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THIS is the heart-stopping moment a daredevil diver leapt five stories into a swimming pool.

The jumper, who uses the pseudonym 8booth, is building up a reputation for breaking into buildings and hopping off them.

In this latest GoPro offering shows him jumping from the fifth story balcony of a hotel in Laguna Beach, California.

 8booth scales a fence to get into the hotel before clambering up to the fifth floor
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8booth scales a fence to get into the hotel before clambering up to the fifth floorCredit: YouTube
 Once atop the fifth floor he clambers over the railings of a balcony
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Once atop the fifth floor he clambers over the railings of a balconyCredit: YouTube

The camera seems to be fixed to his head in the footage providing a first person vision of the death defying leap.

He can be seen scaling a fence in a back alley to gain entrance to the hotel before quickly running through the halls.

Like a flash he dashes on to what seems to be a fifth floor balcony before hurling himself over the railings and tumbling the many feet to the waiting water.

Crashing into the pool unscathed he wrenches himself from the blue and flees after vaulting the fence.

Earlier this year he posted footage of the shocking moment he leapt off El Morro cliff into the seas off California.

 Once standing over the pool he waits a second before hurling himself off the balcony
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Once standing over the pool he waits a second before hurling himself off the balconyCredit: YouTube
 The daredevil plummets through the air
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The daredevil plummets through the airCredit: YouTube
 He then crashes into the water before leaping out of the pool and escaping over a nearby fence
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He then crashes into the water before leaping out of the pool and escaping over a nearby fenceCredit: YouTube
 He peers over the edge after climbing on to a sun deck
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He peers over the edge after climbing on to a sun deckCredit: LiveLeak
 Without a second's thought he leaps over the side
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Without a second's thought he leaps over the sideCredit: LiveLeak

In his latest bonkers escapade titled 'Laguna Pool Drop' he is seen climbing stairs up the side of a hotel in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California.

After scuttling across a roof terrace he pauses for just a second before launching himself over the side and into the pool below - as a swimmer does lengths.

The risk-taker seems to miss the concrete side of the pool by inches - escaping certain death.

His fans on YouTube today praised his death-defying jump but even they said he is pushing his luck.

Sam X5 wrote: "You are f****** insane. You were probably less than 75cm from the pool edge when you landed. You gonna die soon if u keep doing this."

Ceremore wrote: "Holy S***. Like I know you gotta ditch after you do these but I would kill to get a reaction clip of the person in the pool after you pull some s*** like this.

"Don't get why people are down-voting your stuff. They say you're dumb cause you almost kill yourself. Who cares, dumb or not it's badass and it's fun to watch."

But Piplup2295 warned: "Nice, but one of these days I expect to see a dead body, please be more careful."

 With just feet to go he is dangerously near the side of the pool
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With just feet to go he is dangerously near the side of the poolCredit: LiveLeak
 He swims to safety after his daredevil leap
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He swims to safety after his daredevil leapCredit: LiveLeak

8booth really did have a brush with death when he jumped off the El Morro cliff near Crsytal Cove earlier this month.

Afterwards he wrote: "Massive banger at ''El Morro'', Crystal Cove in Southern California. I walked away from this jump with a minor scrape on my back.

"How? I do not know. All I do know is that I probably won't be attempting this jump any time soon!"

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