Modern day Bungee Jumping was inspired by an ancient rite of manhood performed in the Pentecost Islands in the South Pacific. Young men would jump from bamboo towers with vines attached to their ankles to break their fall.
It was four Oxford University students who made the first Bungee
Jump off a bridge in 1979 and in turn inspired some New Zealanders
who spent years furthering the sport of Bungee Jumping.
The sport really took off in New Zealand where the world's first commercial jump was opened.
