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Mad Hot Air Balloon-Skydiving-Skiing Stunt Will Take Your Breath Away [Video]
25 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Launching oneself from a chairlift attached to a hot air balloon 6 500 metres in the sky, pirouetting in the air, skydiving, and then landing on a mountainside to ski takes both skill and planning.
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Skydiver’s Life Hangs By A Thread After Rare Double Parachute Malfunction [Video]
16 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
This incredibly fortunate skydiver experienced the worst possible thing that can happen while falling from the sky: a double parachute malfunction.
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When Skydiving Goes Wrong: Mid-Air Collision Leads To Knockout [Video]
03 Apr 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Skydiving is not for the faint of heart, and when things go even the slightest bit wrong, lives are put in danger.
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Scooters, Stunts And A Hot Air Balloon: You’ve Never Seen A Skydiving Video Like This
07 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Everyone seems to be skydiving now, so if you want to set yourself apart, you’d better add something different and stylish into the mix.
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You’re A Bad Person For Finding This Santa Skydiving Video Funny
06 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s one for everyone out there who is already sick of the Christmas spirit. Looks like Santa came in a little hot.
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Guy Loses Shoe While Parachuting – Gets It Back Again Mid-Air [Video]
13 Oct 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There are many things you shouldn’t do with your laces untied, and now you can add parachuting to that list. This time it has a happy ending, though.
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First Man Ever To Parachute Without A Parachute [Video]
01 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Luke Aikin takes daredevil to the next level, jumping 25 000 feet from above the Earth’s surface without the safety of a parachute.
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Skydiver Loses Parachute – All Captured On Camera [Video]
01 Jul 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’re going to have to throw me out of a plane if you want me to skydive, and this video won’t go any way to changing that.
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Skydiver Jumps Out Plane, Gets Hooked On Plane – Drags Along [Video]
02 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Skydiving is already a frightening thought – and this incident caught on video is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
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Video Captures Airplane’s Emergency Landing On Busy Highway
15 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
When your plane is plummeting towards the earth you can’t be too picky about where to land. I imagine a busy highway wouldn’t be your first choice though.
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They Think This South African Rigged His Wife’s Parachute To Kill Her
11 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
I’m man enough to admit I couldn’t stomach jumping out of a plane at 1 200 metres, and stories like this aren’t exactly going to help ease that fear. Another murder scandal ahead.
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Local Skydiver Loses GoPro And A Gods Must Be Crazy Scene Unfolds
14 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The thought of jumping out of an airplane makes me panic and watching how fast this all happens truly sets in stone that I will never ever do it.
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Unbelievable Footage Shows Instructor Rescuing Parachutist During Seizure – While Plummeting To Earth [Video]
02 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
There isn’t ever really an ideal time to have a seizure but, if you were to pick a worst time, you’d imagine skydiving at 12 000 feet would be right up there.
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Man Ascends To 8,000ft With Colourful Helium Balloons, Then Base Jumps [Video]
20 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
What do you get if you mix a lawn chair, 90 balloons, a whole bunch of helium and a fondness for extreme sports? A real-life version of the Pixar movie ‘Up’, of course.
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Wow – This Cruise Ship Comes With A SkyDiving Simulator [Images]
03 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you want to do just about everything under the sun while on the high-seas? Check out the insanity that is the Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas.
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London Base-Jumpers Leap From Canary Wharf Skyscraper [Video]
12 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two base-jumpers leaped from a skyscraper in London without any consent from the bar or building owners.
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Of Course One Of The Skydivers In That Midair Plane Crash Got It On GoPro [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Modern life, we love you so much. It was reported earlier this week that all 11 passengers survived the midair collision of two light aircraft in the States. The survival of most of the people aboard the planes was no doubt thanks to the fact that they were all preparing to skydive from one of the craft, and as such all had parachutes strapped to their backs. And yes, someone got it on video.
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WATCH: Daredevil Wingsuit Pilot Jumps From Chopper, Flies Through Mountain [VIDEO]
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
American wingsuit pilot, Jeb Corliss, performed a death defying stunt this weekend in China’s Zhejiang Province. He jumped out a helicopter and flew through a narrow crevasse in the Langshan Mountain. The stunt was dubbed ‘The Flying Dagger.’
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Of Course There’s A Video Of 101 Russian Skydivers In Tandem Freefall [VIDEO]
16 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Members of the ‘Pearls of Russia’ skydiving team have successfully set a new record with 101 female skydivers free falling and creating the flower formation in mid-air.
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All The Footage From Felix’s Stratosphere Jump [PICTURES & VIDEO]
15 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last night, at about 8pm local time, an Austrian by the name of Felix Baumgartner rose 128 000 feet into the air and jumped, free-falling 128 000 feet from the stratosphere. Part of the Red Bull Stratos project, this is the highest skydive ever attempted. He even landed on his feet. We’ve got the video.
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Man Survives 700m Helicopter Jump, Without Parachute [VIDEO]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, a British man made history by becoming the first person to jump from a helicopter at 2 400ft, without a parachute, and survive.
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Man Completes 21,8km Space Jump! [PICS]
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In a society of thrill-seekers, bigger (or longer, or higher, or faster) is always better. Many South Africans revel in the fact that the country is home to the highest bungee jump in the world, it also boasts some of the best sky-diving and BASE-jumping opportunities available (just ask Jeb). But, there’s always this one guy who takes things to the next level, like jumping from space…
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Sky-diver To Break Sound Barrier With Jump From Edge Of Space
08 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This thing. Is the coolest thing. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner is going to overcome his dorky name by leaping from a balloon at a height of 36km, and 35 seconds later become the first person to break the sound barrier during free fall. Then he’ll probably deploy his parachute and land safely in New Mexico.
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FAA Say Couple Who Had Sex Mid-Skydive Did Not Break Law
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month, part-time skydiving instructor Alex Torres was fired from his job after he made a sex tape of him and the company’s receptionist in an airplane before jumping out in tandem and continuing the act midair. But luckily for them the Federal Aviation Administration won’t press charges, because they did not “distract the pilot from concentrating on his flying.”
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