Basejumper.com - archive

New videos will be posted to the memorial page, and added as a reply to this thread.

the compiled video page
http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Three jumps at Lake Powell in 1994, that make you appreciate the camera man's problems in filming base jumps.

http://youtu.be/ZM7fCJVChg4

Ken does a 600 footer and chops it.

http://youtu.be/b-gqomF7HpA

really nice one !

Nice Jump at Lake Powell

http://youtu.be/lUuzkcAZ8Ck

From the 1993 National CRW competition. A wrap and double cut away from Steve's Bad Wrap/Bad Zen team

http://youtu.be/rTJVeFbZ_R8

all extracts from Steve's tapes can be found at

http://sites.google.com/site/thestevemorrellmemorialpage/home/videos

a jump from the side, Lake Powell 1994

http://youtu.be/zmiq0mkrTcE

double base jump with rounds

http://youtu.be/SN2kkphkASE

Jump at Lake Powell and recovery

http://youtu.be/eByF80j2XzI

From the Steve Morrell tapes

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

in the days before GoPro. A rear facing camera on a jump with a round.

http://youtu.be/x7omOXwSdwA

all videos thus far at

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Backwards opening on a lake powell base jump. (one thing you can say about rounds, backwards opening is not as bad.)

http://youtu.be/EUvYXdIarZ4

all videos thus far:
http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

against the wall. another awkward opening with a round at Lake Powell

http://youtu.be/ziMT_B42Y0M

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Base Jumping trash talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qY-nnThMjw

from the Steve Morrell tapes

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

first in a pair of clips from a double jump

http://youtu.be/gaN9-MACDlE

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

and here is the jump looking down

http://youtu.be/4dr6eEwJT3E

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Base jump from a distance

http://youtu.be/rDrb-hdUx9s

from the Steve Morrell tapes
http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Climbing for a base jump
http://youtu.be/HmrzS1Tfejs

from the Steve Morrell Tapes
http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

Nice jump with a noisy opening

http://youtu.be/ckw1CNTRzg0

all videos from the Steve Morrell tapes can be found at

http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

nice delay with a round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL46pWj7YGs

the compiled video page
http://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos

A kick ass jump from two angles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMy5Bjtw3xY

another two angle jump

http://youtu.be/apeFw9x0bfo

Jumping at shadows
http://youtu.be/ylJ831X_CGw

Kicky jump from three angles
http://youtu.be/VJQkvnO_ZCQ

Bouncing off the wall

http://youtu.be/lZ9HTLiyZ64

Cool footage and great cause but is lake Powell the only place this guy jumped?

No, he jumped Yosemite, several antennae, some buildings in Atlanta, New River Bridge, even Saudi. He was Base 174.
See the first couple videos
https://sites.google.com/...rialpage/home/videos
There were no tapes of Yosemite, but the story is part of a legendary chain of events that led to him missing being on the plane that blew up over lockerbee.
https://sites.google.com/...e/home/steve-stories
I have a tape of New River, and one of various building, bridges and antennae, but i am still trying to figure ownership and dumping them to file takes a bit of work. I have these Lake Powell tapes on file and it is just a matter of pulling a sequence and loading it to youtube. I am nearing the end of these files so will look to move on to those tapes in a few months.

Oh, and we have some pics and amusing stories as he was one of the early folks to jump Black Canyon, Colorado
https://sites.google.com/...ellmemorialpage/home

another view from the side..

http://youtu.be/kJ5p5AqA0JU

So i am starting to delve into another tape, this one of an early Bridge Day in West Virginia. (mid 80's??) How long ago was it? Here is a jump with a successful cut away to a round reserve.
http://youtu.be/u4k3jx6uhcA

I remember that one but don't remember the year. I'm pretty sure it was sometime *after* 1987. When I can, I'll look at my videos to date that.

Steve jumping on the New River bridge?
Durn stable...
http://youtu.be/1u3HWf4JgPY

Another early Bridge Day Jump.
http://youtu.be/JbWt7Rx1_Yk

nicely photographed early Bridge Day jump
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

The more i watch this them more i think he had a burble, anyone who was there know?

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

This is a good perspective shot on Lake Powell

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Not sure I undersand the humor in this. Perhaps a flaky opening?
http://youtu.be/I4PaGkDLSQQ
Nice delay though

some early, (pretty rough) Bridge Day jumps.

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Chicken Man jumps, an early Bridge Day jump (nice delay) http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Low jump at Lake Powell, (much waving and kicking)
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

A baby reacts to a flip (intentional?) on an Early Bridge Day Jump
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

another kicky jump from Lake Powell
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

another Lake Powell jump. Is this chute smaller than most?
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Yep. The smaller F-111 round reserves were popular because they dried out in a LOT less time than it took larger reserves (especially if they were made of taffeta or some other heavier than F-111 fabric) to dry.

K-20, K-22, and SAC reserves were popular for that reason. The reserve in the video does not have all the diagonal seams that I remember the K-series reserves having so maybe it was a SAC (Security Aeroconical) reserve.

Another jump from the notch
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

line twist...not threatening, but a good angle on an old problem
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

nice delay with a square
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

overleap...
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Baby was just coughing for the record. :)

This is a fairly typical jump (getting near the end of this tape) at Lake Powell

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

short and sweet, a good delay on an early Bridge Day jump

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

You don't realize till the water comes in view how good this delay was. Very little room for error!
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

The youtube Steve Morrell tape channel can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

an old video of an antenna jump from the Steve Morrell tapes

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Unknown bridge jump from the early days
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

the Steve Morrell tapes youtube channel can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

You know you are low when the head of the boat driver appears in camera and your chute is not yet open

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

all Steve Morrell Tapes videos can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

another short canopy ride. Anyone know where this is?

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

One of the jumps shown previously i think (they are starting to blur), but with the hike and the pre-jump pep talk

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

the Steve Tapes channel is
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Quick clip from a distance

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Hallelujah and Amen
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

all videos at
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

a very low bridge jump
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share
all Steve Morrell tapes (including one that recently made it to 20,000+ views redently!) can be found at:

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Good hair, bad opening...from back in the day.
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

all Steve Morrell tapes can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

backflip on an early bridge jump
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

I believe that was Mike Allen back in the day. For those of you who did not have the pleasure of knowing him, Mike was a skydiving/BASE video guy back in the 1980's. He made some classic BASE video and was an all around great guy. We lost him in a car crash in the early 1990s.

Some of his "must see" videos:
* From Gravity came Groundrush
* Jim Meets the Friendly Ranger (may have the name wrong)
* Radioactive
* ParaCare

Makes me want to get out that old VHS video and watch it and wish he was still around.

Walt

I like them titles. So where can we see those 'must watch' videos?? Have they been uploaded to YouTube or anywhere? BTW was it normal to do back flips while going hand held, with all that bridle floppin, back then?

They are truly classic videos and are hard to find. I got mine from Mike, who I saw every year at Bridge Day. "From Gravity Came Groundrush" is a BASE version of Norman Kent's "From Wings Came Flight". I told Mike that I thought he should sell copies but he told me that he wanted his videos to be passed around as a kind of "underground" thing.

In that spirit I digitized and posted one of the videos on youtube and got an immediate and negative (but tactful) reaction from his niece, who is a filmmaker. She was in the process of making a movie about BASE, intended to use some of Mike's footage, and viewed my posting the video as copyright infringement.

I'm not saying this to slam her. She's family and I'm not.

To further complicate things, some of the video was shot by Bryan Scott, who is still very much alive and still doing video. I know Bryan and like and respect him. He is protective of his work and that is his right. Out of respect for him, I won't distribute it.

I strongly feel that the video I have needs to be digitized so it will be preserved. It is BASE history. I don't know what the solution is, but these are treasures that should be seen.

I suggest posting in another forum and asking if anyone has any of Mike Allen's BASE video and can show them to you.

Regarding the flips while going handheld, nearly all jumps back then were handheld. Aerials, were nowhere near as common as they are today and viewed as being a bit nuts, so I don't think there was any kind of standard practice for them at the time.

two quick bridge jumps from a long time ago

http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

slow motion Bridge Jump
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

The Steve Morrell tapes channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

A well edited bridge jump
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Parachute or no parachute, i do not think i could balance like that or at least that calmly

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

quick backwards bridge jump from the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Bookend base jump (with slow mo)
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Two quick bride jumps.
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Bridge Jump and ride
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

A bad attitude jump reverberates

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

double bridge jump from below somewhere in California http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

A stand up jump at Lake Powell in slow mo
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Serious Pc hestiation and near cliff strike

Low jump at Lake Powell
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Another low jump at Lake Powell
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

another low jump at lake Powell, good imaging on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

The page is less than one dollar away from the youtube pay point, so it should not be long before the first check goes to the scholarship fund!

That's pretty damn cool!

Mixed double jump.

http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Line twists and off heading sends someone to the wall at splashdown
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Fredrico impresses the ladies
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Tim versus the wall

http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

Fredrico living the ultimate BASE fantasy!

Snappy Opening

http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Eric's flaky opening from another angle
http://www.youtube.com/...VQ&feature=share

I wish there were more articles about him. I don't even jump but the Steve Morrell articles are some of the most amazing things I have ever read.

Thanks for the note. As it happened, Mom (my Mom and Steve's Mom) was visiting me when I saw the reply. It took me quite a while to explain what an internet forum was to her, but when I finally got past that and read your note, she was quite happy to hear people still talking about and remembering Steve.

One hung low, off camera, but scares the girls. (different angle on the round and square shown earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

A base jump without clothing....
http://youtu.be/OsxSIC-DuLs

slow motion, angled

http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

A classic base jump with slow motion: head down jump, off heading, wall scrape and cut away... this has it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQYZSoYYw3Q

a quick jump at lake powell,

http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

keep your chute dry, (and it will keep you safe)
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

not really sure this is a wall scrape, but it is close (and low)
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

a little head down, but a nice delay

http://youtu.be/N8Y-r78hq1k

Eric's excellent delay in slow motion. Better quality video

http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Standing jump from another angle

http://youtu.be/z-ds_ZmDDgI

Tim's very good delay on a 600 footer
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Mark's very good delay
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Alvarez on a 600 footer
http://youtu.be/MB9EZu-faYo

Fredrico from the High Tee
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Bruce with a fast descending round
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Why do you, almost constantly, keep posting these old tapes? Seen one, seen them all.

I could say the same about wingsuit base videos.

Possibly true, but far more entertaining to watch.

Fear not. The tapes are nearing depletion. But the real reason is at the end of every clip. The posts have already earned a small check for the scholarship, and will probably earn one or two more. How many people do you know that have earned money on you tube 18 years after they have died? There are also some old timers that do not have any copies of these videos, who appreciate a digital version of these pre-gopro days. Ultimately, if you do not like them, don't watch!

Its hard not to watch when you flood the forum with it mate! And have you not heard of email? or dropbox?

Originally, he was flooding the "BSBD - In Memory Of" section of the forum. After being asked nicely to condense it to one thread, wallet55 complied and I think it's very tolerable now.

Ya...Luke you need to chill out =) You can always just not click on it. It's pretty obvious when there's a new post in the "permanent thread for steve morrell tapes" that it'll almost certainly be a steve morrell tape.

Keep it up wallet...

Chris flails a bit, then recovers
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Greg has a slight hesitation
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

Thanks for posting these. I love watching 'em. Good times!

I am switching to every other week. Not too many videos left in the tapes....

Typical early Lake Powell jump in slow motion

http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

BJ will just feel odd when you run out of film!

the ever popular Fredrico

http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

No jumps in this one, just some of the faces and typical behavior pre and post jump at the DeadMan Base Boogies. This may be the last one for a while unless someone has another tape out there and wants to send it to me to convert for them.
Hope this brings a smile to the young base jumpers to see how little has changed, and that it not be used as blackmail for those now elderly jumpers who are in the tape. Steve would have been 58 yesterday!
http://youtu.be/...OUatKLenoPws_f5xzzVQ

That brings back a lot of beautiful memories of some beautiful people, including a very young looking 460. He still looks young, but not quite so much as in the video.

Steve is among those who left us way too soon. It was a privilege to have spent some time with him.

Thanks for digitizing and posting these videos. I'm sure you made Steve proud.

Wow. When I started the Steve Morrell Tapes youtube channel, I thought the videos would be viewed by a few hundred folks... but this one, oddly, not a base jump, somehow broke through. It just reached 50,000 hits. Many thanks to all who shared it especially that unknown person that somehow caused it to go viral. https://youtu.be/rTJVeFbZ_R8

Thanks for posting them. I know it was a load of work--good on you for doing it.

Real base jumpers climb up what they jump off of

https://youtu.be/4AcjCJWCGSA