Olympic bronze medallist Beth Tweddle has swapped her high-flying bars routine for aerobatics wingwalking as she starts to enjoy the new-found freedom at the end of her gymnastics career.
The 27-year-old won her first Olympic medal at her third and final Games earlier this month in what could be her last major competition before her retirement.
Tweddle has not ruled out taking part in further events, but as her gymnastics career winds down, the Johannesburg-born athlete is ramping up the adrenaline in a variety of extreme sports.
Wingwalking, or being strapped to the top wing of a vintage biplane, was today's high-octane activity for the three-time World Champion, but she revealed she has plenty more up her sleeve.
"It was amazing. I've literally just got down. It was so surreal," Tweddle said after he first trip up into the air.
"One minute I was sat on the floor then the next minute I was in mid-air. It was awesome.
"I'm doing wingwalking, lots of different things that I've not been able to do due to the risk of injury and just not wanting to worry.
"Now I can have a go at those sort of things. I did a bit of abseiling the other day and did some ice skating and I've got a snowboarding lesson next week so I'm trying lots of different things. "I'm hopefully going to do a sky dive early next year. I just want to have a go at everything."
Tweddle is Britain's most successful female gymnast with an international career that has spanned 14 years.
In that time she was won three World, six European and seven British titles, with the uneven bars bronze won at London 2012 completing her collection.
Tweddle is now set to return to her home town of Bunbury, Cheshire, for a homecoming celebration this weekend after enjoying a new-found fame following her Olympic success.