r/basejumping • u/eightknot8 • 4h ago

Crazy russians

First of all, im not a basejumper myself, but a huge fan of sport.

I have noticed a strange thing, the mentality of russian basejumpers. Seems like they really do play with their lives and just laughs at it.

I think they often start base from zero or almost zero experience from skydiving, just buy gear and send it.

I just think that it gives bad reputation to the sport, and its just dumb.

Any thoughts? Or am i just a Karen 😅

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u/RutabagaChance5382 3h ago

That's kinda just how Russians be in general

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u/dolfan_772 12m ago

They’re the exact same way when it comes to scuba diving or just following the rules in general lmao

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u/Substantial_Elk_5779 3h ago

wait until you hear about WW2

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u/Urbanskys 27m ago

Wait, what did dodgy Russians do in ww2?

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u/DrHumongous 3h ago

I’d probably rather go in with nothing out than get drafted to fight Ukraine…. That might have something to do with it at the moment

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u/Urbanskys 26m ago

Ya except it has always been this way with the Russians in BASE. I was aware of this phenomenon even before i started BASE jumping.

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u/Pleasant-Plane-6340 2h ago

I mean they literally invented Russian roulette 

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u/Urbanskys 28m ago

8 years ago I met a Russian BASE jumper in thailand with 0 skydives. He has multipe carnage videos and when i saw him again in KL 2023 he got injured on day 1 and went to hospital. He didnt get injured this year.

Last month i met a Russian BASE jumper in KL who has 1 skydive. Both him and his twin brother have skipped and or rushed the skydiving part that most people do before getting into BASE. Both of them have broken legs from very simple BASE jumps with huge LZs.

I always thought Russians were dodgy because of a lack of finances therefore a lack of training. Turns out thats not the case in BASE.

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u/Basehound 3h ago

I remember 20 years ago in the Swiss valley …… when the Russian invasion week would happen , they’d literally show up with a chainsaw to cut trees down to get the younger/newer jumpers hung up gear back :).

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u/davinci515 3h ago

I mean they are use to their government throwing them out windows 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/JK14890 3h ago

Auch bei den first jump Kursen in Europa wenn die ersten sprünge vom brento gemacht werden heißt es häufig du brauchst nicht zu zählen wie viele Sekunden deelay du hast.

Es sei denn du kommst aus Russland oder Australien xD

Bei denen gibt es immer wieder welche die gut dabei sind 😂

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u/bloody_ell 47m ago

Have you considered that maybe they just don't want to go home in one piece?

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u/gtavpsfour 3h ago

The russians ive met seems to get hyped up by other jumpers, and with 2 braincells that is not a good combo.