# Base Jumping **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 9, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299 "2011-06-09T10:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Chevy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/chevy/32/5404_2.png) [@Chevy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chevy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/321 "2013-11-05T12:43:24Z")
[http://www.wivb.com/news/crime/cops-arrest-two-people-on-news-4s-tower](http://www.wivb.com/news/crime/cops-arrest-two-people-on-news-4s-tower) hahaha ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/322 "2013-11-05T12:44:33Z")
R. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/323 "2013-11-05T12:45:01Z")
E ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/324 "2013-11-05T12:45:02Z")
Chevy, you’re too slow… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/325 "2013-11-05T12:45:07Z")
It’s already over here: [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?212168-Skydiving](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?212168-Skydiving) But this is kind of thread worthy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/326 "2013-11-05T12:46:14Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I bet those guys drive around in a white van just looking for things to jump off… :bigtup: ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/327 "2013-11-05T12:46:55Z")
They were just looking to get a better vantage point to keep an eye on all of the white vans of WNY. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/328 "2013-11-05T13:15:58Z")
Yeah I have no interest in the skydiving thread, so I missed the fun until now. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/329 "2013-11-05T14:54:32Z")
I think it’s important to note that Newman, while he may (sometimes) trespass on private property to do these things, is very respectful of the property itself. I don’t know him to be the type of person that would cause ANY damage to the property or distress to the owners. I understand the thrill, and commend him for doing it in a way that doesn’t put anyone else in harm’s way aside from himself. Hopefully this just turns out to be a slap on the wrist and you can continue being awesome. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/330 "2013-11-05T17:30:59Z")
Maybe these threads should be deleted. :snky: ---
**Author:** ![Deathproof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Deathproof](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deathproof)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/331 "2013-11-05T18:45:34Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Maybe these threads should be deleted. :snky: I think at this point they know that he planned on jumping off it and opening a parachute… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/332 "2013-11-05T18:49:42Z")
Sigh. This sucks. Poor dudes. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/333 "2013-11-05T18:51:43Z")
> [@Deathproof](#): > > I think at this point they know that he planned on jumping off it and opening a parachute… Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/334 "2013-11-05T19:16:05Z")
I really hope they weren’t going to try and jump off a guyed tower, and 750ft is a looooooong way to the top… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/335 "2013-11-05T20:55:45Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > I really hope they weren’t going to try and jump off a guyed tower, and 750ft is a looooooong way to the top… That’s nothing… ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/336 "2013-11-06T04:31:40Z")
I am pretty sure they knew what they were doing. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/337 "2013-11-06T04:41:01Z")
Sounds like domestic terrorism to me. ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/338 "2013-11-06T06:12:23Z")
> [@GV1390](#): > > That’s nothing… this > [@tpgsr](#): > > I am pretty sure they knew what they were doing. and that To me, it raises the question of if there were more legal, local places for people to jump from if there would be an issue of people jumping from illegal locations? Or maybe the more direct question is it about the thrill of the jump, or jumping from an illegal location? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/339 "2013-11-06T06:18:17Z")
The problem is you’ll never see a lot of legal places to jump because of liability. No matter how much a jumper promises not to sue or agrees to sign a liability waiver some lawyer will find a way to sue the property owner if someone gets hurt. Even worse that lawyer will win and even if they lose the property owner will spend thousands defending themselves in court. Land of the free! ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299/340 "2013-11-06T06:21:08Z")
That sucks, but he had to know that sooner or this might happen. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299.md?page=16) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/base-jumping/213299.md?page=18)