Ueli Gegenschatz Quotes

Switzerland, Athlete
January 3, 1971 – November, 13, 2009.

Ueli Gegenschatz was a Swiss BASE jumper, paraglider and skydiver who held several world records. Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping and his flight in a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired wingsuit.

Also known as Skydiver

Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'

Ueli Gegenschatz
- Power
- You
- Nice
From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.

Ueli Gegenschatz
- More
- Relative
- Skydiving

BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references.

Ueli Gegenschatz
- Free
- Earth
- Feeling
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.

Ueli Gegenschatz
- Different
- Country
- Fly