I’ve deemed this week “BASE Week” here at SDC.
Why? Well let me tell you – I’ve done some incredible interviews the last few weeks and all of them are / were BASE jumpers. So I’m dedicating this week to the experts out there who know what they’re talking about. Because let’s be honest, if you’ve been here before, you know I clearly don’t have a clue 
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So on with the show!
Today we’re talking to a BASE jumper that I met at the Everglades Boogie this January. I turned to him on the first Otter load and asked him his name…he looked really familiar. Turns out, we didn’t know each other, but had some BASE friends in common.
So we kept in touch (oh the powers of social media) and after reading about his BASE trips in Blue Skies Mag, I was excited to chat with him about all this. Today we’re talking to Marko Markovich!
*Photo credit unknown. I borrowed this from his Facebook page
So let’s start out with a few generic skydiving questions to get the ball rolling, shall we?
SDC: How long have you been skydiving?
MM: Since 2007
SDC: Tell us a “your story.” What brought you into the sport and what has kept you here?
MM: Well I always wanted to go skydiving, once I finally said screw waiting for a bunch of people to go with me I went with 2 buddies. And when I landed I was back in less then a week! So much fun, so many places to jump and so many people to meet! I love how challenging it is!
SDC: What’s your favorite skydiving discipline and why?
MM: My favorite skydiving discipline has been freeflying but since this winter and all the boogies I have been to Luis Prinetto turned me onto tracking a lot! It is by far my most favorite in the sky! There are so many types of track dives you can do and constantly switching up the dive in the sky!
SDC: Moving on to BASE…when we met at the Everglades boogie, I quickly found out that we have some mutual friends in the BASE world. What turned you on to BASE?
MM: BASE is a totally different world and thats why I love it. When I first took the APEX course I took a year off since it scared me up pretty good. Then I got back into it and love it more then anything. Every BASE jump is like my first skydive, so scared that I can’t really enjoy it yet, and when I do start to enjoy it I always see myself pushing the boundaries and trying harder and harder things on base jumps. I would like to take a step back and just enjoy it but love pushing and testing my limits! One thing about it is that I can go do it whenever I want for the most part, and I can go alone and do it for myself!
SDC: So what are you more passionate about, BASE or skydiving. Why?
MM: That’s a tough call, since you have to work for BASE and not pay for the jumps I think it will win for now!
SDC: You recently got back from a couple cool BASE trips, one that was chronicled in Blue Skies Mag… and the more recent trip to Twin Falls. Tell us a little about those experiences.
MM: This winter was the funnest winter I’ve had in my life. Had a blast in Cali and met so many people, same as in Florida and Twin Falls. California definitely has some of the sickest scenery for BASE jumps! Idaho was an amazing trip as me and 2 buddies went and we had a blast jumping non stop for 6 days!
SDC: What’s the best memory you’ve made as a BASE jumper?
MM: The best memory I have is actually from this past weekend at Twin! I taught my buddy how to jump and got him into the sport, we did a nice 2 way with him doing video of me doing a gainer on a sunset load at the bridge. It was by far one of the best jumps I have ever done!
SDC: What’s one of the scariest things you’ve seen in the sport?
MM: Well lucky me I havent seen much carnage in this sport. Just seeing people do some low turns and stab out at the last second…thank god!
SDC: Okay, now back to skydiving. Planning on attending any boogies or traveling anywhere this season. Maybe back to Everglades perhaps? 
MM: Yeah this winter that just passed was my first with a lot of traveling, my next winter is getting planned out much differently. I will be at almost every boogie in the US if things go according to plan!
Thanks Marko! It was great chatting with you. Be safe out there on those static objects.
Stick around, we’ve got some more BASE jumpers to hear from this week – and you WON’T be disappointed!
Blue skies!
Ashley
*NOTE: This was my 100th post. Yay!