This High Dive Record Will NEVER Be Broken ("or so they thought")
This High Dive Record Will NEVER Be Broken ("or so they thought")
In 1983, the annual High Dive World Record Challenge took place for the final time. Five divers were battling it out, leaping from an outrageous 172ft (52.4m). Since that day, no one has matched this.

How did they do it? And will we ever see this record broken? This is the story behind the untouchable high dive record that has defied challengers for 40 years.

Shout out to the brave MFs you’ll see in this video:

  • Rick Charls
  • Rick Winters
  • Dana Kunze
  • Bruce Boccia
  • Pat Picard

According to the Guinness World Record, as of 2022, Lucy Wardle Streeter holds the women's cliff diving world record for her 120-foot, 9-inch dive. 

Lazaro "Laso" Schaller, a Swiss man of Brazilian descent, holds the men's record for his 191-foot, 11-inch jump from the Cascata del Salto in Maggia, Switzerland on August 4, 2015. Schaller's jump was higher than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is 16.71 meters, and he reached speeds of over 120 kilometers per hour (76.4 miles per hour) as he entered the water. To soften the impact, the crew filled six tanks with water to aerate the plunge pool, which was 8 meters (26.25') deep.

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