The Endless Fall - True Stories of an Early Skydiver
~ The "Right Stuff of the Skydiving World ~
This is the true story of the life and death adventures of skydiver Mike Swain. It is a heart-pounding, chest-gripping, breath-taking look at a group of rag-tag daredevils who risked their lives to transform the art of skydiving from its earliest days to the modern sport it is today.
"At that time, no one knew the physics of freefall ... we just made up the rules as we went along, trying to stay alive."
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Get The Shot or Die Trying - A Lifetime of Extreme Photography
This is the true story of professional photographer Mike Swain who risked it all in the dangerous everyday pursuit of extreme photography. Swimming with sharks, hanging out of an airplane, or falling toward earth at 120 miles per hour while filming in freefall was all part of the job.
Along with the ordinary duties of filming documentaries, training films, and television commercials, Mike acquired the specialized skills for filming aerials, underwater, and in freefall often developing and engineering his own camera eqipment to overcome harsh conditions and extreme environments.
Get The Shot is an exciting yet humorous look at the adventurous life of a daring cinematographer.
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