Red Bull is known for sponsoring the most dangerous of sports. Wingsuit flying is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit. This is called a wingsuit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift. Modern wingsuits, first developed in the late 1990s, create the surface area with fabric between the legs and under the arms. A wingsuit flight normally ends with a parachute opening. So, a wingsuit can safely be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude for flight and parachute deployment.
Cedric Dumont is a Belgian base jumper sponsored by Red Bull. As of today, he has completed over 10,000 skydives and more than 2000 Base jumps. He started sky diving in 1993, BASE jumping in ’95 and wingsuit flying in ’99. Dumont has always been involved in sports, particularly extreme sports. Since 1999, Cedric is a full time Red Bull athlete, travelling the world in search of new adventures and challenging projects pushing the limits of human flying.
Dumont is not only an athlete, but he graduated in Sports Psychology. He is fluent not only in French and Spanish, but also in English, Dutch and French. Dumont needs a great deal of attention to details to complete his flights and avoid crashes that could be fatal.
Dumont started his career by helping other athletes achieve their goals and overcome their fears. He helped them to fight their own insecurities and fears. This drove him to overcome his own and become the great athlete he is today.
Like the majority of top athletes Dumont can do a variety of sports at a high level. Dumont is not only a jumper, but also is a very gifted skier, a surfer, and a competitive golfer with only a single handicap.
You can read Cedric Dumont’s full biography here: http://www.cedricdumont.com/bio/
His main focus is wingsuit flying. It is hard to describe a wingsuit flight so here is a video of Cedric doing what he does best.
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