a woman fleeing a spousal argument was the orignial story behind why bungee jumping started in pentecost. the woman in dispute was to said to have attached a vine to her legs and jumped off a structure to escape - her husband jumped after her, with no attached vine, and met his death at the bottom.

the indigenous women of the island were the first to practice bungee jumping but it eventually switched to a male dominated sport once the men saw how daring and exciting the activity was - in the present, the indigenous men jump from a 100ft wooden structure with vines attached to their legs.