Tag: World Record

Leaping From the Edge of Space

by Kidz News • October 13, 2014 • 0 Comments

On October 14, 2012 Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner set a new world record for the highest-ever skydive. He jumped from 24 miles or 39 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. The ascent from the ground to the edge of space took…

Saving a friend’s life & setting a new world record

by Kidz News • November 16, 2013 • 0 Comments

What an amazing day the Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle had on October 28th, 2013. He saved his friend’s life and set a new world record by riding “the largest wave ever”. All this happened at Praia do Norte, near the…