This is the heart-stopping moment a thrillseeker risks his life by leaping from a 55ft-tall hotel into a 6ft-deep swimming pool.

Daredevil Robbie Favre, 25, jumped from the top of the building in Tampa, Florida, and luckily landed in the narrow pool just two seconds later.

The extreme sports addict didn't even hesitate as he ran off the side of the roof and lost his baseball cap in mid-air before he made a splash in the swimming pool.

And the bartender soon made a dash for a waiting car parked outside because he hadn't even booked a room there.

Robbie Favre, 25, (pictured) does not hesitate when he jumps from the 55ft-tall hotel in Florida (left). He flies through the air before landing in the 6ft-deep swimming pool (right)

Mr Favre, 25, said: 'It's just something I do for fun. I've made a bit of a habit out of it now and it's really just a bit of fun.

'I'd visited Clearwater Beach a few weeks earlier for a couple of days and I thought this was a perfect spot to jump.

'The key is just to have no fear. I took a couple of peaks over the edge but I was up there and down in two minutes.

'It's a pretty crazy feeling going through the air. Sometimes it takes a couple of seconds to realise: "Woah, I'm higher than I thought I was".

'There's no technique really except slapping the water really hard to absorb the impact and make sure I don't hit the bottom.

'I'm around 5ft 10in so it's a pretty close call. There's no feeling like it though.'

Mr Favre, who works full-time behind a bar in Lake Worth, Florida, uses his holidays to explore his love of snowboarding, surfing and wakeboarding.

He made a 450-mile round road trip across the Sunshine State to Clearwater, Tampa, last week to get his kicks with his highest jump to date.

Mr Favre loses his hat as he falls through the air (left) and was lucky to land in the narrow pool below (right)

Mr Favre, 25, (pictured) jumped from the top of the building in Tampa, Florida, and luckily landed in the narrow pool just two seconds later

He added: 'I know I'm taking a huge risk and that if it goes wrong, it could end really badly. But it's totally worth it.

'I just want to have a good time. If I want to do something fun, I do it.

'You don't really have time to think or assess things, you've just got to go with the adrenaline and jump.

'With this one I had to get out of there pretty quickly because we hadn't booked a room.

'I just found the quickest way to the top and there was a car running in the street so I got a ride out of there.