New Zealand man leaps off bridge 941 times in 24 hours to smash bungee jump world record
- Mike Heard toppled the previous record of 765 jumps set by Frenchman Francois-Marie Dibon in Scotland last year
- The 41-year-old, who previously set the record in 2008 and 2017, said it felt ‘wrong to let this record be held by any country other than New Zealand’
A New Zealander smashed the world record on Wednesday for the most bungee jumps in 24 hours after making a total of 941 leaps off Auckland Bridge.
Mike Heard, 41, toppled the previous record of 765 jumps set by Frenchman Francois-Marie Dibon in Scotland last year.
Having started at 7am local time on Tuesday, Heard passed Dibon’s record in the early hours of Wednesday before powering on to set the new best mark, his support team said.
“It certainly wasn’t easy, and going into it, I knew it would be a massive challenge. The number of jumps we had to hit, added a whole new level of nerves to this attempt for me,” Heard said.
“But the record needed to be here, because bungee is a part of our DNA.”
Heard, who lives in Auckland, was showered with blue confetti after his 941st and final leap just before 7am local time on Wednesday.
Bungee jumping is the extreme sport of leaping from a great height while connected to an elastic rope.
