This video features a ton of great videography and a variety of creative stunts incorporated into jumps from the highest bungy site in New Zealand. If this doesn’t get you out the door to your closest bungy jumping location, nothing will.
Category: Sky
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Using Night Vision in Extreme Sports
Note: this post comes from Jim Van over at Integrated Components, a company that sells night vision equipment to extreme athletes.
If your favorite outdoor sport is not challenging enough, try doing it on a moonless night under night vision goggles. If you’re a top performer, the learning might be shorter than you think.
The two major things you’ll need to overcome:
1. Limited Depth of Focus
It takes practice. You may not be in an ideal position to reach up and to refocus, so you’ll have to take your best guess as to how far out to set the focus.
2. Less Than a 180-Degree Field of View
So far, only one person had an issue with vertigo until she realized she was moving her head up and down way too fast. Everyone is quick to realize there are many more shooting stars every night than are visible to the naked eye!
Ice climbing, downhill skiing, and dog mushing are among the first three activities we’ve tried.
Spelunking, fly and float fishing, back country boarding and skiing, motocross and desert racing, as well as Rocky Mountain 4X4 ing on 100 year old mining roads to ghost towns at over 10,000 ft are all on the docket in the coming month.
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Valery Rozov BASE Jumps From Mount Kilimanjaro
Legendary BASE jumper Valery Rozov recently completed his most recent wingsuit flight, and it may be the greatest one of his career. Rozov climbed up Mount Kilimanjaro and picked a 5,460 meter exit point to leap from. He spent over a minute in freefall and traveled a total distance of over 3 kilometers.
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Incredible Wingsuit Flying In Switzerland
Walenstadt, Switzerland is one of the most well-known and beautiful BASE jumping locations in the world. Watch as wingsuit flier Brandon Mikesell goes for an incredible flight in the area.
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The First Ever Wingsuit Flight Over The Pyramids
BASE athlete Cedric Dumont, one of the most accomplished wingsuit flyers in the world, has done it yet again. This time he’s completed an epic jump and flight over one of the world’s most iconic locations — the pyramids of Egypt.
“This was one of my favorite jumps,” Dumont told Scoop Empire. “It’s in the top three, because of the visuals. It was insane, seeing the pyramids, and seeing them get bigger and bigger.”
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Epic BASE Jump: 9 Front Flips Off A Tower
Follow along as BASE jumpers Mark Broderick and JT Holmes take on a huge tower exit, with Broderick completing nine full front flips before deploying his parachute.
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BASE Jumping At Utah’s Fisher Towers
Fighting strong winds, dizzying heights, and precarious landing scenarios, pro BASE jumpers Miles Daisher, Andy Lewis, and JT Holmes take to Utah’s famous Fisher Towers for a day of incredible jumps. Make sure to check out the tricky landing on top of a 600 foot tower starting at 1:40. Unreal.
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Becoming A BASE Jumper In 60 Days
Follow along as adventure sports legend Joby Ogwyn attempts to become a BASE jumper in just 60 days. This is a fascinating look into the hard work and dedication that goes into becoming a BASE athlete.
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6 BASE Jumpers To Watch In 2015
Get ready everyone, because 2015 is looking like it will be an especially exciting year in the world of BASE jumping, and the world’s most talented BASE athletes are preparing themselves for a seriously epic jump season. Here are six athletes to follow so you don’t miss a thing.
1) Cedric Dumont
Cedric Dumont is a full time member of the Red Bull team, and one of the most highly respected and experienced athletes in the BASE jumping community. With that said, Dumont’s talents extend much farther than his skills in the sky, as he is fluent in five languages, is an expert in sports psychology, and has a successful speaking career.
See Dumont in action:
Where to follow along:
Website: CedricDumont.com
Facebook: Cedric Dumont Fan Page
Twitter: @CedSkywalker2) Felix Baumgartner
This is a guy who does a little bit of everything, and he always does it in the most epic way possible. The most extreme example of this is when Baumgartner completed a record-shattering skydive from 21 miles above the earth in 2012 as the world watched in awe. It was during that legendary jump that he became the only human being in history to break the sound barrier without the help of vehicular power. Not to mention that he has set the world record for the highest BASE jump off a building not once, but twice.
See Baumgartner in action:
Where to follow along…
Website: Felix Baumgartner Red Bull Profile
Facebook: Felix Baumgartner Fan Page
3) Ellen Brennan
Ellen Brennan has completed over 600 BASE jumps, both wingsuit and slider down jumps, and is also an avid rock climber and paraglider. After finding that her passion was jumping and flying when she began jumping out of hot air balloons at age 18, Brennan pursued her favorite sports full time, and is now known as the fastest flying woman in the world after her amazing performance at the World BASE Race in Norway.
See Brennan in action:
Where to follow along:
Website: Ellen-Brennan.com
Facebook: Ellen Brennan Fan Page
Twitter: @EllenLBrennan4) Chris McDougall
For nearly two decades, Chris McDougall has been pushing himself to become among the elite BASE jumpers in the world, and he has certainly succeeded at that. Commonly referred to as “Douggs”, McDougall has completed over 2,600 BASE jumps in 38 countries, is an author, and also offers one of the most popular First Jump Courses in the world, in which he personally instructs new BASE jumpers.
See McDougall in action:
Where to follow along…
Website: BASEDreams.com
Facebook: Chris McDougall Fan Page
5) Jokke Sommer
Jokke Sommer specializes in wingsuit flying, but like a lot of BASE jumpers he’s also involved in many other extreme sports, especially motocross. After finding a sudden passion for skydiving in 2007, Sommer quickly completed his required jumps and became licensed, then used that knowledge to transition into a BASE jumping career. Several years later, he has earned himself a well-deserved place among the world’s BASE jumping elite and continues to wow fans through his incredible talents in the air.
See Sommer in action:
Where to follow along…
Website: JokkeSommer.com
Facebook: Jokke Sommer Fan Page
6) Clair Marie
Clair Marie established herself as one of the most talented women in BASE jumping very quickly after she began completing jumps, even at the young age of 16. She began rock climbing as a kid, and her love for outdoor extreme sports only grew from there. Marie is now a professional BASE jumper and skydiver, works as a stunt person in movies and on television, and has a successful modeling career.
See Marie in action:
Where to follow along…
Website: BASEGirl.com
Facebook: Clair Marie Fan Page
Twitter: @theBASEgirlSo there you have it. Follow these world class BASE athletes in 2015 and you’re sure to see a ton of exciting things happen. Here’s to a great 2015 in BASE jumping!
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The 9 Best BASE Jumping Videos Of All Time
We’ve taken a long look around the web and located the best and most thrilling BASE jumping videos ever uploaded. From high budget, highly involved film projects to basic DIY helmet cam footage, the videos below will give you all the BASE jumping inspiration you will need.
Record Jump From Burj Khalifa
This is incredible footage of a record setting jump completed by Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet from the top of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building.
Best of BASE
This ‘Best Of’ video features some of the best BASE jumpers in the world, including Jokke Sommer, Jeb Corliss, Espen Fadnes, and Alexander Polli, and includes jaw-dropping footage from locations all over the globe.
World Record Mt. Everest BASE Jump
This may be the most obvious choice for this list, and for good reason! Watch Valery Rozov complete his record-setting wingsuit BASE jump from the north face of Mt. Everest, as he leaps from 23,688 feet above sea level. It’s hard to imagine that Rozov’s record of highest BASE jump in history will be beaten any time soon, if ever.
Pure Joy On Baffin Island
Baffin Island is one of the wildest BASE jumping locations on earth. We love this video from Melissa Andrezjewski and Chris McNamara, showing their leaps from one of the island’s gigantic faces. No music, no frills, just pure adrenaline and gorgeous scenery. Listen for that emphatic celebration at the end… pure joy.
Become A BASE Jumper In 60 Days
Experienced adventurer Joby Ogwyn shares the process he went through over a sixty day period to become a BASE jumper. Fascinating stuff. Experience the process from the initial training to his first official jump.
10 Incredible BASE Jump Exits
This video covers some of the most daring and extreme BASE jumps ever captured on film, featuring locations in Chile, Turkey, Switzerland, Kuwait, Greece, and more, with jumps completed by many of the world’s most famous BASE athletes.
BASE Dreams U.S.A.
A great installment of Chris “Douggs” McDougall’s BASE Dreams series, featuring jump locations all across the United States and thrilling exits from the always entertaining BASE Dreams team.
My First 100 BASE Jumps
The sheer dedication needed to make a video like this is amazing. Christoph Dittmer provides a jump-by-jump storyline of his first 100 BASE jumps, hard landings and all (wait for 7:07 in the video, ouch).
Experience Freedom
And last but definitely not least, this video includes quite a bit of skydiving footage, so it’s not totally BASE, but that simply doesn’t matter once you take a look. The camera and editing work in this video is some of the most beautiful we’ve ever come across. It’s definitely goosebump-worthy stuff.