Category: Sky

  • Exclusive Editorial Video: Jeb Corliss’ Near-Fatal BASE Jump

    Exclusive Editorial Video: Jeb Corliss’ Near-Fatal BASE Jump

    Jeb Corliss is no stranger to Nerve Rush HQ. By age 18, he found solace in a sport that most normal folks deem discomforting — skydiving. Since then, he’s picked up BASE jumping and wingsuit flying. Corliss has jumped off many of the world’s highest and iconic buildings, including Seattle’s Space Needle, Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers and Paris’ Eiffel Tower.

    HBO shot us an email a couple of weeks ago with an exclusive editorial clip from their show, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. In an episode that aired this week, Real Sports correspondent Jon Frankel hangs out with Corliss as he attemps a near-fatal jump in Cape Town, South Africa.

    It’s all caught on film. Enjoy the clip!

  • GoPro HD Hero 2010 Compilation

    GoPro HD Hero 2010 Compilation

    In this video are some of GoPro’s best shots in 2010. Shot on a GoPro HD HERO, this footage features skiing, snowboarding, surfing, swimming, skateboarding, car racing, human flight — you name it.

  • Insane WiSBASE / Wingsuit BASE Jumping / Proximity Flying

    Insane WiSBASE / Wingsuit BASE Jumping / Proximity Flying

    Having seen the majority of WiSBASE (wingsuit BASE jumping) and proximity flying clips out there, it’s safe to say that this is one of the most well done. Big shout out to the guys with enough balls to do this. Dear WiSBASE jumpers — not sure how much longer you’ll be alive, so please, make some more movies while you’re still flying strong. Thanks. Sincerely, Nerve Rush HQ.

  • First GoPro HD Camera in Space: 80,000 Feet

    First GoPro HD Camera in Space: 80,000 Feet

    This is pretty incredible, and certainly Nerve Rush worthy. San Francisco-based engineers and designers built a balloon and contraption that held 2 GoPro HD HERO cameras. Launched from the California coast near Davenport (and landing 70 miles away in Crows Landing), the balloon made it up to 80,000 feet. Wild.

  • GoPro HD HERO: BASE Jumping Movie

    GoPro HD HERO: BASE Jumping Movie

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    Shot with the GoPro HD HERO camera in 960p (1280×960) resolution, this short BASE jumping movie highlights how beautiful the sport can be with the right equipment. In the last part of the clip, a face close-up, take note of the intense happiness.

  • Guerilla Elevator BASE Jumping in Spain

    Guerilla Elevator BASE Jumping in Spain

    Douggs, Carlos and Dario–who are you guys? The three of them perform a little guerilla BASE jumping exercise from the top of the Hotel Bali elevator in Spain. This clip is up close and personal; at one point you can see the camera man’s hands start fidgeting, and that’s when I got nervous. Wonder what they ate for breakfast that morning?

  • “The Descent” BASE Jumping Adventure Video

    “The Descent” BASE Jumping Adventure Video

    Shot in Lauterbrunnen and Kandersteg, Switzerland, “The Descent” is a beautiful movie that illustrates the delicate balance of man, nature and technology. Proximity flying at its finest, folks. This movie was sponsored by Casio G-Shock.

  • Oh, Beautiful. BASE Jumping in Norway.

    Oh, Beautiful. BASE Jumping in Norway.

    The Skywalkers and Soul Flyers, two BASE jumping and general thrill-seeking organizations, show us a different side of Norway. One of the best WiSBASE/proximity flying videos on the Interwebs these days. Enjoy!

  • Sebastien Montaz: Filmmaker and Adventurer Extraordinaire Presents I Believe I Can Fly

    Sebastien Montaz: Filmmaker and Adventurer Extraordinaire Presents I Believe I Can Fly

    Sebastien Montaz has been a mountain guide for the last 12 years. On a few trips, he’ll bring his camera with him. But he’s not just some guy with a camera, living at the intersection of film and adventure, Sebastien knows his stuff. The proof is in his latest film: I Believe I Can Fly. 

    This incredible film narrates the story of the Frenchies, pioneers of a new sport called highlining which combines climbing, slacklining, and tightrope walking with base jumping. Sounds incredible? It is.

    I watched the film trailer and it literally took my breath away. So, I did what we do here at Nerve Rush and figured out exactly how I could get Sebastien on Nerve Rush. I was able to track him down and thankfully he agreed to answer a few questions about his amazing film coming out today: 11.11.11.

    5 Quick Hits With Sebastian Montaz: I Believe I Can Fly

    Nerve Rush: How long did I Believe I Can Fly take to shoot? What went into it?

    Sebastien Montaz: It took only 8 days to shoot it, which is extremely quick for the amount of nice images you have and a final 40-minute feature documentary. I was lucky to find the right conditions and meet extraordinary people on the way who really helped the story telling.

    NR: What’s your background in extreme sports?

    SM: I grew up in a ski resort called Les Arcs, in France and I am a professional IFMGM mountain guide for 12 years, so my background is mainly about skiiing, boarding, telemarking, rock climbing, bouldering, mountaineering and trail running.

    NR: What drew you to this specific story of the Frenchies?

    SM: I met them 3 years ago and started highlining with them which I loved. It is simply the biggest adrenaline rush I ever experienced. We kept filming together one new documentary each year. Two of them, Tancrède and Julien, decided to do free flight and went to the U.S. sky diving last year: they had an obsession in mind, jumping from a highline one day, which they did.

    NR: What story or clip didn’t make it into the final edit? Any scary bloopers?

    SM: Honestly I am really happy with the shooting results. It is far from being perfect. Some footage is out of focus, like when I am filming Bernhard soloing on the highline 1000 meters above the ocean. If you look carefully you will notice that he is out of focus and the focus point is mainly ahead of him. I focused on him to start, but then I started shooting with a steady camera to give some movement. He walked away and got slightly blurry. That’s probably my biggest regret! I opened my lens too wide 2.8 on the Canon 14 mm.

    NR: What’s your next big project? And…can we come along for the ride? 🙂

    SM: I love the fact that I do not know yet about my next project. It is a great period to get to find a new story…let’s take some time. Do you have nice stories or nice people to recommend ? I am open to suggestions!

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    Massive thanks to Sebastien for taking the time to talk to us. It’s an incredible understatement to say that we’re looking forward to the next time we get to talk to Sebastien here on NerveRush. Until then, you can check out the trailer for the film below (and impressive short-film on it’s own) and be sure to head over to Sebastien’s site in order to see the film in its entirety for free for a limited time. Enjoy!

  • RIP Antoine Montant, French Extreme Sports Star

    RIP Antoine Montant, French Extreme Sports Star

    The extreme sports community lost one of its own this week.

    Antoine Montant, a French extreme sports star, was killed in a tragic accident in the French Alps, where he was BASE jumping. Local police found his body on Sunday and are investigating additional details.

    Antoine Montant grew up just outside the French Alps and is one of those guys who learned to ski as soon as he could walk. At age nine, Montant learned how to paraglide from his older brother Valéry, an experienced hanggliding and paragliding pilot that helped pioneer the sport of speed flying — paragliding with skis down steep, snowy slopes. Valéry was killed in an accident in 2006.

    Montant was a certified instructor in skiing and paragliding and certainly one of the world’s top athletes in both sports. He was an avid extreme skiier, BASE jumper and speed flyer.

    To give you an example of what Antoine Montant could do, below is a clip of the first-ever speed flight along the cables of Chamonix’s old cable car:

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    Nerve Rush HQ’s thoughts are with Antoine Montant’s friends and family.