Basejumper.com - archive

After residing on my website for many years, the following BASE acronym list didn't make it through my lastest website redesign. So I thought you all might get one last laugh from it as I put it to rest....

Other BASE Acronyms
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Beyond All Safety Expectations
Ballistic A**hole Seeking Earth
Brains Atrophied - Speeding Earthward
Becoming Another Splotch, EEEW!
Bragging About Stupid Endeavors
Bodies Are Shattered Eventually
Brushing Away Safety Egotistically
Banging Against Solid Earth
Brains Aren't Solidly Engineered
Balls ARE Solidly Engineered
Beginning A Sooner Eternity
Becoming A Stiff Early
Buddies Are Surely Endangered
Bones And Sh*t Everywhere (by Team Bodybag)

that should be on a shirt

Damn right;

"HIIIIPPPPPO!!!??"

......where is that bugger when you need him?

OK, I've been approached about putting this on a T-shirt by several readers. I'm going to talk to my T-shirt people about it next week. Got any more acronyms to add to the list?

Best Adrenaline Sport Ever

Beautiful Altitude Shrinking Experience
Best Avoid Striking Earth
Bad Exits Suck Ass (for the dyslexics)
Brick Assaults Suck Eggs (dedicated to my friend the gung ho construction site security guard... )

My favorite is still "Bones And Shit Everywhere". I think you ought to put that one at the top of the list on the shirt. Or at least on the very bottom.

A little disturbing but funny!!

Definitely make a shirt. I want one!

"Bones And Shit Everywhere"

best one - no doubt

Ivan,i thourght your were lost in cartoon world,didnt you got my mail??????

Bullsh#t A$$ Seeking Egoes

1 shirt for me aswell....

Bad Ass Shit, Eh?

Balls Are So Essential

You can only put that on the canadian shirt

hey, how's it goin'?

I'll take one of those, eh!

double, double, preferably

how about this rephrase of Skreamer's contribution:

Bad Exits Suck Enemas

Nice,very nice.
~J

Best Advise Said Exit
Best At Supplying Excitement
Breath Arch Smile Exit
Bold And Seeking Excitement
Bored And Seeking Excitement
Bounce And Sicken Everyone
Bad Ass Scary Everytime
BASE Always Scares Everyone
Brains And Senses Evolve
~J

Bad Ass/Skydive exempt
Before A Serious Emergency
Beyond A Surreal Experience

"Body-And-Soul Evolution".

And my lady friend suggested "Brain-Addled Seekers of Excitement".


I'd have to agree that's the best one, although "Best Adrenaline Sport Ever" is pretty cool too. And be sure to print up some XXLs for us fat-asses, okay ?


Don

Busted Ass Striking Earth

Better Apply Skillful Expertise
...Efficiency
...Effort

Better At Sonic Entertainment

really good one

Body Armor Saves Extremities

I'm not a base jumper how you like this one.

" Those who can't base jump, become Skydivers"

It holds true......at least for me since I live in FL not many cliff or bridges to jump from.

I once made myself a bumper sticker that read: "BASE jumpers do what skydivers have nightmares about." Of course, since I was pretty active in some not so friendly places at the time, it never made it onto the car.

Static cling, Tom. Kinkos will hook that up for about $10 probably.

B = Buildup

A = Attitude

S = Site

E = Equipment

What does this mean?

Buildup - have you prepared appropriately for the type of jump you are doing? Have you got the prerequisite skills and experience? Buildup is mainly to do with training and experience or preparation for a jump.

Attitude - is your ego (we all have one - its only the magnitude that varies ) overestimating your ability to perform the jump you are intending to do? Are you trying to impress others? Have you thought it our properly? Are you physically and mentally ready to perform the jump you are intending to do? Attitude is all about the person and their REALISTIC readiness to perform the jump.

Site - this is all about site selection. Have you done a site assessment? Are the weather conditions appropriate? Are both you and your equipment compatable with the site you are about to attempt?

Equipment - are you using BASE specific equipment that suits your size, experience, and flying style? Is your equipment correctly configured for the type of jump you are planning? Do you have a plan B and will your equipment be able to cope with this if your first plan does not work?

Basically, we need to look at:

- the persons history
- the persons current state (mind, body, experience)
- the jump site
- the equipment

Stay Safe
Have Fun
Good Luck



Anyone got a better prejump checklist acronymn? Most pilots use these when flying.

Bummer, Altitudes Suddenly Evaporating....."BANG"

isn't that what makes it exciting?

Bad Asses Seek Evil

That's a great one Tom! Just as good at my all time favorite - the one that goes something like 'Skydivers see BASE jumpers like wuffos see skydivers' - or something like that....