<p>A Venezuelan daredevil has set a new Guinness record for skydiving using the world's smallest parachute after he jumped from 14,000 feet with a canopy the size of a bed sheet.<br /><br />During his three-and-a-half-minute descent, Ernesto Gainza used a parachute measuring only 35 square feet.<br /><br />Gainza risked a spin that would have killed him but managed a perfect landing in the Palm Drop Zone at the Skydive Dubai Club, last week.<br /><br />"It was awesome, amazing and emotional. I had to keep my body really straight, as even a little input from my hips or turning left or right could make the parachute turn," he said.<br /><br />The athlete has already performed more than 7,000 jumps but spent a year in training for his attempt, 'metro.co.uk' reported.<br /><br />Gainza's jump took 0.18 sq m off the previous record for smallest canopy, set by Brazilian Luigi Cani in 2006.<br /><br />Expert sky divers use parachutes that range in size from 80 to 200 square feet, and even the smallest of the high-performance canopy sizes developed over the last ten years average between 70 and 90 square feet.</p>.<p><br />A representative from the Guinness World Records presented Gainza with a certificate after his jump</p>
<p>A Venezuelan daredevil has set a new Guinness record for skydiving using the world's smallest parachute after he jumped from 14,000 feet with a canopy the size of a bed sheet.<br /><br />During his three-and-a-half-minute descent, Ernesto Gainza used a parachute measuring only 35 square feet.<br /><br />Gainza risked a spin that would have killed him but managed a perfect landing in the Palm Drop Zone at the Skydive Dubai Club, last week.<br /><br />"It was awesome, amazing and emotional. I had to keep my body really straight, as even a little input from my hips or turning left or right could make the parachute turn," he said.<br /><br />The athlete has already performed more than 7,000 jumps but spent a year in training for his attempt, 'metro.co.uk' reported.<br /><br />Gainza's jump took 0.18 sq m off the previous record for smallest canopy, set by Brazilian Luigi Cani in 2006.<br /><br />Expert sky divers use parachutes that range in size from 80 to 200 square feet, and even the smallest of the high-performance canopy sizes developed over the last ten years average between 70 and 90 square feet.</p>.<p><br />A representative from the Guinness World Records presented Gainza with a certificate after his jump</p>