Weather permitting, the Red Bull-sponsored skateboarder Sandro Dias will be trying to break two world records Thursday — the tallest drop-in and the fastest speed reached on a standard skateboard.

The fact that the Brazilian athlete is age 50 only heightens the challenge, which will take place at the Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari — a nearly 89-meter building in his homeland’s city of Porto Alegre. Billed as the “Red Bull Building Drop,” the feat is being orchestrated with support from Prada Linea Rossa . Dias will wear Prada Linea Rossa for the endeavor, which will start with a 30-meter drop — 98 feet and counting. He will then up the risk factor with multiple higher attempts of up to 75 meters — or 246 feet. That is nearly quadruple the height of a standard mega ramp. The ev

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