The great folks over at prAna sent me this new video of extreme sports athlete Dean Potter.

Posted over at the Red Bull site on their “Holy Shit” list, and that just might be what you’ll say after checking out this latest video about a 36km freefall project sponsored by Red Bull.

Check out this awesome footage of base jumpers Roberta Mancino and Jeb Corliss in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. It was shot of the new GoPro HD in 1080p.

Just visited IWEND and stumbled across a great posting by Steph Davis, superhuman: climber, base jumper, wingsuiter extroardinaire.

This is from her blog: High Places

Out in the Utah desert in the Dirty Devil Wash is a secret canyon. Robber’s Roost was one of Butch Cassidy’s cattle rustling hideouts, inaccessible on horseback except by one trail. Remnants of his shelters still remain, along with ancient petroglyphs on the rock walls.

Just above Robber’s Roost, a 600 foot cliff drops straight down to the river bed. Base jumpers can escape by climbing out a narrow slot canyon.

While the Paragliding World Cup looks like it was a blast, the SPOT ADVENTURES Page has definitely caught my attention. A feature that allows SPOT users to share their journeys with photos and the exact GPS waypoints. A little vicarious adventure never hurt anyone, and it´s always fun to play around with Google Maps.

In this slideshow, a member of Team Superfly documents one of the tasks during the world cup, requiring tremendous skill to navigate 87 miles to the various points. Check out the photo showing what appears to be hundreds of paragliders in the sky at once.

Other features…

On August 13-15, 32 athletes will compete in Romsdalen, Norway in this unique wingsuit competition to see who will be the world’s fastest flying human being. The format will have a 2 jumper speedrace in a 6 round contest. The World Base Race is free to the public and promises to be a great event for both the participants as well as the spectators!

Thanks to Josh at Face Level for this great video from Norway from the recent ‘fastest man in Norway’ competition’. The camera is attached to his foot (instead of helmet cam) and the footage includes some great cliff shots while showing everything the flyer is doing.

The World Base Race finals will take place next weekend in Norway.

After a physical and mental torture, Christian Maurer (SUI) crossed the Red Bull X-Alps 2009 finishing line in Monaco at exactly 11.24 hours local time on Wednesday morning. Having set off from Salzburg armed with only a paraglider and hiking gear, the 26-year-old extreme sportsman came out on top in the toughest of battles across Europe’s highest mountains against 29 other athletes from 23 countries. The 2007 winner, fellow countryman Alex Hofer, was the only other athlete to reach the Mediterranean principality.

At 11:24 Christian ‘Chrigel’ Maurer (SUI3) landed in Monaco to become the 2009 Red Bull X-Alps Champion.

“Flying from the middle of the Alps to the ocean has long been my dream” Maurer said, just after landing. “And I did it!”

It´s amazing to see that there is a race like this going on. Certainly an event that warrants the often used label, “extreme”. Here is a recent press-release giving details about the progress of the athletes. More coverage to come in the future. Watch the action unfold on Red Bull Mobile Live Tracking at www.redbullxalps.com

Christian Maurer (SUI3) is raising the bar at the Red Bull X-Alps 2009, creating a huge lead over his rivals despite extreme flying conditions.

…in just five days, Maurer has completed more than 350km of the 818km course.

Today 30 athletes set out from Salzburg on the adventure of a lifetime: the Red Bull X-Alps.

At 11:30 the start gun went off, startling much of the crowd gathered in the Mozartplatz – but it was nothing compared with the shock of what’s to come for the competitors.

Ahead of them, they face Europe’s harshest mountains and extreme alpine weather conditions. Rules state they must cross the entire Alpine chain by foot or by paraglider in their quest to reach Monaco.

This morning, a squadron of six Red Bull X-Alps athletes flew a test flight directly over the city centre of Salzburg, Austria.

The flight was part of preparations leading up to the world’s most spectacular adventure race, the Red Bull X-Alps which begins at 11:30 on July 19 in Salzburg.

Three world renowned base jumpers, Jeb Corliss (USA), Chris “Douggs” Mcdougall (Australia), Paul Fortun (Norway), traveled 10,000 miles across the globe seeking Tian Keng, or “The Heavenly Pit.”