| Giving really unique Birthday Gifts for Men means | | | | is used up. |
| pulling out all the stops; and the Ferrari Circuit | | | | The first modern bungee jumps were made on 1 |
| Driving Experience is the perfect gift, blending | | | | April 1979 from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension |
| speed and style. | | | | Bridge in Bristol, by David Kirke, Chris Baker, |
| Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer | | | | Simon Keeling, Ed Hulton and Alan Weston of the |
| based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari | | | | Dangerous Sports Club. The jumpers were |
| in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company | | | | arrested shortly after, but continued with jumps in |
| sponsored drivers and manufactured racing cars | | | | the US from the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge |
| before moving into production of street legal | | | | bridges. The elastic rope first used in bungee |
| vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A. Throughout its | | | | jumping, (and still used by many commercial |
| history, the company has been noted for its | | | | operators), is factory-produced braided shock |
| continued participation in racing, especially in | | | | cord. This consists of many latex strands |
| Formula One, where it has enjoyed great | | | | enclosed in a tough outer cover. The outer cover |
| success, especially during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, | | | | may be applied when the latex is pre-stressed, so |
| late 1990s, and 2000s. | | | | that the cord's resistance to extension is already |
| Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars | | | | significant at the cord's natural length. This gives a |
| when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 as a | | | | harder, sharper bounce. The braided cover also |
| sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in | | | | provides significant durability benefits. This is a |
| Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced | | | | once-in-a-lifetime experience that, as Birthday |
| various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, | | | | Gifts for him go, scores a perfect Ten, and we |
| when he was officially hired by Alfa to head their | | | | guarantee this will have the man in your life |
| racing department. After years of financial | | | | jumping up and down for more! |
| struggles, Enzo Ferrari sold the company's sports | | | | Surfs up? Has your man always wanted to get |
| car division to the Fiat group in 1969 to ensure | | | | wet-suited and booted and learn to ride the |
| continued financial backing. Enzo Ferrari retained | | | | waves? Well, now you can give him this as |
| control of the racing division until his death in 1988 | | | | another Perfect Birthday Gifts for Men. He can |
| at the age of 90. Your man will love this birthday | | | | enjoy a day of surfing with a qualified instructor |
| gift as he seizes the wheel, listens to the purr of | | | | on some of the best surfing beaches in Newquay, |
| the pedigree engine and focuses on the track | | | | where he will enjoy the thrill of surfing his wave - |
| stretching out ahead of him. His unforgettable | | | | an experience he will never forget! |
| driving experience is about to begin. And you can | | | | Newquay beaches could have been purpose built |
| rest safe in the knowledge that you've | | | | for surfing. They are pounded by surf created |
| successfully given a Birthday Gift for Him that will | | | | from the mighty Atlantic Ocean, which gets its |
| stay with him forever. | | | | momentum over three thousand uninterrupted |
| If yours is the kind of man that likes the gift of | | | | miles. Newquay, Fistral and Watergate Bay |
| speed down, that is then there no better Birthday | | | | beaches play host, each year, to world |
| Gift for a Man than a Bungee Jump. Let him leap | | | | championships. Visitors attend to take part or |
| towards the earth with the world's maddest sport | | | | watch as spectators from as from as far as |
| and he will be amazed by the sensation of falling | | | | Australia, U.S.A., Africa, Japan, and many European |
| to earth - and the extraordinary feeling of being | | | | countries. The wind, tide and water combine to |
| pulled upwards by the elasticised rope. Bungee | | | | provide surfers with what the professionals call |
| jumping involves jumping from a tall structure | | | | 'the perfect wave', on a par with Bondi, Malibu, |
| while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall | | | | and Waikiki. On this first day, beach safety, |
| structure is usually a fixed object, such as a | | | | surfing skills (both on the beach and in the water), |
| building, bridge or crane. The thrill comes as much | | | | standing up and turning are just some of the |
| from the freefalling as from the rebounds. When | | | | techniques your man will achieve. What more |
| the person jumps, the cord stretches to absorb | | | | could he ask for? And you can put your feet up |
| the energy of the fall, then the jumper flies | | | | knowing that you've given him Birthday Gifts that |
| upwards again as the cord snaps back. The | | | | he'll really have something to boast about to his |
| jumper oscillates up and down until all the energy | | | | mates! |