The SkyWalk by Alex Thomson | Extreme Sailing

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British round-the-world sailor, Alex Thomson, has undertaken yet another breathtaking stunt with his racing yacht, the HUGO BOSS. The Skywalk is the third in a series of stunts that pushes the daredevil skipper to his limits and beyond.Chasing the HUGO BOSS yacht upwind using a 10 meter kite, Thomson attaches himself to a line in the water, which is fixed to the top of the mast. It pulls tight and the speed of the yacht propels him 280 feet in the air - higher than London's TowerBridge and double the height of the yacht. At the peak of his flight, Thomson releases himself and, using only the kite, expertly controls his descent back down to the water. He lands the kiteboard in style, whilst wearing a perfectly cut,water-resistant BOSS suit. 

This is the third daring stunt to be unveiled by 41-year-old Thomson and his team.Videos of the Keelwalk - a challenge which involved Alex walking along the orangekeel of his racing yacht, whilst heeled over and sailing at high speed - and the Mastwalk - which saw Alex climb the 30-meter mast of the HUGO BOSS and dive from the very top into the water - have now been viewed by more than 4.5 million people worldwide.

"The previous two stunts that we carried out - the Mastwalk and the Keelwalk - were so successful that, as a team, we just knew we couldn't stop there. We were all in agreement; we wanted to do something even bigger and better", Thomson comments.