The HeliBASE 74 series is dedicated to our friend and professional wingsuit pilot Mark Sutton. It’s Day 1 of HeliBASE 74, the first event of its kind, gathering 23 of the world’s best wingsuit pilots for three days to video them in their element in pursuit of noncompetitive enjoyment of this remarkable, elite precision sport. The first four helicopter loads of the day produced some fantastic flying from pilots like Vincent Descols and Mike Swanson, but it all came to a sudden halt when Mark Sutton, one of the expert pilots in load 5, failed to make it back to the landing area
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Jeb Corliss Daredevil Lands ‘Flying Dagger’ Jump Through Mountain Jianglang in China
An American wingsuiter has flown through a narrow fissure in a mountain in eastern China at 100mph. Jeb Corliss, 37, leapt from a helicopter in a special wingsuit and glided through the crack in Langshan Mountain, in Zhejiang Province, to complete the “flying dagger” jump. The fissure is only 10ft wide at its narrowest point in a 900ft-tall shard of rock.
He spoke to reporters after crashing down on to a bridge near the mountain’s base. “This is the greatest thing I’ve ever done up to this point. I am just so, so happy that we were able to do it,” he said. “I was really worried that it wasn’t going to happen. I was sure it wasn’t going to happen. I’ve no idea. I just didn’t want to disappoint everyone.
“The Chinese have been so nice to me. The Chinese government has been so wonderful. I just didn’t want to disappoint everyone. “I am really glad I was able to do it, because it was so hard. This was so hard. This was really, really, this was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
Corliss’ other jumps include the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Space Needle in Seattle, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. In 1999, he hit a waterfall in South Africa when his chute collapsed, leaving him with a broken back.
Ten years later, he broke his leg after hitting a building in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. And in 2012, he broke both ankles when he crashed into a bridge during a wingsuit jump in South Africa.
Prepare yourselves for a horse-head totin’, BASE jumpin’, guitar rippin’ hell of a good time — Los Bandidos are back in town. Los Bandidos give you a bird’s eye view into the iconic exit points in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Sam and Karlee show off their tracking abilities and demonstrate their ‘penchant’ for an action-packed, fulfilled life. A kick ass ‘old school’ tracking and BASE jumping video edit from Burned Head with Jamie Parker ripping a sick guitar solo over the whole video. Switzerland, Lauterbrunnen – you just got rocked.
Extreme fun, Wingsuit BASE Jumping, Dallas BASE Crew. Video by Luke Hively – Lucid Dreams 3.
Wingsuit BASE Jumping with Drift Innovation Athletes: Eugene Edwards, Luke Hively, Charity Kelly & Brad Perkins of the Dallas BASE Crew (DBC). Proximity flying / terrain flying: The Crack & The Barn Line (Sputnik), Eiger Tabasco Line, Jungfrau, Kandersteg, wingsuit through waterfall Low Ultimate, High Nose, Via Ferrata, & Dumpster, in Switzerland.