You may be familiar with the niche extreme sport of MotoBASE jumping from a scene in the 2023 blockbuster Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One which was touted as the biggest stunt in cinema history. In it Tom Cruise, playing the role of agent Ethan Hunt, speed off a cliff on a motorcycle and parachuted to a valley below. With big budget stunt coordinators orchestrating the action and one of the biggest names in Hollywood putting his life on the line, every conceivable precaution was taken the stunt went smoothy creating movie magic that brought in an incredible $570,000,000 worldwide.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is this MotoBASE jumper in Russia who experienced an expensive equipment malfunction after his bike made a less than smooth landing after its parachute detached during descent. In the grand scheme of things, any BASE jump where the athlete walks away is a success but watching your bike bounce 20 feet in the air has to be painful in its own way.
POV of the failed bike parachute:
Behind the scenes from Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One motorcycle BASE jump: