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Gegenschatz's death during a Red Bull sponsored stunt highlighted the relationship between sponsorship and risk taking in extreme sports. His was the third death of a Red Bull sponsored extreme sports athlete that year (the second death in Switzerland) after Shane McConkey and Eli Thompson. [18]
Christian Pfeiffer (20 April 1970 – 12 March 2022) was a German motorcycle stunt rider and multiple time world champion (2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009). [1] [2] He was a four-time winner of the prestigious Red Bull Scramble (1996, 1997, 2000 and 2004) and he also broke many Guinness World Records during his 20-year professional career as a rider.
He was part of the 1996–2000 world champion skydiving team the Flyboyz. Thompson hosted 30 episodes of Stunt Junkies [3] on the Discovery Channel between 2006 and 2007, and worked as an aerial stuntman in Austin Powers in Goldmember. [4] From 2001 until his death, he was a professional Red Bull athlete.
Authorities were investigating the crash of one of two planes that were part of a Red Bull stunt in which two pilots attempted to swap planes in mid-air over the Arizona desert. The Federal ...
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
A plane swap stunt, in which two pilots attempted to switch planes while midair, resulted in a crash landing in the Arizona desert over the weekend and prompted a federal investigation.
Johnny Knoxville has survived being shot out of a cannon and a motorcycle falling down onto his crotch, but when it came to his recent stunt with a bull, the 50-year-old daredevil faced some life ...
April 24 – A Cessna 182 crash landed after a plane swap stunt went wrong during a livestreamed demonstration in Eloy, Arizona. [29] The stunt by Red Bull involved bringing two Cessnas into a nosedive, when each pilot would then jump out, skydive across and enter the other plane to land. [30]