Crash of the Week: Illegal Jump in Newport, CA Harbor ALMOST Nails Dock… Skip to 1:08 in the video for the jump As Van Halen says…”Jump!” Some folks have an uncontrollable desire to do things like this…for the rest of us, here is this video. This is what 129′ looks like. If you want to get meta, this is what it’s like to commit suicide, except he landed in water. Video Credit: 8Booth Sergei Poljak | October 17, 2016 0 Comments
Insane Clip: BASE Jump off NYC Freedom Tower What are you doing at 3am? Probably not BASE jumping from the top of the Freedom Tower in New York City! Four men BASE Jumped off the tower on in September 2013 (East Coasters, note the lack of snow). New York Police Department has arrested the four men, James Brady, Kyle Hartwell, Marko Markovich, and Andrew Rossig. The Freedom Tower is still under construction, and recently a 16-year old boy was arrested after he climbed […] SnowBrains | March 25, 2014 0 Comments
Burton Snowboards Presents: BACKCOUNTRY | 20 Minutes of Goodness Burton brings you 20 minutes of backcountry shredding. This is part one of a four part series that should be fun. Exotic locales, the best snowboarders, and good snow. A simple formula that works. Burton’s four-part web series, [SNOWBOARDING] kicks off with the release of the first episode, BACKCOUNTRY. This episode takes you deep […] Backcountry SnowBrains | September 17, 2013 1 Comment
Mt. Bachelor Final Weekend Video | Powder, Tricks of Cliffs, Pond Skimming, & The Biggest Wall Ride Around Closing weekend at Mt. Bachelor featured over 20 inches of new snow as well as the Sammy Carlson Invitational. Bachelor had a great year ending up with 363” of snow, 186 days of operation, and 98 days of having the Summit open. Not bad for a year that ended up pretty miserable in most everywhere outside of the PNW. Tanner […] Miles Clark | June 20, 2013 3 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
Interviews with Scott Gaffney, JT Holmes, & McConkey Movie Director + Highlights | Tribeca Film Festival Red Carpet “This is a film much more about being happy and finding a way to find what makes you happy & pursue that than it is about athletic achievement.” – Rob Bruce, director of “McConkey” This latest installment McConkey movie media is the strongest. Hearing interviews from the creators on the red carpet has punch. You can see how much this […] Miles Clark | May 6, 2013 1 Comment
Psychotic Stunt of the Year Award | 200-ft Motorbike Jump to BASE Jump Into River… . . Just go to the 3:15 mark of this video and watch it. There is no good way of describing this stunt. It’s hard to believe that he planned on the parachute opening last minute just enough to keep him from exploding via the surface tension of the water. That someone came up with this idea at all is […] SnowBrains | March 28, 2013 0 Comments