Russian Swing BASE Jump
Occurred on November 22, 2018 / Moab, Utah, USA
Info from Licensor: "B.A.S.E is an acronym that stands for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth. Simply put, it is a sport in which parachutists jump from fixed objects.
Graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska in 2002, Chuma began his “jump” into BASE with a solid skydiving career beginning at the age of 16 in Caldwell, Idaho. In 2007, after completing over 700 skydives Chuma made the move to Twin Falls, ID where he now runs a very successful BASE Jumping School – Inter-Demented BASE.
Chuma’s impressive athletic background in gymnastics, skiing, and pole-vaulting has provided him with the necessary skill set and physical fitness to successfully perform complicated aerial maneuvers in BASE Jumping. He has become well known for his originality and style within this arena and is responsible for several world recognized BASE jumping tricks as well as pioneering many unpacked jumps and refining the “game over”. Chuma is responsible for making the “tweener” famous by successfully performing this trick off multiple BASE exits. Chuma’s background in gymnastics gives him a unique kinesthetic awareness that sets him apart from other Base Jumpers when it comes to tricks, solid exits and landings. Chuma currently has the most BASE jumps in the world sitting close to 6,000.
In 2009, Chuma and his former business partners developed the world’s first commercial Tandem Base Jumping operation. During the experimental phase, Chuma personally performed many test jumps with experienced BASE jumpers acting as passengers. Since 2009, he has completed over 700 tandem base jumps without incident and currently holds the record for the most tandem BASE jumps completed. In 2015, he completed a tandem jump off all four objects in the word BASE. It is believed that he is the first and only person in the world to have done this. His company, Tandem Base LLC, has performed Tandem Base jumps at bridge day in Fayetteville, West Virginia for the past 4 years and Chuma was the first person in the world to complete a tandem base jump from the Menara KL Tower, and the Wisma Sanyan in Malaysia, 2013. In 2014 Chuma became the first person to perform a Tandem Base Jump in Zakynthos, Greece at Shipwreck beach and later that year in Arco, Italy at Monte’ Brento.
One of his favorite achievements includes taking 102-year-old on a tandem BASE jump from the Perrine Bridge in June 2013. Being able to travel the world, meeting like-minded people, and BASE jumping in incredible places is Chuma's biggest joy.
Currently, Chuma is moving towards a career in television and film and has made several television appearances in the past 4 years including the Travel Channel’s Ride-iculous, Trip Flip, and MSNBC’s Caught on Camera. He is currently working with producers and colleagues on a television show that highlights the type of lifestyle he enjoys – being a professional “fun maker”. Despite this very impressive professional history, Sean remains grounded and humble regarding his achievements and always stresses the importance of planning, experience and guidance in all areas of BASE jumping.
The Russian swing: Sean Chuma and Travis Tripp were the pioneers of Russian Swing Base jumping. They both had childhood dreams of being launched from catapults. Travis Tripp was the engineer of the swing. It was first tested at the hometown of Sean Chuma, in Twin Falls, ID.
This is the second swing they have built and they have plans to take it to a massive building later this year. The plan is to get slingshotted across the skyline like a superhero."
