Patrick de Gayardon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French skydiver and skysurfer
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Place of Birth: Oullins, Rhône-Alpes, France
About Patrick de Gayardon
- Patrick de Gayardon (French pronunciation: ?[pat?ik d? gaja?d?~]; 23 January 1960 in Oullins, Rhône – 13 April 1998 in Hawaii) was a French skydiver, skysurfer and a BASE jumper. De Gayardon was famous for pushing the boundaries of skydiving.
- He was one of the first people to develop the unique style of skysurfing, in which skydivers use a snowboard to make aerobatic maneuvers.
- He also made many famous stunts with his development of a ram-air wingsuit, starting modern-day wingsuiting.
- In 1998 Patrick fell to his death in Hawaii during a skydive with Adrian Nicholas using the wingsuit while testing a modification to his parachute container; his death is attributed to a rigging error he made while making the modification.
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