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

Posted on October 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

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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

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Blue Skies Magazine, October 2012 Issue

Posted on October 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

From the keypad of Kolla:

Issue 36 | October 2012 | photo by Karlee Ayers

The October 2012 issue, #36, is in the mail now! If you’re a current subscriber, you should be getting it any day now. If you are, for some crazy reason, not a Blue Skies Mag subscriber, SIGN UP NOW at blueskiesmag.com/subscribe.

If you don’t have your magazine by October 24, email kolla@blueskiesmag.com.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

  • tit4tat
  • “Point Break” trivia!
    • The first of many quizzes by Jeff Agard (who we forgot to credit in print, whoops!)
  • BSBD, Donny Brown
    • Adios and Vaya Con Dios, by Dean Ricci
  • BAMF XPF by Brianne Thompson
    • What’s a BAMF? Who’s a BAMF? She’s a BAMF.
  • Summer Camp for Skydivers | by Karen Woolem
    • I bet you’ll like this boogie article.
  • 5 Notes for the New Skydiver | by Annette O’Neil
    • What she wishes someone told her when she was starting out.
  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | by Beth Athanas
    • More very useful tips, this time dealing with catastrophic thinking. As in, “I’m going to screw up this jump. I’ll break my leg. No one will want to jump with me. I could hit the tail on exit. My boyfriend will break up with me. I’ll never learn how to freefly. No one at the bonfire will talk to me.”
  • A lovely centerfold by Marie Nel | marienelphotography.blogspot.com
  • How to Open Your Parachute | by Luke Oliver
    • You might be surprised at how little of this you actually know.
  • Opinion: Wake Up and Smell the Birdshit | by Scotty Burns
    • Unabridged version here.
  • Tales of the Badass: Hannah Betts, 4-Way Goddess | by Sydney Owen
  • Turning Tables | by Kurt Gaebel, NSL
    • Exciting things in store for the upcoming World Meet!
  • A Year in the Real World | by the Fuckin’ Pilot
    • How is corporate life treating Princess?
  • Rewire the Time Bomb | by Melanie Curtis, highcomms.com
    • Join life coach and the soon-to-be Mrs. Nick Grillet on her accountability challenge. Lose weight, feel great, look hot(ter).

Got a comment on anything you read? Send me a letter to the editor. lara@blueskiesmag.com or this handy form. Talk to us!

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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.

 

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