BASE XRW Speedflying and Wingsuitflying. Hmm.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland sets the stage. A playground for big kids that like to do cool stuff. On a nice summer day, Beni and Barry picked up some great footage flying together. Beni flying Spitfire 6 and Barry his trusty Tony Suit X-Bird.
Big Girls Don’t Cry
We’re super psyched about this latest project. “Big Girls Don’t Cry” is a series of interviews with prominent female BASE jumpers, done by author Cynthia Lynn, with gorgeous pictures of gorgeous women doing gorgeous BASE jumps. These women just f-ing rock and we’re so excited to bring you their stories, all thanks to the equally rockin’ Cynthia.
Anniken Binz, the first big girl who doesn't cry
If you have your issue #22 already, you’ve read about the woman who started it all, Anne Helliwell, and Anniken Binz. Next month, get ready for Karen Lewis Dalton. You can read more about the project over at Cynthia’s blog, Cynthia Lynn Chronicles, where she has loads more interviews, stories and approximately 384 ways for you to avoid doing work on a Monday morning.
Huge thanks to Cynthia for letting us have access to the time, work and spirit she’s put into the project, and to the ladies for letting us show the world a bit of what makes them tick, jump and live. We hope you enjoy!
Proximity BASE Jump Makes National TV in UK
The Jump4Heroes guys have recently returned from a BASE jumping trip in Italy. They’ve put together this stunning video that we just have to share with you. They did this all for charity trying to raise awareness for those that serve or have served their country. If you like it then please share it.
And if you really like it then please ask your friends to share it so we can help them get the message out there.
And if you want to see the TV interview then just click THIS AWESOME LINK RIGHT HERE!
Loop Parachutist
A tipster tipped us off to this tidbit of tippery this week.
Loop parachutist falls into the arms of the law
By William Lee Tribune reporter
2:41 p.m. CDT, April 3, 2011A Chicago police officer must have thought he was seeing things when he spotted a parachute-wearing man early this morning drifting down to a Loop street from a skyscraper construction site.
The alert Central District cop heard a popping noise in the air in the 100 block of West Wacker Drive around 2:40 a.m. Seconds later, he spotted a man slowly falling to the ground by a parachute, according to police spokesman Officer John Mirabelli.
Police said the downtown daredevil appeared to have leaped from the unconstructed shell of the Waterview Tower and Shangri-La Hotel, a high-end condominium/hotel resort at which construction sputtered to a halt in 2009, during the nation’s economic woes. Only about 26 floors of the planned 90-floor project had been completed.
After making sure the 44-year-old man was uninjured, the officer took the man into custody. The parachutist, Shaun Walters, of Ottawa, was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct.
Walters was unavailable for comment.
Naughty, naughty, Mr. Walters!
photo by Flickr user HBarrisonThe Great Book of BASE
Matt Gerdes has a new book out, “The Great Book of BASE.” Awesome title, and awesome video from him with some of his recent escapades. That’s right, “escapades.” The word just rolls off the tongue so nicely. Much like the drool that comes after watching the video.
The jumping jackass has been grounded.
God bless a bastion of journalistic excellence like the New York Daily News for leading off their story (note awesomely snarky URL) with that line. And making it seem as if his lawyer’s response to “Will Jeb try to jump any other New York landmarks?” is “He’s going to jump out of a plane and land without a parachute while wearing a squirrel suit.”
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In any case, the verdict is in and Jeb Corliss is not welcome at the Empire State Building. Ever. Again.
AP: Judge bans daredevil Jeb Corliss from ever stepping foot into Empire State Building
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