Jump zones shut down during a thunderstorm because it would be insane for people to jump out of an airplane into one…yet Sean MacCormac is poised to leap from 2 miles above Southwest Florida with laser beams of lightning randomly igniting the sky and no way to tell which direction is safe. He charges out, feet strapped to his board to surf into a hostile thundercloud at speeds up to 130 mph. Click play and witness Sean MacCormac and the Red Bull Air Force cloud surf an active thunderstorm!
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It’s been described as the world’s biggest wave but you won’t find this one in the sea. It’s a cloud that sits at 600m of altitude and it even has its own name – Morning Glory. It’s 1,000km long and renowned for its turbulence and unpredictable conditions. But for hang-glider pilot Jon Durand it just had to be flown.
Chris Douggs McDougall and Jimmy Pouchert bring you the human catapult. Along with help from Go Fast Energy and Skydive Dubai, these two world-renowned BASE jumpers got to make the jump off a lifetime: being catapulted over 300 feet into the air among the skyline of Dubai. As Jimmy and Chris go from 0-200kph in one second, they take on over 6G’s.