Spin me right round – like a Guinness World Record breaker! Daring ‘skysurfer’ completes dizzying jump in which he manages to spin 160 times before landing
- The world record-breaking skydive took place on November 1 over Giza, Egypt
- Keith Edward Snyder, an American ‘skysurfer’, jumped from 13,500 feet
- After completing the 160 spins in mid-air, Mr Snyder had dropped 8,300 feet
- At 5,000 feet, the record-breaker pulled out of the manoeuvre and parachuted
This is the awe-inspiring moment a skydiver attached to a snowboard span 160 times in the air before deploying his parachute.
The video, filmed 13,500 feet above ground on November 1 in Giza, Egypt, shows a man entering the book of Guinness World Records for the most ‘helicopter spins’ achieved while ‘skysurfing’.
Keith Edward Snyder, from the United States, is accompanied in the video by two skydivers – with one filming the brave feat.
Keith Edward Snyder, from the United States, jumped from 13,500 feet above ground on November 1 in Giza, Egypt
Accompanied by two fellow skydivers, Mr Snyder began to turn 360 degrees over and over like a spinning top while a companion filmed him
With a deep blue Egyptian sky as the backdrop, Mr Snyder completed a record-breaking 160 spins while dropping 8,300 feet – before deploying his parachute at the 5,000 feet mark
After jumping from the plane, with a snowboard attached to his feet, Mr Snyder begins turning 360 degrees like a spinning top – going round and round until finally reaching the recording-breaking number of 160 spins completed.
The dizzying endeavour took place in front of a deep blue sky, with the pyramids of Giza serving as the landing strip for the record-smashing feat.
Skysurfing extraordinaire Mr Snyder completed the mesmerising spinning world record while plummeting to the ground head first.
Mr Snyder attributed his strong stomach to experience, saying the dizzying spin had not sickened him due to the tolerance he had built up
Shots of the stunt, performed on November 1, show Mr Snyder tumble to Earth head first
A snowboard strapped to Mr Snyder’s feet aids him in his stunt – a fixture of the skysurfing sport
With the iconic pyramids of Giza, Egypt, as Mr Snyder’s landing strip, the experience could not get much more photogenic
Mr Snyder said: ‘For the surf over the pyramids I exited the spinning manoeuvre down at 5,000 feet.
He continued: ‘There’s certainly a level of energy and connectiveness that is second to none at the pyramids. You’re at a place that’s an antenna on the planet for the universe.’
Commenting on how he managed to withstand such a stomach-churning series of spins, Mr Snyder put it down to experience.
He said: ‘Regarding the dizzy feelings or disbalance, my mind experiences these things differently now.
‘There is also tolerance that has built over time.’