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Category: Staying Alive in BASE

Information on safety and good practice to help keep jumpers off the BASE Fatality List

Static Line BASE

Posted on25th October 202225th October 2022AuthorNext Level

How to static line BASE, and the mistakes not to make… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, BASE education, base safety, Matt Laj, Next Level, Squirrel, video tutorial

Wingsuit Flying in Walenstadt

Posted on15th August 202216th August 2022AuthorMatt Sieber

Don’t fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, SBA, wingsuit, wingsuit base, ws base

BASE Brake Settings

Posted on4th August 20228th August 2022AuthorSQRL

Adjusting brake settings for various BASE scenarios… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, BASE education, base jump, base safety, gear, stayalive, staying alive

Speed Monkey

Posted on9th February 202117th February 2021AuthorDavid Walden

David Walden’s simple airspeed indicator for BASE… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, Gear, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, BASE education, base education. wingsuit, base jump, base safety, gear, wingsuit, wingsuit base

Just BASE? Or Skydive, too?

Posted on22nd January 20219th February 2021AuthorMatt Gerdes

Is it a good idea to BASE jump without learning to skydive first? Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASE, Your First BASE JumpTagsbase, BASE education, base jump, base safety, new base jumper

Catching up with… Sean Chuma

Posted on27th October 202029th October 2020AuthorLesley Gale

Meet the undisputed BASE aerial goat… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, Skills, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, BASE education, base safety, Squirrel, wingsuit base

Your New BASE Canopy

Posted on5th August 20205th August 2020AuthorSQRL

Getting to know your BASE canopy by skydiving… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, Gear, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, BASE education, base jump, canopy skills, rigging, skydive, Squirrel

Thoughts on Terrain Flying

Posted on4th June 20209th June 2020AuthorMatt Gerdes

“Proximity Flying is the hook-turn of BASE”… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, Skills, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, base jump, base safety, skills, Squirrel, staying alive, wingsuit base

The Four Stages of Competence

Posted on26th May 202010th November 2022AuthorMatt Gerdes

How to reach the highest of the 4 stages of competence… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Skills, Staying Alive in BASETagsbase, base jump, base safety, skills, Squirrel, staying alive, wingsuit, wingsuit base

Survival Kit

Posted on30th March 202030th March 2020AuthorKeith Forsyth

For BASE and other remote flying activities, a small bag of emergency stuff… Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Base Jumper, New Base Jumper, Staying Alive in BASETagsfirst aid, gear, staying alive, survival

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