Series 1
Series Summary
Why are more and more people courting death in the name of excitement? And who is making all the danger money?
This three-part series visits the 'land divers' of South Pentecost, the inspiration behind the (much safer) Western sport of bungee jumping, and witnesses the free spirits hurtling down 60 degree faces at Verbier Extreme - the biggest event in the snowboarding calendar.
As for the future of extreme sports - check out 'rock crawling'. This is where contestants drive a big car as fast as possible up an impossible cliff. Brakes aren't really needed; gravity tends to take care of things.
Video Links
Watch now on 4oD
Episodes (3)
-
Starting where it all began for extreme sports - South Pentecost in Vanuatu. The locals here invented the land dive - what we now know as…
Read more
-
What is it that makes people hurl themselves from buildings, surf subway trains and try to push themselves beyond the limits? Xtremists…
Read more
-
Meet Shaun Baker, king of the waterfall kayak, who knows how dangerous each exploit can be, and Felix Baumgartner, who made a 30,000 foot…
Read more
