Category Archives: BASE Jumping

Make The Move – Best Skydive and Base Jumping video 2012 HD

Posted on October 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

Published on Oct 8, 2012 by GalacticSauce

Young generation of BASE jumpers in Norway BASE jumping and Skydiving!

This is a film me and my friends have been working on, to show support you can like and share this video with your friends to spread the word! Simply click the link to go to our You Tube page and click “like”.

Thanks for permission to use this song: Metric – Collect Call Dubstep Remix

Hey, Have You Heard?

Posted on September 26, 2012 | Leave a comment

Extreme adventure extraordinaire Steph Davis’s second book titled “Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love and One Amazing Dog is available through Amazon on Pre-Order.

You can find Steph’s website here.

If you have been following the Pro BASE World Cup then you have heard of Alexander Polli. If not, here are two videos to introduce him and his work to you.

Interview ProBASE contender Alexander Polli from ProBASE TV on Vimeo.

Alexander Polli, Tracksuit, Wingsuit Flying: Reality Of Human Flight

You can subscribe/Like Alexander’s Facebook Athlete Page here.

2012 Pro BASE World Cup Champion, Espen Fadnes turns an athletic endeavor into an art form. Simple. Elegant. Poignant. The Best.

SPLIT OF A SECOND – A film about wingsuit flying

You’ll find Espen on Facebook here.

One of the lessons I learned this summer in Norway from BASE jumper, Tine Richter. ‘Where there is BASE jumping, there too shall be dancing.’

Find Tine and cohorts on Vimeo here.

Arizona BASE jumper Jamie Crawford had a busy summer in Greece and Switzerland. No keeping a Ginger down. 3,2,1 CYA

Lastly, not to be outdone by the youngsters, the lonster did a bit of showing off in China recently.

Check out Lonnie’s website here.

Personal Note: Shout out to Dr. Banas and her office, surgical, and treatment staff. You’ve made a very difficult time much more tolerable with your medical skills and positive attitudes. Ever grateful.

Blue Skies Magazine September 2012 Issue

Posted on September 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

From the desk of Kolla:

The September 2012 issue, #35, is on its way to the hearts, minds, and mailboxes of all current Blue Skies Mag subscribers. If you are not a current subscriber, why don’t you go ahead and remedy that situation now. blueskiesmag.com/subscribe. Click. Pay. Receive.

If you are a subscriber and do not receive your issue #35 by October 1, please contact Kolla@blueskiesmag.com.

Here is what you will find in the unique and beautiful flower called issue 35:

DZ Awards 2012
- Voting starts here and now!
The HTC One Project, Part 2 | by Sydney Owen (not Syndey, or even Amanda. SYDNEY. OWEN. BAM!)
- Sydney’s interview with Norman Kent continues. Many lovely pictures of Roberta Mancino.
Harnessing Fear: A Skydiver’s Guide to Effective Self-Talk | By Beth Athanas
- How to use the fear monster to help you. Extra references here: blueskiesmag.com/2012/09/14/harnessing-fear/!
Gravity | by Annette O’Neil
- A lovely BASE story.
Summerfest Photo Essay
- Featuring photos by Brian Buckland, Norman Kent, Chris Goller, Morgan Gansauer, Chad Staerkel, Matt Hoover, Charles Lane, Lavender Gooms, Will Pesek, John Zagoda, and Wilmar Castano. Whew! (Photogs, if you want a link to your site that’s not listed here, contact lara@blueskiesmag.com to get added.)
What’s the Rush? | by Douggs
- The coolest fucking BASE jumper in the world wants you to slow down. And get off his damn lawn. Seriously, there’s no good reason to rush your BASE career just so you have something to post on YouTube.
Turning Points: God Save the Queen | by Kurt Gaebel
- How in the world did the UK field 72 teams for 4-way FS competition at their National this year?
Pants Off Dance Off | by the Fuckin’ Pilot
- A couple cold cuts in a washing machine. Yup.
I Want to Learn to BASE Jump | by Melanie Curtis
- Speaking of taking it slow and easy…
Jump a Random Skydiver: Chris Bonafide
- Meet the leader of Team Dirty Sanchez.

And that’s all, folks! Let us know what you think of this issue, the things in it, the paper, your mailman, your relationship with your mailbox. Anything. Please. There are bajillions of ways to contact us, choose your favorite and talk to us!

I am thrilled to see more and more BASE related articles by various writers. The sport needs positive voices speaking out in articles to quiet the negative press. I am personally thrilled excited to see an article by the lovely and very talented Annette O’Neill.

On a personal note, I am home recovering from the past weeks surgery. The doctor believes she has gotten it all and I am on a path of 4 to 6 weeks of healing recovery and in office treatments. May I express my gratitude to all those who have shared well wishes. Thank You.

Now that I have all this free time which requires me to relax, I hope to get my photos sorted and posted from my 1st BASE trip over this past summer to Norway.

Peace, Cynthia