well...... i was going to say that fuck yea, that shit counts... but i found a problem. say dumont didn't stick his cork 9 for the 35ft record... if he hit his mark but washed out in the landing, would they have counted that one? i think we gotta contact guinness for this one. Actually, if we did it that way, than no - it doesn't count... 'cause you gotta talk to them before hand and have one of them there on site to confirm it i think.
Either way - furthest anyone has free fallen without a chute on their back (weather the chute opens or not - referring to all those crazy buggers that survived after their chute didn't open while parachuting... crazy buggers).