The Aquabatix synchro swim team give Ross Edgley some training in how to launch himself out of the water and polaris like a white shark. The team: Samantha Wilson, Danielle Cooper, Imogen Smith Ross Edgley, Rosie Gunn, Daisy Gunn and Hannah James. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0004.jpg
The Aquabatix synchro swim team give Ross Edgley some training in how to launch himself out of the water and polaris like a white shark. The team: Samantha Wilson (Swimmer), Danielle Cooper (Swimmer), Imogen Smith (Swimmer), Adele Carlsen (Coach in Black), Ross edgley smiling in the middle, Rosie Gunn (Swimmer), Daisy Gunn (Swimmer), Nathalie Miles, Hannah James (Swimmer), Dominic Weston (orange top) and Josh Tarr. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0006.jpg
Ross Edgley's tiger shark challenge. Images shows before and after 24 hours with no food, water or sleep, and continuous exercise. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0017.jpg
Ross Edgley holds a giant ‘Gello’ lollipop. If a tiger shark takes a bite, Ross and Mike Heithaus from Florida International University will be able to work out how much a tiger shark can eat. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0019.jpg
Thanks to a super flexible skeleton and their unusual, cephalofoil head, great hammerheads are the oceans masters of maneuverability. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0025.jpg
The camera team filming hammerheads making extreme turns. They use their cephalofoil head to scan the seabed for prey. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0026.jpg
Cinematographer Duncan Brake films Ross Edgley with endangered great hammerheads. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0028.jpg
Ross Edgley gets ready to dive with tiger sharks for the first time with shark expert, Mike Heithaus from Florida International University. They have a cunning plan, if they can get a tiger to take a bite from this giant lollipop, they'll be able to work out how many calories a tiger shark can eat in one bite. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0038.jpg
Ross Edgley trains for his first shark challenge, to polaris like a white shark. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0042.jpg
Ross Edgley and pilot Mark Greenfield are about to take on the hammerhead challenge and see how Ross copes with the extreme moves of a hammerhead. (National Geographic/Rhiannon Burton)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0046.jpg
Ross Edgley with white shark expert, Alison Towner. Using a monofin, Ross propels himself 3/4 out of the water. A white shark is able to fully launch its body out of the water. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0050.jpg
Ross Edgley comes face to face with Great Hammerheads to witness their extreme maneuverability. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0057.jpg
Ultra athlete Ross Edgley and shark expert, Mike Heithaus from Florida International University, with a chunk of ballistic gel. They're about to test how much a tiger shark can eat in one bite. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0058.jpg
In his Tiger Challenge, extreme athlete Ross Edgley will continuously exercise with no food or water, for 24 hours, and then gorge like a tiger shark. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0053.jpg
Ross Edgley getting ready to dive with tiger sharks for the first time with Sean Williams and Stephon K. Forbes at Tiger Beach. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0037.jpg
Extreme athlete Ross Edgley gets ready to dive with tiger sharks for the first time. His tiger challenge will be to fast and feast like a tiger. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0040.jpg
Ultra athlete record breaker, Ross Edgley, swam 1780 miles around Great Britain. Now he pitches himself against 4 sharks to go faster, be stronger, eat more, and turn at speed. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0041.jpg
Ross Edgley is about to test his ability to withstand the G forces a hammerhead experiences as it turns, with pilot Mark Greenfield. (National Geographic/Rhiannon Burton)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0043.jpg
Extreme athlete, Ross Edgley, had a life changing experience while breaking the record for the World's longest assisted swim around Great Britain. A remarkable encounter with a basking shark turned Edgley to become a shark advocate. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0044.jpg
To mimic the maneuverability of a hammerhead, extreme athlete Ross Edgley goes airborne. Can he cope with the 3G's and turn like a hammerhead? (National Geographic/Rhiannon Burton)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0045.jpg
Ross Edgley is about to go airborne to test out what its like to move like a hammerhead. Mark Greenfield is piloting the plane. (National Geographic/Rhiannon Burton)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0047.jpg
To mimic what its like to turn and move like a hammerhead, extreme athlete Ross Edgley goes up in a stunt plane. (National Geographic/Rhiannon Burton)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0048.jpg
Ultra athlete, Ross Edgley, is about to take on his white shark challenge; to try and polaris his entire body out of the water. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0049.jpg
Ross Edgley gets 3/4 of his body out of the water as he tries to polaris like a white shark . (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0051.jpg
Can extreme athlete Ross edgley polaris like white shark which can launch its body clean out of the water. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0052.jpg
Ross Edgley swam 1780 miles around Great Britain in 157 days. In his Mako challenge, can he swim as a fast as mako and reach speeds of up to 43mph? (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0036.jpg
Extreme athlete Ross edgley loses 14 pounds in his 24 hour Tiger fast. Next he consumers 30,000 calories in 24 hours to feast, like a tiger. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0054.jpg
Extreme athlete Ross edgley loses 14 pounds in his 24 hour Tiger fast. Next he consumers 30,000 calories in 24 hours to feast, like a tiger. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0055.jpg
Ultra athlete Ross Edgley trains for the white shark challenge with gym expert, Chris Baird. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0056.jpg
Ultra athlete Ross Edgley takes on 4 remarkable shark challenges: to go faster, be stronger, eat more, and turn at speed. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0059.jpg
Extreme athlete Ross edgley loses 14 pounds in his 24 hour Tiger fast. With no food, no water, and continuous exercise, Edgley tries to replicate what a tiger undergoes on their long migrations. Next he consumers 30,000 calories in 24 hours to feast like a tiger. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0060.jpg
Ultra athlete Ross Edgley and shark expert Mike Heithaus with the camera team filming off Bimini Island with great hammerheads. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0061.jpg
Ross Edgley is about to come face-to-face with one of the most dangerous sharks in the world, the tiger shark. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0062.jpg
Ross Edgley in the 'Bodpod,' about to have his weight and body volume measured prior to the tiger challenge. (National Geographic/Bobby Cross)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0063.jpg
Ross Edgley witnesses the extreme moves a great hammerhead makes. Thanks to a super flexible skeleton and their cephalofoil head, they can turn on a dime as they hunt for prey on the seabed. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0067.jpg
For the mako challenge, Ross Edgley heads to the Menai Straits where currents can reach over 5.5 MPH. Mimicking oceanic sharks which often ride ocean currents, how fast can he go? (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0068.jpg
Ross Edgley is an extreme athlete. He has run a marathon pulling a one ton car. He climbed a 65 foot rope repeatedly until he climbed the height of Everest. And his most extreme adventure to date was to set the world record for the world's longest assisted sea swim: 1780 miles in 157 days. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0015.jpg
Extreme athlete Ross Edgley comes face to face with four giants of the shark world. In the Bahamas he meets the endangered great hammerhead and the 14.7 foot Queen! (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0001.jpg
Synchro swimmer, Samantha Wilson, gives Ross Edgley some tips in how to power his body out of the water like a white shark. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0002.jpg
The Aquabatix synchro swim team show Ross how to power out of the water like a white shark. Imogen Smith and Samantha Wilson. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0003.jpg
Ross Edgley is an extreme athlete. He has run a marathon pulling a one ton car. He climbed a 65 foot rope repeatedly until he climbed the height of Everest. And his most extreme adventure to date was to set the world record for the world's longest assisted sea swim. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0005.jpg
Extreme Athlete Ross Edgley has broken numerous world records. Now he takes on 4 sharks to see if he can go faster, eat more, be stronger, and turn at speed. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0007.jpg
For the mako challenge, Ross Edgley heads to the Menai Straits where currents can reach over 5.5 MPH. Mimicking oceanic sharks which often ride ocean currents, how fast can he go? (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0008.jpg
Mako sharks can reach burst speeds of up to 43mph. Extreme athlete Ross Edgley hits 10.24mph. It's double what an Olympic swimmer can do in a pool, but still just 25% of what a mako can do. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0010.jpg
Ross Edgley takes on the Mako Challenge - they can swim at speeds of up to 43 mph. After much training and some help from powerful sea currents, Ross hits 10.2MPH. Its just a quarter of a mako speed. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0012.jpg
Ross Edgley v Mako shark. Maximum burst speed of a Mako is 43mph. Ross hits 10.2 mph. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0013.jpg
In his Mako challenge, Ross Edgley takes inspiration from oceanic sharks which ride the ocean currents. Heading to the Menai Staits, where currents can reach in excess of 5.5 mph, Edgley hits a top speed of 10.2 MPH. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0014.jpg
Ross Edgley with sharks underwater. They start to arrive from all over the SE coast of the USA to the protected waters of the Bahamas. (National Geographic/Nathalie Miles)Posted 06/14/24SharkVsRossEdgley_0023.jpg
