http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13561-episode-1-china-base-jumping-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13561-episode-1-china-base-jumping-suz-graham Introducing episode 1 of my three-part Asia BASE jumping series (next episode, Malaysia) and the first episode of my 2012-2013 season edits! Check out my blog post about the trip here http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13534-china-aizhai-bridge-base-jumping-festival-suz-graham and if you like, subscribe to me on youtube! Huge thanks to FiveTen for their support! Expect something once every week about a different recent adventure or even just the day to day life I live. Follow me around the world and see me stumble through the world of action sports.  ]]> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:59:00 -0400 13561 2012-10-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.51.24-pm-1350935978.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.54.57-pm-1350935979.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13534-china-aizhai-bridge-base-jumping-festival-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13534-china-aizhai-bridge-base-jumping-festival-suz-graham I have never been to China before- had a tease last year when a similar event was planned and I was invited, but then was cancelled last minute. So this time, when I started getting a string of emails with official invitations from the Hunan Government I was hopeful it would actually happen this time. With things ‘like this,’ you never really know- my world is filled with lots of really great ideas, fantastical assurances about lifetime trips and reality tv series’ so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. However, once in a while it... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:18:00 -0400 13534 2012-10-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.54.35-pm-1350022684.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.51.24-pm-1350022685.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-09-20 at 3.46.05-pm-1350022685.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13431-outside-checks-in-with-five-ten-elite-athlete-jt-holmes http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13431-outside-checks-in-with-five-ten-elite-athlete-jt-holmes It was cool to do a recorded interview with Joe over at Outside Online.  Some of my answers are long, but it is cool that they were published word for word rather than writer's summary.  Thanks Joe Spring and thanks for the photos Michi Portmann! ]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:01:00 -0400 13431 2012-09-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jt-holmes-zwillingsgletscher-jpg-193-1346792502.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13402-jill-kuzman-if-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13402-jill-kuzman-if-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge Here's a little compilation of my friends and I jumping at the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho. This is the only bridge in the US that it is legal to jump off at any time. It stands at 480 feet and is one of the most popular BASE jumping spots around. Jumpers come from all over the world to make their first jumps, learn new tricks and dial in aerials. Bridges are arguably the safest objects. Unlike cliffs, antennas and buildings, an off-heading opening (having your parachute open any direction other than forwards) doesn't require instant action to... ]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:25:00 -0400 13402 2012-08-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr0646-1346055932.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/13335-wounded-warrior-weekend-jeff-provenzano http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13335-wounded-warrior-weekend-jeff-provenzano Just after Shooting the Toyota Spade Commercialin Death Valley CA , I flew to Virginia Beach to link up with Red Bull Air Force team mate Sean MacCormac. We flew in for a wounded warrior event that would raise money and awareness for the brave men and woman who risked their lives defending our country’s freedom. Our job was to take a few of these veterans skydiving, basically our way of saying, thank you! No better time to show our appreciation than to do it on Memorial Day Weekend itself. But before arriving... ]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:16:00 -0400 13335 2012-08-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13335_img-3001-1344285586.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13335_gopr0251-1344285585.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13335_gopr0523-1344285586.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13335_gopr0695-1344285586.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13335_img-3003-1344285587.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/13241-life-on-the-road-jeff-provenzano http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13241-life-on-the-road-jeff-provenzano I returned to the US from Switzerland and hopped right into the Red Bull demo tour. 1st stop Washington DC at the Andrews Air Base Airshow.I perform at a number of Airshows around the world each year with my team, The Red Bull Air Force.  We have opportunities to fly alongside other acts such as the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds and F-22 Raptor demo team, just to name a few. Our performance is quite different from the rest at the airshow. We combine Air Race pilot, Kirby Chamblis, with our wing suit formations. Kirby flies loops around us in his... ]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:21:00 -0400 13241 2012-07-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13241_jeff-1-1341850364.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13241_jeff-2-1341850365.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13241_jeff-3-1341850366.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13202-lauterbrunnen-switzerland-round-2-jeff-provenzano http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13202-lauterbrunnen-switzerland-round-2-jeff-provenzano When flying home from Dubai its important to break up the long flight to the states with a 6 day stop in Switzerland. ]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:30:54 -0400 13202 2012-06-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13202_img-2872-1340818728.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13202_img-2796-1340818728.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13202_img-2743-1340818728.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/13052-birdmen-the-original-dream-of-flight-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13052-birdmen-the-original-dream-of-flight-ellen-brennan Our Documentary has been released! Watch as we explore the history of Wingsuiting by tracing it back to where the sport originated. Then we adventure through Europe to meet and jump with some of the most influential BASE jumps. The film also shows the future potential of wingsuiting, and how close we are to achieving the impossible!  Visit the BIRDMAN website to see entire film. ]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 12:46:00 -0400 13052 2012-05-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5-way-1336826816.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/13032-a-not-so-typical-bachelor-party-jeff-provenzano http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13032-a-not-so-typical-bachelor-party-jeff-provenzano Typically when you think of the words bachelor party, the first thing that comes to mind are strippers, gambling and Las Vegas. It’s a man’s last chance to spend time with his friends before his marriage. Ask me what comes to mind now and it’s more like an epic week with your about to be married friend B.A.S.E. jumping in Switzerland. Twelve of us gathered together to celebrate the event that took place in one of the meccas of alpine sports, Lauterbrunen, Switzerland. Seven days of perfect summer weather during mid march, was unbelievable. It could not have been... ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:03:03 -0400 13032 2012-05-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13032_img-2592-1336061247.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13032_img-2593-1336061247.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13032_img-1312-1336061247.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13032_img-1285-1336061248.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13032_img-1295-1336061248.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12817-too-much-fun-in-the-alps-with-jt-holmes-and-tim-dutton http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12817-too-much-fun-in-the-alps-with-jt-holmes-and-tim-dutton I have been spending some time in the Alps lately, focused on skiing and catching air with my skis on with topys like parachutes and speed riding wings.  Check out the Fun Jumpers edit by Timy Dutton who joined me for ten days last month.   ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:28:00 -0400 12817 2012-04-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr0289-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1529jtshootingtimandlucia-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jttimyheaddown-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jtshootstimhuck-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1927-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1884-1333556913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr0066-1333556914.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12617-dean-potter-on-living-the-life-of-no-rules http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12617-dean-potter-on-living-the-life-of-no-rules I’ve been getting back to my homeless man-dirtbag roots lately. I’m a lot more styled out than in the past but the sentiment of being free and unbound is still the same. I finally equipped my Five Ten Sprinter van with a stylin’ queen size cedar bed and a little cook set up.  My best friend-dog Whisper and I are back on the road more than we seem to be at home. ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:41:43 -0500 12617 2012-02-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12617_dean-closeup-1328914472.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12617_dean-potter-1328914472.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12567-base-jumping-is-always-an-option-especially-when-the-snow-is-subpar-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12567-base-jumping-is-always-an-option-especially-when-the-snow-is-subpar-max-kuszaj Even though it is nearly February, the snowfall amounts in the lower 48 have been well below normal. Being a freeskier that is in the never-ending search of powder and fresh snow has it's positives, but when the winter weather doesn't deliver as it should, the negatives seem to overpower any positivity the sport has to offer. Luckily the sport of BASE jumping gives the opportunity to fill that "snow void." Living in the state of Utah allows action sports athletes, like myself and friend/fellow Five Ten athlete, Suz Graham, the perfect landscape and opportunities... ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:29:00 -0500 12567 2012-01-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12567_base-1-1327944223.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12567_base-2-1327944223.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12531-fun-times-in-norway-with-jt-holmes http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12531-fun-times-in-norway-with-jt-holmes I wanted to share an edit from some fun times had in Norway this year. It is awesome to visit Romsdalen each year for its beautiful hikes, jumps and people. Observant visitors to Romsdalen inevitably become privy to the happenings at the cutting edge of the sport of base jumping. The world, via intraweb, has been wow'd by the local jumpers like Jokke Sommer and Tom Erik Heimen carving lines down huge mountains inches from the earth often flying between and below trees. Wingsuited base jumpers are confident in their ability to catch a glide more and more immediately... ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:54:31 -0500 12531 2012-01-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12531_norway-2-1326819758.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12531_norway-1-1326819758.jpg 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 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12485-ancient-art-big-way-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12485-ancient-art-big-way-ellen-brennan Today, after lots of planning, our big plan finally came together! The goal was to have Andy and Laurent jump off of a cliff 1,500 ft above the Fisher Towers, and as they flew over the Towers, my friend Sean and I would jump off the Summit of Ancient Art at the same time. As you can imagine, we needed to have excellent communication along with cooperation from the weather gods. Despite having marginal winds on the upper exit, we were able to time everything perfectly and had a successful and visually stimulating jump! Woo Hoo!!!... ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:33:00 -0500 12485 2012-01-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_aacanopies-1326144808.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_aafreefall-1326144809.jpg