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David Kirke died on 21 October 2023, at the age of 78. History. The club's activity and membership peaked in the 1980s, with several dozen active members and holding a wide range of events. The Club was heavily covered in the press, and made a film released in 1982 ("The History of the Dangerous Sports Club") as a supporting feature.
Nov 3, 2023 · David Kirke, of the Dangerous Sports Club, on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in 2000 celebrating the 21st anniversary of the first-ever bungee jump by repeating the leap from the bridge in Bristol ...
Nov 3, 2023 · David Kirke on April 1, 1979, when he was the first member of the Dangerous Sports Club, which he helped found, to bungee jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England.
Oct 26, 2023 · David Kirke, who has died aged 78, was the guiding spirit and enfant terrible of the Dangerous Sports Club, whose colourful exploits caused global scandal and delight in the 1980s; he was best ...
- Telegraph Obituaries
Oct 22, 2023 · David Kirke, pioneer of bungee jumping and Dangerous Sports Club, dies quietly in his bed aged 78 ‘Anarchic buccaneer’ inspired a host of aerial escapades from Saint-Moritz to Mount Olympus
Oct 26, 2023 · The extraordinary life of madcap maverick David Kirke, the world’s first bungee jumper. He was an oddball intellectual and founder of the Dangerous Sports Club, cheating death as he hurtled down ...
Nov 9, 2023 · David Kirke believed safe sport repressed people’s imaginations. The world’s first bungee-jumper and founder of the Dangerous Sports Club died on October 21st, aged 78. Image: Dafydd Jones.
