Tag Archives: Daredevil
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BASE Jumper Wearing a Wingsuit Flies Through Tiny Opening in the Side of a Mountain at 155 MPH (Video)
You know why people like daredevils? Because they provide a release from the modern world’s obsession with avoiding death. One study tells us that pretty much everything we touch gives us cancer, another tells us that every man, woman and child in the world is morbidly obese, and then there is Dr. Oz on TV [...]
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French Daredevil Guerlain Chicherit Nails the World’s First Car Backflip (Video)
Doing a backflip while standing, running, biking, or riding a skatebaord can be very dangerous. You can very easily wind up with broken bones and a concussed brain. However, in all but the most extreme cases, the penalty for failure in these endeavors is rarely death. That is not the case when one tries to [...]
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Watch This Guy Jump Over 14 Kids on Ice Skates (Video)
So, what’s your position on a guy with razor-sharp blades of steel strapped to his feet jumping over a row of children? Are you for it, or against it? Personally, though I wouldn’t say I’m 100% against it, I’m not completely comfortable with the idea, either. Or at least I wouldn’t be if it were [...]
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The 11 Greatest Daredevils Ever
Over the past several months, we’ve seen two different daredevils performs highly publicized stunts. First, back in June, we had Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls on a tight rope. That was broadcast live on ABC. Then, just Sunday, we had Felix Baumgartner set a new world record for highest skydive and fastest speed of [...]
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New Chest Cam Footage Lets You Experience Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump From His Point Of View (Video)
This Felix Baumgartner world record skydiving story just keeps on giving and giving. Yesterday we gave you the record-breaking details along with a couple of videos released by the Red Bull Stratos Team. And today we have another amazing video. You see, it turns out that the one thing the Red Bull Stratos team was [...]
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Felix Baumgartner Became The First Human Being To Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Sound Yesterday (Video)
In the fall of 2010, a Brooklyn cinematographer scored a YouTube hit by using a weather balloon to send his iPhone into the stratosphere with an HD camera. Then, last November, two dudes sent a can of Natty Light up there and claimed it was the first beer in space (which is highly unlikely). Finally, [...]
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Check Out What Happens When A 68-Foot Canyon Jump Doesn’t Work Out As Planned (Video)
This afternoon, those of us who like to live vicariously through the dangerous exploits of others were disappointed to hear that Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and the folks on his Red Bull Stratos team had to postpone his attempt at breaking the record for highest skydive for another day. The culprit? Excessively windy conditions. Now [...]
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Kayaker Plunges 127 Feet Off Waterfall And Survives
Total Pro Sports – Daredevil Pedro Olivia loves pushing the limits, this time he decided that he was going to drop an astonishing 127 feet off the Salto Belo falls in central Brazil and break the Record for the highest waterfall descent by a kayaker.
