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Incredible Extreme Sports

Archives : June 2009

Posted by Dan Wareham on June 23, 2009 in Base Jumping   

Jetpack daredevil flies over the English Channel

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Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy - known as “Fusion Man” and “Jet-man” - made history on 26 September 2008 when he flew from France to England to be the first person to cross the English Channel using nothing more than a jetpack strapped to his back.

Posted by Dan Wareham on June 23, 2009 in Base Jumping   

Wingsuit Flyer Faster Than Speeding Plane

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With nothing more than a wing-suit and helmet, base-jumper Ueli Gegenschatz - aka ‘Sputnik’ - leapt out of a plane at 14,763 feet in the air and flew unaided for 10.9 miles over Galway Bay, Ireland, beating a local plane to the airport, and earning the world record for the longest wing-suit flight in history.

Posted by Dan Wareham on June 23, 2009 in Skateboarding   

The World’s Largest Skateboarding Ramp

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The largest skateboard ramp in the world can be found on a 12-acre farm north of San Diego among the green foothills of the San Marcos Mountains. The ramp’s owner is Bob Burnquist, a renowned 30-year-old professional skateboarder from Brazil.

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Incredible Facts

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Polar bears are shrinking, along with the ice on which they live. Scientists say the animals are now only two-thirds as big as they were thirty years ago as melting ice makes it harder for them to catch seals, and that they are turning to cannibalism as global warming increasingly stops them getting enough to eat.