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[VIDEO] This Decade in the Making Ski-BASE Jump in the Mont Blanc Massif is a Must Watch

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VIDEO: Insane Double Backflip Ski to BASE Jump Off 700-Foot Cliff in Jackson, WY

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NASA Scientist and Wingsuit Champion Dies in BASE-Jump Accident

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A NASA scientist has died in a wingsuit base-jumping accident in Saudi Arabia, his family has confirmed. British professor Dr. Angelo Grubisic, 38, had been taking part in the jump on Tuesday when he was killed. Extreme Sports Company, which has worked with the scientist, said that Angelo died while leading a group of three experienced wingsuiters on an eight-day […]

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BASE Jumper Killed After Losing Control in High Winds and Hitting Rock Face

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A British man has died in Italy after his 9,842ft base jump from a mountain range went wrong, Sky News reports. 32-year-old Jean Andre Quemener, from Jersey, was killed after reportedly losing control of his wingsuit during high winds in the Italian Dolomites at Canazei, north of Venice. Related: VIDEO: Insane Ski BASE jump Off Cody Peak at Jackson Hole, WY It […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 12, 2019
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VIDEO: RedBull Chain Reaction | Moab, UT

Need your daily dose of awesome?   Check out this flick produced by RedBull that displays 8 different disciplines of flight in one relatively uncut clip around the Moab area.   This pretty much seems to be the pinnacle of the “amount of fun you could have in one afternoon with some buddies”. Imagine calling a few of your friends […]

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Keenan Grady | May 17, 2016
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Video: Mike Wilson Highlight Reel

If you’ve never heard of Mike Wilson, lets change that.  This guy is gnarly! He does everything from skiing huge lines, to throwing quad backflips off a rope swing, to base jumping, to derby car driving.   Give this video a peep- its worth every second.    

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Keenan Grady | May 16, 2016
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RIP Jhonny Florez, World Record BASE Jumper

Jhonathan Florez. RIP.

Johnny Florez, 32, died last Friday on Mount Titlis, Switzerland while performing parachute exercises in preparation for an extreme sports tournament in China. The two friends that he was practicing with landed safely. “Jhonathan Florez was not only a good friend he was also a wonderful human being.” – Jeb Corliss Jhonny held four world records in […]

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VIDEO: Guy Flys Wingsuit Throw 6-Foot Wide Cave…

This video is impressive and insane. This guy flies his body through a 6-foot wide hole in a rock. Was it the most technical BASE Jump ever? Quite possibly. Death was literally Uli Emanuele pilots what is possibly the most technical and difficult BASE jump ever. For the past 3 years Uli has been dreaming about and preparing for what could be a world record jump. With just his wingsuit and hiking poles, he climbs to his exit point and realizes there is no turning back.

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Bixby Bridge Base Jump @ Big Sur: “I’m gonna do it anyway!”

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Ever want to thwart arrest by base jumping from a bridge as an officer reaches out to grab ya? Well the guy in this video did, and it’s nothing short of hilarious. After bailing on his first attempt, he decides to return to the bridge only to have an officer arrive just as he’s about to jump.[…]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 9, 2014
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VIDEO: World’s First Wingsuit BASE Jumping Dog

Dean Potter is a wild animal and the perfect candidate to be the first person to BASE jump with a dog. Dean is famous for many unbelievable climbing feats such as climbing the Fitzroy in Argentine Patagonia with no ropes and a wing suit. Once on top, he simply jumped off. Dean’s been a pioneer in so many ways in extreme sports it’s […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 27, 2014
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Getting Ready For The Pain McShlonkey | A Ski Blade B.A.S.E. Jump?

The 4th annual Pain McShlonkey Classic is set to go off this Saturday, March 29th at Squaw Valley! The greatest ski competition known to man or woman…Are you ready?

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Johnny Utah | March 27, 2014
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Friday Fun: Mike Wilson’s Railslide + BASE Jump

Mike Wilson should move to Hollywood and become a stunt man. The things he does just aren’t possible for anyone but him. He somehow pulls off feats that make no sense to mortal man and he does it unscathed. One of his latest stunts was a Railslide BASE Jump. How you feasibly do that? We don’t know. You just have to watch the video. For their new movie, “Mutiny,” Stept Productions and skier Mike Wilson came up with a seemingly crazy concept: a handrail to ski BASE jump off of the Perrine bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, one of America’s only bridges you can legally BASE jump off. Shout […]

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BASE Jump Cliff Strike | **Warning Graphic Video**

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On November 24th, 2013 this BASE jumper Thayer Healy threw himself from a cliff at Potash Road near Moab, Utah and his parachute opened 180 degrees the wrong direction sending him straight into a cliff. In slow motion, you can see that Thayer grabbed at his steering lines right away and initially missed. By the time he got a hold of the steering lines, it was too late. Of course, his trajectory sent him […]

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BASE Jumper Dies Training for Red Bull Wingsuit Championship in China

Three-time Hungarian national wingsuit champion Victor Kovats died Tuesday flying his wingsuit in China’s Hunan province while training for Red Bull’s Wingsuit League’s Championship. Victor reportedly hit a cliff head-first, mid-flight due an equipment failure or gust of wind. “The reports said the highly experienced Kovats apparently died from a head injury after crashing into a cliff side. His 700-meter (2,290-foot) jump Tuesday afternoon was part […]

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Video Proof That the French are Crazy: The “Fabulous Flying Frenchies”

Rope swinging from paragliders?  Free soloing in a clown suit and BASE jumping off the rock face?  Playing drums while hanging from a paraglider?  BASE jumping off a moving bus off a bridge?  Hand stands on a knife edge ridge?  Slack lining over just about anything?  BASE jumping naked? Yep, the French are crazy and it’s crazy inspiring to watch. […]

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Eric Roner Jumps Shane McConkey’s Snowmobile off 800-Foot Cliff

skip to 3:40 for the snowmobile jump This snowmobile B.A.S.E. stunt is interesting in that in hasn’t been done before… as far as we know.  It’s impressive to watch how long Eric is able to stay on the snowmobile in the air.  It kicks way back on him, he’s able to hit the throttle, get the nose back down, hang […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 13, 2013
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Do You Live Bound… or Unbound?

Life is full of complex decisions.  To live within societies bounds or outside of them is one of the first adult decisions we make in our lives.  Many of us live outsides the lines for a little.  A week, a month, a year.  But those who choose to live completely outside the lines face highs and lows very different from […]

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