http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14081-base-jumping-safari-in-the-five-ten-van-stop-1-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14081-base-jumping-safari-in-the-five-ten-van-stop-1-suz-graham Checking in from the road! I had the pleasure to take the FiveTen adventure mobile on the road for a few weeks on a massive BASE jumping safari through the western United States. Starting in Seattle, fellow BASE jumper and badass Braden Dean and I moved into our temporary home (a sick Mercedes Sprinter vans all FiveTen'ed up) and started driving down the coast. First stop, Lodi California for some skydiving. Skydiving is a crucial part of BASE jumping and is a really great opportunity to get current and practice wingsuit flying. The dropzone in Lodi is... ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:00 -0400 14081 2013-05-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0698-1368731113.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-39-12-pm-1368731114.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0707-1368731115.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-29-15-pm-1368731116.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0713-1368731117.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-44-23-pm-1368731118.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13996-five-ten-airborne-drops-from-balloon-jt-holmes http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13996-five-ten-airborne-drops-from-balloon-jt-holmes JT Holmes and Timy Dutton drove out to Utah to meet up with Jesse Hall, Suz Graham, Neil Amonson and Marshal Miller in order to jump, jump and do some more jumping.  This trip highlight was a creative and spontaneous balloon jump above Tooele Valley.  It is ver fun what can happen with some extra altitude! The Chase shoe from Five Ten provided nice grip on the railing of the balloon basket.   ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:51:00 -0400 13996 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13996_ballon-1365092114.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13776-ancient-art-climbing-base-jumping-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13776-ancient-art-climbing-base-jumping-suz-graham Some friends and I woke up early one chilly fall morning in Moab, Utah and started the climb up Ancient Art, a legendary desert tower. Climbing with a parachute on your back presents some unique challenges, and so does getting all the gear down with you too. But it all just adds to the fun. Combining the two sports, climbing and BASE jumping is a unique experience that I cherish greatly. It's all one big adventure and you are constantly being challenged. It's difficult but so very rewarding- and the feeling of standing on that tiny little pinnacle... ]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:36:00 -0500 13776 2013-01-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_107411726-medium-898ab0-1358904995.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_620646-805452225411-1016501157-o-1358904995.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13711-female-wolfpack-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13711-female-wolfpack-suz-graham Introducing the FemaleWolfpack. I’ve been helping her on this project and couldn’t be more excited. Basically, it’s a website that is meant to do one thing and one thing only. Showcase chicks out there getting radical. Skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, climbing, BASE jumping, kayakaing, surfing, skateboarding…. ANYTHING. It’s a media platform to get footage out there and main stream of girls essentially killing it. It’s for professional athletes and up and coming shredders alike. Check out the teaser below. You may recognize a certain skier/BASE jumper making a few appearances. Aaaannndddddd, (drumroll) lucky you… here is a... ]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:34:00 -0500 13711 2012-12-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13711_-screen-shot-2012-09-30-at-7-09-50-pm-1352503818-1356024404.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fwp-1355960040.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13686-thailand-base-jumping-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13686-thailand-base-jumping-suz-graham The last of my 3-part trip to Asia, my friends and I decided to go to one of my favorite places on the planet. Ton Sai, Thailand. I've been here a few times before and I couldn't turn down the opportunity to hang out on the beach, eat Thai food, climb, and of course jump off this pretty little cliff with the best view ever and a landing area right on the beach. This little beach feels like an island, while it's officially just part of a peninsula, it is only accessible by boat and there are no cars,... ]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:55:00 -0500 13686 2012-12-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-12-06-at-7-58-37-am-1354913735.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13630-skibase-speedflying-and-preseason-shredding-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13630-skibase-speedflying-and-preseason-shredding-suz-graham My first turns back on snow for the 2012-2013 ski season as well as my first turns on a rebuilt tib-fib. Seems appropriate that it starts out with a skiBASE, then some speedriding, then some actual skiing! SkiBASE is skiing off a really big cliff with a parachute- it's one of my favorite things to do, since it combines my two favorite sports, skiing and BASE jumping. And it's not super common that the conditions line up perfectly for it either! We got to ride the lifts at Alta Ski area a few days before the... ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:18:00 -0500 13630 2012-11-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-11-12-at-11-46-27-pm-1353302310.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13615-malaysia-base-jumping-and-world-record-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13615-malaysia-base-jumping-and-world-record-suz-graham So, after my trip to China, All the other jumpers went their separate ways- sad to say goodbye to old and new friends as they departed for their homes in Russia, Chile, Norway, Sweden, Canada, US, New Zealand, Australia, (you get the picture) until the next time we get to meet up again in a different place near a different object that we get to fall off of. (It's a weird sport when you think about it...) So I spent a few days by myself exploring more of China, had a long layover in Guangzhou where I treated myself... ]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:30:00 -0500 13615 2012-11-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-09-30-at-7-09-50-pm-1352503818.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-09-29-at-11-24-41-pm-1352503819.png 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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