BEHOLD: ROCKET-DUDE

This week a humble stuntman, (scrap that) daredevil-superhero, wearing a jetpack has rocketed 1500 ft over a canyon in Colorado.

What I love more than anything is when the canyon-conqueror touches down and realises 'Hold on I'm American' – BAM. Cue high fives, whistles and woo’s in a melee of masculinity that looks uncannily like Tom Cruise at the end of Top Gun. Imagine Berlin’s ‘take my breath away’ as you witness the taller man in action.

I have no idea who this man is, nor do I want to – as for me he is Rocket-dude and when the Youtube video stops playing, he’s out fighting 21st century crime in the Colorado region and rescuing Grizzly Bears afraid of heights, but never, in no circumstance, neglecting a high-five in the name of awesome. For he is Rocket-dude.

If we could build more of these jetpacks I feel we could all become have-a-go-heroes and combat terrorism ourselves. To beat extremism, you’ve got to become extreme.