Most incredible Extreme sports

Be it for claim to fame or the thrill of achievement, there are plenty of people that risk life and limb to perform jaw-dropping stunts for incredible feats which are highly choreographed and rigorously rehearsed for hours, days, and even weeks before a performance, as onlookers watch the madcap attempts in awe and amazement

Pyrotechnics Stunt exhibition by “Giant Auto Rodéo” Ciney Belgium. 

Seasoned professionals will commonly treat a performance as if they have never done it before, since the risks in stunt work are tremendously high. Every move and position must be correct and perfectly timed to reduce risk of injury from accidents.

Performers of vehicular stunts require extensive training and may employ specially adapted vehicles.

Fire breathing “Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band” Chassepierre Belgium. 

Freestyle &Stunt Show 2007, Landrévarzec.

The following mind-blowing images taken of staggering stunts are the works of American photo-journalist Jeffrey R. Werner — the results of a 30-year career spent traveling across 60 countries which are featured in his new book, “Incredible Stunts.”

“I try to stay out of harm’s way as much as possible, but once in a while things go a bit awry.” says Jeffrey.

“Like when a stunt man was rocketed into the air, got the angle wrong and crashed into my head — that was quite a bloody mess.” 

Dubbed the “Da Vinci of Daredevil photography,” Jeffrey’s photos cover the high velocity drama and mayhem of high octane stunts of stuntmen and daredevils. His book reveals the planning, time and trust it takes to choreograph and execute the feats for those who risk their lives and limbs for honor.

Driver Steve Hudis jumps a 28,000 pound bus flying 109 feet (33 meters) through a giant fireball and over 15 motorcycles before crashing to earth, and miraculously survives. He broke a world record at this stunt filmed in Las Vegas. 

Stuntman Reno Jaton is dragged along a pavement, trailing behind a 14,000-horsepower jet car for a quarter of a mile at 236 mph (380 km/h), all the while enduring the 698F (370C) flames of the jet engine for a world record.

From a distance of 25 feet (7.6 meters), John Richmond shot a melon off his brother Ken’s head. Had he been off his mark by a quarter of an inch, it would have meant certain death for his brother. Both fortunately lived to see another day.

Richmond claims to have shot at his brother Ken over 100 times — hitting objects off his chest, face, and the top of his head.

Dennis Pinto from North Carolina crashed his motorcycle into a parked van at 60 mph (100 km/h) to make himself airborne. To make the stunt even more challenging, he donned a flame-retardant outfit and set himself on fire. He landed on a pile of cardboard boxes, amazingly unscathed.

Escape artist Rick Meisel risked drowning and a battering while wriggling his way out of 6 pairs of handcuffs and 2 leg irons whilst spinning in a sudsy soap-filled washing machine. Meisel went to lengths of being surgically altered in order to fit better into the machine.

Traveling at 126 mph (200 km/h), stunt cyclist John Holland hoped his motorcycle would propel him 256 feet (78 meters) over 50 parked cars toward a ramp for a clean, parachute assisted landing.

But seconds into the leap he realized that there was no chance of gaining enough speed, and his only chance of survival was to open the chutes in mid-air which sent him crashing into the cars. He spent nearly a year in hospital recovering from massive injuries, and his stunt career was ended for good.

English stuntman Eddie Kidd jumped the Great Wall of China, adding to the challenge a blind landing on a crude bamboo ramp perched precariously over the deadly river far below.

Miscalculation or a sudden gust of wind could have caused him to plunge 600 feet (183 meters) to his death, but the former James Bond stuntman successfully hit the ramp with only inches to spare.

Spanky Spangler flew over the Rio Grande River at a height of 25 feet (7.6 meters) in a rocket-powered truck. The vehicle was airborne for 150 feet (45 meters) before crash-landing into a sacred Indian burial ground on the far shore. The stuntman escaped without injury within 10 feet (3 meters) of his intended landing spot.

Werner also photographed Spangler in a mid-air collision with another car. Both stuntmen were strapped in their cars to withstand the equivalent impact of hitting a brick wall at 120 mph (193 km/h) and the 2 drivers walked away uninjured before a crowd at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. They owe their lives to incredibly strong strapping, special crash protectors, and a case of fortunate luck.

Stuntman Doug Danger took on the entire 160 foot (49 meter) wingspan of a large-body L1011 passenger jet. To make the jump, he had to reach a pre-calculated speed of 73 mph (117 km/h) to launch himself off the 120 foot (36.5 meter) long narrow ramp, straight up and over the parked plane.

Strongman Tom Owen supported a truck packed with 20 kids, weighing an estimated 6,500 pounds, as it drove over his stomach. After the stunt he went straight to hospital emergency with broken ribs and internal bleeding.

Ricky D cheated death by jumping through a 900F (482C) wall of fire at 55 mph (88 km/h). He mocked the inherent danger by wearing a $1,300 US (£700) Pierre Cardin tuxedo while performing the stunt.

Granny Mary Ella McLivain wears only a sun dress without protective harnesses as she strides across the wing of a biplane 1,000 feet (305 meters) in the air above Vancouver. She says she did it because she was tired of being a deskbound secretary

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