Arizona BASE jumper Matt Frohlich’s AntiGravity BASE instructional school is open for business. Check it out, right, here.
I have added to the pages section a Web Alert page. I post daily any news that comes across my alert sheet regarding BASE. It’s a place to get up on news and catalog a bit of history.
The Big Girls Don’t Cry project completed for Blue Skies Magazine is now available here on site. Click on the page and then check out each “girl’s” article.
In the upcoming months I will be working with several female jumpers, all awesome for a variety of reasons on their stories.
If you haven’t checked out Blue Skies Magazine, give it a read. They welcome your feedback as they continue to develop their magazine and grow their reader base with more photos and articles on BASE. If you are attending the Skydiving Expo at Deland, be sure to stop and say hello to Kolla and Lara of Blue Skies.
A teaser video of a documentary on the legend Skier Shane McConkey. The man knew how to outlive his life, such an inspiration.
A Happy Birthday to Blake Dimeff and Jeb Corliss this weekend.
If you haven’t purchased ‘Confessions of An Idiot’ then you are sadly missing out on one of the most entertaining books on life in the realm of BASE jumping by Aussie jumper Chris ‘douggs’ McDougall. www.basedreams.com for outside the United States or order through our shoppe here on site for shipping to one of our fine 50 states.
If you have a question or comment please feel free to email us at: cynthialynnchronicles.3@gmail.com
The World BASE Race is set for July 13- July 15 in Romsdaln, Norway. If you have never heard of the WBR you can read an article I wrote on the first years competition here.
I will be at the race in person this year bringing you all the news I can scoop and dish from race results, to jumper interviews, to the who’s who of BASE. Stay tuned for a fun filled challenging next six months. Hope to see you at the race!
The Chronicles are a series of profiles and interviews with participants from the sport of BASE Jumping, Auto Racing, Music, and Fashion conducted starting in February of 2009 through present day.
Cynthia Lynn is a independent writer living in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. She is currently working on completing the BASE Chronicles interviews and conducting research for an upcoming book.
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Suggested Reading:
Base 66: Jevto Dedijer
Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: iUniverse.com (2 Nov 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0595335101
GroundRush by Simon Jakeman
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (6 Aug 1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0224035347
Confessions of An Idiot: Chris 'douggs' McDougall
Softcover: 255 pages
Publisher: BASEDREAMS 2009
Language: English
ISBN:9780620449755
FreeFall: Tom Read
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (6 Aug 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0316643033
The Great Book of BASE: Matt Gerdes
Softcover: 269 pages
Publisher: Birdbrain Publishing
Language: English
ISBN:978-0-9845556-1-1
High Infatuation: A Climbers Guide to Love and Gravity: Steph Davis
Softcover: 189 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books (April 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594850658
ISBN-13: 978-1594850653
Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love, and One Amazing Dog: Steph Davis
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (April 2, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451652054
ISBN-13: 978-1451652055