Hello all and thank you for your comments about the Base-Jump commercial. Yes it was Dave Barlia, he was the actor and stunt man in the spot. And yes it was done in Moab, Utah. Everything from the front steps to the edge of the cliff is real. We got 6 jumps out of him, some of you did notice that in some of the takes he was higher than the house. This is true, we got 6 jumps out of him during filming, three off the cliff and then three out of a helicopter at 3,500 feet. I am the producer of the commercial and came up with the idea. The original idea had the man coming out of the house and rock climbing down to his car. The actual house was shot in Pasadena and then comped in the background. But we actually built the fence and front fascade of the house and flew by helicopter 5 pallettes of grass to the top of the mountain. And yes he actually landed within 10 ft of the SUV. The vehicle is the Grand Vitara by Suzuki. It is a really nice car at a great price I highly recommend you test drive one. It handles great. If you have any other questions about the commercial feel free and email me. There was also a post that someone said they jumped the night before we shot. That would be hard to do since we had police officers watching it all night. That was a very difficult jump being only 865 feet and there was a shelf at 500 feet that you would crash into if you didn't pull your chute in time. Thanks and take care. I am attatching a picture I took with him jumping off the cliff.
