Zijn vorige video, ‘the Keel Walk‘ werd meer dan twee miljoen keer bekeken. Dat die stunt de lat hoog had gelegd besefte hij zelf maar al te goed. Toch moest en zou hij het in 2014 opnieuw bewijzen. In samenwerking met HUGO BOSS zou de 39-jarige zeiler, gekleed in BOSS pak en BOSS zonnebril, zijn jacht op een nieuwe, creatieve manier gebruiken.
“We have been planning this trick for a very long time. There were lots of things that could have gone terribly wrong: The wind could have pulled me off the mast and catapulted me onto the deck; I could have hit the water at the wrong angle or surfaced too quickly. These were all factors we needed to consider far in advance. Luckily (and despite my fear of heights), we succeeded in pulling it off. And as things turned out, the stunt was far more dangerous than I would ever have imagined. All in all, I can honestly say that it was the most stupid thing I’ve ever done in my whole life!”
Tags: Alex Thomson