Insane High Dives: Dana Kunze's world record 172ft dive

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Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uHkyMh9FW4

That's insane, if they push the record much further they'll start dying.

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[+2] - rosborne979 - 09/30/2008That's nuts. I thought the guy was just going to step off and drop feet first, nice and simple. I had no idea he was going to do a triple back flip on the way down.
[+1] - JTT - 09/30/2008Damn dial up. That's one I'd love to see.
[+1] - OGIONIK - 10/01/2008he has some balls on him. wow.
[+1] - farmerman - 10/01/2008Dayum. Next hes gonna be diving off major bridges of the world. I can see that coming.
[+1] - Gargamel - 10/01/20081. Radical. 2. Why didn't he climb one foot higher? He [i]tied[/i] the record. Doesn't he want bragging rights?
[+1] - Robert Gentel - 10/01/2008I wondered about that as well. I noticed they put platforms at different spots, and it was a judged competition and maybe he needed to do more than a foot if he wanted higher. But at that height...
[+1] - sozobe - 10/01/2008That is insane. I knew it ended well (you said "start dying" so presumably this one didn't) but I could barely watch in the run-up. Ugh. When did this happen anyway? Everyone...
[+1] - farmerman - 10/01/2008COULD HE SET THE BELLY FLOP RECORD FROM THAT ELEVATION? YOU BET HE COULD.
[+1] - Robert Gentel - 10/01/2008[quote="sozobe"]When did this happen anyway? Everyone looked super 80's. As in, has the record been beaten yet?[/quote] I don't think the record has been beaten, I can't find any...
[+1] - Robert Gentel - 10/01/2008Here's a record belly flop dive (from 35 feet)... [flash]http://www.liveleak.com/mp.swf?config=http://www.liveleak.com/flash_config.php?token=c94_1214717617%26embed=1[/flash]

That's nuts. I thought the guy was just going to step off and drop feet first, nice and simple. I had no idea he was going to do a triple back flip on the way down.

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@rosborne979,

Damn dial up. That's one I'd love to see.

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@JTT,

he has some balls on him.

wow.

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@Robert Gentel,

Dayum. Next hes gonna be diving off major bridges of the world. I can see that coming.

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@Robert Gentel,

1. Radical.

2. Why didn't he climb one foot higher? He tied the record. Doesn't he want bragging rights?

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@Gargamel,

I wondered about that as well. I noticed they put platforms at different spots, and it was a judged competition and maybe he needed to do more than a foot if he wanted higher.

But at that height they are coming pretty close to killing themselves (I think he'd seriously injured himself on lower dives) and I wonder how much they can push it without just being suicidal.

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@Robert Gentel,

That is insane.

I knew it ended well (you said "start dying" so presumably this one didn't) but I could barely watch in the run-up. Ugh.

When did this happen anyway? Everyone looked super 80's.

As in, has the record been beaten yet?

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COULD HE SET THE BELLY FLOP RECORD FROM THAT ELEVATION?

YOU BET HE COULD.

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@sozobe,

sozobe wrote:

When did this happen anyway? Everyone looked super 80's.

As in, has the record been beaten yet?

I don't think the record has been beaten, I can't find any other references to a higher record.

As to when it happened I didn't find anything specific on that but you can guess the range from his bio here:

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In 1974, at the age of 13, Dana Kunze began his professional high diving career. In 1977, at the age of 16, Dana won his first World Championship and set a new World Record for the highest dive, all in one weekend! Dana began a winning streak that would last for 7 years and make him the most successful professional diver in history. By the age of 23, he had captured 8 World Championships, set and broke his own World Record for the highest dive 7 times and was featured on ABC Sports over 25 times! In 1985, Dana opened Watershow Productions, Incorporated, and with the same determination that made him a World Champion Athlete, he set out to produce the very best in professional High Dive Shows.

Insane High Dives: Dana Kunze's world record 172ft dive

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