just a little blast from the past:

[Mac]

I liked this so thought I would post it again...........

Name: Dwain
E-Mail: DwainWeston@bigpond.com
Subject: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:
Last week I finally completed a long procrastinated goal to skysurf BASE. All deployments were in a standup position on the board.
Thanks to Mark D, Greg W, John M, Tarn, Buffy, Anne H, Mike P and especially Tom B for all the advice and help standing up and balancing on the sometimes very wobbly and slippery exit points.
The first of each object was as follows:
S - Xxxxx Xxxxxx Bridge, Australia - 14/3/98
E - No. 7, Xxxxxx, Norway (15sec delay) - 24/7/98
B - Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Apartments, Sydney, Australia - 17/10/98
A - Xxxxxxxxxx Antennae, Victoria, Australia - 8/11/98
Has anyone else skysurfed BASE?
Added on Date: 03:08:02 11/16/98

NB: I have edited out the objects.

Has anyone else skysurfed BASE

I doubt it.................. Rock on!

[Mac]

the follow up to that original thread..............

Name: UndergraduateBASE
E-Mail:
Subject: Re: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:

Jesus Dwain,
Don't go and blow all our sites will you?
Added on Date: 05:49:41 12/02/98
Name: Greg Wilcock
E-Mail: chiefos@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Re: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:
I don't know if you've ever tried to skysurf Base 428 or maybe it's because you
haven't the balls or the EXPERIENCE have a go!
Seeing most of Dwain's board jumps and filming some of them in two and three ways
Skysurfing B.A.S.E is an exeptional feat to say the least, maybe this is why it has taken an Australian to
do it FIRST!
With regards to Jason Rooney'
Shaw he seemed quite a bit out there at the time of his demise,
but think about it, the only reason we all have this ignorant closed mind to him and his antics is because
while he going all the [ @*!?%# ] that gave him his name we were all still doing
pilot chute in hand, flat to earth jumping!
True fact Hey!
Chief.
Added on Date: 00:52:45 12/03/98
Name: Dwain
E-Mail: DwainWeston@bigpond.com
Subject: Re: Re: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:
: Jesus Dwain,
: Don't go and blow all our sites will you?
Almost any given skydiver in Australia, let alone a BASE jumper, knows where Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bridge is.
Xxxxxx is also a publicly known site in Norway.
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx is only accessible to a small group of jumpers with a key, and we all know that special antennae in Victoria isn't really located in Xxxxxxxxx.
UndergraduateBASE, I suggest you invest some time researching Australia's BASE history, and contribute to the sport by trying to discover new sites. Maybe then we will let you wear that Postgraduate BASE badge.
Added on Date: 01:52:08 12/04/98
Name: sKYsRfr
E-Mail: sbisley@tcel.com
Subject: Re: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:
Impressive. What size boards have you used? Did you practice with standup exit/delays/deployments (no board)? Did you mod the bindings for the low ones ( ie toe straps only )
Regards, Spence (curious skysurfer>>>aircraft only!)
Added on Date: 17:56:09 12/10/98
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Name: Tom B
E-Mail:
Subject: Re: Re: Skysurf BASE
Body of Message:
: Impressive. What size boards have you used? Did you practice with standup exit/delays/deployments (no board)? Did you mod the bindings for the low ones ( ie toe straps only )
: Regards, Spence (curious skysurfer>>>aircraft only!)
Dwain is a BASE aerobatic expert with a bit of normal skysurf experience (first jump off a bridge - next twenty out of a plane, second jump was 15 sec delay off Kjerag, etc). Normal skysurf cutaway bindings used on all jumps. Board is approx 20cm wide and 110 - 120cm long
Added on Date: 08:04:01 12/13/98

[Tom Aiello]

Has anyone else skysurfed BASE? I doubt it.................. Rock on!

I think Slim did it as well. And BASE 587 would be my next guess for someone likely to have done it. If I recall correctly, he was a skysurfer back when he did the airplane jumping thing.

Next up, sub 100' skysurf TARD BASE...