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I have five days off at the end of October and I was going to go to twin falls to learn how to do aerials...... to be honest just a gainer. I was going to go and jump for two days and then get as many gainers in as possible in the following days.

I have a local E that I would really like to be able to throw gainers off of (I don't want to learn on a cliff). I have done about 500 gainers off a 5 meter board into a pool in the last 6 months and I feel like I'm ready to just do it. Any advice on the matter is welcome.

I am also open to other fun little base trips so if you have some time off around then and need a 2nd then drop me a PM, I'm willing to fly anywhere in the USA or Canada

5 days off? i'd do vegas and moab. or if you know anyone in the SLC area, do SLC, moab, then vegas. you can learn to do aerials out of balloons as well if youre hesitant. remember that 486 feet isnt huge, make sure you DONT have cameras on you

On the contrary, Make sure you have multiple cameras on you. And written instructions leaving to footage to a local or some other responsible party. Make sure that they are pinned securely to your chest in a water tight envelope. Duck tape. Attach the last will with lots of duct tape.

Lee

Remember you are not going to get the spring off off a solid object like a spring board. Did you practice with a PC to get the pitch timing correct?

Bridge Day is coming up at the end of Oct. so that may be an option. People are constantly hucking gainers there before they are ready and with less training than you and most have survived. A bonus for you is that there is a spring board at the exit although I think Jason has a jump prerequisite for it.

Going to a gymnastics club may help gain aerial awareness as well during your time off. It would be nice to see more people take aerials more seriously. Many people I see that do gainers, are not really athletically flipping or in control of their rotational speed and direction. They basically jump out almost lying on their back, head tilted back in an arching position and wait for gravity to take hold of the larger upper body mass. I think leads to inconsistent and slow rotation and early pitches(in relation to rotation) and possible pc/bridle entanglement. They will be looking for the ground and often as soon as they see it they reach back and pitch not allowing the legs to get around or the arm to clear.

Gainers are not that difficult when gravity helps. The real skill comes with controlling the axis and rotational speed for any number of flips you want and being aware enough to know when to come out and pitch at the appropriate time.

the 5 meter board is not a springboard. I can do them off of a 15 meter cliff or a 1 meter cliff so I think I can control my speed well enough to give it a shot. as for filming, I'm ok with ditching the gopros for a weekend as long as people still tell me I'm cool after

Dont pitch early!!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B36TJBpT5Hc
My 2nd attempt at a double, I did the same thing on my first gainer and if you get scared and throw early it gets even more scary!!! Gainers are so fun. My first three jumps in Moab were gainers :)

How the hell did that end up to be on heading? Lol I started my first gainer at BD. There is so much altitude, there it took the stress out of it.

Before I started BASE I was on dive team in high school and also did countless aerials from 30-80 ft cliffs. There is still a learning curve to transition aerials into BASE. I started with a couple from hot air balloons and then went to the bridge and knocked out about 30 gainers off the perrine. Find Dwain Weston's write up on aerials. Adding aerials is always adding risk. It wasn't till my 108th aerial that I f*cked up and stalled out. Never think you are too good to f*ck up. Be ready for anything! PS aerials are always a bad idea but that's what makes them fun

People still do aerials?

~BASE nugget

Zak does it
http://vimeo.com/107964945

what a waste of the first few seconds of air time
but good job, if wasting the first few seconds was a cometition he would be in first place, smiley now so it doesnt look like a personal attack
enjoy,
luka

Funny.
I was hanging out with Zak earlier this year and he made sure that it was known that he didn't want video of himself doing this shit made public because people would try to emulate him without the same currency or experience.
I guess things change when the sponsor wants to show it.