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This year’s video festival was something of a trip back to the past. Gone were the professionally edited several thousand/s dollar productions (save one or two) and we went back to the root of what BASE jumping is - pure BASE jumps with a fresh perceptive on our Sport and that “home brew” flavor.

Winners:
1st Place - Life’s a Journey – By Lonnie Bissonnette – Probably the best story ever told about a BASE jumpers journey from battling the beast, recovering, and then continuing his pursuit of the sport. Truly inspirational and shows what is at the heart of a pure BASE jumper and the Candadian BASE crew that help him to continue his journey.

2nd Place – Fly the Line – Boris Pecnik – Fly the line was offered an opportunity to enter this years contest again because of a rule clarification that was not clearly understood last year. Once again this is an insane vision of “Proximity flying” with the master of flight from Phoenix Fly.

3rd Place – Yeah Buddy Yeah – Sam Gouws – Proof that quality is not in quantity. This quick blitz of some very unique objects and challenging exit points really impressed the crowd and judges.

Honorable Mentions:
Sunny Days – Elliot Barstow
Klolorado – LeRoy Buckley

All videos are a must for your personal BASE collections.

Thank you to all who participated in both a contestant and spectator capacity and played the games with us throughout the event. My personal favorite was the “spinner”, do a shot, then race around the judges! Lots of fun and a great kickoff to a banner year in West Virginia.

Thanks to the judges Tom A, Hank, DT, and Tommy Bell... especially Hank for awarding "Donk's Video" 1st place... when I did not even have a video in the contest. Hank's score sheet runs a close second to NickD from 05. lol.

Special thanks as always to the Jason and Jen Bell, Bill Bird and the rest of the Bridge Day staff for making this year one of the best in recent memory and solidifying the popularity of BASE jumping at Bridge Day.

CU at Bridge Day 08!

Donk

PS: I’ll reserve my comments about a mass boycott of BD08’ for the appropriate thread.

I spent more time at the BASE Videofest this year and absolutely had a blast. Great videos, lots of prizes for the crowd, cool drinking competitions, 3 big screen TV's, etc. And Lonnie's video probably brought tears to several people's eyes - truly inspiring. The next time you found yourself complaining about a hard hike or climb, just think about what Lonnie went through to complete BASE after his injury. Lonnie is THE man.

A big thanks to Donk (Tony DiCola) and JJ Schuster for running the BASE Videofest once again and keeping you entertained with 24/7 BASE videos on three TV's.

Videofest prizes were provided by:
Donk Productions (http://www.donkproductions.com) - $500, $200, and $100 cash.
Asylum BASE (http://www.asylumbase.com) - Pilot chutes and T-shirts.
EG Wingsuits (http://www.egwingsuits.com) - 30% of a custom wingsuit
Ulster County Containers & Canopies (http://www.thebaser.com) - 50% of a new BASER container
American Eagle Screen Print & Embroidery (http://www.aeprints.com) - T-shirts.
Vertical Visions (http://www.vertical-visions.com) - T-shirts, winter caps, embroidered fleece jackets, etc.

Until next year.....

... my bad to forget the backbone of our crew... JJ you are the man... thank bro!

Donk

thanks for a good time... the videofest is always a blast and a great way to start off the BD weekend.

even though those other videos were putting me to sleep, they were pretty good.

Lonnie IS the man. very impressive.

thanks for the buck, see ya' next year!

~E

You're welcome Donk. Seems it gets easier and more fun each year we do the festival.

I espeically enjoyed having the Bell's stay for the whole show and doing Donk Drops shots with Halliday.

thanks putting on the video festival again Donk & JJ

it's definitely one of the highlights of my bridgeday trips


anyone that wants a copy of 'Yeah Buddy Yeah' hit me up with a PM or email me: jumpersam AT gmail DOT com

the DVD that will include my video from last year: 'When Good Times Go Bad -Part 3'


cya
sam

edited to conform to the 'no advertising' guidelines

I want to thank Donk and everyone else involved with the videofest, and all the sponsors.

I also want to thank my team mates for helping me achieve my goal of re-doing all the objects. Also all the people who went out of their way to come and speak to me personally Saturday night, As for the ones who bought me drinks and shots that night, I almost didn't make it out of my chair to the bed HAHA!!

I had an AMAZING time this year.

C'YA on the edge next year