Felix Baumgartner

Felix Baumgartner is the most popolar BASE jumper of the world. He is german and australian, there are some awesome videos of him:

From the TAPEI 101 tower:

In Rio de Janeiro:

Here is now his Base jumping and related record he has

1997:
World Champion title for B.A.S.E. jumping in West Virginia, USA.

1999:
World record: highest B.A.S.E. jump from a building, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1.479 feet).                                                                                                                                                  World record: lowest B.A.S.E. dive from the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (95 feet).

2000:
Nominated for the NEA Extreme Sports Awards in Munich. Category: Special Achievement.

2001:
Nominated for the World Sports Awards in London, Royal Albert Hall. Category:  Extreme Sports. Nominated for the NEA Extreme Sports Awards in Munich. Category: Special Achievement.

2002:
Added to the “Street of Champions” in Vienna, Austria.
Others  honored here are Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Foreman, Pélé and Carl Lewis.

2003:
Race Man Vs. Machine: Main Stunt at Taurus World Stunt Awards in Hollywood/USA.  Channel Crossing Dover/Calais: First to cross the English channel in freefall.

2004:
Channel of Corinth: B.A.S.E. jump from a 193 feet high bridge in freefall. Marmet Cave in Velebit National Parc, Croatia: B.A.S.E. jump into a 623 feet deep cave.

Bridge of the Americas, Panama: B.A.S.E. jump from the 393 feet high Panama bridge. World record: B.A.S.E. jump from the highest bridge in the world, Millau Bridge, France (1.125 feet).

2005:
Star guest at the famous Late Night Show with Jay Leno, Los Angeles, USA.

2006:
B.A.S.E. jump from the highest building in Latin America, Torre Mayor in Mexico City (738 feet). B.A.S.E. jump from the highest building in Scandinavia, Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden (627 feet). Felix becomes a helicopter pilot at Twin Air Helicopter School, Van Nuys, USA.

2007:
B.A.S.E. jump into the second biggest cave in the world, „Seating of the Spirits“, Oman (396 feet). B.A.S.E. jump off the worlds tallest building – 101 Tower, Taipei (1669.94751 feet)

~ by jaimepicher on June 19, 2008.