Team of Pro Skydivers Text Message During Freefall outside Los Angeles to Give New Meaning to XTREME TEXTING

Samsung Telecommunications America, (Samsung Mobile) a leading mobile phone distributor in the U.S., attempted to establish the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving.” A team of professional skydivers text messaged while freefalling from 12,000 feet outside the Los Angeles city limits at the Samsung Mobile XTREME TEXTING event. The team of 10 skydivers used a variety of Samsung Mobile messaging phones during this challenge, including the Samsung Propel(TM), Samsung Gravity(TM), Samsung Rant(TM), Samsung Alias(TM) and Samsung Messager(TM). Samsung Mobile created XTREME TEXTING as a unique way to promote its new lineup of text messaging phones.

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The challenge was not easy. The high-flying daredevils had to accurately text message the phrase:

“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.” The skydivers had only one minute to text message the phrase while freefalling before pulling their parachutes and gliding to the ground.

Once all 10 skydivers were safe on the ground and their phones were checked for accuracy, the video shot by two aerial videographers and two additional videographers on the ground was sent to Guinness World Records(R) in London for official judging.

“Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving” will be a new entry into Guinness World Records database if successfully attempted. It will join the current record for “Fastest Text Message” currently held by Jeremy Sng Gim (Singapore), who typed the prescribed 160-character phrase on his mobile phone in 41.40 seconds on February 24, 2008.