Rap Jumping comes from Macka's style and a form of rope work started by the Australian Army in the late 60' which was known as the "Carabina Rundown" and internationally known as the Aussie Rappel because of it's origin. Macka MacKail created the name "Rap Jumping" to describe his style of forward free-fall jumping and based it in Cairns, Australia as early as 1988.

Commercial operation of Rap Jumping started in 1989 with the issue of permits from the Mulgrave Shire Council in the Barron Gorge Cairns on the site known as the Hinge, (Split Rock) and Macka's Bluff which has 6 different jump faces.

This led to jumping from high rise buildings.
The first of the buildings jumped was the Pacific Hotel, Cairns in 1989, and subsequently the first fully commercial operation at the Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise.