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Anyone else seeing this crap? "Buildings are my thing."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuy1lelCnPY

Woo (sarcastic cheering in case you can't tell)... congratulations on the lame skydiving low pull. Television straight sucks dude.

I don't really see how him doing some lame jump off whatever NY building is gonna help the community much... ooh goodie, more kids will think they can "grow up to be base jumpers for a living."

On top of all that, based solely on the premise of the show, I just don't see how this is a "million dollar act" that "belongs in Vegas." If I remember correctly, Vegas is quite aware of BASE jumpers, and I think none of them has been hired for any shows yet, but rather the law has been changed to prohibit it now.

Don't take it so personally. Cliffs a funny dude, and who wouldn't want to do a skydive low pull with a free pack for a million bucks? Personally I would have pulled a little bit lower and tried to snivel into their table. That would be awesome for TV.

I don't really see anything wrong with it. I think if the public eye gets more exposer to base jumping, it may help. I could be wrong. He's taking baby steps. First from a helicopter, then maybe the show can get him to jump off a building in NY. Maybe that could even help the current trial that's going on, who knows?

Its pretty weird. Hi I'm a BASE jumper, so I am going to jump out of a helicopter. He went the chewbacca defense straight up

Cliff has been BASE jumping for a long time and he's rock solid. I watched his AGT segment, enjoyed it, and support him 100%.

I did some BASE jumping in China with Cliff - 2013 and 2014. He's an easy-going dude who loves doing his thing, and he's a solid jumper. I enjoyed hanging out with him, and loved his energy. If somebody's going to represent parachuting in front of a national audience, I'm happy Cliff's doing it. Really happy.

I didn't get what the stunt was but anyway. The producers were probably looking for someone and try edit it to be more exciting which makes it look douchy. But you'd have to be a douche to turn down a free heli ride and jump

Thanks for posting that. I happened to see that part of the show until he let go of the helicopter skid and they went to commercial. I didn't see the rest and was wondering what he did. I saw some skydivers' posts on facebook and they thought it was a letdown after the big dramatic build up.

Yep, it was a little cheesy but most demos are.If he's a good guy who represents the sport(s) well then good for him. I'll join those who are wishing him well.

how can Buildings be his thing when his name is Cliff ?

He had about 4 other plans for the show but they got shut dow. A lot of mis-understandings between him and the producers. His other plans would have been pretty cool if the producers understood what he was trying to do. Last resort was to do the Heli jump.

Cliff is a badass and cool human being, by far one of the most humble jumpers i have ever met in my life.

Excellent feedback. I'll chalk my former statements up to douchey editing by the producers and I'll keep watching to see if he represents the sport well. But would it be too much to ask that he get the jump in NY approved for EVERYONE for a day? :P Building Day NY 2015... hahaha

Thanks for the responses.

Yah I think thats about how mainstream media makes us look. Cliff is a rad dude, and yes, buildings are his thing. Id bet cliff has 100+ different buildings.

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You were actually watching americas got talent! hahhahahahah... Canadians are funny

I heard a funny story that he took someone on their first building jump. Called the police will hiking the stairs, didnt tell the other jumper, and when the other jumper asked who was so important he had to call during the hike, Cliff said he called the police to report suspicious behaviors so that the other jumper could get the full affect of jumping a building ;) Not sure of the validity but sounds like him.

Cliff is way solid. Good friend and mentor to me. He's been jumping before most of us started. Cliff, Shane, Miles...those guys, that crew back in the day...opening up the spots that we all now love to jump along with plenty of shit we would all love to get a chance to jump now. Tough Mother Fuc*er. Mad Respect.

Exactly. Cliff has more building jumps than any other category. A rarity.

CF36 is being silly, bordering on dumB, and should be less concerned with all this "how he represents the community" stuff.

I am about to watch it.

I will enjoy it. I will support him %100 regardless of if it is awesome or not. But knowing Cliff, it will be excellent.

THE GUY"S NAME IS CLIFF RYDER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! IF that does not "have you at hello" then I do not know what planet you are from.

I met him the first weekend I ever BASE jumped. He and Shane were redefining what was possible at a site that is now globally known as JT's bridge.

He is a heroic bad ass and great dude and anyone who says otherwise is just flat out wrong.

Did you notice that Cliff was able to not only represent with charisma and class, but actually managed to squeeze a lot of radness into a fairly simple jump opportunity? I think I counted 5 gainers, then several mid track barrel rolls followed by more tracking and a proper low pull. He only BARELY missed landing on stage, and purely because he hummed it deep!

I say, well played! A great display of talent... as is any jump I have ever made with Cliff. I hope he gets to make his first legal jump (of hundreds) in NYC for the show.

PS- we do appreciate the shit talking posts. Keep them coming. That is why we are here in this forum, after all. Very entertaining. And if you met Clif, by the time you spent 10 minutes with him you would be completely smitten like the rest of us and the majority of America.

His name is CLIFF RYDER! Coolest name ever in the history of the world.

Like I said, I may have misjudged and I haven't met him. I was hoping for this kind of feedback. Thank you for the good words on his behalf, and I have already retracted my statements for the most part.
Don't be upset, dude. I'll gladly watch and see how it goes. I'm not trying to talk shit or give someone a bad rep or whatever, and clearly Cliff has lots of friends that support this so it must have pretty good intentions and all that.
Glad lots of people are on board with it. Hope I haven't made your pussy too sandy over a simple internet post . Have a good one and blue skies.

Typical posting without knowing anything, its ok we are used to it. Cliff motherfucking Ryder is one hardcore dude, and has been jumping before most on this forum.

Lame building jump in NYC?

There are no lame building jumps in NYC.

I really like Cliff.

I didn't see whatever thing this was, so I have no comment on it.

But I do have a hilarious story about Cliff calling the cops on himself and Maggot for Maggot's first building jump. Remind me to tell it to you.

What does this have to do with base jumping?

I didn't watch the entire youtube clip but did see it was a skydive so maybe Im missing something?

So what's become of this? Has he or is he continuing on the show?

Cliff Ryder did not perform in the Judge Cuts round, meaning he either withdrew or was cut by the judges before this stage of the competition.

http://agt.wikia.com/wiki/Cliff_Ryder

That page says,

"He has also changed the way jumpers look at low fixed object exits by creating new rapid deployment techniques. These techniques have become a standard in B.A.S.E. jumping today."

Can anyone elaborate on that?

From Memory but should be accurate enough to count.

Early 2000s

TARD - Totally Awesome Rapid Deployment
Rollover - or as many know it - McConkey

Cliff and Shane were at the Perrine. Down at Centennial park, they were discussing how to perform the TARD, and doing them off of 2 foot rocks into the grass to figure out if it was doable. After a few tries, there was no reason to believe it wouldn't work. They went up to the top and went for it.

The Rollover, as far as we all know, was first done by a Paraglider pilot. Because of that, they already knew it was possible. I'm pretty sure that Shane went first and Cliff followed.

The Quad was done also. He called it that because he said you might become a quadriplegic. I don't know if the one I watched was the first one but it sure could have been. Shane was standing on a plank and told Broderick to pick his canopy off the sidewalk and just throw it over the edge. Broderick said ... "Really? ... Just throw it? Ok" ... and he picked up and tossed it over and Shane stepped off.

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The first BASE jump where the canopy wasn't packed in a container was called the Wad. I don't have details on that besides what I saw on an old Bridge Day video. The guy stood on the platform holding his wadded up canopy in one hand and exclaimed... THE WAAAAaaddd!... then he jumped and hucked the canopy like a pilot chute.

I think it was Tim Harris who did the Wad at BD.

It was actually Marvin V. I just met him a couple of weeks ago, very cool guy. It was the jump where he got twists and swooped the water with a tiny canopy.

I remember Martin V's jump. BD 2000 or so. However, Tim Harris did them in the 1990's. He and I talk several times a year.