Hell, why not? We have a Ustream account and just might use it. This is the National Skydiving Museum’s big weekend honoring Joe Kittinger and inducting the first class of Hall of Famers. We just might broadcast something live right here. So stay tuned. Otherwise, we’ll definitely have some cool photos and video to show later.

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Another video for your Monday. This one can be viewed with the volume turned down, for suitable work-time viewing

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The Great Book of BASE poster

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.

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Taig Khris, the Ramp Warrior

This is, like, totally gnarly, bro. And, yeah, a little old. Whatever. It’s Friday. I love how he gulps a Red Bull just before his death-defying stunt. Radical in a tubular kind of way.

From asylum.com:

In-line skater Taig Khris, the most decorated athlete in extreme sports, jumped from 41 feet off the Eiffel Tower onto a ramp, setting a world record.

Khris (aka the “Ramp Warrior”) launched himself off the first floor of the Parisian landmark onto a ramp, before remaining on his feet for an impressive celebratory skate, then hitting the deck and plowing through a bundle of safety boxes.

The 34-year-old was attempting a new Guinness world record for the longest free fall from a structure onto a landing ramp.

It was also the world’s highest jump on roller skates. After the stunt, the French fruitloop said, “Two years nonstop, I didn’t sleep for nights and nights for that small moment up there and now, as you can see, I made it. So that’s cool. I’ve never had such a strong adrenaline rush.”

The previous Guinness record for the highest jump on roller skates was the 28-foot world record set by American Danny Way.

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Rockstar/Skydive New England vidiot Sean Rogan (featured in our November 2009 issue) has another awesome video for the song he wrote about his Sabre 170, “Canopy Song.” We won’t delay your grinning time any longer, so here it is:

To download this song and more, check out www.seanprogan.com.

PS – We are loving “No Jumping in Lebanon Today”

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and “Ready, Set, Go!” too!

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Vector Festival is coming to Skydive Empuriabrava in a few short days; one big highlight will be the film festival, with a €1000 prize for first place. Yowza. For the Yanks, that’s about $1,200. Yeah, yowza.

Winners will be chosen based on

• Originality of Idea
• Creativity of Content
• Best Story
• YouTube Views
• YouTube Rating

For your Friday viewing pleasure, here are all the entries (in alphabetical order). If you particularly like any of them, click through to the YouTube page and give it a thumbs up!

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It’s Friday! Video day!

To kick us off for the day, Blue Skies Mag’s awesome monthly columnist, Melanie Curtis, shares a jump from the Elsinore Echelon CA State Record Head Down Camp at Skydive Elsinore. It’s a wild ride; watch for bump 1, bump 2, then check out the reflection in her visor.

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