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Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' - Mission Highlights

2012-10-15T03:22:41.211Z

After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane. Felix reached a maximum of speed of 1,342.8 km/h (833mph) through the near vacuum of the stratosphere before being slowed by the atmosphere later during his 4:20 minute long freefall. The 43-year-old Austrian skydiving expert also broke two other world records (highest freefall, highest manned balloon flight), leaving the one for the longest freefall to project mentor Col. Joe Kittinger.

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O'Neill Wake The Line 2011 Highlights

2011-06-22T01:55:05.390Z

Cologne/Germany, June 18th 2011

German wonderboy Nico von Lerchenfeld wins in Cologne, upsetting fellow Liquid Force rider Shawn Watson and Keith Lidberg, who got second and third place. Von Lerchenfeld convinced the judges with two runs close to perfection. His first run included a snowboard inspired combo on the first gap, a huge melon air out of the quarterpipe and a switch toeside frontside 900 to top it off. When he hit his own signature obstacle in his second run, he did a perfectly executed backside 270 to switch noseslide and secured the win in this years OÊ¼Neill Wake The Line edition. Shawn Watson proved to be the most consistent rider, laying down top level runs all evening including his signature move, an olÃ© toeside 540. Third place went to Keith Lidberg, who showed excellent riding all evening but couldnÊ¼t maintain the same consistency as his opponents.
For the wakeskating part, 13 year old Daniel Grant from Thailand amazed everyone when he first hit the course. He quickly turned from a little Asian kid into an extremely consistent wakeskating machine, putting pressure on big names such as Nick Taylor (USA) and Leo Labadens (FRA). In his final run, Grant exploded and laid down the best line of the day, topping it off with a clean heelside frontside 540. Second place went to last years winner Jan Kissmann from Germany, who got followed by Andy Kolb, also from Germany.

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www.waketheline.com

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14th Annual Webby Awards Highlights

2010-06-16T16:19:09.322Z

The Webby Awards at Cipriani's New York City June 14th, 2010 program highlights. What would you say with your 5 words?

Highlights From The U.S. Pole Dancing Championship 2009

2009-10-13T20:44:30.488Z

LG LGenius Innovations Keynote Highlights

2009-03-28T20:07:00.313Z

LG introduces some truly genius innovations at a recent conference in Korea.