Do I need to Skydive before BASE Jumping?

[@treyblack5633]

It always tickles me when I talk to whoofos and hear, " I don't think I could jump from the plane but I'd like to try one of those 'flying squirrel suits' off a mountian or through a canyon." ..... I've heard this so many times I've just started agreeing. Hey, if someone wants to think I've got bigger balls skydiving than a proxy flyer why argue.

[@jbjacuarioschernobyl466]

Trey Black you need learn to fly...can be a fatal squirel... Estability and basics tips

[@brianjamesmax]

lol just own it. "Yeah... those wingsuiters are soft"

[@emilyc4037]

Imagine having 10 friends to do something with

[@acegarage4837]

Go get a USPA - A License You will never have a sunny weekend with nothing to do / no one to hang out with again!

[@northbaseuk882]

Reality check guys - if you want to learn BASE and you don't want to put in the time, money and commitment into skydiving then guess what? You aren't cut out for BASE. Hard pill to swallow I know but it's the truth. 200 jumps isn't much, I did 200 jumps alone last season, with a regular job and income. I made sacrifices, spent every weekend at the DZ, rain or shine, learned to pack rigs for people too lazy to pack for themselves to supplement it. I drive a shit car, own second hand everything. If it's "your dream" to learn BASE then go take a look at what it really means for most people to achieve your dreams - Hardly anyone gets it handed to them on a plate. Dreams take real work. I made a choice 5 years ago to learn BASE and did every step that was asked of me properly, no shortcuts. It's been a long road, and in the end the journey has so far been incredible and completely worth it. I Made my first jumps a couple of months ago after my 500th skydive and already I've had to use skills that can only be learned through hundreds of skydives. Don't be stupid.

[@MegaIanlee]

safest crazy person I've ever heard, stay alive man

[@adelardj7026]

Dude, I'm just the same, sacrifices, becoming a packer and every weekend at the drop zone, I'm at 93 jumps now! Dreamers will always find the way! Blue skies!

[@northbaseuk882]

@@adelardj7026 nice work. I'm 7 days away from my first trip to Switzerland to jump the big walls. 151 BASE jumps this year. Terrified. Excited. Originally this was the actual dream, to go tracking in Lauterbrunnen. I can't believe I've nearly achieved it...

[@adelardj7026]

@@northbaseuk882 ​ You will have lots of satisfaction achieving that dream after amount of work you put in it. That's awesome! Have fun and enjoy every second of it!

[@northbaseuk882]

@@adelardj7026 I keep saying I'm gonna sell my rigs afterwards. 🤣 Who am I kidding?

[@shorehambeach]

"Sure you can - but you're going to suck at it and its going to hurt" :-) Superb !!!

[@romano5497]

Not required. Just watch lots of video's & buy ya rig from Ebay

[@skezburah]

its been done many times lol

[@huetuber1204]

This is how you learn to become a surgeon too.

[@skezburah]

HueTubeR I learned how to BASE jump on my own....still alive ...for now lol

[@DRako-nr4rj]

How's life my friend. What gear did you buy?

[@skezburah]

Good hey and not saying it’s smart in any way.....and Velcro rig with a shitty non vented mojo canopy that opened even shittier

[@danforster6525]

A guy I jumped (skydived) with in the '90s did BASE and decided to jump off a cliff in the Sydney area (Blue Mountains). He was by himself and got his leg caught between rocks and had to have it amputated after 3 days trapped. No mobile phones or GPS in those days. He still jumps (sans a leg). Be safe people!

[@ethansstuff2988]

im 17 bought a kit off ebay and jumped off my apartment balcony and im fine

[@northbaseuk882]

Either you are bullshitting - which I think you are, and if not - I bet you won't survive the next time.

[@tyl3raz7]

How are these people not getting that you’re joking 😂💀

[@northbaseuk882]

@@tyl3raz7 maybe cos a 15 year old kid did exactly that a couple of years ago and was killed. His mother filmed it. BFL#362 (yup we have a comprehensive fatality list you can read online, and everyone wanting to try BASE should read every single report.)

[@MemeGang420]

Lmao 🤯

[@Showmetheevidence-]

You have a sweet job(s)... teaching both is awesome.

[@erictalkington5674]

I've been skydiving 6 times now all tandem because I don't have time or money to take classes. I have my 7th paid for and going soon. I'd like to base jump for sure one day. I'd love to wingsuit as well. Once I make a ton of money I plan on doing both, after I do enough skudives of course. I want to be safe about it. Good analogy you used too lol.

[@northbaseuk882]

You don't need a ton of money to skydive. Most skydivers are just regular people with regular jobs. You just have to make time for it, and sacrifice everything else - nice car, nice house etc. How do I know this? Did my 500th skydive last month and my 1st BASE jump too. Started jumping 3 years ago.

[@nicholasmartin7922]

Eric Talkington You’ve probably spent more kn those tandems than you would have if you just did AFF.

[@malectric]

Funny thing was, I did about 380 skydives back in the 1980s and pulled the plug both to save money for a house and because I ended up getting bored with it. Little did I realize what the missing dimension was. If I had my time over again.........

[@Michael-iw3ek]

Figure skating and ice hockey?? TOEEEE PICKKK!!!!

[@denahogue4966]

Serious question... if we are not interested in true B.A.S.E. jumping, then what about bridge jumping (only)? That’s all I’m interested in is jumping from bridges (obviously high enough ones). Having the skills required for true BASE jumping I absolutely agree with. You don’t have to track jumping a bridge. Just have as much possible knowledge and knowing how to steer/land/pack a BASE canopy, proper body positioning when jumping, being able to react immediately if something does go wrong, keeping align properly in harness,(etc? Probably forgot something) be sufficient enough? Also accepting the fact that the person jumping strictly accepts all personal responsibility and truly accepts the fact if something does go terribly wrong, it’s all on the individual and no other BASE jumper. Thanks. 🙂

[@Snakeriverbase]

In our experience the 'bridge only' jumpers find themselves very frustrated. They want to jump other objects almost immediately, and then are in the position of either having to go back to the DZ to practice, or putting themselves into a lot more danger. Most of them choose to put themselves into more danger, which is predictable, but unfortunate. They end up constantly wanting to do more--something they could easily have done (both faster and cheaper) if they had simply started with the skydiving.

[@movingsocks579]

@@Snakeriverbase I would be the happiest dude in the world being a bridge only jumper lol.

[@tomaszwojciechowski6416]

Wisely said.

[@bobbyloomis1825]

Geeze Eric, I didn't know you were into hockey.

[@clayb1832]

Question from someone with 100 skydives and is definitely looking to try Base once I hit 200 jumps (hopefully this summer) What did the guy in the clip at the end so wrong? He yanked the toggle a little slow I guess but other than that it looked like he was destined to have a bad time.

[@TIEBT01]

Clay B he had a shit track and should not be jumping in lauterbrunnen. Panic grabbed his toggles and grabbed front instead of rear.

[@Snakeriverbase]

That guy did virtually everything wrong. He made his first BASE jump in Switzerland off of an intermediate cliff with no real instruction and little skydiving experience. He had no concept of basic canopy control. He had no plan. The point of this video is that the experience gained from skydiving is an important prerequisite to learning to BASE jump, and that going it alone and trying to shortcut your way into being #HellaRadBrah rarely ends well.

[@maslofet]

If you ever ask yourself this question, please stay way from base jumping.

[@TheVermifuge]

It’s a valid question...

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

Short answer is yes

[@jimday666]

well said

[@harrisonedwardz]

Who grabs their front risers to avoid an object.. good lord

[@Snakeriverbase]

+Harrison Stacey Somebody who skipped some essential canopy control skills that they should have picked up skydiving before they got anywhere near a BASE rig. Skills that they then should've practiced off of a forgiving bridge before attempting unforgiving cliffs such as this one. Luckily this person walked away and left us with an example of what happens when people try to take shortcuts into BASE.

[@alexanderrivette6235]

I've seen someone with hundreds of jumps use front risers to land. (Not a joke not a swooper) Numbers don't always carry weight

[@kylerchristensen5309]

@@alexanderrivette6235 Using fronts is super common in base to set up for a good flare by building energy in the wing...

[@fredderf4454]

The 2 links are identical, leading to Recommended+Preparation.pdf

[@Snakeriverbase]

+Fred Derf Fixed it! Thanks!

[@theprivyninja]

Kinda weird to me so many young adults are like ‘ that’s so expensive’, but will get into 70k plus debt for a job they’ve never even done before.

[@cestmirz.4184]

Great thanks

[@Sackattack1696]

I have way less than 200 but I'm still going to.

[@jimfarrell8662]

Not for nothing stability is key. Make your mistakes at 3.000 instead of 500ft. If you choose base jumping and like it chances are you probably will not end up a nursing home.

[@leonjourney8334]

As a skydiver watching BASE videos you can tell who never skydived, and it's cringe worthy. It's like watching a 12 year old drive on the interstate. De-arched, leafing, not knowing how to track. The worst are the people with their feet in their ass/on their rig kicking around as they pull their pilot chute, unaware of how close they are to a self induced total malfunction caused by their lack of basic skill of stability and leg awareness when you pull.

[@Tommy88-]

What’s the correct form?

[@somecharactersnotallowed1319]

BASE scares the fuck out of me. skydiving is enough of a thrill and wayyyy safer

[@northbaseuk882]

I know dudes with hundreds of skydives and quite a f ew BASE jumps who still windmill and kick from time to time. It's usually a fear thing. If the jump scares the shit out of them they just freak out mid air.

[@JakeHemmerle]

Can you fix the links in the description?

[@Snakeriverbase]

Links are updated! Thanks!

[@skyguy1236]

*Base jump dreams are crushed*

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

Imagine getting through the 200-300 jumps so you can do base

[@uavpilot6715]

In a nutshell, if you are a daredevil, or seeking extremely dangerous sport for fun, base jumping is the answer. I've done skydiving before but base jumping its something that I would have to think twice.

[@jump13000]

ID BASE with Sean Chuma is your best bet for instruction at the bridge.

[@Snakeriverbase]

Hi jump13000. It sounds like you have taken Sean's course, because obviously no one is going to recommend a course without knowing what's actually happening in it. But since you haven't taken ours, I'd like to invite you to sit in on our Fundamentals course FREE of charge, so that you can make an honest comparison. What do you say? Want to come out and compare our course honestly?

[@cwsspot]

Who gets an offer like that and has no reply!

[@erictalkington5674]

I'd imagine the only similarities between the two are falling and using a chute lol. That's about it.

[@bjb7587]

No. Did you not hear what he said? Basic skills means transferrable skills.

[@donaldwhitlock171]

here the issue id much rather base jump then skydive lol. lemme base jump

[@jeremyg1833]

03:50

[@jamesfarrell4929]

Stability is learned from jumping from a aircraft. This is a no fucking brainer. Leave a plane open on heading, control comes from velocity. Leave a cliff with no velocity experience and enough said.

[@the_real_igneel9198]

Snake River Base...you want me to JUMP out of a plane 200 times before base jumping?

[@Snakeriverbase]

Absolutely. After 200 skydives you are just barely considered an intermediate skydiver and you will have walked away from a number of rookie mistakes you made skydiving that would've gotten you seriously injured on a BASE jump. A motivated person can go from zero to 200 skydives in about two months. Imagine you see a video of people surfing big waves at Mavericks and you decide you want to do that, but you've never been swimming before. Wouldn't it be a good idea to spend two months learning to swim first? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoG2inl7lMqjf7c

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Dude. I’ve done my 200 jumps... and I’m still a relative beginner. Nothing can short cut experience, and because these sports have much bigger consequences than knitting I’d listen to this guy. Also 200 jumps doesn’t take long cos you can jump multiple times in a weekend/day.

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Snake River BASE Academy your replies show a massive amount of patience :)

[@MaxnPow]

I did my first BASE jumps here with Tom A. away back in 2006. I had 500+ skydives at that point, and I was glad for it. Having canopy confidence when doing B.A.S.E. Is pretty important

[@sirantsworth]

Front risers - WTF?!?!

[@LeeAndersonMusic]

What about them?

[@skezburah]

mighta been trying to do a hectic swoop off the wall....nah id say he just panicked and thought he was pulling the rears

[@jimrocktahoe]

Love it, front riser correction is the way of the future. Proximity wall Collison under canopy is the new wave.

[@bjb7587]

@@jimrocktahoe I just flew into a wall! I rock! Gotta rock!! Gotta rock in my eye socket!!