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Skydiving

David Blaine pulls off balloon stunt — with help from famed skydiver who jumped with no parachute

David Blaine went way, way up in his latest stunt on Wednesday. Coming back down, the illusionist / endurance daredevil… Read More

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I’ve never solved a Rubiks’ Cube. I’ve definitely never attempted to solve one after jumping out of an airplane. Maybe… Read More

BASE jumpers stunt

Watch two wingsuit BASE jumpers fly through the air into open airplane door in must-see viral video

Mountain climbing, BASE jumping, skydiving, flying with a wingsuit — all of those things pretty much make the short list… Read More

Luke Aikins

Skydiver Luke Aikins’ riveting talk details the tech, testing and thrills of his no-parachute stunt

Luke Aikins has been skydiving for 26 years and has about 18,000 skydives under his belt. But it was a… Read More

How aerodynamics saved skydiver Luke Aikins during parachute-less landing feat

Kids, don’t try this at home: Veteran skydiver Luke Aikins made an amazing injury-free landing without a parachute on national television… Read More

Alan Eustace

Former Google exec Alan Eustace looks beyond his record-setting jump: ‘No reason you can’t go higher’

  One year after setting the world altitude record for a jump from the stratosphere, former Google executive Alan Eustace says… Read More

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