But within minutes, Fisher had harnessed his expertise to hurl one of his jump ropes at the young man and pull him to safety. In the mid-1980s, Fisher started seriously jumping rope to leap higher ...

Mr. Fisher’s three decades of double Dutch rope jumping came in handy, he said. In double Dutch, two so-called turners swing ropes around a jumper, and Mr. Fisher said he often practices ...

NINA MOINI: Does this sound bring back memories of jumping rope? It's from a song that a Double Dutch class in St. Paul made with the Twin Cities artist Bionik. The class is the brainchild of ...

A champion rope jumper from Indiana used his double-Dutch ropes to save a drowning man from a frozen pond after he fell in trying to save his dog. David Fisher of Westfield told WRTV Indianapolis ...

David, who is a three-time world record jumping rope champion, told the outlet he immediately grabbed his Double Dutch ropes in an attempt to save the man. “I just instinctively went right for ...

David Fisher has traveled the world as a professional rope jumper. “I have three world records for jumping while seated ... ropes and pulled out the double Dutch ropes,” David said.