Johnny Strange, a Malibu High School graduate, made a historic trip to top of the world this week. The 20-year-old parachuted onto the North Pole, making him among the youngest to reach the summit of Everest, the South Pole and the North Pole, known as “The Three Poles.” “It was freezing, but mostly I was…
Extreme athlete and Malibu native Johnny Strange will give the next lecture in the 2015 Malibu Library Speaker Series on Wednesday, June 17. The series, supported by funding set aside for the County of Los Angeles, the City of Malibu and the Malibu Library, will host Strange at the Civic Theater at Malibu City Hall,…
Johnny Strange — who became famous for climbing the world’s 7 tallest summits by the age of 17 — has died in a wingsuiting accident in Europe … TMZ Sports has confirmed with a family member and multiple people close to him. Multiple sources connected to Strange tell us Johnny was in Switzerland — where…
MALIBU—On Thursday, October 1, Johnny Strange, 23, also known as Daredevil, crashed while filming a wingsuit proximity video in the Swiss Alps. Wingsuit base jumping is a sport where a person flies through the air while wearing a wingsuit; a type of suit that adds surface area to the human body with flaps of fabric…
On the first day of October the world lost some of its beauty when 23-year-old Johnny Strange died in a wingsuit accident. The young man had been climbing and jumping his entire life. He holds the world record as the youngest person to have ever climbed all Seven of the World’s Summits. I never met…
Two skateparks will be built in honor of Johnny Strange, cementing his legacy of passionate support for those in need On October 1st, it will be a year since 23-year old adventurer and action sports enthusiast Johnny Strange passed away, BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps. In his twenty-three years, Johnny accomplished some incredible feats,…
When Johnny Strange was 4 years old, he told his father he could fly. Little Johnny jumped off the back of a couch and smashed his head, Brian Strange recalled recently, requiring a trip to the hospital. But Johnny couldn’t sit still even at the hospital, racing around until he collided with a gurney and…
