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