Super BASE . . .

[K]

>
>PS. Is that true Jeb jumped in yello? In that case, that was
>much bigger than Aerosmith&Jannet together...
>Jeb?(huh,huh...?)


Hey y'all! Why not give Jeb a break on the yellow FLiK??? It did have a black logo on it, everything else was black, and crapola, he got paid to jump into the SuperBowl! I bet you all would jump flaming hot pink if you had a similar opportunity! Tell me you wouldn't and we all know either you're lying or just plain stupid! :P

It is funny though...and it's not often you get a chance to harass Jeb.

:9 Karen

[Rod]

>
>Hey Rod! The band did what they wanted to do, and they wanted
>to wear the rigs! I would have dressed them if given the
>opportunity to close up the flaps and all...
>
>The locals WERE NOT called because they couldn't have gotten
>us into Reliant Stadium...Actually, we did have a Local on the
>load, Jonathon Frost, the Texans Mascot! :) He was way cool,
>very helpful, very sweet, and just a Texas peach! :) Brit17
>tried to hook up with us in H-Town, but we were just not able
>to manage it...
>
>And by the way, I was there....I do not think Willie and Tobi
>were lip synching. They are just excellent performers. The
>vid screen was a half second behind the actual vocals, I
>noticed that from the field, so that may have made it look
>like they weren't actually singing.
>
>K

K

I was just kidding about the call the locals thing, sweet. But I wasn't about the lip sync'n.

And after I read the way the jump was "supposed" to take place, I understand why the band was wearing BASE rigs.

Good job to all involved. Just call us Texans next time.

I'm just sorry I didn't watch the halftime show and see the TIT!!!


luv ya,
Rod

[Ray Losli]

Hey Karen...you are right I would even eat the ass out of a dead Moose, to jump the inside of that Dome.
>You have brought up something even more Questionable of Jebs Behavior.
You said he got PAID to jump in the Super Bowl !!!

That Means it could not have really been Jeb Jumping....BECAUSE .
He would actually have gotten A ---Real Paying JOB. :+ :+ :-)

...Ray Losli...

[base570]

OK Karen send me the pink canopy and a pass into the stadium and I'll jump it! I don't even need all of those screaming fans:P

Seriously, nice job. A great BASE jump! I'm just pissed my invitation got delayed in the mailx( . Please make sure it is address correctly next time!

Jason
BASE 570

[346]

I think you need to have QuickTime installed to view it. You can download it here:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

E-mail me if you need more help.

Mark

[feral]

Hey only a few people can do hot pink justice me and anne , K and base 570 take it easy .

And as for jeb I am descusted you should have had a black canopy with yellew areosmith logo on it I guess your getting soft , brings me back to when I first met that tall fu (king seppo he had little bits of blue on his canopy Man you gota love jebs love of black I know I do .........



bsbd feral

Team smack I remember the days of the BB havin pick Smilies

Inject saline in your contact's

[Tree]

Bits of blue? You talkin to ME! Whats up Feral? If the will ever let you into the USA come on up and we'll get a a couple sacks of smack and have a real jumping party. By the way, those bits of blue spelled out Adrenaline, but you're eyes were to red from the needles to read.

Luv your work mate,

Tree :-)

[clint]

I just saw "THE VIDEO"

WOW, WOW, WOW.

THe noise, the view, everything. EVERYONE should see the video!
I don't think it can be made public but if it does, The best video of BASE you could ever see!!

CONGRATS to all!

[feral]

Tree is using drug talk

this is a neg for base

Shame on you tree

No many sponsors will not get behind seppos running

Base comps worldwide

Please give tree and smack on the hand

and tree no I thought I was thick but man you are dumber than me and thats a hard thing to do because I am very dumb . the blue was on Jeb jeb you tall blowin




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[skydvr18]

I'm not sure exactly how anyone can't see this. I think that such well-planned, well-executed jumps greatly improve the image of BASE jumping. Compare these Super Bowl jumps to John Vincent's "stunt" at the SuperDome in New Orleans a few years back. He explained how he managed to sneak into the SuperDome a few days before the Super Bowl while they were preparing for the game. He told them that he was "part of the half-time show," and he wanted to make some practice jumps. He made one jump, landed, packed, then made another jump before they realized that he was NOT part of the half-time show. I'm not sure what happened to him once the people found out he wasn't supposed to be there, but it definitely made BASE jumping look bad...as well as his jumps from the WTC and St. Louis Arch.

Congrats to all involved in the pre-game show this year. GREAT job on the well-prepared, well-executed jumps, and GREAT job on taking a huge step forward for the sport.

[K]

Thanks Clint and Skydvr18!

Todd will be pleased to see your comments. His only goal was to have the jumps go off safely, and he did this in spades! Any other consideration besides safety was handled by other members of the crew, and anything Todd viewed as detrimental to the safety factor was not allowed. During the dress rehearsal the lady running the show made a comment after a jump sequence..."what do you think of that?" she asked, (those present cheered wildly) then said "they make it look easy!" They did, too, because of the planning, professionalism, and experience at hand.

The info about John Vincent is very informative and partially explains why the credential process was so stringent. If you weren't supposed to be there, there was no way you were getting in.

Gotta love it!

Karen
BR

[Jimmy P]

Just for the record...
I am not in agreement with high profile illegal jumps, never have been. Just to set the facts straight however, here is the whole story on the superbowl jump that got cancelled. The same company that hired us, hired John and Marta to jump then. This appeared in Skydiving magazine in March 1997.

The day after a bungee jumper was killed during a practice jump for the
Super Bowl, National Football League officials canceled the surprise skydive
that was to have been the pre-game show finale.
John Vincent and Marta Empinotti were slated to be the last act before
Luther Van Dross sang the National Anthem and the January 26 game began.
They were to wear New England Patriot and Green Bay Packer jerseys, make
112-second freefalls from the Louisiana Superdome's 260-foot-high ceiling,
then open and land 7-cell canopies sporting team colors. It was to have been
a spectacular surprise for both the 75,000plus spectators on hand and the
several hundred million television viewers around the world.
Three days before the game, however, a halftime show performer was
killed when she hit the ground before her bungee cord stopped her descent.
Long-time circus performer Laura Patterson, 43, of Sarasota, Fla., died of
head and neck injuries.
The bungee jump, scheduled to be the halftime show's finale, was
immediately canceled. The fatality also marked the beginning of the end for
the pre-game finale.
"We were ready to start practice jumping at 10 o'clock Friday," said
Empinotti. "They called at 8:30 and said, 'Come on over as soon as you're
ready. The bungee girl died and we're not sure what's going on with you
guys, so bring your stuff to practice.' We waited from 10 to 11. There were
obviously a lot of people involved. And then the word came: No go for sure.
John asked to talk to somebody and they said, 'There is no way to change
it.' So whoever it came from, it was the final decision."
Empinotti said she understood the NFL's decision but that the whole
situation was a bitter disappointment: "They understood the bungee thing had
nothing to do with us or BASE jumping. They even talked about doing business
together in the future, but they just couldn't take a chance of someone
getting hurt again this year. And they're right; it's not like dancing on
the floor. But when they canceled it, John and 1 hugged each other and
cried. We couldn't believe it."
Even more unbelievable than the jump's cancellation is how it all came
about. It happened on just two weeks notice, but only after years of hard
work and colorful adventures by the irrepressible John Vincent.
Vincent, 29, is a professional deep sea diver who has been skydiving for
13 years and has more than 400 BASE jumps. A longtime resident of New
Orleans, Vincent jumped there regularly during the early 1990s. Many of the
jumps were illegal. Most resulted in successful escapes. A few resulted in
police contact.
Then came Vincent's 1993 conquest of the Superdome. Long an object on
Vincent's wish list, he convinced a security guard at a monster truck show
that he was doing the skydiving act between races-and had left his pass at
home. The guard graciously gave Vincent another pass, and he commenced
jumping. He jumped three times and repacked twice before the people who knew
there was no skydiving act found out what he was doing and threw him out.

"They understood the bungee thing had nothing to do with us or BASE
jumping."

The next year, he and new wife Mary faked an argument outside the
Superdome during a Pace Grand Slam of Motor Sports event. They waltzed in
undetected, with Vincent wearing his gear under a coat. They hid out until
everyone left, then John jumped and they ran away with security guards in
hot pursuit.
Things changed the next time Pace came through. Part of their tour
included skydiver Matt Hoffman, who also happens to be a world champion BMX
trick rider who does bicycle shows between races. He hooked Vincent up with
Pace officials who had enjoyed his jumps even if they hadn't liked the way
he'd done them. After some creative negotiations, a deal was struck for
Vincent's Extreme High Productions to provide four jumps for the 1997 event,
with insurance coverage provided by Pace.
"The exact people who chased us out of the Superdome in 1994 were the
people who hired us," said Mary Vincent, Extreme High's spokesperson. "He
did four legal jumps on January 11. Superdome officials who saw the jumps
were thrilled. They called the NFL, then asked if we'd be interested in
jumping for the NFL. We said, 'Sure,' and we soon had our first meeting.
When we sat down, I said, 'So who are the teams playing in the Super Bowl?'
They were amazed. They said, 'You're the only ones in the country who don't
know,' and I said, 'Hey, we skydive.' And then we signed a contract with Bob
Best Productions the Sunday before the Super Bowl."
Vincent had previously alerted Empinotti, owner of the Vertigo BASE
equipment company, about the possible Super Bowl jump. Within a week, she
provided a Wizard shrivel-flap BASE rig in Patriot colors for Vincent, with
a matching Dragon 218, and a Dragon 193 in Packer colors. Matching Factory
Diver helmets were also produced within a week by Sky Systems Ltd.
At the same time, Vincent managed to find a $1 million insurance policy
to cover the event, and secured sponsorship from Reebok, Airwalk, MTV, the
Pace Grand Slam of Motor Sports, and others.
Mary Vincent said that, despite the cancellation, they accomplished
several important things.
"We quickly secured our own insurance," she said. "I think we've sort of set
a trend that will make it easier for other people to do the same. More than
anything else, though, was getting the help of Pace and Superdome
management. Pace gave us the first opportunity and Superdome management
followed up. They were the key elements in making it happen."
Mary Vincent said the NFL has now taken the ball and run with it too:
"They've been really supportive. We have a great letter of recommendation
from them, and they're hooking us up with all their contacts. They've been
really great. And the concentration at the Super Bowl of people who pull a
lot of money and programming strings in the sports and entertainment
worlds-it was just unreal."
John Vincent was unavailable for comment at press time: He's spending a
month working 600 feet below the Gulf of Mexico and living in a
decompression chamber between dives. Empinotti is back in Florida, building
BASE equipment - and still bumming about the Super jump that got away.
"I don't really watch football but I know what the Super Bowl is," she
said, "and the Superdome itself is a very fascinating object to me. It
really would have been an awesome jump at an awesome event.
"I saw a Packer helmet yesterday and it made me sad all over again. I'm
still not over it."

Jimmy P

[K]

>112-second freefalls from the Louisiana Superdome's
>260-foot-high ceiling,

Just so y'all know, this was supposed to read as 1/2 second delays. The scanner picked up the fraction as 112. Obviously wrong...but the writer wanted the record set straight.

thanks Jimmy for posting the story.

K

[K]

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[Nick_D]

Hi all,

If your TV coverage of Sunday's Super Bowl includes the pre-game show, make sure to watch it.

Trust me on this one . . .

Nick D:-)
BASE 194