thinking the same thoughts. Soon than later we'll be racing our personal drone cars up and down the mountains instead. The future is going to have a lot of fun new things to try out.
Your welcome guys , we have a similar attitude as we race cars and make similar sacrifices to yourselves.
Please don’t ever let anyone pull you down , it’s people like ourselves that have shaped the world , gone in search or new lands , explored , took risks , pushed the envelope.
Honestly the production, editing is first class , love the dodgy door lock on the truck too , legend 😂.
Not sure who I’m talking to here but the couple have a very special connection and it shines through, hope you both spend many a happy time together.
Peace , love and freedom to all likeminded individuals ❤
Great job boys 👏 the angles the editing the context was all spot on!
Cheers!!! Glad you enjoyed it!
Anyone that finds this thrilling but isn’t willing to potentially commit their life to this pursuit should check out FPV drones. Maybe one day I’ll work up the nads to try it for real. But a drone will make you feel like an Animorph for relatively little investment.
Beautiful video, badass people.
100%!! FPV drones are a serious thrill without the risk of bodily injury 😅 definitely recommend
Drones are ok and all but you just can’t feel the wind and the g’s.
In aviation, they say there are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. That one dude in the video said he’d prefer to be gone by 50, well press on then, mate! No shame in that. As the late great George Carlin said “Don’t just pass away. One should seize the moment of their death to teach and entertain.” 😂
Very cool video. Very entertaining. Please don’t die. Cheers.
Well said! To add to this, yes, I think we all hold different values in life and maybe those values come into question when death is imminent or maybe these values change after significant life events but the goal here is to live life to the fullest but ultimately continue living. 🫶
@@descensionists Keep doing what you do! It’s not like some Karen who says it’s dangerous is going to even slow you down. Thank you for the video. Well done!
Then why not drugs?
@@CabbageMan23 Why not? It’s your journey. Nobody will be impressed though.
Wow👍👍
Keep pushing the boundaries, riding the edge, and catching those DREAMS!
until the day you crash. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
Great edit guys, and superb flying! Loved it. Im busy trading in my paraglider for a 'Moustache'. Blue skies and fly safe!
Nice one!
Damn dude, thank you for this. Sitting in the hospital from a speed flying accident, dreaming of getting back out under the wing again for exactly this reason.
4 months in man, i can almost run again. ready to get back
@@Elhastezy888, Free your mind, friend. The meaning is clear. Your eyes see, but your mind cannot process the truth. He is recovering.
Life is fragile.
@@Elhastezy888 use your brain and think about the context of "i can almost run again" and "ready to get back"... pressed and salty af kid.
Just hang in there and good hope, we'll get Elon Musk to build you a styrofoam canyon, sure he'd jump at a chance to fly his virtue signal up high again.
I love everything about this other than the beer choice, must be a sponsor ;)
Hahaha you know it! Though as far as sponsors go at least we were able to drink this before our flights and still be 100% focused 😂
Great video and never met either Scotty or his Partner in person but seen stuff about them both over the years but its def way to live. I think i could of easily fallen into this life if i hadn't fell into the trap of drugs as i did paragliding/sky diving/base jumping/swimming with big sharks etc all with basically no experience when i was younger but 99% of those times i was lucky to have some people with the experience an guidance to show me the right way (also helped i believed on living on the edge of life/death an it was everything in or nothing)
Thanks for the upload an don't forget we all need live an experience life an doesn't always have to be dangerous unless your into that sort of thing
Exactly!! At the end of the day we're sharing the motivations of one person and showing that you can earn money in whatever way and still find time to pursue your passion 100%. We're happy to see people chase their dreams however safe or dangerous it may be 😀
This looks beyond sick I would love to get into this.
Everyone gets to die, only some of us get to live. Skydiver, paraglider and powered paraglider pilot and I know why the birds sing. Of course they’re kiwis and kiwis can fly😉
Excellent video and story. I hope you can save some funds for a new vehicle. In your passion for flight, etc don't forget that lady.
Hahaha I've sold the truck on but keeping the lady 😉
Have fun and off the ground!
Good luck with sponsorship 🤙
Thanks a ton!
That all looks very thrilling, but for me, I’d like to take off at the bottom, and ride thermals up. That would be amazing.
I like to think that at some point in time we will have such a mastery of materials and physics that we could fly like a bird.
The kind of the thrill only a handful will ever experience…go hard while you can!
Sick Scotty!
Crazy guys, crazy
Ya boys!
I admire what the do, it looks like a blast.
Colorado plates! Woot woot.
Absolutely stunning photography. I truly admire your intrepidity (not leastwise for promoting Heineken beer in the land of Coors 😂). But I also have to say, I hope you can find the same courage to know when you've reached that ever-increasingly thin line between calculated risk and mere foolhardiness that could have devastating impact on a lot of people beyond yourself.
Beautifully said! Thanks for the support and yes, we contacted a lot of brands to help financially back the project and Heineken was the only one to take a chance on us. Gotta give them props for helping make it happen.
And yes, that accident of Scott's was from a place of complacency. Watching these pilots during filming with their safety mitigations in place now is fascinating. They take all variables into account and really do love to live so they'll continue living as long as possible. Maybe with a sprained ankle here or there but we can't live in bubbles our whole lives. 🫶
Nice work!
Thanks Mike!! Love your videos too mate.
Its the Below Deck girl that says "amazing!" all the time😅
The strength of that amazing mustache is what saved him.
Not only do I know about it, I came up with the idea when I was working as a ski patroller, and dreamed of skiing down the mountain with a base chute as a paraglider. Little did I know that at the exact same time there were people who actually started doing that in Europe instead of just dreaming about it.
Breckenridge looks absolutely stunning during the summer, ive only been in the middle of winter
also this looks like one of the most incredible and exhilarating things ive ever seen
Exactly! Colorado isn't just about the ski resorts. People move here and realize quickly how good the summer is. I think the saying goes "Come for the winter, stay for the summer". 😀
Watching some of these paragliding videos, it brings to mind a saying we passed around in my days as a hang glider pilot. Same applies to the wing suit guys. There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots.
Hence why we shared this story of his accident. We wanted it to be clear the risks of complacent decision making and hopefully be an accurate representation of "getting lucky".
Some used to claim that a good landing was any landing that you could walk away from. Never understood that. To me, a good landing was one where you didn't hurt yourself or your glider. I spent a lot of time on the training hill learning to take off and land....
Yes, we have heard of it. And the fatality rate amongst participants has been shockingly high for the last five years year on year.
Part of the motivation to make this project. We wanted to share the reality of complacency in high risk adventures.
Heights make me nervous but being so close to the ground looks fun. That has to be the best way to go down a mountain.
Park at the Copper Conoco, take a bike ride down the path until you find a spot to swoop one of the ponds with sufficient energy to pop up and land on the path. I flew a whole lot of lines around there but was always looking at that while driving tourists in a shuttle van. Would be amazing if to see someone send it if the water is high enough.
I've spent a lot of time pursuing the river toe drag and made it happen a few times and even gone for a swim or two but you have to decide between proximity flying the whole way to the rec path OR gliding out to get a good angle on the water swoop.
Loved this. Makes me wanna move to Breck and buy a paragliding set up. Been wanting to get into it for years.
If you're in Colorado check out Red Tail Paragliding in Boulder. They'll get up up to scratch on the discipline 🫶
@descensionists I am! Lived in Leadville for 3 years. Now down in CO Springs. I really appreciate the info!!
Great film. I would have thought that Red Bull would be breaking your door down to give you a sponsorship, mate!
Wouldn't that be amazing! There's no competition in the sport and therefore less marketable value in it. We'd love to keep it this grassroots way to be honest but also find a channel for people in similar communities to keep doing what they love doing. It would be a fine line to play with 🫶
Bros out there flying the kiting wing. The label says you're not supposed to do that. 😆
Best wishes.
i hope Redbull sponsors this man
Very nice video production. Speed gliding is right on par with BASE jumping and wing suite flying, all with there inherent dangers and if I was much younger I’d be doing it. At my age the hike up would be risky enough!
Cheers!! Glad you enjoyed it 🙌
this is just frankly dope. would love to learn how to start
Check out Red Tail Paragliding in Boulder. They'll get you there 🤘
one of these days she'll be right about what happened but until then what an amazing adventure. God bless.
Omg I use to run that kitchen when it was Oscar’s then we added all those taps and the front was the Breckinridge Tap house. Back in 2015 would open early. Ski till 1030. Best time ever. Wish I never left.
Must've just missed each other. I started there December 2015. The new owner is a great guy.
I am not afraid to try dangerous things, but damn there’s a point when stupidity becomes the dominant factor.
Yes ,you got me.. , never heard of this sport... High risk n all but ,it looks funking amazing.. Where do I sign up.... ... All jokes aside.... How does the saying go.,... No risk no chocolate fish reward, at the end o the day., , looking forward to seeing more... Many thanks.. BTW sorry won't be drinkin your sponsors product, 00 beers taste .... Funny ....
This cat needs a sponsorship!
You know someones hurt when this slow, low volume zombie noise comes out a person 😂
We were wondering when someone would comment on that!! But yes, we kept that audio in there for the cringe factor for sure 😬
*MAGNIFICENT!*
the song choices w/those incredible shots..... piece de resistance 🤌🏻
Thank you, what a Holiday gift 🎁
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hah... I knew I'd seen here from somewhere before... "Below Deck" tv show. lol. She always seemed fun. This proves it.
I've been following your girlfriend Aesha for 4 years. It's nice to see what YOU do in your life! This was great.
shame she has a potty mouth
Glad you enjoyed it! She was a natural in front of the camera 😂
I see your cars off I70 on occasion and now I know who it is. I see you flying too but I am usually driving so can't watch too much and not wreck. 😄 Stay safe.
Ahhhh amazing!! Yea, I'm sure a lot of people wander why the hell our cars are parked along the interstate so early in the morning 😂
You guys are ballz for doing that. There are thousands and thousands of mountains that have never been summited.
Dobbo is a free elf!
The problem is when you break many bones. You will carry those for the rest of your life and they weigh a lot more when you get older. I had a skydiving accident (broken legs, sacrum in 5 pieces etc.) and 25 surgeries later I’m still here. But boy I so wish I didn’t have that accident. It was a hook turn upon landing when a concrete post decided to get in the way.
100% think that everyone who's had any kind of accident in these sports agrees with this. We've seen some people share that injuries are "badges of honor" but we don't necessarily think along this train of thought. Hopefully seeing the raw accident footage here will be a reminder to others in the sport.
drone pilot is going hard too
Dayne (the FPV pilot) crushes it! He also did this project with us completely out of passion for flying. Legendary!
Looks like a good way to get a rock enema
No doubt. At that speed any contact is gonna be serious.
I recognize the sky chutes over copper mountain but what is the other city-ish area they're flying over?
Yep, you recognized correctly. The other area with the town below was Mt Kendall above Silverton
Starts off in a danger ranger, how iconic.