A professional jumper launched himself off the sheer granite face of Lover's Leap near Lake Tahoe on skis, then calmly opened a parachute in midair, all captured in a dizzying point-of-view clip that has been ricocheting around the internet. The footage, filmed by the jumper himself, shows him carving straight toward the edge, sailing clean off the cliff and deploying his canopy before gliding into the trees below. The viral video has piled up views and reignited debate over high-risk launches at the famously steep climbing wall.
According to The Sacramento Bee, the skier is Kasey English, a professional wingsuit pilot and BASE jumper who pulled off the stunt on Dec. 29, 2025. The Bee reports that the clip was shot entirely from English’s perspective, that he got the parachute open and descended without any reported injury, and that the footage was shared by syndicator VideoElephant before being licensed out for broader distribution.
Lover's Leap Has Long Been A Magnet For Daredevils
Lover's Leap towers above U.S. Highway 50 near the tiny community of Strawberry, its steep granite walls drawing climbers and extreme athletes year-round. Local coverage and climbing guides point to the area’s vertical drops and a long-running history of risky launches that have helped make the cliff both iconic and hazardous. As the Tahoe Daily Tribune has reported, the Leap’s easy access from Highway 50 helped fuel a tradition of daring stunts, along with the occasional close call that keeps its reputation very real.
Footage Circulates, Draws Attention
According to The Sacramento Bee, English’s point-of-view video moved through VideoElephant, was later licensed to ViralHog and quickly racked up attention across social platforms. Veteran jumpers and reporters note that ski BASE maneuvers offer almost no margin for error; in coverage of a similar Highway 50 jump, the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out that parachute deployment is essentially the only thing standing between a clean stunt and catastrophe. English’s clip, precise and widely shared, has again put the spotlight on how far people will go in the name of extreme sports and online visibility.
What To Watch Next
Whether land managers or local officials will respond to the latest Leap stunt is still unclear, but the video is another reminder that audacious feats at public natural landmarks are now watched, shared and replayed by enormous audiences. Longtime climbers continue to urge visitors to take posted warnings seriously and to treat the wall with respect; the same dramatic terrain that makes Lover’s Leap a bucket-list stop also comes with very real consequences. This story will be updated if authorities or English offer further comment.
