Niklas Daniel jumped out of a DHC-6 Twin Otter plane as it cruised over Arizona, USA,

The fearless parachuter made a near vertical descent as he approached the giant water slide - before landing perfectly on his bum to slide the full length at around 50mph.

Mr Daniel, who has more than 8,000 jumps under his belt and runs a flight school, captured the jump on a camera attached to his helmet.

He said: "The weather was very hot and we were trying to figure out a fun way to cool off in between jumps.

"It was a great way to end the day." Alongside fellow skydiver Brianne Thompson, the pair can be seen smiling at the camera as they wait their turn to jump.

Showing no sign of nerves having completed nearly 20,000 jumps between them, the professional skydivers nonchalantly leap out - despite being just 5,000ft above the ground. The normal height for a skydive is roughly 13,000ft.

It meant they had to pertorm a tricky 'hop and pop' routine where they immediately pull their parachute after free falling for only a few seconds.

The pair can be seen casually gliding towards an airstrip in the Arizona desert - where temperatures can rise as high as 45C.

The scorching heat prompted the pair to set up the stunt in a bid to cool off after a packed day of teaching sky diving at their Axis Flight School.