Watch: Wakeskater jumps from world’s highest rooftop pool to beach in Dubai stunt – News

As if skating on the world’s tallest outdoor pool wasn’t daring enough, Brian Grubb decided to climb a ramp and jump off a 77-story skyscraper in Dubai.

Waveskating is like waveboarding, but you are not tied to the board. Also, imagine a skateboard without wheels and then ride it over a body of water while holding onto a rope. That’s wakeskate.

Grubb, an American wakeskate pioneer and three-time world champion, brought the extreme sport to the infinity pool atop the skybridge at Dubai’s Address Beach Resort, 294 meters above sea level.

On Nov. 29, he was towed by a drone while doing a 94-meter wakeskate across the rooftop pool. He then took his board to a skate ramp that launched him off the skyscraper.

For the first time in the world, the thrill of wakeskating turned into a 77-story base jump that took him to the beach. It was a project Grubb aptly called ‘Wakebase’.

“I wanted to be the first person to do a combination of wakeskate and base jumping and push myself at the highest level in my sports,” he said. “I’ve had this idea for seven years and not a day goes by that I don’t think about it.”

Here is a video of the trick:

Behind the action

For Grubb and his team, it’s been a long time coming. Accomplishing the “sickest thing” he had ever done on a wakeskate was no walk in the park.

A drone had to be built specifically for the stunt and Grubb had to undergo extensive training.

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He had the experience of Miles Daisher, a legend with more than 4,500 base jumps to his name. Daisher designed a rigorous training program to develop Grubb’s skills.

“Mentally, this project was very demanding, but my training program prepared me for every moment. “I’ve been training for base jumping all year with Miles Daisher to prepare for everything during the jump,” he said, as he described the program that took him training from the United States to Switzerland.

In total, Grubb recorded 106 base jumps under Daisher’s supervision.

Dubai was a natural choice for the stunt, given its reputation as a hub for adventure seekers.

“When we came up with this idea, we looked for high water and there wasn’t much out there. Then we saw the Address Beach Resort in Dubai with the world’s tallest invisible edge pool and had to come check it out.

“The building is set up for us, the way the pool curves is perfect for me as I’m right foot forward and the shape is what we needed for the ramp and then there’s this big landing area on the beach. As soon as we saw it in person, we knew it was on and that’s when the real mission began,” Grubb said.

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