makapuu flying to the clouds and sea

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hang gliding makapu'u, oahu, hawaii 20070821
launch is around 1200' MSL
cloudbase over launch around 2000'
and for perspective, the 'green wall' over the back, towers around 2500' high...

extended edit with soundtrack:
"Dayvan Cowboy" by Boards of Canada

shot in 480p with Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2
premiere elements v3
h.264 848x480 6800kb
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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• hang-gliding
• clouds
• flying
• ocean
• oahu
• makapu'u
• hawaii

[dieterheiner]

very nice. My friend Mark used to fly Makapuu in the late 70's early 80's. I went up to watch one day and freaked when I saw these guys take off. I had to try this. A week later I was learning to fly single engine aircraft at Honolulu Int'l and Ford Island. Years later I learned to hang glide at Jockey Ridge NC. Never flew at Makapuu but this vid is the next best thing! mahalo

[surfzen]

glad you enjoyed it. certainly an amazing place to fly..

[jonjonjonjo123456789]

wow very nice

[Compguy321]

wow, if you could do this with one of the 360 degree cameras, that would be so amazing! This was amazing too!

[flytocloudbase]

I love the Funston stickers on the helmet !

SF OB RULES !!! Funston forever!

[lltowing2007]

Stunning ,great camera work.That is a H4 site right?

[quinzoto]

Awesome!!!  Are there any other spots to hang glide in Oahu besides Makapuu?

[CenterOfThought]

Amazing, man!! I grew up on O'ahu, and used to stare in awe up at the hang gliders over Makapuu. I just went skydiving on the North Shore this winter and the feeling of being up there that high, snuggled against the mountains is just exhilerating...big mahalo for the ride...

[acrazedmaniac]

ya, real nice!

I got into hang gliding as a result of makapuu, (said'gonalearnthat&comebackhe­re!)back in 1975. Spent 13 weeks in 1989 flying maui, mostly with D.D. ,curing my nasty hang gliding habit,... flying all the sites on maui. Had many/many scared to death experiences(clouds(total whiteout),couldn't get down 6-7.5K 2+hrs COULDNOT!,VERYsevere turbulence,heli/tour copters, hail/ice(no gloves),landing tight/small field in dark, bad glider..). and never did makapuu, which started it all 4me.

[NMERider]

Great scenery! Thanks for posting all the production specs too.