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who want's to claim their cool points.
http://www.youtube.com/...Zs&feature=share

bridge day is a mockery of base jumping.
it makes us look stupid.

+1

BASE jumping wouldn't be where it's at without Bridge Day.....

you're right it would be a quieter and less base death filled world. i'm glad you'll never get my money to fall off an object. no legends this year to throw off?

Me. I'm a legend in my own mind. BASE jumping might be quieter with out BD, however, legal BASE is coming, it just has to be, right? As far as the death thing you speak of, I think more people die on other objects and I don't think its because of BD.

Do you really believe that?
And here was me thinking it was a circus. Something that skydivers do once a year.
What other situation would incite people to rent out base gear and use paid packers.

haters gonna hate, Jason...Bridge Day is fucking awesome, all of you can suck it

Oh, I see. You haven't ever been to Bridge Day.

hah! agreed. ive never seen an event where more people who shouldn't be basejumping are making base jumps. it is pretty much a circus meant for youtube videos and the people who post them.
it would be nice to see the ratio of first time jumpers vs experienced basejumpers.
i was looking http://www.bridgeday.info/stats/bdaystats.pdf <here for this information, but it is not listed. i imagine since 2002, the first timer ratio would tend to increase each year. this speculation is based on the increased amount of water landings since 2002. i wonder what percentage of jumpers there dont even pack for themselves. the one and only year i went, i saw a lot of packers for hire. but i saw similarities at the MOAB boogie the same year.

Bridge Day is the coolest event on the face of the planet. It is extremely entertaining to watch as well as participate in. The 900ft bridge is a very high quality base object. It is an excellent place to make a first BASE jump and it is cool to share that experience with so many first timers. They really shined.

Of all things to hate on, I am not sure how one could possibly hate on bridge day. It is great. Awesome. totally cool. Sick rad and dope. Paid packers and rental rigs are similarly excellent. Not sure if you got the memo but parachutes are for JUMPING. not for sitting in closets.

OH and back onto the topic. cool cutaway. wish i had thought to do that, looked like fun!

agreed. Bridge Day is awesome.

no sense in trying to be a buzz kill, because everyone i saw had a ridiculously awesome time.

go be as real as you want. i think idiots make themselves look like idiots. i see a lot more bad press throughout the rest of the year.

I don't think Bridge Day is a mockery of Base Jumping, I think some base jumpers make a mockery of bridge day. I did my first base jump there this past weekend, and in my very limited exposure of the sport, I can see a very clear division in your sport, between people who look at an object or aerial or feat and think to themselves "is this possible" "yes" then I'm going to do it. And the base jumpers who look at something and say "is this possible" "yes" and then ask themselves "with my experience lvl and training and gear SHOULD I do this."

I had a great experience this weekend, and was scared shitless when it came to exit time for me, but I knew my gear, was in good working order, I mentally and physically rehearsed my exit and deployment, I practiced emergency procedures for different mals, and had no illusions about the fact that it could all go to shit and I could still get killed doing it. I'm sure most if not all of you do these things on objects that are smaller, and more difficult, but think of bridge day as an easy object because of it's height, and because it's a span, but in reality are the consequences of catastrophe any less? Is dead any different when you go in from 14000 feet with 2 chutes and an AAD than it is from 876 feet? Dead is Dead, and unfortunately when acts such as skydiving, and basejumping are approached with such careless disregard for the consequences we look to be dunces in the class of life to the outside world. That's not to say we wouldn't anyways, but even more so with acts like the one seen in the video.

Anyways that's my opinion (I'm an expert at it, and it's worth what you paid for it) and I'm sure most of you will discredit it because I'm not part of your secret society, but there it is...

Be Safe People..

Jason i do agree how ever i think its big enough now that you organisers could tighten the rules so you assure that BD is rembered for the good things and not about the place where inexprienced people can do their tricks..
THAT would help legilize BASE,not that we show up once a year show our selfs as clowns..

Many people admire the work you and yours are doing but you gotta face it its also up to you guys pulling it up to te next level proving to auhorityes that we want this and we can do it whith out them needing to airlift us out of there each time..

Make sure that no first times jumps off the Span make sure that people doing ws or flipydoohs off te span has the skills.

You can create a cool event whit out all the clowns and yahoos trust me..

What a crap post. B-Day rocks, take a history lesson and know what your supporting and involved in at B-day. I'm glad and honored to be a part every year. Jason, what yall do rocks, keep it up dude.

...so you want to be the judge of "skills"?

ask me if I got the skills to do what I do at BD, and I'll give you a real quick answer...go fuck yourself

Jason is not responsible for the stupidity at BD, individual jumpers are. If jumpers want to show a better face to authorities, then change your own actions...not try to regulate others.

BASE jumping makes itself look stupid. Bridge Day just makes sure theres 100 cameras on when it does.

How could you not have a good time at a legal object which has world class rock climbing and whitewater within 1/4 mile of the exit and sick afterparty to catch up with your friends? Thanks to everyone that helped organize the beast in 2011.

I remember my first beer. It's cool to hear from someone so stoked about their first jump. Way cooler then people trying to act as if they don't get super stoked because its to mainstream, or because they are around noobs. To the haters (no one specifically) stop the afterbang, and get your claim on!

And JT, did I see a clip of you chest kicking your buddy off the diving board? Rad! Saucerboy would be proud!

I really believe it. I also believe it is a circus.

I made my first BASE jump at Bridge Day in 1988. It presented a great opportunity to make a first BASE jump and get advice from the relatively few experienced BASE jumpers the sport had at the time.

Many current and former BASE jumpers got their start at Bridge Day, so yes, it changed the face of the sport and mostly in a good way.

That being said, it does not resemble the typical BASE jump experience very much and there is no way that it could. It is part of an annual festival that is basically a carnival.

It never has been a typical BASE experience and I doubt it ever will be, but so what?

Like BASE itself, it is not for everyone but those who put in the hard work to keep it alive are doing the BASE community a service by providing an avenue for experienced skydivers to try BASE and giving experienced BASE jumpers an easy opportunity for an annual reunion with old friends.

My respect goes out to those who make BD happen.

Walt

Ah yes, the anonymous sniping on the internet. That didn't take long.

Yeah bd sucks. 150,000 spectators seem to think so too.
Water rescue galore, medical attention in the lz on standby, and 400 other jumpers glad to help you out, that all sucks too,right?

What an awesome time, every time, and I'm honored to attend and take part in Bridge Day, an essential part of the spirit of base.. you either get it, or you don't.

see you all next year!

150,000 spectators show up to Nascar every weekend for the same reason, to watch idiots crash and burn.

Bridge Day is one of the main reasons base jumping isn't allowed in National Parks. Look what you idiots do at the bridge, no one wants that circus out in the parks. The NPS is smart enough to contain all of it one day a year in a state no one cares about.

Well have fun out there doing whatever it is that you do.

Come try a bridge day sometime, im positive you'll change your tune.

Have a great day.

jtholmes said it perfectly. Rock on Jason Bell, see you next year!!

sure i can set some standards,but i do belive the orginiceres should do this just like FJC providers require x amount of skydives before they attend their courses.

I then would guess your all over your head thinking yourself as a BASEguru but saying go fuck your self,you prooved your self wrong i would welcome you back when ever you got the required experience..

Your right but he is fighting an fight he cant win this way,to help him AND BD some one needs the balls to tell them "badass skilled BASEjumper wannabees" that evry year shows up giving Jason,BD AND BASE a bad reputation..

Sadly I and ALOT others does by NOT showing up,we would love to but we do care more about it than making it a jack ass event..We simply dont want to take part of an event like that,serval does goes at other events that whit no problem can ask for a minimum experienced level of the jumpers..
We dont stay away as we dont like BD Jason or what he is doing,we just dont want to show our sourrondings that we are apart of a carnege event,,we cant see it helping the "cause"

I guess you forgot one of the basic rules in BASE,even as we have no written rules we have always got some unwritten rules i´ll name a few here..

In BASE there are no rules,BUT we should be a selfregulating group.

Leave only footprints take only video/pictures

thouse are a few basic etics of BASE,we should all be abel to live by thouse but look at the fatality list we clearly has turned into a media whoring jackass yahoo skydive culture...

when i started BASE in 02,62 fatalityes had happened in 20 years,now 10 years later 100+since then has died.. Not becourse we have grown,but only as we lack as a selfregulating group.

Now thell me how this new culture should get more legal places to jump? infact i see more and more legal places are rethinking if they should shut down..

You can take thouse facts and go fuck your self

Bridge day 2011 was my first time jumping the bridge. One of the greatest weekends of my life. Met so many awesome jumpers. Will be back till I break the bridge day record for oldest jumper(82), I'm 47 now so lot's of more fun to come. Thanks Jason.

That was a pretty rad cutaway! Nice work! And I do hope to make it to BD someday! Looks freaking awesome to me, just never had the opportunity to travel to it. Hopefully next year!

Ill give my 2 cents, coming from a guy with 10 base jumps, sitting in a wheelchair... i think BD is a good thing, it is regulated and most skydivers that go to BD i think are 1 hit wonders, who just want a taste of base. And granted the are people who make bad choices and are in the medias eyes, but you staying home (self proclaimed good exaple of the sport) arent helping by staying home, show up and talk to the new kids, help them make good decisions, and be a productive element to it all, rather than bitching after the fact. I would love to attend BD 2012 and ill be the boring belly faller loving it... congrats on another successul weekend Jason.

Very nicely put illwreckyourbox.