Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker Pulls Off World First Jump Over Plane
Extreme big-air kitesurfer Lasse Walker pulled off a world-first feat off Dolphin Beach in Cape Town on Thursday, January 16 when he completed a stunning jump in the water over the low-altitude plane of masterful Red Bull Air Race pilot Łukasz 'Luke' Czepiela. Walker, 29, revealed: "I was flying back from America and we had headwinds during the flight, and I actually came up with the idea: if a slow plane is now flying against the wind, I can jump over it." He added: "The last few years we've been preparing, one of the key things for me was that I can jump over Luke consistently so I've done thousands of jumps with height measurement devices and drones to prove that I can always clear the gap."
Lasse Walker and Luke Czepiela
| Photo: Sebastian Marko / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker and Luke Czepiela
| Photo: Sebastian Marko / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker
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Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker and Luke Czepiela
| Photo: Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker and Luke Czepiela
| Photo: Sebastian Marko / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker
| Photo: Wayne Reiche / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands jumps over a CubCrafters Carbon Cub airplane piloted by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
Lasse Walker
| Photo: Wayne Reiche / Red Bull Content Pool
Lasse Walker of the Netherlands celebrates with airplane pilot by Luke Czepiela of Poland on Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on January 16, 2025.
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