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New extreme sport: the human water catapult

New sport called the human water catapult

Welcome to the future of extreme sport: the human water catapult.

The pursuit involves people being flung 50 feet into the sky from a giant airbed and performing a series of acrobatic moves before crashing into water.

The competitor's launch is initiated by two adrenaline junkies leaping off a boat onto the other end of the airbed – a procedure which generates rather amusing results as the above video highlights.

While still in its early stages, it won’t be long before judges are roped in, aerial routines are perfected and it earns official sport status.

It’s only a matter of time before holiday thrill seekers trade jet skis for the water trebuchet. And why not? It looks incredible...

This article was originally published on Eurosport