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XDubai and Dubai Film Clean up Umm Suqeim Open Beach

The team from XDubai and Dubai Film as well as over 100 volunteers went to Umm Suqeim and cleaned over 60kg of rubbish and waste found on the sand and in the water. This event marked the World Clean-up Day and raised awareness and action on the impact of littering. Also Read: Free Tourist Attractions in … Read more

Video: XDubai Flying through Towers in Dubai Marina

Ever wondered what it’s like to zoom through the concrete jungle of Dubai? If you’re a fan of superhero movies, the scenes in this video from XDubai, will fill you in with all those feels you’ve had in the movie house when your favourite heroes jump off tall buildings and travel at superfast speeds… but this is a bit different because there are no special effects rendered, only heart-racing stunts performed by the guys who were featured to fly through the towers in Dubai Marina on their wing suits.

In the video, watch these four thrill-seeking stuntmen (Micah Couch, Noah Bahnson, Julian Boulle, and Greg Shelton) take flight and zoom through these manmade mountains at an insane speed and thousands of feet off the ground.

XDubai Wing Suit Adventure in Dubai Marina’s Vertical Maze Buildings

If you’ve ever been to Dubai, the sight of towering buildings such as the Marina Towers should be enough for most people to gasp and stare in awe. Now, imagine that, with a couple of guys flying through those tall towers, which XDubai has even labelled as the “Vertical Maze” for their high-altitude structural designs and mountain-like heights as well as their proximity to each other which kind of gives off a bird’s eye view of a maze or a labyrinth of some sort.

The challenge posed by flying in this type of environment is to find your way out of the “vertical maze” without crashing into any of the concrete buildings or into any of your fellow flyers, while managing to pull off some synchronized stunts with only a few seconds to spare considering the speed of your flight or crash.

Here is a YouTube video of four stuntmen on an extreme wing suit adventure in Dubai Marina:

Crazy, right? But just look at how amazing the experience must’ve been as it was caught on video and you know how much fun it was when you hear these experienced stuntmen giggle and scream out for joy after the activity has ended.

With the various opportunities presented by creative (and extreme) events groups such as XDubai, flying is no longer a dream that you can imagine or visit in your sleep. But given the opportunity as with the guys on the video, would you consider taking the challenge and fly through the vertical maze? Why and at what cost? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.

Dubai Marina Towers — Image Credit: YouTube | XDubai

xdubai wingsuits dubai marina — Image Credit: YouTube | XDubai

20 Photos of Burj Park on a Cloudy Day

After a great outdoor brunch at Fume Downtown restaurant, my wife and I walked towards the Burj Park where we got a better view of the Burj Khalifa. Although you can always see the tallest building in the world wherever in Downtown Dubai, the park area offered a different view due to its greenery. You could … Read more

Video: Flyboarding Adventure with XDubai

If you’re looking to try out something new or even something extreme for that matter, one place is catching on to be the leading place to be: Dubai. This video from XDubai, we witness professional fly boarders defy gravity and surf through waters at the same time in the Flyboard World Cup at the Skydive Dubai Palm Drop Zone.

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This amazing video featuring sportsmen getting blasted off the water while maintaining balance on a board to perform crazy-cool stunts is definitely something else. Catch these pro flyboarders get wild and wet as they wow us with their unbelievable antics that will have you question the kind of “fun” that you’ve come to know and understand as a human being.

Catch the Flyboarding Adventure Experience in Dubai on this YouTube video posted by XDubai:

XDubai and Flyboarders Having Fun in Dubai Waters

Before we rave and let loose our extreme alter-egos, let us first look at what “flyboarding” is all about. To the uninitiated (which is probably every one of us), flyboarding is a type of (an extreme) water sport activity wherein a user straps both feet onto a flyboard (similar to a wakeboard) in order to be propelled by water jets under the device to perform (acrobatic) stunts or simply just to have fun. As the activity has rapidly gained popularity since its invention in 2012, many touristic locations including Dubai have adopted the water sport activity as one of the recreational attractions in the city.

flyboard sport dubai — Image Credit: YouTube | XDubai

If you’re into water sports and are up for a new challenge, flyboarding is definitely one of those things that you need to try at least once in your life. And where else can you better enjoy this unique and exhilarating experience than in a progressive and beautiful place such as Dubai. It is most definitely safe as the activity has fully been set with safety regulations and equipment to make sure that adventure-seekers get the most out of this one-of-a-kind experience.

How has your summer been this year? Have you been raring to do something new, fun, and worth-noting in your bucket-list? Would you consider going on a flyboarding adventure in Dubai? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.

flyboard deira creek — Image Credit: YouTube | XDubai

Video: Jet Pilots Fly beside an Emirates A380 Aircraft

The sky’s the limit… or so they say, but not for these two outstanding jet pilots, who, yet again, return for another challenge organized by Jetman Dubai. This time, it is to fly alongside the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Emirates A380 Plane.

The brilliant aerial performance as shown in this video features experienced Jetman pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet, where the two are seen hovering above and alongside one of the world’s largest passenger aircrafts, as they course over Palm Jumeirah for a piece of an up-close view of the Dubai skyline.

emirates plane and jetpacks — Image credit: YouTube | XDubai

Here is a YouTube video clip of two jet pilots flying alongside an Emirates A380 Aircraft:

Jet Pilots Fly alongside an Emirates A380 Aircraft

And while this feat is not quite exactly the same as flying through tall buildings on a jet pack, one could only but wonder how challenging it must have been to fly beside a moving aircraft with engines blasting at maximum power, some thousands of feet above the ground.

Whatever is at stake on this death-defying stunt, surely: it is not for the faint of heart. The plane pilots together with Rossy and Reffet, must fly their engines with exact precision and distance from each other so as not to cause a collision in mid-air (because that is clearly not what everybody signed up for). Needless to say, in order to pull off this outrageous stunt, maximum planning and coordination must be perfectly executed.

dubai jetmen plane — Image credit: YouTube | XDubai

And after they successfully do, it’s very reassuring to know that these aircraft pilots are always on top of their game to give us, their passengers, a world-class flight experience, even as they do it to pull off yet another insane stunt such as this. Other than the flight experience, there’re also plenty of things to look forward to from the new services offered by the Emirates A380 Hub which include a wide array of shops, dining outlets, as well as world-class lounges. Indeed, it is this type of first-class facilities that put an airline service such as the growing fleet of Emirates A380s rightfully on top of the world.

See for yourself and tell us how you felt as you were watching the aerial stunt unfold right before your eyes by writing a comment on the section below.