01 — Shared Videos
A dream watched with a friend
Lukas Loibl grew up watching wingsuit videos on YouTube with a close friend. The idea of flying through alpine terrain quickly became more than a passing interest.
Professional
Lukas Loibl
From Austria | 26 years
Wenn jemand wegen schlechter Bedingungen wieder herunterläuft, sollte das mehr gefeiert werden als der riskante Sprung.
Profile
Profile and Experience
Austrian professional BASE jumping instructor and coach. With thousands of skydives and BASE jumps, he represents a fully professional approach to the sport and works closely with multiple industry sponsors.
- Profession
- BASE Jumping Instructor / Coach
- Role
- Professional
Primary Disciplines
- Slider Down
- Wingsuit
- BASE since
- 2021
- BASE jumps
- 3,000+
- Skydives
- 3,500+
- Reach
- 200,000+
- Sponsorship
- Yes
Where It All Began
From skateboarding to the mountains
02 — Skateboarding Years
Progression before the sky
His friend entered skydiving first, while Lukas initially stayed with skateboarding and other teenage pursuits. The drive for progression was already there, even before he entered aviation sports.
03 — Skydiving
The same intensity, fewer injuries
Two years later he followed the same path. In skydiving, he found the intensity and progression he had known from skateboarding, but with fewer injuries.
Skydiving gave him the progression he was looking for.
04 — Commitment
Working to keep jumping
The sport soon took over more of his life. He worked alongside school to pay for jumps and put most of his time and energy into becoming better.
05 — Into BASE
A life built around flying
After three years in skydiving, Lukas moved into BASE jumping with the same commitment. What began with videos and a shared dream gradually became a life built around flying, training and the mountains.
06 — Today
Pursuing the dream full time
Today, Lukas has quit his job to pursue that dream full time: coaching at his own wingsuit school and working as a wingsuit pilot for sponsored projects.
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Sponsors & Partnerships
Multiple sponsors since 2022, including canopies, wingsuits, cameras and clothing.
Research Findings
From Profile To Findings
Explore how Lukas' perspective relates to the wider research findings.
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