Red Bull’s aerial athletes and pilots have joined forces to create the Ultimate Aerial Obstacle Course – a 15-stage airborne flight connecting open skies, mountains, and city skylines in what appears to be one flight line. Filmed across eight countries and involving 34 athletes, the project blends wingsuit flying, skydiving, paramotors, aerobatics, and drone formations into a single “party jump” that pushes the limits of aerial collaboration.
“It’s the most fun project I’ve ever been involved in,” says Marco Waltenspiel, BASE jumper and member of the Red Bull Skydive Team. “Really, it’s 15 projects in one, and something we’ll remember for a while.”
Creative Freedom in the Sky
Every obstacle began as an athlete-driven idea. “With the crew we have, it was easy to brainstorm, as there are loads of creative people on the team,” explains Dani Román, who flew in formation for the Hot Air Balloon Target. “Somebody brings an idea, then somebody else adds something.”
Those ideas became months of testing and coordination across disciplines. “There’s no roadmap for something like this. Each one of these obstacles is its own project,” says Luke Aikins, skydiver, Red Bull Air Force member, and one of the sport directors of the project. “The only way we were able to do it is that we have the best athletes in the world – and the impossible is what we do every day.”
Watch the full Ultimate Aerial Obstacle Course video now on YouTube, and experience the world’s most spectacular airborne party jump.
Key Facts
- Project Name: Ultimate Aerial Obstacle Course
- Athletes: 34 aerial athletes and pilots
- Number of Obstacles: 15
- Duration of Project: 2 years (2024–2025)
- Premiere Date: 13-11-2025
- Filming Locations: Croatia, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, United States, Bahamas, United Arab Emirates
- Disciplines: Wingsuit, skydiving, paramotor, aerobatics, jet suit and Alpha Jet
- Drone Formation: 600 drones forming a floating Red Bull can, up to 1,000 feet above ground
Route and Performance Overview
- Start: Jet Ski Drop – Lošinj, Croatia: Jet skis are released from a plane high above the Adriatic, parachuting safely into the sea as wingsuiters Andy Farrington, Mike Swanson, and Sebastián Álvarez follow 10 seconds later.
- Smoke Tunnel – Lošinj, Croatia: Farrington, Swanson, and Álvarez fly through a smoke tunnel traced by The Flying Bulls Alpha Jets flying in formation.
- Pararings – Lošinj, Croatia: The trio threads simultaneously through airborne rings held in formation by paramotor pilots.
- Human Gates – Lošinj, Croatia: Farrington, Swanson, and Álvarez fly in train formation through three human gates positioned one after the other, and formed by nine skydivers holding on to streamers.
- Hot Air Balloon Target – Manresa, Spain: Swanson, Marco Waltenspiel, and Dani Román strike a paper target suspended beneath a hot-air balloon in formation flight.
- Swoop Balloon Landing – Mammoth Mountain, USA: Álvarez, Swanson, and Jon Devore deploy their parachutes and perform a swoop landing on top of a mountain, bursting balloons with blades on their feet.
- Human Catapults – Sass Pordoi, Italy: Álvarez, Fred Fugen, and Amber Forte are launched skyward by three DD Squad catapults, accelerating instantly into freefall.
- Rock Gate – Sass Pordoi, Italy: Wingsuiters navigate a narrow natural rock structure shaped as a gate on the side of a mountain.
- Pylon Slalom – Les Diablerets, Switzerland: Fugen, Forte, and Román weave between towering inflatable pylons across the Alpine ridgeline.
- Parahook – Niederöblarn, Austria (catch) / Dubai, UAE (release): Fugen breaks away from the formation and hooks onto a mid-air line from Dimitris Kolliakos’s paramotor. He then releases himself at a higher altitude to continue flight.
- Canopy Gate – West End, Bahamas: Fugen joins Waltenspiel, Marco Fürst, Max Manow, and the group passes through a gate formed by eight canopy fliers in open sky.
- Marina Slalom – Dubai, UAE: Waltenspiel, Fürst, and Manow slalom between the skyscrapers of Dubai Marina, while an aerobatic X Dubai plane flies along the buildings.
- Red Bull Drone Can – Dubai, UAE: The trio flies through a glowing Red Bull can formed by 600 drones hovering over the city.
- Atlantis Gate – Dubai, UAE: The team glides through the centre of Atlantis The Royal before flaring to open parachutes in cinematic style.
- Finish: Jet Ski Landing – West End, Bahamas: Fürst and Manow descend under canopy to land on moving jet skis, joined moments later by more pilots and aerobatic aircraft for the closing celebration.
