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At 233 meters (764 ft), the Macau Tower's tethered "skyjump" and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett [1] from the tower's outer rim, is the highest commercial skyjump in the world, and is also the second highest commercial decelerator descent facility in the world, after Vegas' Stratosphere skyjump at 252 meters (827 ft).
For those who like their travel experiences extreme, CNNGo.com has a full description of a bungee jump off the Macau Tower, home to one of the world's tallest bungee
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The Macau Tower Bungy has a "Guide cable" system that limits swing (the jump is very close to the structure of the tower itself) but does not have any effect on the speed of descent, so this still qualifies the jump for the World Record. Kushma Bungee Jump is the world's second-highest bungee jump with a height of 228 metres (748 ft). [23]
While attempting a forward loop in overpowered storm conditions off the coast of Cantabria, Spain, a windsurfer jumping waves gets catapulted into a high double flip. Extreme sports is a sub-category of sports that are described as any kind of sport "of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average". [ 27 ]
2006: Opening and jumping out of the Macau Tower in Macao measuring 233 metres (764 ft) above ground and holding the title as the highest commercial bungy; 2007: Doubling the previous record of 700 metres (2,300 ft) out of a helicopter with 1,499.6 metres in Malaysia with his new bungy technology allowing bungy stretches of over 1 kilometre
In 2002, he broke world records in parachuting (Longest Parachute Jump) [12] and bungee jumping (Highest Bungee Jump). [5] [13] Both world records required special thermal clothing to cope with the severe sub-zero temperatures at such altitudes. [14] [15]