UPDATED VIDEO OF JUMP. Click the Red Bull link below to see the original video and others.
Man’s gotta break world records. On New Year’s Eve in San Diego, Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee will attempt to break distance jumping records, at the same time side by side, on their respective machines. Robbie will ride a Yamaha YZ450F motorcycle, and Levi a Polaris snowmobile. Maddison claims to already have broken Ryan Capes’ previous record of 391 feet on a motorcycle during training, but hopes to be the first to ever surpass the 400 foot mark at this event. Levi will attempt to break the snowmobile record as he tries not to think about his horrific training crash (see the 1:30 mark) from last years unattempted jump. A new fuel injected snowmobile should help his cause. This video details some of the challenges of the jumps as well as the machines these brave riders will use to try to make history this New Year’s Eve.
Check out the slow-mo compression at the 1 minute mark as Robbie lands. Incredible. The jumps will be airing live on ESPN, ESPNHD, and ESPN3, and hopefully on a few channels online as I’ll be trying to catch it from home on my computer. 8 PM PT.
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