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He has thrown himself outside from mountainsides all over the world
in the most extreme of extreme sports of them all
wingsuits
please welcome a man who have learned to fly
Jokke Sommer
Nice to have you here. Thanks, nice to be here
How are you ? Lovely, I'm so fond of life for the moment
Are you so fond of life because you're doing thing that can get you killed all the time?
No, it's not really that.
It's more the development of the sport and all cool trips that are been planned.
But, wingsuit are a fairly new sport for many. Briefly what are wingsuit ?
Wingsuit is a sport developed at the end of the 90s early 2000s
You have a suit that is tailor made for your body
It contains cells, just like a parachute.
These are filled with air and enables you to fly like a bird for more than a minute
People started to know you when you appeared and saw what you were doing when you was a part of NRKs "Oppdrag Sognefjorden" in 2011
Here are you
On the cliff there are some people and you comming in 200 km an hour
You are so close to the head of Lasse Kjus
It looks like pure luck?
Yes, it might look like like that.
Kjus didn't expect that we should do it
No one does it, you don't expect a man who are flying past you
He knew we were coming, but he expected we were coming higher up
How close are you to the ground?
Here we are too close, around 1 meter
I started lifting my feet, I remember
You think that would have helped?
Must be careful with my foot, first we aim for the head. My foot must be in order
The foot fall after. The reason I did that, when I came over the edge was so intense.
I had to let of a little bit, I didn't have to do it. My instinct and reflex took over
My reflex would have stopped in the door on that plane, that's for sure
I'm not pretending to be a novice. I have done extreme sport before, Bungee Jumping
I've made a cool movie if you want to see?
Yes, please
And now a dude who look really cool when he come up
I feel I peaked it there
You know what? Bungee Jumping, I don't do that again. I've done it once and never again
Just what I tell people, this is heavy stuff.
True. For a person that don't do this on a daily basis it's a unique experience, but it is heavy.
It is edgy stuff for us who are doing this, it is pretty awesome
Some of the most amazing to look at when you jump wingsuit are how close to the ground you're flying
I have a clip from a movie you're in "Dreamlines IV", look at this
you are under the tree height here?
Yes, but what you need to know
In the Alps, it is extremely tall trees
When we come through the forest
You are barely of the ground
It looks like that, but we are 5-6 meter above
5-6 meters in wingsuit terrain flight on the level we are now, is good margins
Have you ever flown through the trees and got a bee into your mouth or something?
No, I've been lucky. I know of someone else who have.
I have met some birds
yeah ?
I met a white-tailed eagle once
It is large. Yeah, it's *** huge
I came around the corner and it was just in my flight path
I came around and just saw something huge
I registered what it was, but there's no point with avoidance movements
Because, they have much quicker reaction than I have
So they would move before I come to them
Hopefully?
Instead of we both move at once and crashes
Then it goes wrong for both of us
You haven't started thinking at the office. Yeah, was out and meet a white-tailed eagle
You are in an area humans are not supposed to be
True. It's some unique experiences you really remember
Yeah, you are in their territory. You are out playing, and they are collecting food.
Yes, that could be you?
Yes, If I meet him. Oh, I know what you mean if you think in a different way
I'm more thinking of a white-tailed eagle picks up big fish
Suddenly there is fish close, he don't have to fly to the ocean to get it
He could attack?
Yes, but if he attack and I hit him. He's dead
That you have to tell him before you start.
I'm trying to come as quickly as possible, so that he understands that
I have to ask, what kind of insurance do you have?
Have you called and said that I want to insure myself?
Yes, I have an insurance in Gjensidige. It's unbelievable expensive
I don't understand why?
Hmm, I understand
You have just arrived from Brazil, where you made a new movie
You have taken flying in the terrain to the city. This is just awesome
Here you have borrowed ET's bike
How high up are you?
I think it's 1200 meters
Then you are chilling out and there is Rio de Janeiro
Lovely city
Just a problem, there is something in the path of your flying
As we see
This is a beautiful tower close to a cathedral
And you are flying in between
It's totally crazy of course
Then you're in the middle of the city, and you have to open your parachute pretty quick
Seconds later you are on the ground
Aren't there a lot of turbulence between the towers?
What is unique with Rio, early in the morning there's practically no wind
If there are storms or things like that
This was 05.45 in the morning
Then you have an hour before the winds starts
Quite illegal this?
Hmm, Somewhat debatable
Yes, but we jumped before air traffic started
Is it something that are debatable when it comes to the law?
Well, it's early morning
Things tend to be either allowed or not allowed
It would not be a problem getting a permit, but our problem was rather that we were going home one week later
It just stood there and we had the boys with their trikes
Totally brilliant
Good luck and take good care of your wingsuit
Take good care of yourself, so you can come back
Now there are a lot of good mood, so let's see what happens in the future
You shall obviously get a t-shirt
With the picture of you and the text "Is it a plane" "Is it a bird" "No, it's Jokke Sommer"
Thanks, totally awesome
Thank you so much, nice to have you here