Jumping the pier- extreme kite surfing!
by Mort on Nov.19, 2009, under Cool vids
I saw the clip featured below and thought that it was so awesome that it deserved to be shared! Don’t get me wrong it’s not Damien Walters awesome, but if you’ve not seen it then it might be worth a minute of your life to take a look.
The clip shows a couple of kite surfers taking advantage of the gales, which the UK experienced last weekend, to jump over Worthing Pier! No, really, I’m not kidding, apparently one of them managed to get 70 feet in the air!
Anyway, take a look for yourself:
Foolhardy perhaps, but it certainly makes ''jumping the shark'' look kind of tame... sorry Fonzi!
Source: kite surfers jump pier
The internet is of course full of lies, and I’ve seen a fair few comments claiming that this vid is a fake, however, judging by the fact that news sites, including the BBC, have reported the stunt, I’m inclined to think it’s real. Obviously you’ll have to decide for yourselves though.