Extreme Television
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Episode 19: HYDROFOIL JUMP
Geno Yauchler wants to break the hydrofoil world record for a distance and height jump. But that's not all ... Geno plans on breaking this record by jumping over an oncoming boat that is speeding directly toward him. For this spine-tingling stunt, Geno will be towed behind a boat at a speed upward of 45 mph, then launch off a wake that will be created by a huge, oncoming tugboat, and back-flip over an oncoming boat. If he succeeds, the height and distance needed to clear the boats will both set hydrofoil world records.
Premiere: Feb. 5, 2007
Episode 18: AIRPLANE HANGAR SWOOP
Joao Tambor would like to execute a hangar swoop. For this stunt, he will perform a skydive and then open his parachute to swoop end-to-end through an airplane hangar. Joao will have to gauge his line exactly right to fit into the hangar's entrance, as his clearance from the doors' edges will be extremely tight in all directions. He will then have to maintain his course in order to successfully exit through the hangar's doors on the opposite side. Adding to this stunt's difficulty, Joao must sustain flight (in a precise line) without any current. At any moment Joao's canopy could collapse, crashing him to the ground, or any miscalculation could send his canopy into dangerous objects. Joao has never successfully accomplished this stunt as he has always had to touchdown within the hangar, but with determination and precise timing Joao may finally make his once-thought-impossible dream come true.
Premiere: Jan. 29, 2007
Episode 17: REVERSE BUNGEE JUMP
Jimmy Pouchert will perform a "reverse bungee jump into a BASE jump," anchoring himself to the bottom of the Royal Gorge Canyon in Canon City, Colo., approximately 1,000 feet below the bridge overhead. Lowering a bungee from the bridge and hooking into a chest harness, which he would be wearing underneath his BASE rig, the bungee would then be tensioned. The tension would start with the "apex" of the trajectory below the level of the bridge and would eventually go higher than the level of the bridge, basically catapulting him up and over the bridge. At that point, he will cut away from the bungee and go into freefall with his BASE parachute, leaving the bungee to fall down in the opposite direction and hopefully getting Jimmy safely to the canyon below.
Premiere: Jan. 29, 2007
Episode 16: FOUNTAIN CROSSING
JD Webb would like to jump over the most prominent icon in downtown Orlando, Fla. — the picturesque fountain at Lake Eola. The fountain structure is 35 feet high and the gap distance that JD will be jumping is at least 60 feet wide. This will be the longest and highest jump ever attempted on a wakeboard. JD will be towed toward the takeoff ramp by boat and will continue to hold onto the tow line as he jumps the fountain, making it imperative that he and the boat coordinate their movements exactly. One miscalculation and JD could crash into the fountain or his landing ramp.
Premiere: Jan. 22, 2007
