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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Andy Lewis<\/strong><\/a>, also known as Sketchy Andy<\/em><\/a>, has tragically passed away.<\/p>\n The professional slackliner and BASE-jumping guide died in a jump accident on Sunday (June 14) at a canyon in Utah.<\/p>\n He and an unidentified 50-year-old man were both found dead following a jump gone wrong at Mineral Bottom, per an official release<\/a>\u00a0from the Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n Sheriff Jamison Wiggins<\/strong>\u2019s office confirmed to Moab Sun News<\/a> that deputies, Grand County Search and Rescue, Grand County EMS and two Intermountain helicopters responded to the scene.<\/p>\n Andy <\/strong>owned and operated BASE Jump Moab<\/a>, a local guiding company, and he and the unidentified victim were doing a tandem BASE jump when the tragedy occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n<\/center><\/p>\n BASE jumping is an extreme sport where individuals parachute from ground-level objects rather than aircraft. The acronym B.A.S.E. represents the four categories of objects jumpers leap from: Buildings, Antennas (towers), Spans (bridges), and Earth (cliffs or mountains).<\/p>\n Andy<\/strong> was very well known in the stunt space, and also performed on a slackline with Madonna <\/strong>during her 2012 Super Bowl halftime show.<\/p>\n In 2011, he set a Guinness World Record<\/a> for the most side-surf movements performed on a slackline in one minute. Two years later, he set a record<\/a> for a highline walk between towers of the\u00a0Mandalay Bay\u00a0on the\u00a0Las Vegas Strip,<\/p>\n Our thoughts are with Andy<\/strong>\u2018s loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n Posted To:News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n