Tributes flow after Western Australian man dies while BASE jumping in Italy

A Western Australian tradie has died while wingsuit BASE jumping in Italy, his heartbroken family says.

Ben Dummett, 25, slammed into a mountain while BASE jumping with friends in the northern Italian province of Trentino on Monday, the Seven Network reports.

His father, Simon Dummett, says his son died doing what he loved the most.

"He would jump off anything, anywhere, at any time of the day or night," he told Seven on Friday.

"The chance of getting that phone call in the middle of the night was always a very real, very real thing and, unfortunately, it did happen."

Mr Dummett's parents and brother have flown to Italy to bring him home.

"Fly free my brother, you'll be missed like you wouldn't believe," Jordan Dummett wrote on Facebook.

Mr Dummett was from Mandurah, south of Perth, and worked at Bouvard Marine.

In a statement, the company said he "will be remembered as a top-class tradesman, friend, extreme sportsman and comedian".

BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span and earth - the four categories of fixed objects people can jump off.