About
Welcome to Tandem BASE! The first, and only place to experience your first BASE jump, as a Tandem student with a highly experienced BASE Instructor!
Make your first BASE Jump with the confidence only achieved by attaching to a highly experienced BASE Tandem Instructor! You will leap from the 486 foot Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho and softly come to rest in the beautiful Snake River Canyon.
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Equipment
At the core of TandemBASE jumping is a custom designed and manufactured set of gear that includes the Huck-It! Duo harness and container system, the TBX-1 TandemBASE parachute, and the student harness. Built to military specifications for material and construction, the Duo’s harness is task specific for TandemBASE.
Safety
BASE jumping is not safe, but history shows that is can be performed safely. TandemBASE takes all precautions to provide the safest environment possible within the realm of BASE jumping. All students are provided helmets and must arrive with proper footwear (athletic shoes or hiking boots). With a minimum of 500 jumps, TandemBASE instructors begin as the sport’s highest caliber jumpers. Instructors are then required to complete written and practical instruction and testing on TandemBASE Standard Operating Procedures before being certified as TandemBASE Instructors.
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History
The first Tandem BASE-Jump occurred in 1984 from the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. The years since have been sprinkled with Tandem BASE-Jumps being made around the world from various objects, proving the viability. Concurrently, the Magic Valley has become an increasingly more popular BASE destination, as the Perrine Bridge has the fortunate convergence of good altitude, large landing area, easy access, and an encouraging community. It is with great pleasure we can say that the Magic Valley loves BASE Jumping, and that BASE Jumpers around the world love the Magic Valley. Excited spectators commonly ask how they can share in the BASE Jumping experience and have always been told that 100’s of skydives are needed prior to learning to BASE Jump. In 2009 Kissner and Mashaal began discussing and prototyping the equipment necessary to perform BASE Jumps using the Tandem instructional method. The result is the first purpose built TandemBASE Jumping equipment.
Bios
Abbie Mashaal began jumping in 2002 and is an experienced BASE Jumping Instructor, Skydiving Instructor, Parachute Rigger, Commercial Pilot, Parachuting Nationals Medalist, BASE Jumping record holder, and owner of Snake River Skydiving, providing the Magic Valley with parachuting instruction since 2007.
Mark Kissner, with 14 years and over 3000 jumps of parachuting under his belt, has competed on the Pro Swoop Tour, earned a freefly Atmospheric Dolphin Award, and for years designed and built his own line of BASE Jumping equipment, the Huck-It harness/container system.
Sean Chuma, our first rated Instructor, helped develop the new sport by making the very first Commercial TandemBASE Jumps during it’s experimental phase, adding more unique and exciting activities to his full time parachuting career. Chuma has over 2,000 skydives and 1800 BASE Jumps, and also runs a school that teaches experienced Skydivers how to BASE jump. He is also currently working with Adventurer and Television Producer Donald Schultz on documentary film called “Vertical Playground.”
Brent “Idaho” Clark, another primary instructor has long been credited as one of, if not the, first Idaho resident BASE jumper in the area. With his long history here at the Perrine, TandemBASE is happy to have Idaho on board.
