Shocking moment fearless BMX star does backflip at 2,000ft on world’s first FLOATING skatepark on hot air balloon
THIS is the moment a fearless BMX star performs a 180 degrees backflip in a skatepark floating 2,000ft in the air.
Kriss Kyle, 31, performed a series of stunts on a 1.7-ton bowl connected to a hot air balloon.
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He can be seen in hair-raising footage scaling the ramp and perching on a rail - with nothing to catch him below.
The legendary rider also showed off with a 360 flip on film as part of Red Bull's latest death defying stunt.
He faced a massive drop into Wiltshire farmland below after taking off from Charlton Park Airfield.
Onlookers stood with jaws dropped at the spectacle of the world’s first floating skatepark.
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Red Bull athlete Kyle said: “I’ve been dreaming of this project for so long, but the height factor has always felt like a massive weight on my mind.
"I’ve had to push past my fears several times before on Red Bull projects, but nothing has compared to this.
"Having to climb over the edge of the basket to get down to the skatepark underneath was such a crazy experience.
"I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the help and encouragement of my friends, who helped me down.
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"At over 2,000FT you’re so high up it almost doesn’t feel real anymore.”
Specific climatic conditions were needed to get a balloon six times larger than a standard vessel and capable of carrying the bowl.
A rare combination of high atmospheric pressure, cold and dry conditions, along with surface wind speeds of less than 3mph were needed.
The bowl was made from the same composite as a Formula One car.
It took almost three years of planning, waiting and weather-watching for Kriss to pull off the stunt in February.
Kyle, from Dumfries, Scotland, previously jumped from a chopper onto the 175ft-tall helipad at Dubai's Burj Al Arab.
This comes after a female stunt driver revealed Hollywood's biggest secrets from the "challenge" of being lit on fire to the "high stakes" of stunts.
The Canadian daredevil, Zandara Kennedy, gave The U.S. Sun a fascinating, and terrifying, insight into the dangers and excitement of her crazy, adrenaline fuelled day job.
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And last month rare behind-the-scenes footage showing a Happy Valley stuntman being set alight made its rounds online.
James Norton posted the video which showed his stunt double going up in flames on set.
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