burjdubai
Official Inauguration is tomorrow. The news article says something about parachute jumps involved??? does anybody know if any world famous base jumpers got invited to jump this jewel? http://www.burjdubai.com/
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Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
I know there was an invite or two floating around, as one of the first jumpers to bandit jump this building got an unofficial "how are you fixed for jumping email". He turned it down as when he finaly got to leave that country after the Burj jump, he vowed never to go back.
Not sure though if anything did ever get of the ground as far as the event goes.
Re: [mr_prick] burjdubai
yep its Frank and myself .......they asked for the Best will post video soon
Re: [geezangen] burjdubai
Mmm, my intel says Omar Alhegelan. He had some private pics from the top top on facebook about 2 weeks ago. Let him do it, so others can follow....
Ronald
Re: [Nicobase56] burjdubai
Relax. First one was English... half second later was Franch jumper ;-)
Hehehehee....
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
news reports say 6 jumpers landed at the base of the building under UAE-emblazoned canopies but so far no word on who they were and whether they jumped from the building or from an aircraft... given the magnitude of the fireworks and lasers, it may indeed be that that for the ceremony they jumped from an aircraft... which of course doesn't mean that there couldn't have been "practice jumps" from the tower before the party - or "reward jumps" from it afterward...
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Re: [robinheid] burjdubai
http://www.dumpert.nl/...ai_ies_geopend_.html Very nice opening ceremony indeed. Starting with images of 2 accuracy jumpers. No base for sure.
Ronald
With apologies to Nick and Carl
Ugh, I can't begin to say how sick that makes me. Attention-grubbing media whores. I remember back in the day, when we first started building sky scrapers, we NEVER did it for the attention. It was a bandit operation, every time. We'd sneak in, throw up a massive edifice of steel and concrete, and get out of there without leaving a trace.
And we sure as SHIT didn't post some "hey-i'm-a-badass-i-built-the-tallest-building-in-the-world" video on YOUTUBE.
Nowadays, everybody just wants to build a 1000+ meter building to show off to their friends at the DZ.. look at me! look at me! i'm a fucking ARCHITECT!
I remember building with NickDG back in '88... we built a 400' apartment condo in one night on a formerly empty lot. Out of mutherfucking used popsickle sticks. The security guard who was posted at the empty lot saw us coming down from the 38th floor around 5 AM, and chased us and even grabbed onto the bumper of our bobcat as we raced away at 4mph. Nick pulled the "bumper release handle" and left the poor sucker there in the new parking lot we had just paved, holding onto our bumper and shaking his fist at us as we made it onto the freeway on-ramp. Sure there's video, but it's only been seen by a few... and they had to beg us to show it. We didn't do it for the glory, or the money, or the attention. We built it because... it WASN'T THERE!
The late, great, Carl Boenish liked to show video of his early construction efforts, but that was different. No one had built skyscrapers before the early 80s, and he just did it because he loved it and wanted to share his passion for shiny, glass monoliths. He and the other early pioneers made do with the most primitive in construction technology... recycled 2x4s, discount-grade cement, parts of other buildings tacked together. Sometimes they even made their own plumbing from scratch. Some of the buildings crashed on the designers, but they were learning as the went along. We have them to thank for the zoning laws and safety code that keeps our structures erect and stable.
But FIREWORKS? who the fuck organized this, the Red-Bull construction team? Will Felix and Jeb be the next people to say they were the first person to build this tower?
makes me fucking sick. pusy's.
Re: [Colm] With apologies to Nick and Carl
Colm wrote:
Ugh, I can't begin to say how sick that makes me. Attention-grubbing media whores.
I remember back in the day, when we first started building sky scrapers, we NEVER did it for the attention. It was a bandit operation, every time. We'd sneak in, throw up a massive edifice of steel and concrete, and get out of there without leaving a trace.
And we sure as SHIT didn't post some "hey-i'm-a-badass-i-built-the-tallest-building-in-the-world" video on YOUTUBE.
Nowadays, everybody just wants to build a 1000+ meter building to show off to their friends at the DZ.. look at me! look at me! i'm a fucking ARCHITECT!
I remember building with NickDG back in '88... we built a 400' apartment condo in one night on a formerly empty lot. Out of mutherfucking used popsickle sticks. The security guard who was posted at the empty lot saw us coming down from the 38th floor around 5 AM, and chased us and even grabbed onto the bumper of our bobcat as we raced away at 4mph. Nick pulled the "bumper release handle" and left the poor sucker there in the new parking lot we had just paved, holding onto our bumper and shaking his fist at us as we made it onto the freeway on-ramp. Sure there's video, but it's only been seen by a few... and they had to beg us to show it. We didn't do it for the glory, or the money, or the attention. We built it because... it WASN'T THERE!
The late, great, Carl Boenish liked to show video of his early construction efforts, but that was different. No one had built skyscrapers before the early 80s, and he just did it because he loved it and wanted to share his passion for shiny, glass monoliths. He and the other early pioneers made do with the most primitive in construction technology... recycled 2x4s, discount-grade cement, parts of other buildings tacked together. Sometimes they even made their own plumbing from scratch. Some of the buildings crashed on the designers, but they were learning as the went along. We have them to thank for the zoning laws and safety code that keeps our structures erect and stable.
But FIREWORKS? who the fuck organized this, the Red-Bull construction team? Will Felix and Jeb be the next people to say they were the first person to build this tower?
makes me fucking sick. pusy's.
there is still plenty of chance to bandit jump man... dont be pissed because some people are trying to promote something they love in a responsible manner. i promise you can still go jump the burj and get arrested/detained for quite some time, the didnt take it away from you, they just got free canopies and an offer to jump from the highest building in the world, your full of shit if you say you wouldnt take them up on that.
quite bitchin, adapt to the fact the world changes and so does the capacity of our sports.
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
The first official BASE jump from Burj Dubai (now known as Burj Khalifa!) has been made today afternoon local time. http://gulfnews.com/...urj-khalifa-1.563191
The link is from Omar Alhegelan's Facebook profile...
According to the news the jump was legal!
Congrats Omar!
Re: [iStan21] burjdubai
Does anyone have a contact number for Omar? Im a news reporter but I also jump (so I'm not likely to exaggerate the facts). I'd like to produce a news feature. Does anyone know if there was any video??
Re: [Skylark] burjdubai
Facebook? Knowing Omar, he probably jumped from his own apartment. Hey Omar can I crash at your pad? 
Re: [Colm] With apologies to Nick and Carl
Thanks for the smile this afternoon. Nicely satirical combination of the people, thoughts, and sayings we all know and love.
Re: [iStan21] burjdubai
WOW, for me is not being the first or jumping from the talles or the smallest... but having 'the taste' of doing what I like to do with friends. It doesn't matter if its bandid or with authorization. Bandid is the creme de la creme, my favorite and why I got into BASE. It takes plenty of time to plan the infiltration and escape, having ground crew no matter if there's video nor photos. remember 'the taste' of doing it and no one knew what happened there and we can jump it again and again. BASE is about the community and doing this the safer, responsible and cleaner to promote it around the globe.
We have to adecuate on each country.
3 types of BASE jumpers we catalog in Mexico:
a) Cuasi BASE jumpers. Those that say are BASEr's when they did one or two jumps or even they jump only 5 or 6 times a year.
b) TV media BASE jumpers. Those that jump only with cameras doing shots of them in order to be famous. They promote themselves on social networks or make it loud on media TV or prints.
c) Hard Core BASE jumpers. Those that jump for love to the sport. They are all the time searching for new exit points, the most of the jumps are Bandid, they share objetcs with others, have a good time and jumps continously doing it based by the ethics of the sport. They are qualified to speak with media if necesary and support everything without exagerating nor doing it for the 'being famous'.
Each one of us we decide wich ones we want to be..
Best and great having Omar as embassador there.
Hope someday jump from there..
Re: [Devereux] burjdubai
and if anybody want's a more detailed explanation of the 3 types of BASE jumpers in Mexico (and speaks Spanish) go to: http://www.mexbase.com, go to the 4th page in the vid directory on the right side of the page and click on the vid "entrevistacp" :-)
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
..and the video from Burj Khalifa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye0_f6Yhxww
plamen
Re: [boachanoff] burjdubai
Does anyone know where there is a better quality video of this that doesn't have bugs and straplines and arab text all over it? If Omar did it for publicity it's not working well without any video for anyone to show around the rest of the world...by the time we get any video the story will be old news...
Re: [boachanoff] burjdubai
Wow, that exit and flight by the first jumper were horrible. His track pants were flying him
Nicely done by the second guy, I assume that was Omar.
Re: [Tyrion] burjdubai
Tyrion wrote:
Wow, that exit and flight by the first jumper were horrible. His track pants were flying him
Nicely done by the second guy, I assume that was Omar.
Did somebody notice that the first jumper was with dbag deployment?
Re: [BASEMenace2] With apologies to Nick and Carl
Forget facebook. Of course, EVERYBODY wants to jump Burj Dubai, oops, Burj Khalifa by now. And no, I don't think Omar can take care of everybody. Ronald
Re: [Ronald] With apologies to Nick and Carl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8448411.stm Their jumps have now also been covered by the BBC. Warning: Link includes cringe-worthy commentary.
Re: [goking] With apologies to Nick and Carl
It was also covered this morning on Good Morning America on ABC. (I'm too lazy to look for a link.)
Re: [boachanoff] burjdubai
boachanoff wrote:
Tyrion wrote:
Wow, that exit and flight by the first jumper were horrible. His track pants were flying him
Nicely done by the second guy, I assume that was Omar.
Did somebody notice that the first jumper was with dbag deployment?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r8ExSW4vXA
Check his sweet rig out.
Re: [PikeyBASE] burjdubai
It's just a guess but that was probably a first BASE jump. Omar did great as usual.
Re: [hookitt] burjdubai
Made Front page of MSNBC.com. Great job guys!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...vp/34767431#34767431
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1095451&ch=&cl=17519069&src=ukyvideo
Re: [niallandrewh] burjdubai
Useful video from the highest point of the spire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eU5QpFZAfo
Re: [hookitt] burjdubai
hookitt wrote:
It's just a guess but that was probably a first BASE jump. Omar did great as usual.
Yep, first base jump. Nasr El Neyadi. Loads of skydive jumps though. He did 5 powered paraglider jumps on 1 day as training + exit training on the ground of course. Quite a nice guy actually, met him in Dubai last week. http://www.emiratesaviation.org
Re: [Ronald] burjdubai
nice! I would also have taken this oportunity! But maybe I would not have jumpe in tracking pants for my first jump.... but that's just me, I get scared easy :-)
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
yeah, you really are a pussy michi you really need to harden the f*#k up, take your skirt off and get that sand out of your vagina buddy
Re: [Mikki_ZH] burjdubai
Mikki_ZH wrote:
nice! I would also have taken this oportunity! But maybe I would not have jumpe in tracking pants for my first jump.... but that's just me, I get scared easy :-)
as far as i see the tracking, he was the passenger ;)
Re: [fastpete] burjdubai
fastpete wrote:
Mikki_ZH wrote:
nice! I would also have taken this oportunity! But maybe I would not have jumpe in tracking pants for my first jump.... but that's just me, I get scared easy :-)
as far as i see the tracking, he was the passenger ;)
He did not succeed to fly in a straight line, he was bouncing from one side to another...How many skydives with tracking suit he did?
Scary flight..
Re: [juanitos] burjdubai
you guys are just jealous that his first jump is also from THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD. nice one.
Re: [juanitos] burjdubai
I consider him lucky as hell to be the one chosen to jump. Would you say no? Not likely. I know I would have jumped given the opportunity. Doing a Still air exits next to a big ass building for the first time ever, will intimidate anyone SHOULD that have been his first base jump? Probably not but it was. Perhaps a little more training and no one would have been the wiser.
He looked down and dove rather than pushed out looking forward. That caused him to rotate forward. He corrected it It turned him left in the mean time and he corrected that as well. He started tracking pretty well soon after then it drifted left again as he pulled. Not perfect but no means out of control after he corrected the unstable exit.
They pulled high so unfortunately there was not more of a flight to see him track.
I'd say given the circumstances and unquestionable jitters, he did ok. If there was no coverage, no one could critique it.