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cool, jump looked very smoo0000oooth

very true, Australia is a small place, I could get in my car and start driving over every bridge, I'd have them all coverd before this decade even finishes....well If I drive really fast what country is the cliff in where the d00d in that vid jumps off a nice big brown wall, that had like this small 4 foot overhang (or man made platform) he fell and then did barrel roles then kept falling then did a front flip that d00d, what country was that ? was it europe somewhere or the US ?

so was that from a bridge in oz ? and did any1 break there ankles ?

in that vid there is a tandam base jump hitting water pretty hard. was that jump made in oz ? off a bridge ? just north of a major city ? cos when I was little I can remember people saying that they tried a tandam off that bridge once and they hit the water a little to hard and broke some ankles or somthing. is this true ? and if so is the jump in the movie that jump ? or did I just hear missinformed whuffo talk ?? this was well over 10 years ago that I heard this.

Actually Chris, I said I don't believe there had been more then 1 death in australia in any year and you said I was wrong, but so far I'm yet to be corrected. I only refferd to deaths in OZ (australia) and not deaths of aussies. I'll assume you misread my post

Well done jasmin. make I'd invoice them for atleast $10k although they'll probably wont pay ya jack lol. or atleast do what ever they can to get out of it. when ya get a reply from them, PM me (ya don't have to) so I can have a laugh at what ever they reply with

oh yeah I taped it to, maybe some1 wants to swap somthing for a copy

what by jasmin ? did you think it showed it in a bad light ? or did they use your footage ?

Not bad Not bad Just finished watching it it wasnt as bad as the tv ad made out. gave Jimmy and Pete plenty of oppertunity to say why they do it etc. showed about 5 seconds of carnage, but contained more positive then bad. the journo even did a tandam with Pete, 1 mistake though was Jimmy (or the journo) said jimmy like tos spend his weekends jumping this cliff, they said where its located and well its the most well known area in the country lol, so next time jimmy goes there at 6am on a satday morning, he might find he has to push pass the spectators. only thing I would have liked to have heard would be some1 say "base jumpers should do several hundred skydives first" as right about now there will be about 500,000 kids out there thinking " man I gotta get that gear and go to those cliffs" which lets hope won't happen and most likely won't happen as ya can't buy a base rig at ya local corner shop here. but all up I'd class it as positive more then negative. they did try and make em look a little crazy but at the same time they let them explain why they do it.

so how did they get the st00pid base footage ? and since they have used it what happens then ? were the jumpers paid by 60 minutes for the show ? if they wernt and they used footage without permission I'd be hitting them up for cash 60 minutes usually pays $60k per segment, but if your story is super exclusive they'll pay $200k $20k for a few seconds of video aint to much to ask

man the add on tv is so bad, "they want to make it legal!!" he says it in the most serious voice in all seriousness they have had pedophiles on this show before and never talked as badly about them as far as tone of voice is concerned also on the add they showed 1 of the jumps from stoopid base the jumper laying on the ground in pain after he did a front flip off the cliff on his push bike and pulled rather low lol. worst part about it is he stops moaning for a second and aims the camera at his face and says "ewww that wasn't a good ideA" so they show that part on the add lol will be on in 2 hours ill give ya's me oppinion on how it goes I think I can give a pretty good general public oppinion (oppinion on what the general public would think).

just run faster before exit lol I have the stoopid base on tape, Jasmin if ya read this, what jump is in india ?

every non main stream slightly xtreme sport cops it in 1 way or another. every on main stream slightly xtreme sport seems to think they are hard done by with the media. like how the guy on here said they showed footage of norway and said "its ilegal" lol when some1 here gets taken by a great white shark, they talk about how a man eating great white has taken some1 and show some old file footage of a harmless endangerd grey nurse shark lol. I guess 1 thing ya don't have to worry about in OZ is the country is to big to have park rangers waiting at the bottom of every cliff. also if rangers started wearing disguises like I read they do in the USA, I can only imagine the general public here will scream murder, that there taxes are going to fund such a waste of time lol. BASE is pretty extreme for the camera/tv there isnt really any need to dramatise it.

I couldnt imagine a wing suit being able to circle that sharply. any wing suit flyers here confirm that or can they actually turn half ok ?

Hi Chris, Yeah more people rock fish thats for sure, but more people die from it to, media likes to sensationalise on minority groups cos the smaller the group the easier it is to portray them as cow boys. and like the other person said only 1 death in OZ last year. When BASE starts putting a massive strain on the health system like alcohole does then I say come down hard on it. if its been all on the add's then 60 minutes seems to think it will sell some commercial time. If any1 wants, the 60 minutes show usually has a web based chat after it airs, http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/ if the chat for this episode is about base it will start just after 8:30pm sydney time on sunday remember Australia is 1 day a head of the USA etc to read a preview of it check this link http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2005_05_22/story_1386.asp CHannel 10 how ever sometimes shows some very brief BASE in a good light on sports tonight, around the time of the Malaysian comps each year.

how deep ? also was this government sponserd kinda thing ? like did they know it was happening ? and whats the laws of base in china ?

in 2001 15 recreational rock fisherman died, not many people rock fish, most see it as dangerous so stay away, how ever if someone dies the media usually see's it as the persons choice to rock fish and leaves it at that. BASE how ever is different. they'll try and bag out (more dramatise) BASE when I can't remember there ever being more then 1 death in a year in oz, I could be wrong. I know on the "Australian story" episode (about mainly the Singleman's) they said at the end of it that later this year BASE legality would be up for review in the national parks, maybe thats the main content is kinda about???? any1??. If I remember the the "Australian Story" episode correctly Someone was talking about regulation in BASE. then 1 experienced aussie jumper said "when I started BASE I was told there was one rule.... Don't Bounce!!" lol. is that a global rule thats told ?

Awesome video "lika2" awesome body armour

coool I seen some of gus skydiving vids before, if I remember correctly I asked him somthing about his jump suit only to find out its actually his mate in all his vids and not him self, as he can't video him self lol. wonder if his base vids will be of his friends

if you get bored on a rainy day, start a blog, so when others are bored they can read you bloggings (spelling) on your base career from the start, if ya do just dont go out of ya way to impress readers. actually is there any good blogs out there by BASE jumpers ? if so links please

If I can be obsessed with watching base vidz lol along with thinking "wonder if thats been jumped yet" everytime I look at a kinda high object. I'm sure there must be some skydiver out there who is planning to BASE and is obsessed with persueing(spelling) that. but your "obsessed" maybe different to another persons classing of obsessed

has any1 actually answered the guy who started this thread ? I'll answer it for him to the person who wanted to know "do i have to skydive before i base jump?" No you dont, but yes you should. doing your first BASE jump isnt that hard (the falling part), living to make your second jump would be. if you want to do BASE cos you think you'll like it, odd's are skydiving would be enough for now, take up skydiving get some experience, read Tom's article its http://miller28.server101.com/discus/articles/tomagettinginto.html and read Dwains http://miller28.server101.com/discus/articles/gettinginto.html and like everything in life, always get more then 1 oppinion. and search this forum for a story recently about the d00d who had no experience, bought his BASE gear then free fell a 100 foot bridge

ahh your russel. good to see ya out of hospital I checked out your site a week back pretty cool. today when I first read this thread, I found it strange that ya were walking around at work on that leg and didnt know lol. but now everything has falling into place

how did you break your back/chest ? is the steal on ya chest or ya spine ? little hard to work out the xray

dam $hit how high was the bridge ? maybe you were better off not pulling haha j/k I hope you heal quick, does that plate running along you femur stay in you for ever ?