http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13416-balloons-and-helicopters-and-wingsuits-oh-my-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13416-balloons-and-helicopters-and-wingsuits-oh-my-suz-graham One very early, very chilly desert morning- actually, this was the second consecutive morning we tried this, so a 3:30 AM wake up call x2- some friends and I found ourselves in the middle of the flat, dusty, desert watching the moon and the stars disappear and the sun gradually start to shed it's light over the golden landscape. A little windy considering most balloons won't leave the ground if there is the slightest breath of wind- but our balloon pilot is a cowboy and was determined to get us off the ground. Hence the scary part. But soon... ]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:58:00 -0400 13416 2012-08-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_376899-246867225416794-921123842-n-1346266693.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_559170-785033948801-1137128618-n-1346266693.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_170475-785052107411-1749035423-o-1346266694.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_428848-785415349471-628108577-n-1346266694.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_0032ee1ec51d11e1a39b1231381b7ba1-7-1346266694.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13414-short-days-night-jumps-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13414-short-days-night-jumps-ellen-brennan I am refusing to let these shorter days get in the way of my daily habit! Usually around 9 o'clock I am making a beautiful sunset jump- but instead, this week I have been taking advantage of the growing moon and making moon-rise jumps at 9 o'clock. I have to admit- night jumps create a sensation that I am not yet used to- it is extremely exciting for me to jump with a completely different sensory input. Time seems to move much slower while I am flying at night compared to the day light. And thanks to the moon-... ]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:44:00 -0400 13414 2012-08-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lalune-1346244240.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_happy-1346244241.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13395-european-outdoor-film-tour-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13395-european-outdoor-film-tour-ellen-brennan Check out my latest interview with the European Outdoor Film Tour. I am super excited to have our film Birdmen as a part of this tour! The EOFT is featuring some of the best outdoor adventure films from 2012 including a film about another Five Ten athlete Andy Lewis! Psyched to have Five Ten represented on the tour! ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:50:00 -0400 13395 2012-08-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ep-1345967429.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13383-five-ten-goes-to-sturgis-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13383-five-ten-goes-to-sturgis-max-kuszaj A few weeks ago, Go Pro and Harley Davidson called me and proposed the following: How would you like to ride a Harley from Seattle to Sturgis in 4 days with other athletes Chad Kagy, Brian Lopes, Eric Jackson, Aaron Chase and others. Bottom line: Open road. Great people. Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Skydiving, and partying. How could I say no?! Sign me up. Such a killer trip and amazing experience. A huge Thanks goes out to Go Pro, Harley Davidson, and the Schauf Brothers for making my first Sturgis experience happen.... ]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:24:00 -0400 13383 2012-08-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_idaho-gas-station-1345688696.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_head-shot-2-1345688696.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_street-bob-1345688697.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gassin-up-2-1345688698.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sturgis-main-street-1345688699.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hanging-out-1345688699.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sturgis-skydive-1345688700.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13298-the-desert-is-hot-jill-kuzman http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13298-the-desert-is-hot-jill-kuzman The temperatures in Moab soar to over 105 degrees in the summer. Its brutal out there, but the ripping spring winds have calmed and I can't spend a nice day not jumping. Being a bartender, I work nights, so early morning jumps are a rarity for me. I've been hunting down the exit points with shorter hikes or shady hikes to try and avoid heat stroke and such. Ha.Over the last year, I've fallen in love with the low stuff. By low stuff, about 200 feet or less. One of my favorite low jumps is Looking Glass Arch, just... ]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:26:00 -0400 13298 2012-07-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-9710-1343233590.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-9715-1343233590.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-9727-1343233591.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-9833-1343233592.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-9847-1343233592.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13244-max-kuszaj-utah-summer-livin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13244-max-kuszaj-utah-summer-livin The summer months in Utah are in full swing, and there is one common factor that make each day beyond exciting, PARACHUTES. Yes, the west has been in a serious drought, with minimal rain gracing the skies...but it is allowing us to take the skies over with our skydiving and BASE jumping antics. Within the past few weeks, the days have been jam-packed full of excitement; from 3am wake-up calls to jump out of hot-air balloons while camera crews circle in helicopters, to BASE jumps off one of our many local Utah objects, to wingsuit skydives with friends.Five... ]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:07:00 -0400 13244 2012-07-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adam-cutter-1341554828.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cutter-max-wingsuit-1341554828.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_canopy-1-replay-1341554828.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_balloon-inflate-1341554828.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_max-suz-balloon-1341554829.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_suz-balloon-1-1341554829.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_suz-max-heli-1341554829.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13232-wingsuiting-in-hawaii-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13232-wingsuiting-in-hawaii-suz-graham A few weeks ago I got to go to Hawaii with a world class lineup of athletes to shoot an online campaign for a new processor/technology that Intel has has recently released. The trip was a whirlwind, with the emphasis on wind... definitely challenging as it seemed like everything was working against us, we literally had to sit around for days and days, waking up early, staging, just to watch the wind blow. We tried everything we could, different locations, different plans, but it was just too windy for us to safely jump, paraglide, speedfly, anything. Lucky for us,... ]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:26:00 -0400 13232 2012-07-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag0366-1341361594.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag0341-1341361595.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag0362-1341361596.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_470439-3401895686094-1335038953-o-1341361596.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_525970-3407105776343-397295734-n-1341361596.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13134-back-in-the-saddle-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13134-back-in-the-saddle-suz-graham This is the first of a new videoblog project I'm working on. My youtube channel is www.youtube.com/finelined if you would like to subscribe! You probably should. ;) So a few months ago I was badly injured in a skiing accident, (read my blog post on it here) but after lots of rehab, meditation, relaxation, and physio, I'm back feeling fantastic. I'm not 100% yet but a few weeks ago I was able to make my first jumps back, which marked me being back to doing everything I love. Here is to a summer full of biking, climbing,... ]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:18:00 -0400 13134 2012-06-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-03-19 at 11.58.18-am-1339186730.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-05-16 at 1.54.26-pm-1339186731.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_580478-745502954231-29002943-34710978-934853968-n-1339186732.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-01-10 at 2.38.12-pm-1339186732.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13091-national-geographic-photo-of-the-day-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13091-national-geographic-photo-of-the-day-max-kuszaj Even though the winter has come to a close here in Utah, and the summer sports of BASE jumping, Mountain Biking, and Skydiving have kicked in full force, the tales of the documents winter months continue to surface and present themselves. Recently, National Geographic has taken a liking to the work photographer, Erik Seo, and myself have done together and have been featuring our images on their website as the "Photo of the Day." The features are a great honor, and the views and traffic the images have been receiving have been quite overwhelming. Looks... ]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 17:33:00 -0400 13091 2012-05-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-geo-alta-1337967199.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13037-another-day-in-paradise-jill-kuzman http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13037-another-day-in-paradise-jill-kuzman This is how I spent the last year of my life. I love the desert! Its the most fun and the most inspiration I've gotten to experience in one place. ]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 21:02:00 -0400 13037 2012-05-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13037_1-nd38316-1336421243.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12964-suz-grahams-ski-crash-footage-released http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12964-suz-grahams-ski-crash-footage-released A little while ago I was involved in a gnarly ski crash that broke my leg, ribs, and ego- (check out the details, here http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12704-fire-and-ice-suz-graham-injury-report) And now you get to see the footage if you really want, if you are, you know... like that. (Mom, you aren't allowed however...) But it's a great edit of my trip to the Monashee PowderCats Lodge in British Columbia with the Fischer International Team. So check it out! Healing is going fantastic, and I'll post a rehab report soon enough. Two words... Road Biking, my newest obsession- because it is the... ]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:50:00 -0400 12964 2012-04-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12964_gopr0375-1334853113.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12713-birdmen-wingsuit-documentary-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12713-birdmen-wingsuit-documentary-ellen-brennan BIRDMEN is the first documentary ever made that covers the past, present, and possible future of wingsuit BASE jumping. During the film, professional wingsuit pilots Ellen Brennan, Mike Steen, and Matt Gerdes escort you through the inspiring yet tragic history of their ancestral birdmen and then show you the cutting edge of human flight in the year 2012. Matt, Mike, and Ellen are some of the most talented wingsuit pilots in the world – during the film, they pioneer new wingsuit flights in the European Alps and experience the highs and lows of a flying life. Finally, the future... ]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:34:00 -0500 12713 2012-03-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ws-1331199276.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12704-fire-and-ice-suz-graham-injury-report http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12704-fire-and-ice-suz-graham-injury-report I live a life of extremes. Extreme joy, inexplicable happiness, I have lived out my wildest dreams, regularly, I get to do what I’m passionate about for my job. I often feel like the luckiest girl on the planet. However, with all that fire comes the ice. The danger is real and the consequences can be heavy, I have been recently faced with the hardest physical hit I’ve ever taken. And I lucked out, should have been a lot worse, I’ve seen worse, had friends go through worse, but I’m still here. Here is what happened. ]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:22:00 -0500 12704 2012-03-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12704_gopr0375-1331137458.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12590-slc-base-jumping-in-january-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12590-slc-base-jumping-in-january-max-kuszaj Winter continues to be sparse on snowfall here in Utah, causing freeskiing events to be postponed till later in the season. The prayers for snow are ongoing, but the fun on and off the slopes continue. I am making the most of all my downtime off the daily freeskiing routines and enjoying every minute of it. I would never say I take my lifestyle for granted, but I feel so fortunate to be able to live in the mountains and surround myself with the activities, sports, and people that I do. It is truly what makes me... ]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:10:00 -0500 12590 2012-02-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dans-1-31-face-1328321446.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12570-proud-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12570-proud-suz-graham Throughout my career I have been sponsored by a lot of different companies, and always try and represent companies I personally support. But I am not exaggerating when I say I have never been so proud to be a part of a company than I am now with Five Ten. As a newer athlete to the company I have had the recent opportunity to meet lots of people within the company and couldn’t feel more welcome or at home as the entire company is built from the ground up of individuals who all share the same passion for adventure... ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:29:00 -0500 12570 2012-01-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_picture-5-1327951789.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12506-base-jumping-in-paradise-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12506-base-jumping-in-paradise-suz-graham Last week I got to go to Thailand to film some BASE jumping in TonSai on the beach. This particular place is one of the most unique, picturesque jumps in the world. TonSai is a little village that is better known for it's world class climbing, attracting climbers from all over the world to come bask in the sun, hang from giant stalactites, eat cheap Masaman curry, climb to their hearts content, and run from the monkeys. For us, however, the real appeal for us was the big, overhanging cliff right above the beach with a sandy landing area... ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:44:00 -0500 12506 2012-01-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tonsai1-1326246258.JPG