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Sandro Diaz is a 50-year-old Brazilian
skateboarding legend.
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He’s a six-time world champion.
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Well, he recently made history once again when
he dropped in from the curved facade of a
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22-story building in Brazil.
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Until now, the Centro Administrativo Fernando
Ferrari or CAF building in Porto Alegre,
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stood about 88.91 m high.
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It had been a white whale in the skateboarding
community, which dubbed the unique structure
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the ultimate skate ramp.
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Diaz himself had dreamed of riding CAF for some
13 years.
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After a month of planning and another 30 days
or so of transforming the facade by laying
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about 800 plywood panels over the concrete
exterior, Diaz’s dream came true.
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The stunt
dubbed the Red Bull Building Drop was
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incredible, with Diaz hitting 64 MPH after
starting from nearly 70 m high.
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With a 60 m drop.
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Diaz experienced a peak force of about 3.9 Gs,
the equivalent of supporting nearly
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four times his own body weight.
Diaz started at 55 m high and worked his way up
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the ramp gradually.
With successful attempts at 60,
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65, and 70 m respectively, the team had to lay
plywood down because although the building
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looked fit to ride, the exterior was weathered
and cracked,
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not the ideal surface to skate down at nearly
65 MPH.
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The efforts included 115 metric tons of ramp
materials, which will now be repurposed.
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The metal scrap will be recycled.
And the 800 sheets of plywood will be donated
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and used as biomass.
Guinness World Records representatives were on
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hand to certify a pair of records: the tallest
drop into a temporary quarter pipe,
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and the fastest speed on a temporary quarter
pipe.
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Still, it wouldn’t have been possible without
some incredible engineering.
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Oh, and crash pillows, safety gear, and a
lifetime of training.
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I’m David Manti.
This is Manufacturing Now.