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BASE jumpers fined after leaping from Q1 building By Christine Flatley May 01, 2007 12:45pm TWO BASE jumpers have been fined $750 each after launching themselves off the world's tallest residential tower, the Q1 building on the Gold Coast. Christopher McDougall, 31, and Daniel Aldridge, 25, both from Wollongong, pleaded guilty today in the Southport Magistrates Court to unlawful BASE jumping from a building. The court was told the pair, who are both professional skydivers and BASE jumpers, turned up to Q1 early in the morning with a ground crew in March this year. Once there they simply walked up the internal stairs and jumped out of an unknown unit on the northern side of the Surfers Paradise building. A witness who saw them get into a white van after the jump notified police. The men were taken into the Surfers Paradise police station where they made full admissions. The court was told neither were aware BASE jumping was illegal in Queensland but neither would confirm this outside court. In sentencing, Magistrate Catherine Pirie said she took into account that the pair had shown remorse and had not meant any harm. However, she berated them for failing to gain permission from Q1 management or to enquire about the legality of BASE jumping in Queensland. "The Q1 is in the middle of Surfers Paradise and it's one of the busiest places on the Gold Coast," she said. Magistrate Pirie did not record a conviction after accepting it would limit the men's opportunities to travel overseas for skydiving and BASE jumping competitions. Outside court, McDougall said he and Aldridge were happy with the decision. "We respect the court's decision," he said. "We are actually going to keep working towards getting legal events held in Australia. "We're treated as world-class sportsmen elsewhere in the world and we just want to do that here safely and legally." Five Australians have died in BASE (Building, Antennae, Span, Earth) jumping accidents in the past three years and many have been injured.

It's full of shit, on the trailer they show Norway big wall footage while saying "It's Illegal". Suprise suprise, Channel 9 is always the bloody same, at least the ABC had the balls to show something supportive on Australian Story a while back.

These answeres suck people! Where are the dz physicists?? I want to hear how your body would get ripped apart due to the ground effects/downforce!! or something like that...

I bought DJ equipment the same time time i started jumping, and im now selling that stuff off. Much to the disgust of my whuffo friends but who needs them hey

If I was to lay in a shallow ditch, and have an F1 car drive over the top at maximum speed, what would happen to me?? This question has perplexed me for a long time, and you crazy bunch of people are probably the best to ask for an answer

Great show, good to see the ABC being unbiased and supporting jumpers. Check out the Australian Story guestbook for all the great whuffo comments.... http://www2b.abc.net.au/guestbookcentral/list.asp?guestbookID=95

I just had a 2 month layoff between my last SOS gear jum and my own orientation jump and i was scared shitless, but once i was in the air it was all fun again and the safety procedures became 2nd nature just 'cos im having so much fun

Australia!! But soon to be New Zealand with any luck

Ive been packing since about jump 15, my first one was a student rig and my CI hop'n'popped it from 3000 to test it out. His girlfriend was standing next to me, im not sure who was more nervous!! Now i pack every jump, it's so easy when you know how!

Oh, cabin pressure of course! Thanks!

Quick one....Will my Alti3 be ok at high altitudes when i fly on a jet? or will it just go around and around till it breaks..

Cheat to get BASE rig L R L1 L2 R1 R2 R2 U D R L1 Im off to open some points

Well that just gives you time to plan it! Seriously, try and get your AFF out the way it only gets better!!!

Sell your wife and use the money to do AFF and buy a rig!

I love telling my workmates that 'I just had a quiet one.." when asked about my weekends

It's my birthday today! But that's the 4th and you guys are all still stuck on the 3rd

Yep i was over it by the end of my AFF, now if there's an open door, im gone!!

What a can of worms! I'm just so glad i was only born in the mid 80's and didn't have to suffer such fashion tragedies!!

In which skydiving era did the fashion industry take note of what we were wearing and decide to make it cool? I only remember having them as a kid cos im young, but i'm really interested as to their history!!

What about the ground? The rig i just bought has a 150 in it and my DZO wont let me jump it although he says im a good canopy pilot. Doesnt worry me, it's going in the cupboard for 100 jumps while i use a 170.

I had a 4 month break between my AFF1 And AFF2 and i really cant say why, it's weird. I dont remember what stopped me from doing stage 2 straight away, OR what made me do it 4 months later. Anyway Im here for good now!

***Or done dishes by hand and used a sprayer to spray gunk off/out of the dishes. We use the sink for that There's not many of those drainhole garbage disposal things here either...i bet they were fun as a kid!

Why do you Americans have those spray things in the kitchen anyway??

Have you all heard the Grey Album by dj dangermouse? The mix of music from the Beatles White Album and Jay-Z's acapella from his Black album? I love it

I thought I would be the same at spotting and be completely shit-scared! But for some reason I loved it the first time and now i cant get enough....did a 8k solo with CRW guys that got out 3miles downwind so i got to hang outside for agessssss waiting for my spot, it was one of my favourite moments yet, and i wasnt even falling!