Skydiver jumped out of planes 1,100 times over world’s most stunning sites

By Jake Meeus-Jones via SWNS

Meet the skydiver who has jumped out of a plane 1,100 times over some of the world's most stunning sites - including the Pyramids in Egypt.

Freddy Chase, 32, spends his days hurtling back down to Earth after "euphoric" leaps from a plane or hot air balloon.

The extreme athlete records his skydives and posts the breath-taking footage on his TikTok account where it racks up millions of views.

He earns money through brand collaborations combining his skydiving talent and advertising.

After growing up in a family surrounded by extreme sport, Freddy said skydiving was "the next level of extreme" that he wanted to be a part of.

Freddy did his first skydive five years ago after watching a friend, and quickly became "addicted".

After completing 25 jumps, Freddy became a fully-licensed skydiver with the freedom to jump anywhere.

He's now traveled to over 10 countries to see the world from above - including favorites Hawaii, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt - where he rode on the back of a wing suit - and the Palm in Dubai.

Freddy, from Temecula, Calif., said: "Skydiving is euphoric, it's a dream and it doesn't get old.

"It's trying to explain a feeling that 99.9% of the people on the planet have never experienced. Every jump is an addiction - it's a drug.

"I saw my buddy had posted a video of it and I wanted to do it right away.

"I did my training and immediately fell in love with it.

"I have a total of 1,100 skydives now and I've jumped in 10 different countries.

"My favorite places would have to be Hawaii - being able to jump over an island and see all sides, it's an incredible view.

"And then you have places like the Pyramids of Giza and that's almost a dream; you can't explain it.

"And then jumping over the Palm in Dubai, that's another of my favorites."

Freddy grew up being exposed to extreme sport from an early age and says there were a few local skydiving spots near his home in Southern California.

He said: "I grew up in southern California where there were a few local drop zones near me.

"I'd always seen skydivers in the air and been really interested.

"Growing up in an extreme athlete family, doing motocross, wakeboarding, surfing, snowboarding, skydiving was just that next level of extreme that I wanted to be a part of."

After enrolling in ground school, Freddy was soon on his way to becoming a fully-licensed skydiver.

"Learning about how much practice goes into being elegant in the air and doing it safely, it takes a lot of time," he said.

"I did something called ground school which is where you get taught everything there is to know about safety and flying and then you start getting some jumps under your belt.

"You can do you first jump alongside two instructors holding on to you, you don't have to have a guide strapped to you, which I think is a common misconception."

Freddy added: "After eight jumps you get a permit to jump without any instructors and then after 25 you have full freedom."

The stuntman posts highlights of his death-defying stunts on TikTok in the hopes it will inspire others to "live life."

One of Freddy's videos where he lets go of a ledge on a hot air balloon went so viral that it was made in to a meme template with a green-screen background.

He said: "I love creating content and inspiring people.

"Skydiving is my way of voicing my opinion on how we should live life and there are so many things in this world that people are scared to do and I try and inspire people to take a leap.

"These are amazing parts of life that I think people should experience at least once.

"That one video particularly has changed my life and almost two years later it still gets shared all the time, it's been made into memes as well.

"It's crazy to think that video is one of the most viral videos of 2021 and 2022."

Freddy admits that his hobby isn't cheap but it's something that he can't compromise on and risk his safety.

He also has to have the skydives cleared by local officials when he visits a new country.

He said: "Skydiving is a very expensive sport - my parachute costs $8,000 which is a mid-ground sort of price.,

"You can go cheaper but do you really want to go the cheap route and buy one that's been used for 10 years or pay a little more and have one that has more sturdiness to it?

"And then of course traveling to locations to jump adds more to that cost.

"If you're jumping out of a plane you usually have to get clearance from the government, unless you do it rogue, then you're looking at problems.

"The time I jumped in Egypt we jumped out of a military AC130 plane and a lot of the countries encourage it as it shows the land from a different angle.

"All of my jumps are sanctioned and we don't really have any issues."

Not only does Freddy skydive solo, he also does group jumps and base-jumping at a much lower altitude.

He says all of them provide different senses of euphoria, saying: "Group and solo both have their own magic - usually on a balloon it's that euphoric feeling being on my own on the way down, the same as a surfer on their own riding a wave and taking it all in.

"It's an intimate feeling but it's also amazing to jump with you friends, when a group of seven you jump out of a plane over an island.

"The jump over pyramid was a wingsuit rodeo where I rode on the back of my buddy in a wingsuit.

"I actually just got back from a base-jumping weekend and I've done 96 base-jumps so far.

"Both are two different kind of adrenaline, base-jumping there's no room for error and it's an entirely different animal and everything matters whereas skydiving you have time to fix it.

"With base-jumping I get an instant adrenaline kick whereas skydiving the euphoric feeling comes later."

Although he has no plans to move into the world of competitive skydiving, Freddy says it's a "beautiful thing".

He said: "It's a beautiful thing, freefall competitions, and they're amazing but I've never really been attracted to competing and working in the sport.

"It would take the magic away for me."

The extreme skydiver will be hoping to hit another jaw-dropping viral video this year, with plans to take the leap of faith in The Bahamas, Egypt to once again jump over the Pyramids, Dubai, Spain and French Polynesia.