What is skydiving?

The extreme sport of skydiving emerged in Europe and the United States. It is one of the extreme aerial sports. The uniqueness of skydiving lies in the experience that skydivers jump from a flying airplane or other various aircraft, which can bring more excitement to adventurers. Nowadays, skydiving has become an extreme sport for some young people. Next, let us take a detailed look at the sports characteristics of skydiving and the differences between extreme skydiving and traditional skydiving.

Skydiving is a sport that involves jumping from a high altitude using a parachute. It is a sport in which skydivers rise to a high altitude in airplanes, balloons or other aircraft or other equipment and then jump down, or jump from a steep mountain top or high ground, and use aerodynamics and a parachute to complete various prescribed movements before and after opening the parachute, and use the parachute to slow down the descent and land safely in a designated area. It is known as the "sport for the brave" for its thrills and challenges.

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The difference between extreme skydiving and traditional skydiving

Skydiving has become one of the most popular aviation sports in the world. Skydiving at the Jinmao Tower in Shanghai is known abroad as BASE jump, which is composed of the first letters of four English words: building, tower, span or bridge, and earth, which are four fixed locations suitable for this sport. As a kind of extreme sport, skydiving, which involves jumping from high places in cities with relatively densely built buildings, does have its own unique and wonderful features. It is different from traditional airplane skydiving in terms of the way of folding parachutes, the procedure for opening parachutes, and the parachute equipment. In a nutshell, it is "accurate, straight, and stable."

In the well-known sport of skydiving, skydivers carry two parachutes, a main parachute and a backup parachute, while extreme skydiving only has one parachute and there is no spare option, so the parachute can only be opened successfully once. Due to the low altitude from the ground, athletes do not have time to adjust the direction with the correction stick, so they have to face the aimed fixed object correctly at the moment of opening the parachute. How to safely detach and avoid surrounding buildings during the rapid descent and land steadily in an environment with multiple heights is another difficulty of extreme skydiving.

The above is a detailed introduction to the characteristics of extreme skydiving and the differences between extreme skydiving and traditional skydiving. For those who usually want to challenge skydiving, they need to have a certain understanding of the common sense of skydiving. It should also be noted that beginners must be under the guidance of professionals and master the skills before they can experience skydiving.