important to note is that there are two wingsuit modalities - firstly jumping from an aircraft, in what is known as wingsuit skydiving, or secondly jumping from high landmarks, like hills or buildings, performing wingbase - for more information on basejumping click here(link).

the unique landscape of rio de janeiro attracted several adventurers to take advantage beautiful backdrops while performing incredible stunts - the brazilian luigi cani is a great example - born in 1970, this skydiver is known for his death-defying stunts, some performed in rio.

in 2007 luigi jumped from a helicopter to overfly the christ the redeemer statue in corcovado(link) - although he faced some problems he managed to land safely - he also used a wingsuit to fly in formation with a fighter jet in 2010 .

wind guru is a great resources for weather and wind reports for sports dependant on these conditions