Bixby Bridge Base Jump @ Big Sur: “I’m gonna do it anyway!” 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.[…] SnowBrains | July 9, 2014 2 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2014 0 Comments
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? Johnny Utah | March 27, 2014 1 Comment
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 […] SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 1 Comment
BASE Jump Cliff Strike | **Warning Graphic Video** 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 […] SnowBrains | December 4, 2013 6 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 1 Comment
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. […] SnowBrains | June 25, 2013 2 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | May 13, 2013 2 Comments
