Archive for the ‘Skydiving’ Category

Man Skydives without a Parachute

Monday, March 3rd, 2008


Travis Pastrana jumps out of a plane and skydives without a parachute. He takes a sip of Red Bull and jumps out wearing only shorts and shoes. Lucky for him nothing went wrong!

Skydiver Jumps From One Plane to Another

Monday, August 6th, 2007


Crazy video of a skydiver who jumps from one plane and glides to another.

Luckiest Skydiver in the World

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

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In this skydiving video, we meet the world’s luckiest skydiver…or is he the unluckiest?

Skydiver Survives 5,000 Foot Fall in New Zealand

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

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While skydiving over Lake Taupo in New Zealand, Michael Holmes’ parachute failed at 5,000 feet up while he fell at 70 miles per hour.  Miraculously he survived to tell the tale…He landed in a bush and had a collapsed lung and a broken ankle - and this nifty little video documenting his fall.  I hope someone paid him for the original video!

World Record 81 Way Parachute Formation

Monday, January 8th, 2007

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Here’s an awesome skydiving video which features a world record 81 way parachute formation.  After a week of training the 81 skydivers successfully accomplished the formation with several seperate skydivers filming.  It took place over Lake Wales, Florida.

Ski Gliding at Mount Eiger, Switzerland

Friday, December 1st, 2006


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This is a video that will likely make your jaw drop and I wasn’t sure whether to file this under skiing or skydiving, so I chose both.  In this video, Francois Bon and Antoine Montant di the first speedflying descent at Mount Eiger in Switzerland.


Skydiver’s Parachute Catches on Fire

Friday, October 13th, 2006


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A skydiver jumps from a plane and then ignites his parachute with a flare gun.  And then…

Skydiving with Turbine Engines on Feet

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006


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A man straps turbine engines to his feet, skydives out of a hot air balloon and flies off.  He was able to maintain a level altitude of around 2000 meters for about a half a minute.

Base Jump, Bungee and Parachute off a Bridge!

Saturday, July 1st, 2006


This is one of the most insane stunts I have seen yet. Two guys tied together by a bungee cord first base jump off a bridge. One guy lets go of his chute..and then…well, why don’t you just watch it and see what happens.