Unveiling Desire to Climb 19,341 ft Above Sea Level, Shaquille O’Neal Spills the Beans on Long-Standing Bucket List

If there is a list of things Shaquille O’Neal has done, it would go for miles. We’ve seen Shaquille O’Neal in the NBA Finals, in movies, in music festivals, on TV and in commercials. He’s also gone from hip-hop to rap, covered different businesses as an entrepreneur, and done so much more. And that’s all the stuff we’ve seen him do. But by the multi-hyphenate legend’s own admission, there are still things left to do.

Big Diesel has a big bucket list he’s trying to check off. However, he’s afraid his large frame is coming in the way of at least one activity. What is scaring the once dominant terrorizer of the NBA court?

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As he told People, he’s completing so many items on a bucket list we don’t know about. One thing we didn’t catch him doing is scuba diving. Though he got to check it off the list, he didn’t like the experience. He instead wants to move to the next item on the list. Instead of wading through the deep seas, the Big Diesel desires to reach 20,000 feet into the sky.

“I didn’t like scuba diving. Skydiving would probably be next on the list. A lot of times, I just sit and think like, ‘I want to do this, I want to do that.’ So I think the next big thing that I would love to do is skydive,” he confessed.

Skydiving is probably on many bucket lists. He was inspired watching all the skydiving videos online. Like many of us, Shaq also has normal hesitations about it. He claimed that while inquiring about skydiving, he has one big question. “My only fear is, can the parachute hold me?”

The Los Angeles Lakers legend would go on to narrate a little skydiving class he took. He was immediately asked how much he weighs. At that time, he was around 400 lbs. He was told the parachute can hold up to 350 lbs.

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The dream might not be farfetched anymore. Since embarking on his weight loss journey, Shaq has managed to shed 55 lbs and is a lot closer to his 325 lbs goal. In the meantime, he tried to set himself a skydiving date.

Shaq’s first step to skydiving

Remember that awkward fiesta that was Shaquille O’Neal’s interview with Bobbi Althoff?

Big Diesel was Big Rizz for a moment trying to get the 26-year-old on a date with the line, “If you want to go skydiving with me, I’ll do that.”

It was smooth in our books. But even Althoff had to question if Shaq can skydive. He still suggested that if they hit 100 million views, they should skydive together. Althoff suggested the big man would need a custom chute.

That was exactly what Shaq offered when an instructor asked his weight. He said his mom could sew two parachutes together. However, he’s still worried that when he dips out of a plane, his chute will rip into half.

It’s always fun to see Shaq trying different things. Fingers crossed, he makes skydiving happen too.

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