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GoPro Presents: Bomb Squad Balloon Backflips

Andrew — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:50:51 +0000

Check out JT Holmes, Suz Graham and the GoPro Bomb Squad as they come together for this backflippin’ drop from a hot air balloon. For today’s encore, check out Suz Graham’s “Malaysian Invasion” for the women’s BASE jumping world record.

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Guinness World Record Hot Air Balloon Skydives

Andrew — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:50:34 +0000

On February 10th, 2013, Skydive Dubai Desert Campus set two official Guinness World Records… 1) the most skydivers to jump from a hot air balloon simultaneously (25 skydivers), and 2) the most skydivers to jump from a hot air balloon during the same flight (40 skydivers). The third record was unofficial due to technical reasons: the most female skydivers to exit simultaneously out of a hot air balloon on a single flight. Congrats to everyone involved!

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Friday Freakout: Skydive With Massive Umbrella! Win or Fail?

Andrew — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:50:56 +0000

GoPro athlete Eric Roner channels his inner Mary Poppins… and discovers why umbrellas don’t make great parachutes. This stunt is definitely up there with the world’s first skydive using plastic grocery bags as a parachute. What d’you think: win or fail?

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Double Rollovers + Cutaways = Big Smiles

Shannon Seyb — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:50:04 +0000

Whoa, whoa whoa. So full of surprises, my heart is still beating fast! A beautiful moment in a hot air balloon above the clouds, double McConkeys (a.k.a. rollovers) into canopy flight, and then… well, you’ll have to watch and see. Magic!

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Happy… Happy… Birthday Balloon Jump

Melanie Curtis — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:50:57 +0000

Never made a balloon jump but want to? Check this one out. This video takes us through the whole balloon jump experience — from all angles and all jumpers. Put it to some chill music and, just like exiting off the side, you get a peaceful little compilation with fun flipping. Happy balloon jump birthday!

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Rise And Shine, The Hot Air Balloon Is Ready!

Andrew — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:50:28 +0000

Sure, I love skydiving. And balloon jumps are always fun. But I’m usually still dead asleep at 6am. Just sayin’. Here’s a short moody edit by Jarno Cordia of Fly Like Brick on a sweet balloon jump during the 2012 wingsuit competition and boogie in Siofok, Hungary.

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Wingsuit, Meet Hot Air Balloon.

Sydney Williams — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:50:44 +0000

No, this isn’t a Friday Freakout, but rather, some pretty sweet footage a la foot cam of a wingsuit flying by a balloon. The only thing that would’ve made this better? Footage from the balloon so we could see just how fast he whizzes past.

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Five Ten Presents: The GoPro Bomb Squad

Andrew — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:50:54 +0000

Five Ten presents the GoPro Bomb Squad — Neil Amonson, Marshall Miller, Jesse Hall, and JT Holmes. They do dangerous things. They also live mind-blowingly amazing lives. It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it. Want to get up close and personal with Neil Amonson? Check out this interview with Neil as he shares his insight into his wingsuit BASE jumping experience in Norway.

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Pushing The Limits… One Step Beyond

Andrew — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:50:26 +0000

One Step Beyond is another brilliant documentary from Sebastien Montaz-Rosset which takes us behind the scenes for a close up look at world-renowned snowboarder and BASE jumper, Géraldine Fasnacht. She invites us into the small community of today’s real life super heroes — wingsuit flyers. For more footage of Géraldine’s hot air balloon flyby (seen at 1:12), check out She Can Fly: Hot Air Ballon Fly-By.

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Don’t You Love Balloons?

Andrew — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:50:33 +0000

Don’t you just love balloon jumps? Check out the other perspective just a few seconds later from this same balloon jump at Skydive Perris. Photo by Juan Mayer Photography.

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She Can Fly: Hot Air Ballon Fly-By

Andrew — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:50:37 +0000

There’s nothing hotter than a hot French woman flying by a hot air balloon in a wingsuit. Except maybe wearing a wingsuit on a hot day. Following the “I Believe I Can Fly” documentary about highlining and BASE jumping, director Sebastien Montaz-Rosset just finished shooting this documentary about professional female BASE jumper Géraldine Fasnacht.

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Bye Bye Balloon

Andrew — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:46:49 +0000

Skydiving photographer Juan Mayer captured this perfect shot of a balloon jump recently at Skydive Perris. Photo by Juan Mayer Photography.

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Dodging Dozens Of Hot Air Balloons

Andrew — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:30:47 +0000

Luke Aikins and Jeff Provenzano of the Red Bull Air Force dodging dozens of hot air balloons before swooping the crowd at the 29th annual Quick Check Balloon Festival in New Jersey. Photo by Luke Aikins.

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High Altitude Balloon Jump Over Boulder

Andrew — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:03 +0000

A cool skydiving photo from inside the basket of a high altitude balloon jump over Boulder, Colorado. Photo via Douglas Tippit. Douglas also submitted another hilarious skydiving photo, “That’s My Oh Face!“, which I posted a few months ago.

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Red Bull Swooping at Balloon Festival

Andrew — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:53:25 +0000

A great shot of Jeff Provenzano of the Red Bull Air Force as he swoops in front of the crowd — nearly 120,000 people — at the 29th annual Quick Check Balloon Festival in New Jersey. Photo by Luke Aikins.

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No Farting In The Plane, Please!

Andrew — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:41:20 +0000

Tsk, tsk. You know who you are. No, this IS NOT a hot air balloon! ‘Nuff said. Photo by Elisson Campos Osorio.

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Hot Air Balloon Jump at Frontier Skydivers

Andrew — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:07:08 +0000

A fun balloon jump by Patrick, Xavier, Christian, Joe, Jason and Leeann from Frontier Skydivers in Newfane, NY. When and where was your last balloon jump?

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Crazy Low Pull on Balloon Jump

Andrew — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:51:08 +0000

Now THIS is ground rush! Watch this nutter with a BASE rig jump from a balloon and pull very, very low. He’s wearing a BASE rig, but jumping from a balloon… so let the debate begin: is this considered a skydive or BASE jump?

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