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This is doing the rounds on Facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfgu-bYEvc

Unbelievable.

I always though chest strap was overrated :)

Ok, I know this is not cool, but I still had to smile a bit when I watched the vid.
And to his credits, at least he was wearing an altimeter

Edit to correct: It's probably not an altimeter but a gopro - which is even more important than an altimeter! never jump without a gopro!

that was a very honest exchange between two people whose purposes in life are diametrically opposed.

that opposition (friendly here) demonstrates the lack of a middle ground. without people willing to compromise, don't expect the NPS system to open up (and remain open) anytime soon.

Agreed, i'd say the officer appeared more willing to compromise, as he indicated the jumper would not be arrested as long as he stepped down...

Real police officer have job to do. not like NPS want to be cop. there have few case if you don't jump I well not take you to jail or ticket you. but if you don't want to comply you going to jail. we all did lot's stupid stuff when were drunk this is one of it. luck it was not terminal jump with out chest strap

A cop once told me that he could lie, so this officer's promise may not be sincere. (His body language looked like he did not want to deal with the paperwork.)

nice beach !!!

that was great. he was probably going to get a public intoxication charge and a trespassing charge if he stepped down. so what did he get charged with after jumping? Evading arrest?

>>and a trespassing charge<<

It's legal to walk across that bridge . . .

NickD

This is very true, you can't believe anything the police tell you. The police can legally lie to you, and it happens all the time!

I met Jester with Dennis and his crew in 1988. It is good to see he is still alive and kicking. Not many of his caliber still alive or still jumping. Those guys was rebels back then, and it seems nothing have changed since then.

He got charged with sexual assault, and public indecency......ill leave it at that...jesters crazy!!

yeah, he's running from the cops knowing he's going to be arrested so he goes ahead and does some shop lifting, some lude and lascivious behavior, and feels up some women. add public urination too!

Jester is Old School personified. If you know him, you know!

I spent a night with them in Tampa, and there was some police involved, a wet jumper who landed between a sub marine and the dock, and 2 jumpers on run from the police :-) Quite interesting for a 19 year old Norwegian with one antenna jump in the log.

Funny and sad at the same time

bump

good question!

This thread is pretty good and all, but needs more bickering. I'm going back to dropzone.com

ha! classic, I love it

everybody's got a job to do, jumpers and cops alike.

no chest strap though..... good thing he didn't free fall it! and isn't that bridge sub 200'? I seem to remember it from greeny's low FF vid's a while ago....

Not sub 200... that was a different bridge.

You are correct. They can lie to you all day... It's not what they say, it's what they do.

Up until he climbed onto the rail and jumped, he was not doing anything he wasn't allowed to do.

drunk in public (allegedly)

is jumping there illegal? use of a county bridge for recreational flight?

Besides that, but unless he was being belligerent toward the officer (yeah, I know that's a stretch), I highly doubt the CHP would care if he wasn't driving.

 

I hate it when I'm about to post something and all of a sudden the one I'm replying to disappears!


That certainly COULD happen but can you be sure nothing would have happened? The only way to truly know for sure would have been to play out that scenario. I think the outcome would have a lot to do with intention of both parties.
The patrolman's intention to start may be to get traffic flowing again but after that is accomplished could his intention change to charging Jester with something in order to appease his employers and bring in revenue? If Jesters intention was to just walk out and take pictures and had no intention of jumping the patrolman could see that as a forgivable offense but if the patrolman took jesters intention as to do something 'illegal' he may think differently once the main situation is dealt with.
It does not matter if he jumped or not, the scenario can always change and turn out for the better or worse... it just depends on the ongoing contract negotiations between the parties.

in other states such as Georgia or Texas, being drunk in public usually results in immediate jail. i got a citation in Georgia for having an open container in public. i got a suspended sentence but I found out I could have been sentenced 90 DAYS IN THE COUNTY JAIL FOR A BEER!

Just some FYI: I'm the one who shot the video.. i DO NOT have the footage of Jester's sexual assault of the senior citizen and his seeing eye dog.. please stop emailing me requesting to see him dry humping the old man.. In jester's defense, he claims that he didnt know that the old man was blind. That is probably the reason why the cop showed up in the first place.. but that's unclear

Tyler... pay attention cuz obviously your friend wasn't. He didn't have his chest strap on and you can clearly see it in the video which means so can you.

That's not all but that's all for now.

i had a friend who was a probation officer. he described some idiot who ran from the cops and ran through like 8 people's homes trying to get away, while he was on probation. so he got 8 felony breaking and entering charges on top of everything else. ha!

That's because the one above mine was deleted, other wise I'd have finished my edit and left it up.

Remember the person you jumped that bridge with? CHP drove by one day and said turn around and walk away. Nothing came of it. You can walk on that bridge.

As for Jester, Sure it was obvious he was planning to jump, but at first glance the only cite that would probably be considered would be impeding traffic.

fuck the jump, the story about the dog and the old guy sounds funnier...somebody spill the beans

as soon as that video started i found myself wishing the footage leading up to it was available

It was 240-feet the last time I was there in the mid-90s. But it does have a lot water running down out of the mountains flowing underneath it so it may be a bit higher now. In a thousand years it'll be a thousand feet . . . LOL!

NickD

my friend jumped with Steve Jester at a noted site in northern Cali. they jumped too late with the sun going down. after the jump, the got trapped in a canyon and started doing a technical climb out. a fucking boulder the size of a small car fell of the wall where Steve was climbing and it nearly hit my friend who was like 10 feet below Steve. they were amazed neither of them got killed by the damn climb out.

+1

Not only overrated, but in this situation chest strap could have been potentially lethal as he could have landed in rip currents (which are almost impossible to outswim even without a parachute!) - while it's totally unnecessary if you nail the body position at end of McConkey swing as he did.

I applaud his thinking. Better be in jail than in the coffin.

And that about wraps it up here folks.

seriously...nobody has any info on dog and old dude raping???

Im going back to the Moab thread, at least we were talking about AIDS there

Yuri, that was about the dumbest thing I've ever heard someone as intelligent as you say.

Plain and simple. Jester and video man were being idiots.

I think this bit "while it's totally unnecessary if you nail the body position at end of McConkey swing as he did" is fair indication that he might have been joking...

a seeing dog for a blind man tried biting jester....then after the jump jester was so drunk and high that he pulled his pants down and started dry humping the dog and blind man in front of the cops! Hes a sick fuck that guy!

Bwahaha!!! I thought the jump was bad...Stories like this remind me that my friends and I aren't so bad...except for Basemenace's new found Aids interest.

http://www.localcrimenews.com/lookup.php?jid=5553920

go big or go home i guess

and here I thought your post about the charges was joking banter...
<sigh>
wow.

3 of this cases you get lifetime or how is the rules?

was his bail amount $32000 ???

only 16k....they cut bail in half after he dry humped the DA....she had the hots for him!

That wasn't a very bright post on my part ... but it was already posted and computer was shutting down when the "You dummy, he's not serious" moment hit me.

I was doing Parkour last night so my brain was a bit rattled.

Marko, Why do you guys all praise him for this? It's good to make light of a situation but our buddy Jester is hitting rock bottom. He could use help, and I'm pretty sure you actually know this.

I used to shoot video of Jester in the Mid 90's. He was, and probably still is a a talented tandem instructor. It makes me sad to see him get so fucked when, really, all he had to do was leave.

IM on the phone with him as im posting this stuff...were both laughing about it....He stilll is a very talented TI as i jumped with him alot last winter!

it looks like he was charged with a felony for obstuction/ resisting an executive officer. nice one jester !!

is that a felony in Cali?

shouldn't he be calling a lawyer instead?

$16000, so about 5 to 10% has to be given to a bail bondsman. and then he'll probably spend like $2k to $4k on a lawyer and get probation. Then he'll spend like $100 or more per month for the next x number of years and then violate his probation and then do some real time. well, that's the way it happens in Texas and other mean states.

yes that is a felony in california. it shows a F for felony or a M for misdemeanor on the left side of the charges.

and to those of you who said he should have just obeyed and respected the authority at hand. i agree whole heartedly.

except: when he said, "sorry i gotta jump....im getting arrested anyways." i think he was referring to the 1 oz or less marijuana possession, and his alcohol consumption. not the jumping itself.

granted all the other charges were brought on by carelessness.

he should just thrown the weed over the side instead of himself. and if he did throw himself over, he should truly fled the situation.

I'm sure this will get plea bargained down to something relatively minor when it's all said and done. I couldn't imagine the DA, especially in that part of California, getting too bent over a little pot. And it's likely he'll also look at the video to gauge the resisting charge. And that video shows a fairly benign, almost friendly, police encounter.

Now try to imagine court day. Facing the judge will be a combination of assaults, burglaries, car thefts, and drug dealing plus maybe even a few rapists and murderers. Then it'll be the People vs. Steve Jester. Just the comic relief his case provides is going to get him nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

Rock on, Steve, the world badly needs more like you!

NickD

i couldn't stop laughing when i saw this video. oh man, we are so busted. i'm doing it anyway!

 

It has to be three serious offenses, like felonies, violent offenses and such.

Agreed. I cant stop watching it.
Jester "Im gonna do it anyway"
Camera guy all surprised "really??" hahaha

Um...yeah. no. I think respect is the best route with helping bias whuffos understand why we do and we take it seriously from the safest approach...usually. Instead we prove the impression that we're all a bunch of disrespectful, party maniac, fuck brain, suicidal morons, that are normally caught sneaking around in someone's back yard looking like James F'ing bond, until occasionally a scenario like this pops up. Yay.

Either way it's freaking hilarious!

is the slurring of words in the opening few seconds augmented or manipulated somehow by slowing down the video slightly? seems much more alert when walking down the bridge and dealing w/ the cop. also voices sound different.

We're not done yet learning lessons from this video.

I mean, look at his launch technique! Instead of launching horizontally, as most wannabes do, he pushes out and UP. Let's analyze this ingenious technique.

If you launch just horizontally, you and your canopy go into freefall simultaneously, instantly making the lines slack. As you continue to go down, the canopy is quickly slowed down by air and now the slack is quickly growing, while the canopy is inverted more and more and is now like a mushroom with lines coiling on the bottom skin and making their way around the cells. As you're moving towards the tail, this action tends to wrap the slacking outside lines around the canopy for that perfect lineover.

With Jester's launch, he makes the lines follow the parabolic path of his body, making lines keep a bit tensioned and actually pull the canopy UP, which not only keeps the lines clear, but also initiates inflation and saves altitude - look how his canopy is fully inflated almost at the same height it was hanging at! Strategically not removed hanging shrivel flap adds some inertia to the top skin and helps this "whip" effect.

With this technique, you don't need a tailgate, which has caused several near misses in the past (watch Maggot's IROCK jump... how many feet of altitude did he lost with the hangup tailgate? at this low bridge, you'd spiral to the rocks below if that happened).

Perfect launch angle must be the key. Launch up too steep and you're risking making a burrito. I estimate his angle as about 26.6 degrees - this is the angle that 4 beer cans stacked vertically make to the rest of cans from the 12-pack laid horizontally. (atan(4/8) = 26.6) Don't jump at "4 cans forward - 8 cans up" angle!

Also, look at his failure to climb the rail for the first time. He didn't fall to the other side because it would have ruined the jump. Quick thinking! This is an important lesson to all of us: Always fail on the safe side. So you can try and fail again - safely.

I'd say, Jester is fucking genius.

Until now, there hasn't been a Nobel Prize in BASE jumping, only Darwin Award. I think we have the first laureate now.

Holy shit, dude. Fucking marry me.

I'd argue that since the cop said he was not under arrest, that the mere act of jumping couldn't amount to resisting arrest since there was no attempt to arrest him. Boy was he wasted, but I'm sure it was fun.

hi rick,
the cop saying he would not arrest the Jester was likely
just a ploy to get him away from the edge of the bridge.
no doubt as soon as he could "safely" grab him,
he would have cuffed him and placed him under arrest.
cops play dirty tricks like that all the time, it's their job.
also, we don't get to see what exactly happened next,
and there's no telling what sort of shennanigans went on.
anyway, Jester has always had a way of being somewhat
entertaining even if it's in some sort of twisted way....
peace
avery

yuri i pretty much only understood the drinking of the 12 pack. im more of a jack daniels man but for the sake of figuring out wtf u were talking about il do it! as for the rest of this thread... i'v laughed soo hard my face seriously hurts right now! please tell more tales of jester!!! and tell jester he needs to trip to nashville cuz i want in on the retardedness!!!

Hey man, I know the cop would likely have nailed him anyway, at least for the booze, but my point is that once you have the cop on video telling him he was not under arrest if he climed down, he didn't evade arrest. He wasn't even subject to arrest until he jumped and by then it was too late. I can't help it, it's lawyer in me.
Rick

I'm thinking the lawyer in me wouldn't hire the lawyer in you... The cop clearly says he will arrest him and wait for him if he jumps. Also, evading arrest or evading an officer are the same charge, and he clearly evaded the officer. If anything, the video helps the police WAY more then jester.

the bridge is state on Pacific coast highway(Hwy 1) that is why there was CHP (california state trooper )patrolling the highway that's who arrested jester

Here is a list of what he was charged for http://www.localcrimenews.com/lookup.php?jid=5553920

most of cop have better thing to do. when they say you well not arrest he means it. I know couple base friend walk away be cause they did not jumped. and not because he was on video ether. but if you don't comply they well throw the book at you.

pfft, americans.
germanys best and best looking basejumper managed a display jump for a police unit once.
on a illegal, urban night jump. maybe intoxicated, i can't remember exactly.
2007?
anyways, good times!
don't condemn jumping intoxicated. we had our cheststraps on though.

That's an interesting point. I wonder though if maybe the evading charge isn't stemming from the jump itself, but maybe from after he landed?

But if Jester did not jump, that would be evading arrest.
HAhaha,
Take care Rick,
space

Oh shit. He is an "executive" officer according to that link. That explains the long list of charges. You kids need to remember not to disobey "the executive officer."

Fucker.

Your inexperience is showing. Don't you know how to act like a defense attorney? All you need is reasonoable doubt and if you were any good at trial work, you'd have reasonable doubt of that one charge unless of course he continued to evade upon the chase which likely ensued. It is not evading arrest until it is clear that you are being arrested. No crime was committed before he jumped, therefore no evading until after he jumped. Have a little imagination. Learn to think like a defense lawyer man or you'll never help any of your BASE buddies, that is if you are a BASE jumper.

Jester has always had an entertaining element to him.

I've said this already.The cop said he was going to send him on his way and given some encounters some other jumpers have had there, I have a hard time not believing he would have been sent away.

He was intoxicated so maybe some charges would have been brought up. Since there's no way to get out of there, and the bridge isn't going anywhere, stepping down would be wise.

Cops will lie to get what they want. Some will just scold you and let you go and some will find something to cite you for. Personally I've been luck with CHP. If there appears to be a reason for them to lie then yes, they're going to do whatever it takes.

I have never seen the CHP out there. Other jumpers have run into the CHP out there. They were walking on the bridge with parachutes on their back and pilot chutes in their hands. CHP told them to turn around and walk away. It's not illegal to walk on the bridge, even with a parachute. The intent is obvious so requesting not to jump isn't unreasonable.... to them anyway.

The video does make me laugh because it's hard not to laugh, but it would have been a whole lot cheaper to walk away and come back the next day.

Yeah you and I never had any issues with the cops there. I was soloing it once with 3 packed rigs for a triple pre sun-rise load and two CHP officers rolled up while I was gearing up in my truck. "Hid" the rig from them while they both walked up and asked if I'd seen a drunk high school kid walking in the area. I said nope and they bailed, got 3 great jumps in.

Hard to say in this case had he not jumped if the officer would have just lectured him and sent him on his way. Something tells me after the hike out he really pissed off this cop. I do agree with others saying that cops will tell you anything they have to for their advantage.......sneaky pigs!!!

Glad this dude lived through it with no chest strap. You all know the saying......"never go to jail with a packed rig" (unpacked in this case)

I'd hire him.

The lawyer in Rick is the only one who ever beat the NPS on an aerial delivery charge.

>>got 3 great jumps in<<

Props, Man! I can only make it up the side of that canyon once and then I need CPR. LOL!

NickD

I actually had the CHP show up after a load there one time. They waited for us at our car, gave us a stern talking to, and sent us on our way.

I've only done 2 in a row but that's because I had 2 rigs. That's not that hard of a climb . The person I believe has the most jumps from there, used to hide down at the bottom somewhere and pack. 4 jumps weren't uncommon. No one ever saw him.

Jester made the LA times so maybe he will get a talk show deal out of it to pay for all the legal fees.

He's definitely gonna need one of those "new media consultants" to cash in, here.

i got 4 in a row!

Good for you. How many bridle wraps in a row

Im too much of a fucking pussy sell out for similar action... so I am very thankful for having the opportunity to live vicariously through Jester. I got $20 bucks for the legal fund (or bourbon); let me know how to get it to ya.

 

Oh he's alive...he puts his shades on then exits...


Jester..........what can ya say.........

Rick is an astounding lawyer and used to be a federal prosecutor. Guess you passed the bar after 6 times?

 

It's now doing rounds on all the major news sites... Msnbc all the way to a bunch of UK sites..

... http://news.google.com/...&ved=0CDUQqgIwAg

It may be 'tarded because of the legal implications. But I have to admit, it was fun to watch.

That said, I hope there is a positive resolution for him, and hopefully it was worth it, whatever the outcome.

Fucking troopers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-9D2qUHN-E

OK, who's going to one-up this guy??? Heres how: do a roll over while wasted out your mind, with CHP AND county sherriff parked in the road again, naked with just cowboy boots a santa hat on, off this Span's sister just N of it. About a 100 ft lower. Cant do up your chest strap or tighten your leg straps. When (if) you arrive at the top must dry hump everything and everyone around including all law enforcement officers. After this spark up a bowl of chronic and sit back for the ride.

Post on Youboob and become internationally famous. Any takers?!? I'll film.

I will watch

A revealing look at risk takers and the group of extremist known as BASE jumpers. In spite of their fearsome reputation, these curious creatures are often misunderstood.
Take care,
space

Half a million Youtube views!

Jester has gone VIRAL....................................




Please Jester..........come back.........

My bet he ends up on the talk show circuit........

Okay......it is Jester......maybe not.....

A great write up

http://news.gather.com/...leId=281474978802194

if he is going to be that famous, some company ought sponsor him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-9D2qUHN-E

You guys are all talking about the technicalities of the law but its hard to speculate without all the info.. what i want to know is, what is everyone's opinion about 'dayblazing'? do you think this will have ANY affect on BASE at all? the video now has over 500,000 views, and the vast majority is approval.. i realize that most of the comments now are non-BASE or skydive folks so of course they just think it's cool or entertaining.. but what does the BASE community think? this video is mentioned in news articles all over the place and is possibly going to appear on the TODAY SHOW.. what do you think the effects will be IF ANY?

Ya.. maybe the Vodka-Redbull Airforce!!

here is the wide-angle view.. Jester's edit.. he doesnt sound as drunk as he did in my edit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDEld35l7c

why doesn't he put a PayPal legal donation clickie on the video??? he might actually make money from this dealeo.

laziness

NickDG addressed this in a great post over at DZ.com yesterday, the short of the long is "the cats already out of the bag." Basically, people already know its going on and its not underground anymore.

Jeb said something similar in the radio interview today. Exposure can open more opportunities and there is evidence to suggest this is true.

Personally I agree. If anyone ever watches the CincyBASE videos you can see we dayblaze a LOT. We still do many times more jumps at night, but we managed to get a lot of video of a lot of dayblazes.

As long as people enjoy watching the videos i'll keep making them...and that means continuing to dayblaze and videoing it.

(Of course this ISNT a catchall. There are many objects I will not release footage of to protect the object - and by protect the object i mean in many cases protect it from other jumpers finding it and burning it )

dayblazing?
if it's ok with the local crew... fine.

video?
in general, I'd rather not. most seem quite lame, featuring low skilled jumpers making a "look at me" video. there are more reasons, but I'm in the minority. (why permit everyone to watch the pizza rock wall strike? the one where the brake lines are crossed?)

I prefer Jester's video. it is entertaining, and probably eye opening to some.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDEld35l7c

just curious... isn't actively filming an activity that is 'illegal', a 'crime' considered as 'abetting'(encouraging) in legal terms?

yeppers.. i was placed under arrest for aiding and abetting, but let go

Why did you slow mo the interview? To make him seem more drunk?

Well Im not a jumper but movies of wall strikes and just general not so fun jumps make people realize that BASE its not just some easy and fun sport where you just scream YEAH and high five your buddies There is to many clips of some crazy stuff that experienced jumpers make look easy. People have to see the dark side to not just get in to the sport without really realizing how quick shit can hit the fan...

To make him look like an ass.. i knew it would get some views and his friends would find it funny.. I DIDNT EXPECT IT TO GO WORLDWWIDE!!

on YouTube?

Sorry, but Jester may be the next William Hung.

Do you think that will help legalize BASE? Drunk fucks driving up Yosimete throwing theyre beer cans in the woods and tagging there is one of the reasons it is illegal! Making him more appear to be more drunk, really?! you are a moron. was there an actual BASE jumping charge? no. now that there is national spotlight on this spot I like to jump now and again. great, thanks.

NickDG and 434. you two are hypocrites in this thread. you bash younger jumpers for doing daring and potentially unsafe jumps, but you praise jester for being a drunk jumper, but its okay cause he's old school. fuck that. Jester has a huge luck bucket obviously. but do you really need to encourage him?

"NickDG and 434. you two are hypocrites in this thread. you bash younger jumpers for doing daring and potentially unsafe jumps, but you praise jester for being a drunk jumper, but its okay cause he's old school. fuck that. Jester has a huge luck bucket obviously. but do you really need to encourage him?"

Definitely true on the hypocrite part, thats for sure.

umm.....

>>NickDG and 434. you two are hypocrites in this thread. you bash younger jumpers for doing daring and potentially unsafe jumps, but you praise jester for being a drunk jumper, but its okay cause he's old school. fuck that. Jester has a huge luck bucket obviously. but do you really need to encourage him?<<

I've said a few times before about other very long time BASE jumpers that they can do whatever they want, they've earned that privilege. And there's a big difference between Jester and someone who started jumping during the Bush Administration or later. If that makes me a hypocrite that's all right. Besides, I'm not so sure Jester was all that impaired in that video, or at least not all that impaired for Jester, LOL!

Is the guy who videoed Jester in this thread? I figured he handed off the video to some whuffo tourist. If you are here, and you're a jumper, didn't you notice his chest strap was hanging? Not knocking on you, just curious . . .

NickD

They've earned the privilege? Are you serious?

You want to knock the new kids cause you deserve to do WTF you want cause you jumped before the Bush Admin?

SO... shame on the new kids for posting shit on BoobTube and old drunk POS can fuck the sport for everyone else?? What happened to the ethics of being quite about it? Making sure you can jump the object again and again? If BoobTube is fuck'n the sport, assclowns like jester are doing more damage.

The sooner he gets locked in prison and ass raped by his cel mate the better. Fuck him and everything he stands for!!!

And now.... 6 pages deep NickDG you address his CS and the video dude? Are you serious?? Take ownership.....

lol. jesus.

lol, you mad...
Relax, at least he didn't rape your mother or steal your sheep.

Can't actually defend the "old timer's" right to dayblaze an object being jumped by others, BUT, for the posters who seemed to accuse Jester of burning that object, you can't burn Bixby Creek bridge. Bixby Creek was incinerated over 20 years ago. Cops have know for over 2 decades that this bridge gets hit a lot by BASE jumpers, so it really isn't the same as the concept of burning an object that was considered a local secret. Anyway, right or wrong, I did find the video hilarious. AH, memories of the "good" old days.

I see you have some good new vocabulary there, mate!

>>6 pages deep NickDG you address his CS and the video dude? Are you serious??<<

I'll agree with you on one point, Steve is a big sissy. We were freefalling that bridge in 1989! (And with crap gear too!) LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr0Bddp8NLE

On the dayblazing site burning thing, hey, no one railed against that sort of thing more than me and for over twenty years. (In fact you sound like me doing it right now.) But times change, the sport changes, and I've come to new conclusions. Read the thread over on DZ.com for my thoughts on it, or don't . . .

It's post #6 in http://www.dropzone.com/...1;page=unread#unread

NickD

Now it have made the Norwegian tobloids. A magazine who never write anything about base if it is not Felix, death or illegal jumping. But this is articles that was made in the early 90íes, and now the police do not chase base jumpers any more, but require a call so they can come and watch.
http://www.vg.no/...l.php?artid=10028443

Except the troll wall and you land on the police car like an famous jumper from down under.

The bad thing with this article is the driving part.

Google Translate



blinking in blue light and a cop yells over the loudspeaker, "not even think about it."


haha... such details...

Sorry, I did not see this post before now.
You are right about being hypocrites, no doubt about that. But I do not feel I have encourage him or anyone to copy his behavior either. Jester have not changed a bit since I first met him, and for him there is no way he is going to change. I have quit jumping, and it is your generation who is supposed be the those who set the role model for your jumping, now I concentrate about my event and the future of base races. There is nothing I can do to change Jesters bahavior. He seems like a clown on a death train, but i had a good laugh anyway. Cant help it.

Do you really think that Jester (or Nick DG or 434 ) cares whether it is legal or not?
But anyway, here is the dilemma, Jester has been jumping that bridge for probably 20yrs. He is the local. Now try to tell a 20yr veteran of the site how to conduct himself so you can jump it now and again.
Let me know how it well received it is.
Anyway, I think that Jester owe a case of beer for the first viral BASE clip. Almost up to a million hits.
Take care,
space

Tom asked me how I felt about folks screwing up sites where we already have access, and here is my PM reply. BTW, I'm not saying this is gospel, I'm still trying to figure out BASE, just like I've been doing for thirty years, LOL! But I do know, its to our advantage if we can discuss these ideas . . .

>How do you feel about people doing things that have the potential to close legal objects<<

I haven't really thought through that angle but at first blush it's this; Nothing we've done (in general) in the "may I" game is working. Like every few years (since Jean Boenish did so) we mount a new campaign to get access to Yosemite. And that carrot seems right there in front of us, it seems like we can almost reach out and touch it. But how long has that been going on? 25 Years? And I think, at the rate we're going, it'll go on for another 25 years.

On your question of screwing up access to established sites (and I suppose you mean the potato bridge) there's two ways to look at that. We'd need a new name for guys who did it that, not site burners, but site ruiners. And those people should be ostracized. But we've always had that problem in BASE and I don't see that changing. Those guys, like I've said before, are the lost souls rebelling against the rebellion, LOL!

The other way to look at it is if we mount a full in your face campaign for BASE there are going to be casualties. And there's something to be said for the fact there's always been one thing that has worked for us and one thing that hasn't. We don't follow rules and if we did there would be no B.A.S.E. jumping like we know it today. So there's no denying that works. And when we try to implement rules it often backfires and causes discontent in the ranks. So there's no denying that doesn't work.

Again, let's look at the potato bridge. They let you guys jump there, because Idaho is all about personal freedom, but then they add in some "except fors!" Like the thing about the railing, calling the Sheriff prior to jumping, removing the ramp over night, etc. And all that is reasonable, but if you guys would have called their bluff right off that bat, and just did what you wanted, when you wanted, and how you wanted 15 years ago then maybe the "freedom" Idaho is so proud of would actually exist there.

I think both you and I have had (and are having) the same problem in this sport. Every time we tell someone how they should go about B.A.S.E. jumping we get told to go fuck ourselves. It may be a safety issue, an access issue, or just a general rule for life issue, but it always gets thrown back in our faces. Sometimes I think you and I have suffered that more than most. (I now know totally how Jean Boenish must feel.)

But, never-minding that, the sport's ace in the hole is public opinion. What finally shot down "Don't ask, to tell?" It was public opinion! No matter what the Tea Party says this country is still run by the people. So now that the public's opinion on BASE is generally favorable, and the more they see it, the more favorable it will get, it's time, I believe, to play that card.

Jester did us the biggest favor in the world! But let's dissect it. If you read the comments concerning him all over the internet, even with him appearing under the influence, the opinion is mostly positive. Now look back on Jeb's video from the Empire State Building. That one didn't get the same reaction. The reason? Jeb, even to non-jumpers (I know you don't like the term "whuffo" or have you changed? LOL) saw him as arrogant and out for himself. On the other hand Jester comes off as the "everyman" just out for a few laughs, and the fact he stuck it to the man was the cherry on top.

I doubt BASE will ever reach "respectable" status like storm chasing, or some other extreme screwball pursuits, but it will reach "acceptable" status, if it hasn't already. And yes, for you guys that moved to Twin Falls specifically because of the bridge it would suck big if it got shut down. But are you really free to jump that bridge or is that freedom just an illusion? It seems like it is since you all constantly live under the threat of it being shut down, and it forces you personally, Tom, into the role of BASE cop. Which I'm sure you don't enjoy.

If they did shut it down, I'm sure the local critics of BASE would be happy, the ones who drive the bridge everyday and think, "Jesus, I hope my kids never start doing that." But for Idahoans at large, they'd be for keeping it open, they'd be for freedom! You'd have that public opinion on your side. And in the meantime it wouldn't hurt you clowns to be "real" B.A.S.E. jumpers for a while, LOL!

NickD

You know I heard a great analogy to how we've had are freedoms taken away from us over the years...Like a little kid stealing candy out of the candy jar a little at a time so the folks wouldn't notice. If the little kid took a big handful it would be missed, but a little at a time and no one notices until the candy is almost gone.

I feel like such a pussy for not standing up for my freedoms but look at Jester he takes what is already his.

Now boys and girls I'm not condoning drug and alcohol use but shit does happen.

We are all a bunch of pussies compared with Jester.

Thanks Jester for reminding me I already have the right to jump if I want.

hangdiver

>>Thanks Jester for reminding me I already have the right to jump if I want.<<

I think you "nutshelled" it right there . . .

NickD

Okay, Jester has been jumping this for 20 years, whatever. He is A local. There are lots of 'locals' in NorCal. I actually dont care about the day blazin old drunk. its the whoring out the video all over you tube, and in the Blue Skies rag about this specific object. And the videoguy is a BASE jumper, so caring about getting the shot or being fucked up too or looks up to jester like a little puppy so much, failed to notice a interggal part of the harness NOT hooked up. It is in short the same reason "Cadillac" is much harder to jump than say 6 7 years ago. Its like these guys WANT to burn it. Cant people have fun and NOT put it on the internet to make themselves feel cool. or make thier friend and themselves look like complete fuck tards, maybe, maybe not.

434 and NickDG are fine about being hyporites in this matter it seems, thank you for your honesty guys. But really, Day blazing bixby, sure fine, internet whoring (plus editing to make it look WORSE? assinine.

i, personally, thought the video was hilarious. that is all

We should all make mock-umentaries of this jump video at different objects of our choice. That would be quite amusing I think!

I dont really care about this one, but jester did something similar to an object much more near and dear to my heart not that long ago too. Hey old timer bad asses, please take our respect and admiration, but dont ruin it for the next generation either.

460 - you think the port authority cops would be as mellow about the same situation on upper deck of GWB during rush hour? if so, come on up, bring your camera.

yeah, the California cop was so mellow compared to cops in other states that he might as well have been smoking a joint while approaching Jester.

that cop just looked annyoed to have been forced from his car.

Honest questions:

How long do you feel a person needs to jump to earn the privilege to do whatever they want? What is your criteria for earning that privilege?

The long timers have always done whatever they wanted and always will. That was a defining characteristic of old BASE. But.... in old school, the site opener (or he who inherited it) owned the site and could thus do whatever.
It´s all about turf. Not about time in sport. Site opener introduces you to the site only if you abide by his terms.
If you screwed up, word went out and you could get blacklisted. No more sites introes.
And thats the way it was.....
Take care,
space

Thanks for the reply. The way I see it is, that's no different than it is now. The difference is, depending on the area, there are more groups to consider. Many people might *open* the same object.

I'm still be interested in Nicks reply.

>>I'm still be interested in Nicks reply.<<

I guess it ain't you, or you'd know it and wouldn't ask, LOL!

NickD

I am laughing of the video, I never said it was okay, and he have not earned the right to day blaze the bridge like that. Happy now?
http://www.youtube.com/...hAU&feature=fvsr

I guess you guys must be new around here......

Old school did not consider. The difference now is newbies crying about dayblazing. because they must do a little more work and they are lazy.
They want it on a silver platter, the shite we risked our lives for (hence the advance of BASE). And then want to tell us how to behave at our local site.
Hmmmm.......
Dilemma ......

not likely. old school was "contact the locals" .
Jumpers who disregarded this have been tarred and feathered and black listed.
We took care of our own. Unlike todays. where izt´s all about youtube and gopro.

Take care,
space

All this generalization is ridiculous.

Saying this new generation of jumpers are nothing but lazy cry babies is no different than assuming all the old timers are like Base75 and Jester.

I personally haven't jumped that site but 20 years ago all I ever saw my friends do was jump that object during the day...I don't know what all the fuss is about with the new guys complaining about it being jumped during the day.

eta: Tyler's dub does take artistic license but I think he has explained it very honestly and I understand...is it good or bad?... some things just (are).

I have old shit on video that makes Jester's jump look like a day in church and I'm sure others do as well.
Did we put it on metube, well we didn't have that then did we?

I dont recall saying that the new generation are crybabies.
What I said is "The difference now is newbies crying about dayblazing". Is it clear?
Take care,
space

Let's be clear about something. I couldn't care less about jumping that object in the day time. I've jumped it plenty and will continue to do so. There are some other day objects. Sorry, but not all of them around here can be day jumps.

Jumping without a chest strap is a little to old school, even for me. Coming back an hour or 2 later, or even the next day would have been a lot cheaper. He'd have fewer citations in his possession, (none of which have anything to do with jumping). It's his choice to do as he pleases so that's that.

I'm only a middle schooler trying to make my way. I've only jumped fixed objects since 1996. After my first 2 jumps off the Green, I went back home and made my first base rig. I'm still pretty new and hope to figure this out some day

This is the only picture I have handy of that object. Photo credit goes to Faber. After this shot, I quit pulling my hand back so close to my ear.

I agree 100%...but it was still hysterical...and not staged as so many things are today in this look at me culture.
That was Jester...being Jester...like it or not.

eta: see ya..................

looks like he got a dui can you get one of those for flying a canopy?

I know a BASE jumper who got charged

with BUI for being drunk in a kayak

Yeah I know that guy too. Pissed all over the jail in handcuffs and intentionally tried to get hit by a car, thought it was hilarious.

If people are wonder if Jester is out and about or in the slammer =>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...ml?ito=feeds-newsxml

Jester say's he's getting 120 days in Jail.

"Yep! 120 days, turn myself in on the 30th"

ouch, That sucks.

I wonder why the article never mentioned that.

Just saw an advertisement for tonight's new "World's Dumbest ________!" looks like this incident is going to be showcased to the world...again.

NICE, & It's never used in a positive way or reflects favorably of who you are .
Handy Cam confiscated & used as evidence or Vids. placed on Youtube . & this is the same thing that can happens to everybody who gives Vid. or lets media do interview . It All goes into the great video library that is banked away to use latter on in the future . To be used out of contents or as example of unrelated circumstance . & it's used in anyway deemed fitting without your consent .
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OR Jester sold the video to pay for legal fees and more drugs.

Are ya´ll out of the can now??

Did he resist arrest or something? Why did he get the violence against a police officer charge? Must have been something that happened off camera.

Any possible progress report? 120 days ends friday?

I would like to chug a beer for Jester

He's been out since early February. One probation stipulation is

" Do not jump or parachute of the Bixby Bridge"

ROFL!!