WORLDS HIGHEST DIVES

Dana Kunze is a champion high-diver. He has held the world records for the highest dives. Dana Kunze began his professional high diving career in 1974 at the age of 13. He won his first world championship 1977 and maintained a winning streak for seven years. Dana now maintains a company that produces High Dive Shows. He was tied with the world record for highest dive at 52.4 m (172 ft) until 1985, when Randy Dickison (fracturing his leg in the process) set a record of 52,27m (174 feet 8 inches) at an event in Hong Kong. In 1987, the current record of 53.9 m (177ft) was set by Oliver Favre.

Dana Kunze. 52.4m (172feet):

Randy Dickison. 53.27m (177,8 feet):

Oliver Favre. 53.9m (177feet):

JUMPING FROM THE 1st FLOOR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER ONLY WITH ROLLER BLADES (TAÏG KHRIS)

He started skating when he was six years old. He learned in-line skating as a teenager and began competing, eventually winning gold medals in X Games competitions.

In 2001, Taïg Khris wins the Inline Vert event, with the first double backflip in X Games history, although Matt Lindenmuth was the first to land the double backflip in a vert ramp.

In 2002, Taïg appears in a video game, Aggressive Inline, which is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube.

In 2010, Taïg drops from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower 40m (131 feet high) onto a massive vert ramp below, and breaks the world record for the highest inline skate jump. Rules state that he was required to be on his skates up to halfway around the corner at the bottom of the ramp; Khris slid the rest of the way down the ramp to avoid injury when impacting the barrier at the bottom. Confusion over this fact has led to many ridiculing the record.

In 2011, he set a new world record for a roller skating jump when he leapt 29m (95 feet) down a long ramp in front of the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris.

Eiffel tower jump (40m):

Long Jump (29m):

TRAMPOLINE CLIFF JUMPING

Cliff jumping in Hawaii.
Awsome idea puting a trampoline to get some impulse for some acrobatics before the freefall into the water.
 Makes you want to have a go!
Remember,,,this is dangerous, so i recomend that if you try it,,,,ALWAYS go diving first, make sure the water is deep enough and that your vertical fall makes it to the water.

TRIMARAN WAKEBOARDING

Fabienne d'Ortoli, two times kitesurf world champion, is wakeboarding behind Yvan Bourgnon 60 feet trimaran during Defi Petit Navire (Douarnenez, France, July 2006). www.sr-douarnenez.com

SLIP AND SLIDE LAUNCH RAMP

This is the giant slip and slide launch ramp built at the Ohio Dreams Action Sports Camp in Butler, Ohio. The ramp is usually used to practice ski jumping into the pool below but now they've added slip n' slides for people with less Olympic ambition

 

RED BULL SPACE JUMP

The launch was originally scheduled for 9 October 2012, but was aborted due to adverse weather conditions. Launch was rescheduled and the mission instead took place on 14 October 2012 when Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico after jumping from a world record 38,969.3 metres (127,852 feet). On the basis of updated data, Baumgartner also set the record for the highest manned balloon flight (at the same height) and fastest speed of free fall at 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), making him the first human to break the sound barrier outside of a vehicle.Baumgartner was in free fall for 4 minutes and 19 seconds, 17 seconds short of mentor Joseph Kittinger's 1960 jump.

The jump fotage:

Headcam footage:

Complete video, of the jump and its preparations:

NAUTICAL MILE WORLD RECORD

Two days after finally smashing the Outright world speed sailing record, the Vestas Sailrocket 2 team decide to tackle the 'Nautical Mile' world record which was held by the mighty 'Hydroptere'. It was always going to be an interesting challenge for the VSR2 team as the speed course that they sail on in Walvis Bay, Namibia is defined by a beach which is exactly 1.04 miles long. This requires them to launch the boat out in more exposed waters and try and get up to as high a speed as they dare in rough water before they hit the start of the mile. At the end of the course they also fire out into rough water and have to bring the boat to a stop. It's hard on the boat. The beach is not straight but has a slight curve in it . The mile is measured by TRIMBLE GPS equipment in a straight line so pilot Paul Larsen needs to balance between sailing in close to the beach for the flat water... and sailing the straightest and hence shortest distance between A and B. In this run, with winds that averaged just under 25 knots, The team smashed not only the nautical mile record* by over 5 knots averaging over 55.3 knots... but also raised their own 'Outright speed' record* to 59.38 knots over 500 meters hitting a peak speed of 64.78 knots (74.55 mph, 120 kph). For Larsen it was the perfect payback for 10 years chasing 'the perfect reach'. Speed sailing had paid him back in full and a dream was realised.

VSR2 performed exactly as predicted by the Sailrocket design team of Malcolm Barnsley and Chris Hornzee Jones at AEROTROPE. The spec for the boat was to be able to hit 65 knots in 26 knots of wind in order to average around 60 knots.

* All records subject to WSSRC ratification

Directed, filmed and edited by Ben Holder.

Nautical Mile Records

Men Date Name Nationality Boat Speed Venue July 2003 Bjorn Dunkerbeck Windsurfer 33.96 kts Aringa, Gran Canaria Nov 2004 Bjorn Dunkerbeck Windsurfer 34.44 kts Port St Louis, France Oct 2005 Finian Maynard BVI Windsurfer 39.97 kts Walvis Bay, Namibia Oct 2006 Bjorn Dunkerbeck Windsurfer 41.14 kts Walvis Bay, Namibia April 2007 Alain Thebault FRA Hydroptère 41.69 kts Quiberon Bay, France Oct 2008 Alain Thebault FRA Hydroptère 43.09 kts Port St Louis, France Sep 2009 Alain Thebault FRA Hydroptère 48.74 kts Hyeres, France Nov 2009 Alain Thebault FRA Hydroptère 50.17 kts Hyeres, France Noc 2012 Paul Larsen AUS Vestas Sailrocket 2 55.32 kts Walvis Bay, NAM Women Date Name Nationality Boat Speed Venue July 2003 Britt Dunkerbeck AND Windsurfer 23.84 kts Aringa, Gran Canaria Oct 2005 Valerie Ghibaudo FRA Windsurfer 33.69 kts Walvis Bay, Namibia Oct 2006 Zara Davis GBR Windsurfer 34.74 kts Walvis Bay, Namibia

LONGEST VEHICLE JUMPS EVER

Watch Tanner Foust break the world record for the longest jump in a four-wheeled vehicle. Team Hot Wheels and the famous driver broke the record on May 29th 2011 at the Indianapolis 500. Tanner and his Hot Wheels Baja truck dropped 10 stories (90 feet / 27 meters) to get the required acceleration, before jumping for a total length of 332 feet / 101 meters.

In a hop that unofficially measured 83.5m (274 feet), Travis Pastrana travelled from Long Beach, Calif.'s Pine Street Pier onto a barge in a record breaking rally car jump.

Levi LaVallee (born August 31, 1982) is an American snowmobile racer.On Friday December 17, 2010 Lavallee suffered a broken pelvis, and punctured lung during a practice run forRed Bull New Year No Limits, and was unable to make his record setting attempt during the planned special New Years telecast. However, during a previous practice session leading up to the event Levi managed to land a record setting 110m (361) foot jump shattering the old record of 92m (301 1⁄2 feet). Since the official event for the attempt did not take place the practice run has been submitted for the official world record title.

On December 31, 2011 Lavallee jumped across the San Diego Bay as part of Red Bull New Year No Limits, just over one year after he was injured in a training run preparing for the same event. Lavallee set a world record during his jump of

412 ft.

As a distance jumper for over seven years, Capes Ryan has prepared his entire life for his latest stunt and he insists this new distance 118,99m (390' 4") is just the beginning. After realizing that he had a passion and talent for long-distance jumping, Capes decided to dedicate his life to breaking distance records and leading the charge as the self-proclaimed "new-school pioneer" of distance jumping.

Capes also broke the record for height 23.7m (78') and distance over an open gap 106m (348').

Ash Nichols flew the ford LTL (Semi Truck) 101.9 feet to a safe landing.

MOST CRAZY JOBS

Mechanics conducting installation/maintenance/repair work on a very high tower 540m (1,768 feet). In some stages of the climb with no safety line!!! The courage of these brave men deserves heartiest applause.

Power line maintenance,,,,,big heights and very high voltage!!

The building named Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building of the world at 828 m (2,717 ft). And these two welders worked on these amazing heights for over 3 years. Hanging over 800m over the edge, smiling and laughing,,,just amazing..

DOLPHIN SURF

Dolphins are amazing creatures and under my opinion should be protected worldwide. We always study these animals and we have learned that we can teach them anything,,,,but y think we should focus more on what they can teach us,,,,,because they are much smarter than we think they are. One thing is for sure,,,surfing was discovered long before the humans thought they did.

Here is a video of a guy that practices the dolphin surf. Here you can see and understand how the dolphins surf. They use the circular movement of the wave,,,,so once in it they are sucked by the wave which drags them without swimming. Real Pros!!!

Here is another way of playing filmed in an aquarium.

Dolphins making amazing bubble rings.