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BASE jumping - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | The acronym "BASE" was coined by film-maker Carl Boenish, who in 1978 filmed the first jumps from El Capitan to be made using ram-air parachutes and freefall tracking technique, which effectively defines modern BASE jumping. |
 | | Boenish continued to publish films and informational magazines on BASE jumping until his 1984 death on a cliff jump in Norway. |
 | | BASE jumping is often featured in action movies, like the 2002 Vin Diesel film xXx where Diesel's character catapults himself off a bridge in an open-topped car, landing safely as the car crashes on the ground. |
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