r/basejumping • • 7h ago

Student dev building a BASE jumping & wingsuit simulator with realistic glide ratios and flare dynamics — would love community feedback!

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Hey everyone! I'm a student developer working on EXIT POINT, a wingsuit and BASE jumping flight simulator designed around genuine glide angles, proximity flight feel, and canopy steering/flare dynamics rather than arcade physics.

You can jump from exposed alpine mountain ledges or skyscraper spires through neon-lit canyons.

Would love feedback from actual jumpers on the flight feel, glide ratios, and speed sensation: https://www.roblox.com/games/125030049404284/EXIT-POINT-Extreme-Skydiving


r/basejumping • • 18h ago

Deep and Steep Audio

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I’m using my Deep and Steep Insight + connected auditable to get glide ratio numbers during free fall in skydiving. Does this work in the base environment? I’ve recorded GPS data on base and know how to do that. Do I do the same thing and it will provide glide ratios in Base?


r/basejumping • • 1d ago

How are exits discovered and assessed?

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I’ve recently been watching BASE jump and WS videos. I know nothing about the sport and am trying to educated myself out of interest, not because I intend to try.

Are there any good documentaries to watch that discuss the evaluation process for a new exit? I know weather, gear, and skill play roles, but am curious what the evaluation process is like. Do you find lines on google earth, go assess in person, laser features past the exit to judge if you’ll hit them or not during flight (more specific for proximity flying in a wing suit)?

For a wingsuit in particular, how much control do you have in up and down decent, I guess you can nosedive of course, but is all wingsuit proximity flying slowly trying to balance a specific decent angle? Or is it all trying to lose the minimum altitude possible and hoping for the best based on an initial assessment.

Ignore me if posting this kind of information is risky and beyond the scope of this sub.


r/basejumping • • 2d ago

Bridge Day Tips?

14 Upvotes

Heading to BD for the first time with 35 jumps, all from the Perrine. Any guidance, tips, tricks, etc that you wish you knew for your first Bridge Day? Thanks!


r/basejumping • • 2d ago

Need a ride at Bridge Day?

6 Upvotes

I'll be landing at 5:30 pm Thursday on United, have an SUV with plenty of room, staying at the Quality Inn.

J.P.


r/basejumping • • 3d ago

Pretty Exit Point

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68 Upvotes

AI generated of course


r/basejumping • • 5d ago

eugene a doran memorial bridge

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5 Upvotes

didnt know people base jump that bridge


r/basejumping • • 5d ago

Rastapault transfer how to?

6 Upvotes

I’m not going to bridge day, how do I transfer my rastapault ticket?


r/basejumping • • 6d ago

Tracking Drone

4 Upvotes

What’s the best hands free tracking drone? Would prefer lightweight. Going to Brento, something that could follow me there. I also climb antennas and jump and would like to jump with it there.


r/basejumping • • 9d ago

Bridge Day

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Does anyone know of people/groups doing tandem? I can’t jump myself yet, but wanna participate to celebrate some personal life events lately for my birthday. Hoping to find options but if not I’ll be ready for next year. TIA


r/basejumping • • 11d ago

Aura 6 - M.I.A?

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Anyone know whats up with the A6? You can't order it and it's not really listed on Squirrels website. I'm not on the social websites so I'm not really informed on any drama, past or present. Most of my close friends who jump are flying PF these days, so they don't know (or care) much. Rumors, opinions (informed or uninformed) and fanboy/brand warfare is of course encouraged. Much obliged.


r/basejumping • • 13d ago

We Got Blown Away on This Wingsuit Flight

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Powerlines yikes.


r/basejumping • • 14d ago

Base Jumper -jumps from 187m from tower in Auckland CBD

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The news is looking at your IG so be sure to go full send!


r/basejumping • • 16d ago

Base-jumper overcomes all odds after destroying two vertebrae only to die a year later

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January 16, 2023, Katelyn “Compton” Escott suffered a serious injury while speedflying in Kamloops. She was immediately flown to Vancouver for surgery. The impact exploded her T12 and L1 vertebrae and fractured the L2, leading surgeons to believe she would no longer have use of the lower half of her body. She underwent a successful ten-hour surgery to remove the fragments of her spine from the protective casing around her spinal cord. The lead surgeon described the severity by giving the statistic of 99 out of 100 people would be paralyzed from this injury. Currently, she has full use of her right leg, however, her left leg and pelvic functions will need some work.

Dec 10, 2024 Hundreds of condolences are pouring in for a woman who died while wingsuit BASE jumping in Squamish. A person crashed into the trees near the top of the "apron" on the west side of the Stawamus Chief on Dec. 5.Search and rescue members, paramedics and police all attended the scene at 12:56 p.m. Police said the base jumper was located deceased on site. "There is no easy way to tell you this,” says Angeline Escott Farrow. "Katelyn Compton Escott died doing what she loved, in a place that she loved."

https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/bc-wingsuit-base-jumper-died-in-squamish-doing-what-she-loved-9931526


r/basejumping • • 16d ago

Carl Boenish, HUGE Photo Prints from 70s - History? Value? Origin?

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r/basejumping • • 17d ago

Hybrid base parachute model

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Anyone interested in this kind of design. It needs more work to figure out if it works at full scale but it would save a lot of fabric weight and bulk. (See comments for video.)


r/basejumping • • 18d ago

BASE jumper fatally plunges 700 feet after wingsuit failure in Utah

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r/basejumping • • 19d ago

Spotting Jumpers at The Crack

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Hi All, my dad and I want to go watch people jump/fly at The Crack in Switzerland.

How likely are we to see anyone jumping on any given day? Are weekends more popular? I assume autumn should be quite good with calmer weather.

Or is the Sputnik exit something that only very experienced jumpers do so it’s quite rare to see someone there?

Thanks!


r/basejumping • • 24d ago

WCGW with not giving your parachute time to open

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r/basejumping • • 27d ago

Turn Rig Time

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Hey y'all, starting to see if I can piece together a turn rig as I get less into skydiving and more into base. Anyone around Portland OR or SoCal have a Flik2 260, OSP 245 or OSP2 245 they have sitting in their closet? Bonus points for fun colors but I'm theoretically *trying to be budget so I can't be that picky.

I'm 5'6 155 lbs but most likely going to get a container made for myself as I don't like long delays in containers that don't quite fit


r/basejumping • • Sep 15 '26

Best 2 Piece

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What’s the best two piece suit?

For context I’ve got 50 BASE jumps, 1100 skydives, lots of angle flying, 80 hours in the tunnel, bonus for back vents for skydiving, have access to a lot of tall antennas (~1.2-2k ft) so starts are higher priority. Happy to put in the time in the sky and get a bigger two piece suit.


r/basejumping • • Sep 15 '26

How did you start base wingsuit

13 Upvotes

I know you need 200 skydive jumps to wingsuit from plane but when did y’all decide to jump off a mountain with your suit and did you take any base jump courses?


r/basejumping • • Sep 10 '26

Risk in base jumping

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I was curious about the statistics around where most injury/death comes from in base jumping and then how preventable these instances are. Is it canopy malfunctions/off heading openings that cause the most accidents? I’ve been skydiving for a while and just curious how the risk actually differs when base jumping.


r/basejumping • • Sep 07 '26

Baffin Island

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Hey everyone!

I’d love to hear some stories from people who have been jumping on Baffin Island, or maybe get in touch with anyone who has been there.

I’d love to go there at some point in my life. It looks like one of the wildest and most remote places on the planet!

Would love to hear about your experiences, how you planned the trip, difficulty of the hikes, what it was like, etc.

Thanks!


r/basejumping • • Sep 07 '26

Toronto filmmaker looking to shoot base jumpers (southern Ontario)

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Hi everyone!

I’m a young filmmaker from Toronto and I run a small independent film studio and I’m very working on making a short documentary capturing the sport.

I’m looking to connect with a few jumpers in or around the Toronto area who’d be open to being interviewed and filmed (we can censor names and faces if needed).

I understand that the community is often wary of media, and I want to portray a genuine, respectful portrait of the sport. Not just the jumps themselves, but the emotions and the people behind it. Questions for non jumpers like myself like how and why?

We have our own gear and crew, and would happily work around your schedule, location, and comfort level. All participants would receive a full copy of the raw footage, as well as the edited/coloured segments they appear in.

If you're a jumper (or know one) who might be interested, drop a comment or DM me - I’m happy to answer questions about the project, our approach, or our previous work.

Thanks!