Robbie Maddison nails his motorcyle jump

[Madness]

Kiwi fails in truck backflip attempt
NZPA | Thursday, 01 January 2009

A New Zealander making a world-first truck backflip attempt was part of the main attraction at a Las Vegas New Year's Eve event.

Rhys Millen executed the backflip of his 1,300kg off-road truck perfectly – until he rolled upon landing on the Las Vegas Strip.

The 36-year-old rally driver broke his back a year ago attempting to perform the stunt, but walked away last night unscathed.

"Last year we attempted what was before then thought impossible. . . My body can be broken but my mind cannot," Millen said before the event.

He was part of a team entertaining revellers on the Strip, alongside Aussie motorcyclist and fellow Red Bull stunt team member Robbie Maddison who performed a 37 metre jump, landing on a replica of France's Arc de Triomphe.

The stunt was the considered equivalent to jumping on to a 10 storey apartment building.

Millen won the Red Bull Drifting World Championship this year, and has performed as a stunt driver in numerous commercials and movies.


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[Reido]

holy crap... both.. very impressive

[robertydog]

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2378529&brand=null&videoId=3803494&n8pe6c=2

[Wingnut]

Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Balls of steel man. That is some crazy shit. He was about 2 metres from totally over shooting that landing when he came back down - that would have been total disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Legend!

[Madness]

Here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=89305) is Youtube evidence with a different camera angle.

[I'm motarded]

Fark! :gob: Thats insane.

[I'm motarded]

Bloody shame Millen didn’t land it

[Madness]

Bloody shame Millen didn’t land it

I didn't realise how well he's doing over there, winning the world Drifting championship etc. (Probably like the World Series in Baseball, only U.S teams enter).

Nice to see the main events at Vegas were a Kiwi & an Aussie.

[Ghost_Bullet]

damn crazy man, impressive no out even to try.

[Big Dave]

It's that sort of irresponsible behavior that is giving motorcyclists a bad name.

What will the public think. What about the risk. Did he drink enough. What bout the effect on third part premiums. He didn't countersteer and the bike didn't have USD forks.

I'm outa here.

[Kevmo7]

Maddo also holds the record for longest jump 351ft

[AlBundy]

Yeah, that's INSANE!!!

Thanks for the link...

[TOTO]

great stuff.

Also love the start of the intervew:

"Robbie, what does this mean for you?"

"Arh Arh Fuck..."


LOL - good effort from the guy.

[piston broke]

just




mad

[racerhead]

That man is nuts:shit:

The step up was pretty easy compared to riding off the edge for the step down and then very nearly over jumping it, huge respect for the guy and I hope he goes on to break more records:niceone:

[DingoZ]

Hold on a minute. Checks size of own nuts. Nope he wins....!!!!!!......


:rockon:.....Dude is insane.....:)

[Crasherfromwayback]

Was close to getting well nasty!

What a sicko!

[arj127]

I watched some practise vids before xmas, but i was not aware that he was going to jump back off the building!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iwiVwA221Q

[scott411]

it was live on espn over here, on the afternoon of the 1st, pretty sick effort, thought he had over cooked it on the way in,

[umka]

Can you emagine the OSH permits you would need to do that in NZ

[cheese]

That was possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen!!!

[Madness]

Yeah, it was pretty cool here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=89305&highlight=Robbie+Maddison). And was still fairly awesome here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=89321&highlight=Robbie+Maddison) too.

Search is your friend.

[krad_nz]

Waaa, wow.

I thought it was all over after the initial jump. To then go back down again... serious nuts.

[LittleJohn]

And it was awesome in this thread as well.

[Mystic13]

What do you think?...

http://break.com/index/robbie-madisons-world-record-jump.html

[rustys]

BLOODY hell ! thats unbelievable. Not for me. Stunning !!!!!!:cool::2thumbsup:niceone::niceone:

[Devil]

Thats insane. Especially coming back down. :eek5:

[vifferman]

So, Millen's backflip was deemed a failure? :confused:
His truck went up, backflipped, came down again, then executed a nice (if somewhat ungainly) roll as part of the dismount.
What's wrong with that?

[Duke girl]

Is there anything you cant do on a motorcycle?. That guy is a Bloody Legend and I am so glad he managed to pull it off in front of his fiancee and all his fans. That would have to go down in the record books.

[honda_power]

jumping offs insane

[carver]

check this out.
(http://www.snotr.com/video/2535)
what a stunt, what a achivement.

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[Elysium]

So when is your attempt comming?

[mynameis]

Is he a Auzzie dude who does the bridge stunt too?

[Katman]

Robbie's the man.

[beyond]

Awesome allright. Saw that on the Xgames gold olympics last night. What about that poor bugger on the skateboard who dropped five stories? :(

[slofox]

Sod that for a fucking lark...

[kevfromcoro]

Fakin arse..
and he went down again..............

[Slingshot]

Balls of STEEL!

[Danae]

I saw this like a month ago....pretty awesome nonetheless. Didn't he break something coming down again?

[carver]

So when is your attempt comming?

il do it on a farm quad....
just kidding

its hard to watch!

[KrazyGixxerBoy]

Man, that's some sick shit! I'd do it on a pit bike! :whistle:

[tri boy]

Didn't he break something coming down again?
Bone in his hand due to the hard ramp landing.
The adrenalin rush must of been huge.

[Thunder 8]

:eek5:Bloody amazing. Must have balls the size of watermelons.:rockon:

[Insanity_rules]

That was sick! Off the hook.

[kiwifruit]

Outta sight!

[Ronin]

farkenhell

[Chrisnewtobikes]

Now thats cool:shit:

[Cr1MiNaL]

Robbie Madison is da man! That jump back down requires mad skill ... goosebumps just watching and imagining doing it ... gotta love heights!

[paddy]

Wow. I was speechless after the jump. I started to wonder how they were going to get the bike down again. I figured they got the crew up there so they'd get him and the bike down the same way. Maybe a cherry picker or something. Then he just rode right off the edge. I am stunned.

[Headbanger]

Fuck me dead.

[YellowDog]

That jump down would have hurt.

It hurt me just watching it!

[Reckless]

You seen this Thread !!

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=108283

fuck me-back down again! Now that takes balls!!

[flyingcr250]

old news:niceone:

[been_there]

old news:niceone:

That was pretty darn impressive

[paddy]

old news:niceone:

So? What's your point?

[Mort]

The jump was done last new years eve - seen it a few times but every time I think its just awesome.

[nothingflash]

Holy - certainly wasn't expecting the drop afterwards. He must have been amped alright.

[theblacksmith]

You seen this Thread !!

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=108283

fuck me-back down again! Now that takes balls!!

Takes some nuts alright! Red Bull gives you wings. Very tidy descent in not overly lit conditions with flashes everywhere. Good on him. He deserves to be called an extraordinary human being.

[ukusa]

crazy bastard, that ramp looked bloody narrow from the roof

[CRF119]

Jump on youtube you can watch a vid of him practising in the desert with a adjustable height landing working his way up.

[modboy]

holy mary mother of god... gave me the shits just watching it...

[secondfield]

He actually never intended to do the descent, spur of the moment thing. He over jumped slightly on the way back to earth landing well down the ramp and tore the webbing between his thumb and forefinger in half. That info was from his interveiw in dirt action or ADB mag.