AJ Hackett Macau - How a Bungy Cord Works


The Bungy Cord is simple in form but complex in design. It is made from hundreds of strands of latex rubber.

We manufacture the cords ourselves at each of our sites
The latex rubber is the same stuff that holds your underpants up!
The cord stretches up to 4 times it’s own length so if you want to free fall 40m then the Bungy cord will be close to 10 meters in length unstretched
There are 4 different diameter cords depending on how heavy you are. Every person that Bungy Jumps is weighed and then we put them on a particular cord. This enables people of different weights to jump from the tower and allow them to either just miss or touch the water below. The Jump Masters also lift or lower the Bungy cord to set it exactly to the weight of the jumper. This allows them to judge the distance between the ground and the person down to 50cm – which is pretty impressive – when you think about leaping off a 70 meter structure?
We retire all cord after 500 jumps, they can do over 2000
We have just developed a new form of Bungy Cord for jumping long distances – up to a 1 km stretch. This technique is kept secret and is the equivalent to Colonel Sanders 11 secret herbs and spices!!
Original pieces of Bungy Cord are available from our sites as souvenirs

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AJ Hackett Bungy Jumping. Discover the original bungy operator, the man, the bungy experience, the services offered and the worldwide sites. Offering Bungy Jumping, skywalk x, g-force x, minjin jungle swing, scable, mast climb, skyjump, adventure parks, books, conference centres, night bungy, Helibungy, xposure and merchandise. From humble beginnings jumping from the Eiffel Tower in 1986, AJ has become a celebrity around the world and continues to innovate, challenge and provide higher and more adrenalin packed bungy jumps. AJ Hackett the international company operates sites in Cairns - Australia, Bali – Indonesia, Saut à l'élastique - Viaduc de la Souleuvre, Normandie- France, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, Macau – China (40 minutes from Hong Kong), Germany. We have in the past also operated in Las Vegas USA, Panama, South America and Acapulco – Mexico. The idea came from the Pentecost tribe in Vanuatu and then soon after AJ Hacket opened commercial bungy in New Zealand. Now 20 years later New Zealand operates the original bungy at the Kawarau Bridge, Ledge Bungy, Nevis Highwire Bungy, Skippers Canyon and Auckland Bridge Bungy. Our website contains information on our story and history, AJ Hackett famous jumps, our Guinness World Records and extreme stunts. General information on jump sites, clothing, safety and bookings plus gallery, grapevine, web cams, photos, DVD's and maps. Bungee jumping with the original bungee operator, AJ Hackett Bungy, is important if you value safety, we invented bungy jumping and set the standards. So if you enjoy action adventure tourism and want to try something that you will remember for the rest of your life take on the challenge, feel the adrenalin and jump off something today. ajhackett.com is the online presence of the company AJ Hackett International Inc. Common misspellings of the words AJ Hackett and Bungy are AJ Hackett Bunji, AJ Hackett Bungee, AJ Hackett Bungie, AJ Hackett Bunggy, A J Hackett and AJ Hacket. AJ Hackett – challenging people and gravity since 1986 – action is our culture.