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Was searching through old you tube videos of tracking from the early 2000's era amd ca,e across this guy tracking what appears to be Norway nit walls. WOW. I had never heard of him before I found his videos amd was wondering if he just stopped jumping or the other, darker,possibility. Alas, I found him on the BFL....very sad. I bring him up here because I wasn't aware that that level of proximity tracking even existed at that point in time. This guy was just going so hard that it doesn't surprise me he wound up going in. Sad. Does anybody have any stories about this guy? Was he one of the top trackers of his time? Even by today's standards this guy was amazing flying his body. Also, he's flying a very basic two piece suit, making it that much more impressive.

I don't know any of these people, but I just want to plug Superterminal for early terrain flying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fsAp90otdw&t=137s

Legend.

Most notably Ted was President of the TBA.

Superterminal, it is where the story starts !

Ted Died jumping, he was on of the bests at this time and he probably still is as not a lot of people can redo what he does in his 2 pieces tracksuit.

Ted was a good friend and an innovator who saw the potential that exists in tracking. Too bad he had to go before he could fully see how the potential is being explored. Also it´s worth to mention that we spoke a lot with Ted while working on the PTS project and he shared a lot of his thoughts on it so his legacy exists also in the suit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am22-pZLimY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSTZ9PobH6s

There is a video named «last load with Ted» where he is tracking like the devil. If my memory serves me right it was filmed by Livia and it might be on facebook somewhere. Mad skills and hardcore...

This was a good one:

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I can’t believe how flat some of those jumps looked. That’s insane he was doing that in a regular two piece. Also, the midgets are always fun to look at do normal stuff. There has to be a midget somewhere around the globe jumping. ????

He's Italian. And tracks like a monster. You can run into him at Brento quite often.

I also know an Aussie who may qualify, depending on your definitions.

is Ted Ruud, different person than Eilive (sp?) Ruud?

Met Eilive 6 - 8" years ago in Northern Norway.
Eilive could most definitely fly.
Not sure how he finally got caught out @ little colorado.

He was a good guy.

Yes. Different guy. Ted was a Kiwi and Eiliv was a Norwegian.

Ted: https://bfl.baseaddict.com/record/BFL168
Eiliv: https://bfl.baseaddict.com/record/BFL197

Photo of one of our old guest books from BASE dinners at our house (Ted's first trip to Twin Falls).

Ted apparently found my stature unimpressive.

Are confirming the existence of a BASE jumping midget? If so, how do they get gear. All custom. They would be very fun to throw off a terminal wall.

All BASE gear is custom anyway. I don't know that I've ever seen a manufacturer deliver a harness that wasn't custom sized to the order.

I think he has more than a thousand jumps, so, yes, I'd say he's having fun.

Ooookay. <---Said like Adam Carolla

And we're back to Logan Paul.

"P.S." - Dark Fear is not a dwarf.


So then... No. -- Hanzo will/must be devastated.

Just found his memorial video on you tube. Cool stuff, early skydive jumps and some base and surfing stuff. Seemed like a fun guy to crush a beer with after a jump.

I got my first canopy from him back in 2007 or so, Troll 265 DW, came with 2 beautiful ripped crossport holes, and was so stoked to have gotten gear from such a legend. Ted was a BALLER

...2007, ey? -- What's the color scheme?

I wonder if that's the same canopy... as I had planned to find out the full damage after inspection, but, that wasn't much of a priority after Bridge Day 2007.

Hey Douggs! Where you at?


So was Alan McCandlish... watching them both fly their S-Fly suits was quite impressive.


P.P.S:

I'm thinkin' if Hanzo got access to the skydivingmovies server... he would spontaneously combust.

Here's one of my favorites for ya:

 
The Texture of Granite -- Douggs


Quite the "blessing in disguise" that season was … very grateful for the extended time shared with not only these two, but others I met & had the opportunity to hang out with.

Thanks Norway Rain!

Aw, Crap.

I have a long beard & a tomahawk... does that make me a Dwarf?!


Well. According to Tom:

On all levels except physical ... You're a Monster.

15 second sd

Meant to say, 15 seconds delay with no slider? How do you even walk away from that with your neck not broken?

https://youtu.be/amo_lFmC4dc

It's not the only SD on a terminal jump. It can go even worse, think about BFL 171.

Eiliv Ruud was a fucking champion in the mountains and super humble guy for going so hard. I'll never forget him in Lauterbrunnen hostel describing how he would ground launch his base gear to get down after ice climbing the big waterfalls (1500ft) in the Norwegian Fjords.

http://www.alpinist.com/...en-ruth-kuriositeten

Holy shit I just watched that jump. Canopy just instantly full. He got rag dolled so bad. Hope he was ok

No injuries to either the jumper or the canopy, actually, which seems pretty miraculous to me.

The same guy once did a naked jump at the bridge here, after dark, and lost his bag of clothes. He had to hike out wrapped in his canopy and try to figure out what to do without his car keys or wallet (which were both in with the clothes).

So, Tom...

Have ya realized yet, the date in that picture? -- Exactly 5 Years Prior... & Today was 10.

(Physical Proof, or I won't believe you.)

Having gotten to know Ted a good bit (Thanks Norway Rain!), that's quite amusing...

Birthday Suit?

That’s such a base story lol. That’s one for the books. How often do people jump the bridge at nights? Never see footage of night jumps there.

Especially since I was going to ask if you (or anyone else [still] reading the forum) knew the origins; as "small-dog" is clearly not a BASE jumper. Otherwise he would have been in those Kjerag jumps.

Is "midgetbase" a tribute to your short stature, Tom? -- No, I wasn't going to ask that before the guest book pic.