Ernie Torres is a skydiving teacher and a black belt in karate who one day decided to combine these two hobbies. The result was a world record and a ton of money for a good cause!
A member of the U.S. Navy and all around crazy guy, apparently, Torres decided to plummet 12,000 feet from an airplane and break as many boards as he could in 70 seconds. The last time someone attempted this record, seven boards were broken. Ernie blew the competition away by breaking 12 pine boards with his bare hands while free falling!
Team members from Skydive Arizona held the boards for him to break and Ernie even needed oxygen during this dangerous stunt so that he’d remember to open his parachute! “It really was one of the greatest adrenaline rushes of my life,” Ernie stated.
Ernie is donating all the money that was raised for this event to a charity called Wounded Warrior Project which helps wounded war veterans successfully readjust to civilian life.