Freeze-frame it. First jumper clears by about 1m. The shadows match the background and the curvature of the ground. CSI the heck out of it: I think it's real and these guys are nutbars. I thought fake at first, and maybe it is. A good fake if so.

>> ^hatsix:

While I understand what the city trying to do, I don't like the way they are doing it.
That said, this was a horrible video. Comparing a quarter pounder to a claim jumper meal? Really?
The suggestion that this will somehow hurt the small-business guy? He should be overjoyed that he doesn't have any more competition. They're not taking anything away from him or devaluing his hard work.
And the Douche from reason.com... How does limiting new fast food restaurants reduce choice? It doesn't. It keeps the amount of choices THE SAME, unless someone puts in a regular restaurant, in which case it increases. And somehow he turns that into "he's punishing the people who do business in South LA"... How again? How is there ANY punishment going on? Are there extra taxes? Extra costs? Extra paperwork? Some sort of punishment?
When it comes down to it, these are their elected officials. Unless you live in South LA, this isn't our business. They talk about "let people make choices'... well, the people chose to elect these officials who are setting the restrictions. Doesn't that count?


He should be overjoyed? Really? Well they're stopping that guy opening another premises and employing more people. Furthermore he's operating in an environment that is becoming actively hostile to his business and will undoubtedly get worse if this is the attitude of local government.

I'm afraid elected officials can get things wrong. There are so many holes you can poke in this and many have been listed in the video. Simply banning/restricting/eliminating business you take a moral objection to seems profoundly shortsighted and counter-productive to me.

While I understand what the city trying to do, I don't like the way they are doing it.

That said, this was a horrible video. Comparing a quarter pounder to a claim jumper meal? Really?

The suggestion that this will somehow hurt the small-business guy? He should be overjoyed that he doesn't have any more competition. They're not taking anything away from him or devaluing his hard work.

And the Douche from reason.com... How does limiting new fast food restaurants *reduce* choice? It doesn't. It keeps the amount of choices THE SAME, unless someone puts in a regular restaurant, in which case it increases. And somehow he turns that into "he's punishing the people who do business in South LA"... How again? How is there ANY punishment going on? Are there extra taxes? Extra costs? Extra paperwork? Some sort of punishment?

When it comes down to it, these are their elected officials. Unless you live in South LA, this isn't our business. They talk about "let people make choices'... well, the people chose to elect these officials who are setting the restrictions. Doesn't that count?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Holm is the guy in @Yogi's video.

This guy's name is Jussi Viita, also a high-jumper, with a personal record of 224cm. Even if this video is fake, I have no doubt he can jump 160cm hurdles.

An interesting film. It reminded me of a film called The Bridge in which a filmmaker sets his camera on the Golden Gate Bridge on a regular basis in order to capture the statistical norm of 7 - 11 jumpers over the course of the year.

He got a few.

And they're in the movie.

And some survive.

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>> ^DarkenRahl:

I think the interaction between the police officer and the base jumper was pretty remarkable, considering how often in my own life I've been given tons of bad attitude for simply doing something the officer didn't like. Kudos to the cop for being professional and kudos to the jumper for not being a jerk. (disobedience notwithstanding)


Should have tasered him...

all...
the...
way...
down...

I think the interaction between the police officer and the base jumper was pretty remarkable, considering how often in my own life I've been given tons of bad attitude for simply doing something the officer didn't like. Kudos to the cop for being professional and kudos to the jumper for not being a jerk. (disobedience notwithstanding)

>> ^deathcow:

What a dumbass. The cop says he'll let him go if he leaves. Much better to get arrested than come back in an hour?




Right, because cops NEVER lie.

>> ^dag:

Just passed Over this bridge a few hours ago on the way to Santa Cruz. It's a pretty spot.
Wait, what are you doing over here?! Aren't you supposed to be where the toilets flush the other way?

I agree.. have been there many times myself.

didn't know you were in town.. we should grab drinks and base jump.

>> ^dag:

Just passed Over this bridge a few hours ago on the way to Santa Cruz. It's a pretty spot.

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Yeah - family holiday obligations - we're off to see my aunt in Sacramento. We had never driven highway one- we did it through the Big Sur which was pretty cool.

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Nice, so what are you doing in this part of the world? You got peeps in Santa Cruz?

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Just passed Over this bridge a few hours ago on the way to Santa Cruz. It's a pretty spot.

Nice, so what are you doing in this part of the world? You got peeps in Santa Cruz?

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Just passed Over this bridge a few hours ago on the way to Santa Cruz. It's a pretty spot.

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