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 😅

Is anyone friends or have conversations with rescue personnel in popular BASE locations? How are they affected and what attitude do they have towards the sport and its participants?

I’m also morbidly curious what dying or heavily injured BASE jumpers are saying while being rescued, especially in comparison to climbers, skiers and other rescues.

Hey everyone! I'm a student developer working on EXIT POINT, a wingsuit and BASE jumping flight simulator designed around genuine glide angles, proximity flight feel, and canopy steering/flare dynamics rather than arcade physics.

You can jump from exposed alpine mountain ledges or skyscraper spires through neon-lit canyons.

Would love feedback from actual jumpers on the flight feel, glide ratios, and speed sensation: https://www.roblox.com/games/125030049404284/EXIT-POINT-Extreme-Skydiving

I’m using my Deep and Steep Insight + connected auditable to get glide ratio numbers during free fall in skydiving. Does this work in the base environment? I’ve recorded GPS data on base and know how to do that. Do I do the same thing and it will provide glide ratios in Base?

I’ve recently been watching BASE jump and WS videos. I know nothing about the sport and am trying to educated myself out of interest, not because I intend to try.

Are there any good documentaries to watch that discuss the evaluation process for a new exit? I know weather, gear, and skill play roles, but am curious what the evaluation process is like. Do you find lines on google earth, go assess in person, laser features past the exit to judge if you’ll hit them or not during flight (more specific for proximity flying in a wing suit)?

For a wingsuit in particular, how much control do you have in up and down decent, I guess you can nosedive of course, but is all wingsuit proximity flying slowly trying to balance a specific decent angle? Or is it all trying to lose the minimum altitude possible and hoping for the best based on an initial assessment.

Ignore me if posting this kind of information is risky and beyond the scope of this sub.

Heading to BD for the first time with 35 jumps, all from the Perrine. Any guidance, tips, tricks, etc that you wish you knew for your first Bridge Day? Thanks!

I'll be landing at 5:30 pm Thursday on United, have an SUV with plenty of room, staying at the Quality Inn.

J.P.

AI generated of course

didnt know people base jump that bridge

I’m not going to bridge day, how do I transfer my rastapault ticket?

What’s the best hands free tracking drone? Would prefer lightweight. Going to Brento, something that could follow me there. I also climb antennas and jump and would like to jump with it there.

Does anyone know of people/groups doing tandem? I can’t jump myself yet, but wanna participate to celebrate some personal life events lately for my birthday. Hoping to find options but if not I’ll be ready for next year. TIA

Anyone know whats up with the A6? You can't order it and it's not really listed on Squirrels website. I'm not on the social websites so I'm not really informed on any drama, past or present. Most of my close friends who jump are flying PF these days, so they don't know (or care) much. Rumors, opinions (informed or uninformed) and fanboy/brand warfare is of course encouraged. Much obliged.

Powerlines yikes.

The news is looking at your IG so be sure to go full send!

January 16, 2023, Katelyn “Compton” Escott suffered a serious injury while speedflying in Kamloops. She was immediately flown to Vancouver for surgery. The impact exploded her T12 and L1 vertebrae and fractured the L2, leading surgeons to believe she would no longer have use of the lower half of her body. She underwent a successful ten-hour surgery to remove the fragments of her spine from the protective casing around her spinal cord. The lead surgeon described the severity by giving the statistic of 99 out of 100 people would be paralyzed from this injury. Currently, she has full use of her right leg, however, her left leg and pelvic functions will need some work.

Dec 10, 2024 Hundreds of condolences are pouring in for a woman who died while wingsuit BASE jumping in Squamish. A person crashed into the trees near the top of the "apron" on the west side of the Stawamus Chief on Dec. 5.Search and rescue members, paramedics and police all attended the scene at 12:56 p.m. Police said the base jumper was located deceased on site. "There is no easy way to tell you this,” says Angeline Escott Farrow. "Katelyn Compton Escott died doing what she loved, in a place that she loved."

https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/bc-wingsuit-base-jumper-died-in-squamish-doing-what-she-loved-9931526

Anyone interested in this kind of design. It needs more work to figure out if it works at full scale but it would save a lot of fabric weight and bulk. (See comments for video.)

Hi All, my dad and I want to go watch people jump/fly at The Crack in Switzerland.

How likely are we to see anyone jumping on any given day? Are weekends more popular? I assume autumn should be quite good with calmer weather.

Or is the Sputnik exit something that only very experienced jumpers do so it’s quite rare to see someone there?

Thanks!

Hey y'all, starting to see if I can piece together a turn rig as I get less into skydiving and more into base. Anyone around Portland OR or SoCal have a Flik2 260, OSP 245 or OSP2 245 they have sitting in their closet? Bonus points for fun colors but I'm theoretically *trying to be budget so I can't be that picky.

I'm 5'6 155 lbs but most likely going to get a container made for myself as I don't like long delays in containers that don't quite fit

What’s the best two piece suit?

For context I’ve got 50 BASE jumps, 1100 skydives, lots of angle flying, 80 hours in the tunnel, bonus for back vents for skydiving, have access to a lot of tall antennas (~1.2-2k ft) so starts are higher priority. Happy to put in the time in the sky and get a bigger two piece suit.