Krayy
12th October 2005, 08:11
To quote the Harold: "Hastings rider Mary Perkins has claimed a world record for the longest motorcycle ramp jump by a female. Perkins, on a Yamaha YZ250cc, soared 48.58m at the Bindoon Bike Drag Park in Western Australia."
Way to go Mary!!
Now all well and good, but my beef is that its the last paragraph in a story dedicated to Josh Coppins winning the UK MX title (good on him, BTW). If you weren't a Coppins or MX fan, how the hell would you have known to read the whole story and get to know about Ms Perkins's world beating achievement!!
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10349758
Christ, if every loser who gets voted off Idol rates a full column, surely a world record could as well?
Even the Aussies had more to say on the subject here: http://www.motocross.com.au/
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Way to go Mary!!
Now all well and good, but my beef is that its the last paragraph in a story dedicated to Josh Coppins winning the UK MX title (good on him, BTW). If you weren't a Coppins or MX fan, how the hell would you have known to read the whole story and get to know about Ms Perkins's world beating achievement!!
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10349758
Christ, if every loser who gets voted off Idol rates a full column, surely a world record could as well?
Even the Aussies had more to say on the subject here: http://www.motocross.com.au/
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