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Created by tgladman > 9 months ago, 20 Nov 2010
tgladman
WA, 500 posts
20 Nov 2010 9:08PM
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My sis is in London ATM an said there was an article in the paper about ol mate who jumped Brighton pier. (old news I know) but apparently he now wants to jump London bridge? WTF? is this even possible?

EB
SA, 492 posts
20 Nov 2010 11:50PM
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imagine it would be gusty easy launch at the London Eye[}:)]

koma
VIC, 760 posts
21 Nov 2010 12:06PM
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Not possible.
To get the right direction to jump the bridge the wind would be coming straight from the the East End /Canary Wharf which has too many big buildings to ever get solid wind.
London Bridge is actually a smaller bridge, Tower Bridge is the one on the postcards.

StinkyPete
WA, 241 posts
21 Nov 2010 9:10AM
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The water is disgusting and the river vary narrow. Good luck

default
WA, 1255 posts
21 Nov 2010 9:29AM
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Maybe if it falls down

Transition_Surf
SA, 286 posts
21 Nov 2010 3:29PM
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Even kiting on the Thames is pretty tricky. Jason Furness did it ages ago (2002) in front of the Houses Of Parliament for a bit of fun.

www.kiteboardingmag.com/news/2002/08/05/jason-furness-conquers-the-thames/

So jumping the Bridge would be almost impossible.

BennyB12
QLD, 918 posts
21 Nov 2010 7:00PM
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Not to mention a raging tide and dodging a million boats that use the thames on a daily basis... even if the wind did cooperate it would be a logistical nightmare.. Stopping traffic going over that bridge would shut half the city down... Im goin with not possible...

stabber
NSW, 1114 posts
21 Nov 2010 10:37PM
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He could jump off the bridge.... does that count for a half assed effort?

Kitesplosh
VIC, 123 posts
22 Nov 2010 5:24PM
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It IS true! It MUST be, cos it was in the Sun

www.thesun.co.uk/news/

Trant
NSW, 601 posts
22 Nov 2010 5:45PM
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London Bridge was moved to Arizona. Doesn't look too hard compared to the pier imho

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge(Lake_Havasu_City)



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