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A Swedish insurance company wants to give its customer everything they desire…

You want skydiving kittens…YOU GET SKYDIVING KITTENS!!!!

While we aren't fans of throwing kittens out of planes, we'd sign up with this insurance company any day!

If we lived in Sweden that is…LOLz!

Tags: business, cats, commercial, crazy, insurance, kittens, skydiving, sweden, wacky

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Jersey Shore star JWoww is a booming bride-to-be!!

Her longtime boyfriend, Roger Matthews, popped the question last week after a successful skydiving trip. After they landed, he got on his knee and popped the question!!

A production insider explains:

Tags: beautiful, boyfriend, congratulations, engaged, film, jersey shore, jwoww, production, proposal, season 2, skydiving, snooki, wedding

Wow!

We hope we're still this spry when we're his age!

Captain Lester Slate of Exeter gave a 90th birthday present to himself — his first skydiving jump from an airplane.

Here's what he said before the jump:

“I don’t think I’m going to get nervous. The Navy taught us how to use [parachutes] but they wouldn’t let us, unless it was an emergency.”

After the jump, they approached the ground, then landed safely, as his family clapped.

He said:

“It’s my land legs I’ve got to get back!"

LOLz!

He even said he'd love to do it again in a few years:

“When I get to be 95, or maybe 100."

AMAZEBALLZ!

Check out the video (above)!

Tags: birthday, family, jump, nervous, skydiving, video

Indoor Skydiving, that is!

Which looks fun for Matthew, but we gotta say just this one thing: doesn't he look shockingly normal for all that wind??

It's like he's just floating right out of our dreams and into reality! Ha!

We wouldn't be surprised if he could sing while doing this too!

Give us a call next time, Matthew! We'll go with you!!

[Image via XposurePhotos.com.]

Tags: dreams, fun, matthew morrison, skydiving

OMG!

Words can not express how terribly we feel for this skydiver who unknowingly filmed the accident which started his life as a quadriplegic.

During a routine jump amongst experienced friends, the man filming (identified as Tim in the footage) collides with a friend at 2,500 feet in the sky and tangles his parachute.

Unable to properly maneuver the mangled "ball of nylon", Tim plummets to the ground and breaks his pelvis, back and neck as he lands in a cornfield.

He not only details his traumatic experience on his YouTube page, but shares it took him four-and-a-half years to watch the harrowing footage, writing:

"As I lay waiting for help, spinal shock begins to set in paralyzing my diaphragm and breathing on my own becomes impossible. Rescue breathing is performed as I lose consciousness. Paramedics arrive and I'm med-flighted to UW Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin where I awake days later after surgery and begin life as a quadriplegic. It's taken me four and a half years to be able to watch this video."

The actual impact is (thankfully) cut from the video, but what remains is an inspirational display of courage.

His friends come to his aid and Tim (even after suffering life-threatening injuries) calmly instructs them how to properly care for him to ensure his survival until paramedics arrive.

Watch the jaw-dropping video above to see a man bravely face the reality of his awful situation as he fights for his life.

Tim, if you're reading this, you are our hero!

Tags: accident, amazing, awful, cornfield, fall, incredible, near death, paralyzed, quadriplegic, skydiving, survival, tragedy, video, wisconsin

Wow! We don't think we've ever heard of a more fun way to raise money for those in need this holiday season!

After hearing that food banks across the nation were running low on supplies during a time when they need them most, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is jumping at the chance to help. Literally!

The Travel Channel star is offering one lucky fan willing to donate $10,000 to the Food Bank For New York City a chance to go skydiving with him!

It didn't take long for a generous and equally thrill-seeking soul to jump at the opportunity to plummet through the sky with Bourdain because the package is already sold out!

The once-in-a-lifetime experience includes a skydiving trip with the chef on your choice of date, followed by burgers and beers at his favorite New Jersey restaurant, Hiram’s.

The sold-out package benefits the NYC hunger-relief organization, which will be using the money to feed the 3 million New Yorkers who can't afford daily meals throughout the city's five boroughs this December.

Click here to check out the details and get on the waitlist! Who knows? Maybe he'll be willing to do a few more jumps in the name of charity!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: charity, donate, five boroughs, hiram-039s, hunger relief, money, new york, no reservations, nyc, skydiving, travel channel

This might be the coolest dog ever… aside from Teddy.

Meet Otis, the skydiving dog. One day his pro skydiving owner started thinking that Otis might enjoy a jump — and he was right!

It's a lot like a dog with his head out the window of a car… only BETTER!!

Tags: amazing, dog, skydiving, video, youtube