Johnny
Utah Winkelkotter
Johnny Utah ®
www.johnnyutah.com
EXPERTISE
- BASE INSTRUCTOR & SKYDIVING INSTRUCTOR
- WORLD RECORD ORGANIZER
- STUNT COORDINATOR
- BASE JUMPING EVENT ORGANIZER
- DEMONSTRATION JUMPS
- BASE JUMPING COMPETITION
- SKYDIVING COMPETITION
- VIDEO PRODUCER
- AERIAL CAMERAMAN
- STUNTMAN
- BASE JUMPER
- SKYDIVER
- WINGSUIT PILOT
- HIGH-PERFORMANCE CANOPY PILOT
- HANG GLIDER PILOT
- RIGGER
- SNOWBOARDER and SKIER
JUMP
EXPERIENCE
- 4X WORLD CHAMPION - Overall Champion - World Cup 2001 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Overall Champion - World Championships 2004 (Moscow, Russia), World Champion - BASE Jump Extreme World Championship 2009 (Hoz de Jaca, Spain), Champions in Wingsuit Rodeo Category - International Wingsuit Competition 2014 (Kapos, Hungary)
- 13 WORLD RECORDS - 10 BASE Jumping World Records and 3 Skydiving World Records
- 8,000+ SKYDIVES - 40 years in the sport of Skydiving
- 2,900+ BASE JUMPS - 33 years in the sport of BASE jumping
- WORLD CLASS PARACHUTIST - Jumped in 23 countries: United States, Greece, Russia, Estonia, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Malaysia, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Grand Bahama, and Qatar.
- WORLD CLASS DEMONSTRATION JUMPER - Performed many high profile demonstration jumps in 7 countries: United States, Qatar, China, Malaysia, Spain, Grand Bahama Island, and Holland.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
WORLD RECORDS
- WORLD RECORD ORGANIZER, JUMP COORDINATOR,
ENGINEER, AND JUMPER - 30-WAY from the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia
(2004) - Standing Building Record
- WORLD RECORD ORGANIZER, JUMP COORDINATOR,
ENGINEER, AND JUMPER - 21-WAY from the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls,
Idaho, USA (2005)
- WORLD RECORD ORGANIZER, JUMP COORDINATOR,
ENGINEER, AND JUMPER - 19-WAY from the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls,
Idaho, USA (2003)
- WORLD RECORD JUMP TECHNICAL ADVISOR AND JUMPER -
26-WAY from the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia (2003)
- WORLD RECORD JUMP TECHNICAL ADVISOR AND JUMPER -
20-WAY from the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia (2003)
- WORLD RECORD JUMPER - 27-WAY Bridge Jump from
Sochi Skybridge, Russia (2019)
- WORLD RECORD JUMPER - 26-WAY Bridge Jump from
Sochi Skybridge, Russia (2018)
- WORLD RECORD JUMPER - 49-WAY Cliff Jump at Eikesdalen, Norway (2009)
- WORLD RECORD JUMPER - 36-WAY Cliff Jump at Eikesdalen, Norway (2009)
- WORLD RECORD JUMPER - 24-WAY Cliff Jump from
Kjerag, Lysebotn, Norway (1999)
- WORLD RECORD SKYDIVER - Largest Star Formation,
113 people, Perris, California (1997)
- WORLD RECORD SKYDIVER - Largest 2 point Formation
Skydive, Perris, California (1997)
- WORLD RECORD SKYDIVER - Outer-ring skydiver on
the 300-WAY attempts. Ottawa, IL (2000)
- WORLD RECORD SKYDIVER/CAMERAMAN - Largest "Night Canopy Formation", 36-WAY Diamond - Official FAI World Record, Sebastian, Florida (2019) - Standing CF Record
- WORLD RECORD ORGANIZER, JUMP COORDINATOR,
ENGINEER, AND JUMPER - 40-WAY attempt from 2,000 ft Antenna, Mobile, Alabama. Jumpers in place but jump called off due to weather (2004)
US NATIONAL RECORD
- PERFORMANCE RECORD, GENERAL CANOPY FORMATION - 11-WAY Sequential 5 Points, Lake Wales, Florida, USA (2014)
STATE RECORDS
- UTAH STATE RECORD HANG GLIDER JUMP TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR, RIGGER, AND STUNTMAN - Point of the Mountain, Utah (1987)
- FLORIDA STATE CF NIGHT RECORD JUMPER - 14-WAY Night Canopy Formation, Lake Wales, Florida, USA (2013) - WFTV Channel 9 Orlando Nightly News clip
- FLORIDA STATE CF PERFORMANCE RECORD Arial Team Videographer - 11-WAY Sequential 5 Points, Lake Wales, Florida, USA (2014)
STUNTS
- LADDER FIRE TRUCK JUMP TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - 75-foot
BASE jump from a fire truck ladder, Cross Keys, New Jersey, USA (2003)
- UTAH STATE RECORD HANG GLIDER JUMP TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR, RIGGER, AND STUNTMAN - Point of the Mountain, Utah (1987)
- WINGSUIT STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR, AND
ENGINEER - Demonstration BASE jump with a wingsuit from the Petronas Twin
Towers, Malaysia (2001)
- WINGSUIT STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR, AND
ENGINEER - Film production stunt of a Wingsuit Flyby past the 600 ft "Gran Hotel Bali", Benidorm, Spain (2010)
- NIGHT HANGER SWOOP - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - The first person to do a hanger swoop at night. Ottawa, IL (2000) - link to "Batman Swoop!" video
- FREEFALL BASE JUMP FROM AIGUILL du MIDI, CHAMONIX - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - The first person to do a freefall BASE jump from this famous mountain peak. Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France (2007)
- 4-PERSON HEAD-DOWN "SHUTTLECOCK" BASE JUMP FROM 1000 ft KL TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - KL Tower, Malaysia (2001)
- 2-PERSON "HORNY GUERRILLA" BASE JUMP FROM KL TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - KL Tower, Malaysia (2001)
- "BODY SURF" BASE JUMP FROM KL TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - KL Tower, Malaysia (2001)
- "MR BILL" BASE JUMP FROM KL TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - KL Tower, Malaysia (2006)
- 3-PERSON "HORNY GUERRILLA" BASE JUMP FROM KL TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - KL Tower, Malaysia (2006)
- CLIFF RECORD STUNT COORDINATOR, ENGINEER, AND
STUNTMAN - First 4-way off Tombstone, Moab, Utah (1999)
- CLIFF RECORD STUNT COORDINATOR, ENGINEER, AND
STUNTMAN - First 2-way off Eagles Nest, Lysebotn, Norway (1999)
- CLIFF RECORD STUNT COORDINATOR, ENGINEER, AND
STUNTMAN - First 3-way off Eagles Nest, Lysebotn, Norway (1999)
- SLIDER-UP BASE JUMP FROM THE TOP OF THE EUROMAST - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - Go Fast X-Days, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2008) - link to video
- FIRST 4-WAY BASE JUMP FROM THE TALLINN TV TOWER - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - Tallinna Teletorn, Tallinn, Estonia (2012)
- SNOWBOARD RUN DOWN THE INFAMOUS CIRQUE AT KIRKWOOD - STUNTMAN - Snowboarding a contiuous nonstop run down "The Cirque - Kirkwood's Forbidden Terrain" involving 3 large cliff drops. (1994)
- BACKFLIP FROM A 200 METER CLIFF AT SHIPWRECK BEACH - STUNTMAN, STUNT COORDINATOR & ENGINEER - The first person to perform a backflip exit slider down on a solid wall (not overhung) and intentionally open facing the wall - Zakynthos Island, Greece (2014) - link to Backflip video
EVENTS
- LOAD ORGANIZER - World Free Fall Convention (1991)
- ORGANIZING TEAM - World Cup, Petronas Twin
Towers, Malaysia (2001)
- TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - World Cup, Petronas Twin
Towers, Malaysia (2001)
- BASE CAMP - INVENTOR, ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, SAFETY AND
TRAINING DIRECTOR - Extensive BASE First Jump Courses and Training Camps held several times a year at Twin Falls, Idaho, USA (1996-2024)
- BRIDGE DAY extended 3-day FJC - INVENTOR, ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, SAFETY AND
TRAINING DIRECTOR - Complete First Jump Course in preparation for jumping at Bridge Day, New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, USA (2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)
- EXIT POINT JUMPMASTER - Bridge Day, West
Virginia, USA (2000)
- STAFF LEADER AND EXIT POINT CONTROLLER - Bridge
Day, West Virginia, USA (2002, 2003, 2004)
- SAFETY COORDINATOR - Bridge Day, West Virginia, USA
(2005)
- SAFETY BRIEFER - Bridge Day, West Virginia, USA
(2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- HOST of Bridge Day VideoFest - Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA
(2016, 2017, 2018)
- BASE SEMINAR PRESENTER - Winter Expo, Ottawa,
Illinois, USA (2001)
- UNITED STATES TECHNICAL DIRECTOR for MIXSA -
Malaysia International Xtreme Skydiving Association (2001, 2002, 2003,
2004)
- KL Tower BASE Event - Malaysia (2001, 2005)
- BASE CUP World Championship - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2001, 2002) - World Championships competiton jumper (1st PLACE 2001, 2nd PLACE 2002)
- MOSCOW BASE OPEN AIR (2003, 2004) - Big Way co-organizer and jumper, World Championships competiton jumper (1st PLACE 2004), 3 BASE World Records (2003, 2004)
- ROYAL GORGE GO FAST GAMES (2004)
- ROTTERDAM GO FAST X-DAYS (2007, 2008)
- BELGIUM GO FAST X-DAYS (2007)
- 1. Indoor BASE World Cup - Tropical Island Resort, Germany (2008) - World Championships competiton jumper (3rd PLACE)
- BASE EVENT at BIGGEST SINKHOLE IN THE WORLD - Xiaozhai Tiankeng, China (2008)
- DIVERSE CRANE BOOGIE - Gdansk, Poland (2009)
- BASE JUMP Extreme World Championship - Hoz de Jaca, Spain (2009) - World Championships competiton jumper (1st PLACE)
- BASE JUMP Extreme World Championship - Benidorm, Spain (2009, 2010)
- Tallinn BASE Boogie - Tallinn, Estonia (2012, 2014) - Accuracy Competition (3rd PLACE 2014)
- BALING BRIDGE BASE EVENT - Balinghe River Bridge, China (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) - Accuracy Competition (2nd PLACE 2016)
- ZAKYNTHOS GO FAST GAMES - Shipwreck Beach, Zakynthos, Greece (2014)
DEMONSTRATION
JUMPS
- PRO EXHIBITION JUMPER ON "THE FLYING ELVI" PROFESSIONAL SKYDIVING DEMO TEAM (1998-1999, 2013-2022).
- PRO EXHIBITION JUMPER ON "THE CHUTERS" PROFESSIONAL SKYDIVING DEMO TEAM (2021-2022).
- QATAR NATIONAL DAY DEMO - Airial Team Videographer/Photographer focusing on the Downplane portion of the demo, as a whole the demo involved 3 helicopters with 30 jumpers, all of which landed successfully on a small floating platform on the Corniche in front of the Qatar Emir and royal family, Doha, Qatar (December 18, 2013).
- KATARA BEACH SUNSET DEMO - Qatar National Parachute Team does a night demo using pyrotechnics. I was on the jump as an Airial Team Videographer/Photographer focusing on the the Downplane portion of the demo - Katara Beach, Doha, Qatar (December 19, 2013).
- FILM SHOOT at AL ZUBARAH FORT - The Qatar National Parachute Team performed multiple jumps over the desert of the Qatar peninsula next to the Persian Gulf coastline at the historical Al Zubarah Fort. These jumps were for a film shoot for a larger production being created for National Day 2013. I was filming the downplane portion of the demos, as well as other air-to-air and ground footage - Al Zubarah Fort, Qatar (October 27-29, 2013).
- FILM SHOOT and DEMO JUMPS for the 2015 World Men's Handball World Championship - The Qatar National Parachute Team performed multiple jumps next to the newly built LUSAIL MULTIPURPOSE HALL for a film shoot and demonstration jumps. Three of my photographs from the film shoot were used in the Official program of the 2015 World Men's Handball World Championship. - Lusail, Qatar (2015).
- NEW YEARS EVE 2002 - Jumped in a 10-way from Petronas Twin Towers for the New Year celebration in Malaysia. The jump took place in front of 300,000 people and was noted as the highlight of their celebration (2002-03).
- WINGSUIT DEMONSTRATION JUMP FROM PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS - Performed this jump for the Minister of Sports of Malaysia and thousands of spectators. (2001).
- CANOPY AIRSHOW (CRW) DEMONSTRATION JUMPS - Sanpete County Fly-In, Mount Pleasant, Utah (1988)
- HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME SKYDIVING DEMONSTRATION JUMPS - Organized many demo jumps for several different high schools during a four-year period.
All these schools are located along the Wasatch Front, Utah. The high schools are: Bingham, Cottonwood, Granger, Granite, Highland, Jordan, Kearns, Murray, Olympus, Skyline, Woods Cross (1988-1992).
- PRO EXHIBITION JUMPER - AIR SPORTS PARACHUTE DEMONSTRATION TEAM (2014).
COMPETITION
BASE
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
- 1ST PLACE OVERALL CHAMPION - World
Championships (2009)
- 1ST PLACE OVERALL CHAMPION - World
Championships (2004)
- 1ST PLACE OVERALL CHAMPION - World Cup
(2001)
- 1st PLACE OVERALL CHAMPION - West
Coast Cup (1998)
- 1st PLACE PRECISION LANDING - West
Coast Cup (1998)
- 2nd PLACE OVERALL - World Cup (2002)
- 3rd PLACE OVERALL - Indoor World Cup - Tropical Island Resort Dome (2008)
- 2nd PLACE LANDING ACCURACY - World Cup
(2001)
- 2nd PLACE OPENINGS - West Coast Cup
(1998)
- 2nd PLACE U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(1998)
- 3rd PLACE U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(1999)
- 4th PLACE AEROBATICS - World Cup
(2002)
- 2nd PLACE PRECISION LANDING - Bridge
Day (1997)
- 2nd PLACE PRECISION LANDING -
Tombstone, Moab, Utah (1998)
- 3rd PLACE OVERALL - Bridge Day
Championships (1999)
- JUDGES CHOICE AWARD - Bridge Day Championships
(1998)
- 3rd PLACE LANDING ACCURACY - Tallinn TV Tower, Estonia (2014)
BASE TEAM
AWARDS
- 2nd PLACE USA TEAM - World Cup (2001)
- 3rd PLACE USA TEAM - World Cup (2002)
- 1st PLACE TEAM - Bridge Day (1999)
- 2nd PLACE TEAM - Bridge Day (2000)
- 2nd PLACE TEAM - Bridge Day (1998)
- 2nd PLACE TEAM - West Coast Cup (1998)
SKYDIVING
AWARDS
- 1st PLACE WINGSUIT RODEO CATEGORY - International Wingsuit Competition, Kapos, Hungary (2014)
- 1st PLACE POND SWOOPING MONEY MEET -
Ottawa, Illinois (2000)
- 2nd PLACE RED BULL SWOOP MEET -
Orchard Beach, Maine (2003)
- 2nd PLACE INTERNATIONAL WINGSUIT COMPETITION - Kapos, Hungary (2009)
- 2nd PLACE U.S. PARA-SKI NATIONALS -
Park West, Utah (1986)
- 2nd PLACE BLADE RUNNING 2-MAN TEAM - Squaw
Valley (1997)
- 2nd PLACE U.S. NATIONALS 10-WAY -
Eloy, Arizona (2001)
- 3rd PLACE OUTDOOR SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS 4-WAY (National Skydiving League) - DeLand, Florida (2013)
- 4th PLACE WINGSUIT DISTANCE OPEN CLASS - International Wingsuit Competition, Kapos, Hungary (2014)
RATINGS
- Accelerated Freefall Instructor AFF-I
- Tandem Instructor TAN-I
- Static Line Instructor SL-I
- Pro Rating
- Senior Rigger
- Advanced Hang Glider Pilot - H4 AT
- Private Pilot
- Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver
MEDIA APPEARANCES
IMDb CREDITS Johnny Utah (II)
- Sunshine Superman 2014
- Fearless 2004
MOVIE
TELEVISION
- Dubbed KING OF EXTREME SKYDIVING on CNN
news reports after winning the World Cup (September 3-5, 2001).
- FOX SPORTS NET - Featured BASE Jumper and
Videographer for a Bridge Day segment (2002).
- Fearless 2004
- OLN (Outdoor Life Network) "Fearless" -
Appeared as a professional BASE jumper shooting air-to-air video and my
air-to-air video was also used for the show. (2004)
- TV SEGMENT - Extreme Rush, BASE Jumping - Big
Air, Kandoo Films (2004).
- TV COMMERCIAL STUNTMAN - KJQ Radio in Salt Lake
City, Utah, ran a television commercial showing a high-performance landing
stunt I did for the commercial using a logo canopy (1988).
- TV COMMERCIAL CAMERAMAN AND JUMPER - Go Fast
Sports & Beverage Company ran a commercial on FOX Sports Net showing
aerobatic jumps I performed and using video footage I shot during Bridge
Day (2002).
- Live TV at Bridge Day 2004 - Exit Ramp Jumpmaster
and MC, BASE jumper, during 3 hours of live broadcasting (2004)
- Live TV at Bridge Day 2005 - BASE jumper and
student jumpmaster, during 3 hours of live broadcasting (2005)
- REAL TV - WORLD RECORD 24-WAY segment (2000)
- Big World Productions - Bridge Day episode (2004)
- Live CCTV China News covering BASE jumps done into China's Xiaozhai Tiankeng cave which is the world's deepest sinkhole (2008)
- Live CCTV China News covering the China Balinghe Bridge BASE Jumping event (July 21, 2012) link to CCTV news clip
- Live CNN News covering the China Balinghe Bridge BASE Jumping event (October 19, 2013) link to CNN news clip
MAGAZINES
- Paktop Pucka 10/2006 (Russia) - Cover Shot of me
BASE jumping from the KL Tower in Malaysia (Oct 2006)
- Parachutist (USA) - appeared on Cover Shot (May 2013)
- Blue Skies Mag (USA) - appeared in Centerfold (March 2014)
- Parachutist (USA) - appeared in the full page "Closing In" shot (April 2014)
- Sports Illustrated (Australia) - Featured Athlete
in a World Cup 2001 spread (2001)
- Newlook (France) - Photo spread and article about
a wingsuit jump I made from the Petronas Twin Towers in (2001)
- Blue Skies Mag (USA) - Featured Article and photo spread about the International Wingsuit Competition in Hungary where I took 2nd place (2009)
- Para Mag (France) - Featured Article and photo spread about the 2013 Qatar National Day Demo (Jan 2014)
- Outside
- Inside Sport
- Skydiving (appeared in many issues, 1997-2009)
- Parachutist (appeared in multiple issues,
1986-2019)
- Blue Skies (appeared in multiple issues,
2009-2014)
NEWSPAPERS
- Hundreds of appearances worldwide (1986-2019)
VIDEOS
MEDIA PRODUCTION
VIDEO
PRODUCTION
EDUCATION
Bachelor of
Science Degree in Marketing, University of Utah, 1995
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