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BASE Camp™ (FJC)

BRIDGE DAY extended 3-day FJC

Take your parachuting career to the next level and Learn to BASE Jump with

Johnny Utah ®

Professional BASE Jumper and Skydiver
Legalized the Perrine Bridge in 1995
Invented the original BASE Camp™ FJC (est.1996)
First BASE Jumping World Champion (Petronas Twin Towers 2001)
4X World Champion
14 World Records

Johnny Utah® is a 3X World Champion BASE jumper with 3,000+ BASE jumps and 10 BASE World Records in the 38 years of his BASE career. In skydiving Johnny Utah is a World Champion Wingsuit Pilot with 8,000+ skydives and 4 skydiving World Records in the 41 years of his skydiving career. Johnny has been teaching BASE jumping for 34 years and has developed very effective teaching methods. He was the first to begin teaching BASE First Jump Courses at the Perrine Bridge, whereby he conceived and developed an innovative approach to teaching a BASE FJC. He coined the term BASE Camp™ as a name fitting for his more involved longer BASE jumping courses which give his students a higher level of competency and solid foundation to build upon during their BASE career. Johnny Utah's BASE Camp™ (FJC) at the Perrine Bridge set the standard 29 years ago for BASE courses to follow, springing up all over the world, and for the last 3 decades BASE Camp™ continues to teach skydivers not only how to BASE jump, but how to become a solid BASE Jumper!




New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia

BRIDGE DAY extended 3-day FJC is a complete and thorough BASE First Jump Course intended for experienced skydivers with little or no BASE experience. To attend this course, you need skydiving experience (minimum 200 skydives), and a BASE specific rig (some gear rental is available). The ground school and training will be on Thursday and Friday, with jumping to take place on Saturday during Bridge Day.




Students are taught the fundamental aspects of the sport. This 3-day BASE FJC covers the following:

  • BASE gear knowledge and proper gear setup
  • Packing instruction
  • Gear checks
  • Jump Priorities
  • Malfunctions and Emergency Procedures
  • Heading Correction techniques
  • Exit training and different exit methods
  • Freefall Control
  • Deployment methods and techniques
  • Canopy Flight and Patterns
  • Landings
  • Assessing wind and weather
  • BASE ethics
  • Information about jumping other objects
  • Making good judgment calls
  • Finding a mentor





This course includes:

  • BASE First Jump Course (BFJC)
  • Johnny Utah's Packing Video sent to you in advance to practice packing before the course
  • BASE CAMP™ (FJC) Course Packet
  • In-depth Instruction with the Bridge Day Safety Video covering malfunctions, glitches, & pilot errors
  • Packing Instruction during the ground school portion of the course
  • Jump Mastering during first and second jump
  • Video of YOU jumping
Participants are responsible for their travel, lodging, food, gear, and Bridge Day Registration.



Special Bridge Day extended 3-day course fee $995
October 16-18, 2025 (Oak Hill, New River Gorge Bridge)


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