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Big-Air kitesurfer Lasse Walker pulled off a world-first feat off Dolphin Beach in Cape Town when he completed a jump over the low-flying-altitude plane of Red Bull Air Race pilot Łukasz Czepiela.
After turning professional in 2015, Walker has gone on to star at events like Red Bull Megaloop while he is known for his jumps over unexpected obstacles such as a freighter, a pier and a whale with this latest feat happening at his favourite kitesurfing spot in South Africa.
Even though pilot, Czepiela has pulled off memorable feats before this particular feat involved working with Walker closely over two years to ensure they could pull it off expertly and safely.
The pair knew that they needed perfect timing to complete this piece of aerial history with Czepiela needing to hold the plane steady at low altitude while dealing with wind gusts of more than 50kph.
When the conditions were ideal not far from the shoreline, Walker soared 15 metres above the water over Czepiela’s plane in a flawless display of timing, skill and trust to cheers from the beach.
Walker, who grabbed the perfect outlet wave to jump high enough so as not to hit the plane’s propeller, enthused: “We had the perfect kicker and timing. Luke was flying low, I jumped over, did the loop with my kite, and looked straight down into the cockpit. Everything came together.”
Photos by Sebastian Marko and Jason Broderick / Red Bull Content Pool.
