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Matt LaJeunesse
Panama Zipline BASE Jump Project
Matt was one of two people that set up the first ever zipline BASE jump. It was created in Panama, with a line stretched from the top of a skyscraper down to the ground. The jumpers were attached to it, then dropped off the zipline into a BASE jump deploying parachutes! The project immediately went viral for obvious reasons.
Nitro Circus and Evel Kneivel Days
Matt BASE jumps a low crane with the boys from Nitro Circus and the Kneivel's at an event to honor Evel Kneivel in his home town of Butte, Montana.
Extreme BASE Jump Project with Red Bull and Skydive Dubai - jumping into a remote hole in the and ground
Matt was part of an extreme BASE jumping project in which a small group of professional BASE jumpers leaped into an underground cave in Oman. The team included Matt, Red Bull athlete Mike Swanson and X Dubai athlete Noah Bahnson.
Point Break - The major motion picture
Matt spent his summer of 2015 working as part of the crew on the BASE jumping scenes for the major motion picture, Point Break. Most of the filming was done in Switzerland. Matt has also worked on other movies and shows such as Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Tandem BASE Moab's instructor Matt LaJeunesse snaps a photo of tandem BASE being pioneered right here in Moab
"Another top notch #tandembase jump, in Moab, UT." - Sean Chuma
"We learned to tandem BASE jump from Sean Chuma, one of the people that helped invent tandem BASE jumping." - Matt Laj
Matt LaJeunesse Squirrel
World renowned equipment manufacturer "Squirrel" trusts our Tandem BASE Moab instructor Matt "Laj" to create a series of informational videos about BASE jumping. Squirrel is the #1 brand that professional athletes trust to manufacture wing suits around the world.
Matt "Laj" LaJeunesse Next Level Instructor
"Our instructors are world and national champions, thought leaders, and the technology creators driving safety and technique in our sports."
- Next Level
Ryan Katchmar
USPA Tandem Rated Instructor since 2014
Ryan is an extremely experienced tandem skydiving instructor. All of his experience allows him to be cool, calm and collected no matter the situation - and definitely allows some leeway to make sure everyone around is thoroughly entertained.
USPA AFF Instructor Rated since 2015
Being an AFF instructor means that you teach students how to become a skydiver - from the ground school, gear, knowledge and practical execution of how to actually exit the aircraft, fly your body, and land safely. Aside from being excellent at teaching and communicating, AFF instructors have to be ready for absolutely anything and everything to happen in the air, and accommodate for the student's lack of experience to make sure everything turns out safely.
Thanksgiving "Turkey Boogie" FUNdraiser event - raising $160,000 for local Moab community
Ryan is one of the organizers for the annual live raffle that the BASE jumping community puts on to raise money for the local community in Moab. The event is in it's 11th year and all of the money raised goes towards Grand County Search and Rescue - helping to pay for new equipment and training, EMS, and other local non profits including those for at-risk youth and a local women's shelter.
Katie Hansen
Katie Hansen LaJeunesse
We are proud to say that Katie Hansen Lajeunesse is an instructor at Tandem BASE Moab.
She is the first, and only, female tandem BASE jumping instructor in the world.
World Skydiving Record 2021
Katie Hansen is part of a world record skydive! The largest ever formation of people flying headdown to build not one but two distinct formations on one skydive - "2 Point - 77 way"
164-Way Headdown World Record
164 of the best skydivers in the world successfully build the largest headdown formation ever completed. While traditional belly-to-earth freefall speed is approximately 120mph, headdown skydivers reach speeds in excess of 240mph. A record formation is only considered successful if every single person that leaves the plane intending to grip the formation achieves their intended grip, so in this case all 164 flyers, 9 airplanes full of people - all invited through rigorous tryouts around the world to participate. This record still stands despite attempts to break it in 2018 and 2021, in which Katie was also a part of the team.
Katie lands a high speed parachute in the back of a moving convertible
Katie was part of the skydiving stunt team at the extreme sports festival, Ekstremsport Veko, in Norway. Katie was primarily brought onto the team to perform stunts flying her wingsuit, but also landed a high performance parachute into the back of a moving convertible, showing the depth and diversity of her skill set.
US Team takes bronze medal at World Skydiving Championships
Katie and her two teammates, Chad Ross and Matt Fry won the US National Skydiving Championships and the honor to represent the US at the World Skydiving Championships. Their first year as a team on the world stage, a competition that only takes place every two years, they rose to the occasion and the podium, to take home a bronze medal.
Next Level Official Instructor
"Katie has wingsuit BASE jumped all over the world, including highlights such as Baffin Island, and has competed in the World Wingsuit League (WWL) base races, and Red Bull ACES." Next Level
SQUIRREL FRIENDS Official
"Expert canopy pilot, free-flyer, BASE jumper, and wing suit pilot, Katie a well-rounded athlete in both skydiving and BASE worlds."
- SQUIRREL FRIENDS
Katie Hansen beloved by Professional BASE jump community since 2016
"Squirrel is fired up to welcome Katie Hansen, Mike Swanson, and Chris Geiler to the Team." - SQUIRREL January 4th, 2016
The BASE Life Podcast
"... Training the next generation of BASE jumpers."
featuring Scotty Bob, Matt Laj and Katie Hansen
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