Exit Point

Jesse Hall is an accomplished athlete who grew up in the mountains of Colorado and developed a love for skiing, rock climbing, and backpacking at a young age. Jesse was inspired by air sports early and made his first jump on his 18th birthday in 2000. Since then, he's made thousands of BASE jumps from hundreds of different objects around the globe. Jesse won the North American Extreme Skiing Championships and podiumed at various BASE competitions including aerial, landing accuracy, and tracking and wingsuiting competitions. He also excels in a variety of other nylon disciplines including speed-riding, paragliding, and para-motoring.   Jesse is known for his positive attitude and for pushing limits while staying true to his personal boundaries. https://www.instagram.com/jessehallskibase/ https://www.facebook.com/jessehallskibase   Jesse's packing video: https://vimeo.com/128044236 If you have been listening to Exit Point and enjoy what you've heard, we want to hear from you!     lau@nextlevel.ws  blank@nextlevel.ws   Exit Point is completely self-funded and there are no ads.  There are some behind-the-scenes costs to keeping us online so please consider donating to help cover our operational costs: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/exitpoint

In this episode, Laurent Frat and Matt Blank speak with Todd Shoebotham.  Todd is the co-founder and President of Apex BASE, one of the premier manufacturers of BASE Jumping equipment. Todd has been involved in the sport of BASE jumping since 1987.  He is a designer, innovator, educator, a film consultant, and with his brother Troy, was one of the very first commercial manufacturers of BASE-specific equipment.  You can find out more about Todd and Apex here:  https://apexbase.com/ If you are interested in 'buying us a coffee' please follow this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/exitpoint If you have been listening to Exit Point and enjoy what you've heard, we want to hear from you!   lau@nextlevel.ws  blank@nextlevel.ws

In this episode, we speak with Kenny Daniel, the founder and designer of Baseline.ws. Baseline.ws is a website and mobile app that provides tools designed to help skydivers and BASE jumpers improve their safety margin and increase performance. I've been excited to chat with Kenny about how I can best use baseline.ws for what I'm doing and general suggestions about data gathering for BASE. www.baseline.ws   If you have been listening to Exit Point and enjoy what you've heard, we would love to hear from you:  lau@nextlevel.ws  blank@nextlevel.ws

In this episode, Matt Blank interviews Jay Moledzki. Jay Mo is one of skydiving's foremost canopy instructors and we've brought him on to talk about his history as a test pilot, his experience pioneering high-performance canopy flying, and some of his training tips that we can use to improve our own canopy skills for the BASE environment. Jasonmoledzki@gmail.com @jason_moledzki www.trustthejourney.today  Flight-1.com @flight1sport   If you have been listening to Exit Point and enjoy what you've heard, we would love to hear from you:  lau@nextlevel.ws  blank@nextlevel.ws https://www.instagram.com/exitpoint.podcast/  

Sean Chuma has made BASE jumping his life and livelihood for the better part of one and a half decades, moving from southern California to Twin falls to BASE jump full time.   Despite being a world-renowned aerialist, tandem BASE developer and BASE jumping instructor, he remains a soft-spoken ninja who’s largely chosen to represent through action rather than words, so we’re excited to get him on record and dive into his personal progression as well as pick his brain for tips and advice.   https://www.seanchuma.com/   If you have been listening to Exit Point and enjoy what you've heard, we would love to hear from you:  lau@nextlevel.ws  blank@nextlevel.ws https://www.instagram.com/exitpoint.podcast/   Big shout out to Mark Stockwell, our sound mixer and co-producer, for being part of this project.

Dr Matt Wilks is an adventure medic, ICU doctor and seasoned paraglider pilot. He founded the Flight Physiology Project, which is a multidisciplinary bid to study physiology, cognitive performance and safety of pilots during free flight. Matt has a long list of notable experiences including being the lead doctor on several large international expeditions. He practised anesthesiology in New Zealand and Nepal and has flown all over east Africa with the AMRF Flying Doctor Service.  Among other things in this episode, we discuss basic first aid for jumpers some helpful items to carry on every jump and how to manage a crisis situation in the field.

Marcel Geser is a professional paraglider pilot, avid base jumper and president of the Swiss BASE Association. We talked to Marcel about the history of jumping and Lauterbrunnen and some of the efforts they’ve taken to preserve this epic site for jumpers. This is a must-listen episode if you're planning your first trip to the valley. Swiss BASE Association Air Glacier +41 33 856 0560 Rega      

In 2012 Matt founded Squirrel, a company that manufacturers wingsuits, parachutes, and BASE jumping equipment. Among many other articles and publications Matt wrote the Great Book of BASE which is arguably the most comprehensive piece of writing on the sport. We talk to Matt about his early days in BASE, how he has seen the sport develop, and his process as a test pilot.  We dive into what motivates him to improve BASE jumping educational material and develop new technology in BASE.   Matt's links:  www.squirrel.ws https://base-book.com/  

Will Mitchell has been using an analytical approach to open short-start wingsuit BASE jumps in the United States while pioneering some technical and aesthetic lines. Will’s approach has also led him to challenge the conventional wisdom in BASE jumping.  In this episode, we talk to him about some of his recent observations which include: slider-down packing/rigging, short-start wingsuit performance, and using technology for site evaluation. Will's links:   https://www.instagram.com/will.i.am.mitchell/ https://www.facebook.com/3pt141592  

Amber Forte holds the world record for the fastest female in a wingsuit. She is a member of the Norwegian national wingsuit team and placed 2nd in an international FIA performance wingsuit competition. We discuss her flying progression, her thoughts on training in the wingsuit tunnel for skydiving and BASE, and the emotional and physical challenges that come with recovering from injury. We chat about her romantic relationship with her jumping and competition partner, Espen Fadnes. Amber's links: https://www.amberforte.com/ https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/amber4t/ https://www.facebook.com/Amber4T/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ We love hearing your thoughts on the podcast and topic ideas for future episodes. Please reach out through any of the following methods: Laurent Frat: lau@nextlevel.ws Matt Blank: matt blank@nextlevel.ws