People are not the same. For some the roller coaster ride is an incredible jump of adrenaline and for others the constant sense of danger, adrenaline rush and living “on the edge” is simply their lifestyle, a profession or a hobby.
1. Russian Alexei Kolesnikov, FMX rider and winner of the Dakar 2010, and the pilot of KAMAZ Vladimir Chagin finished first in the world jump on the bike over the trucks race. The height of the slope – 2,5 m, the distance from the separation point to the landing 12 meters, and the speed of a racer before the jump is 60 km per hour.
2. Abel Knivel in his rocket on Sept. 8th, 1974, before his unsuccessful attempt to fly over the canyon of the Snake River in Idaho.
3. Son of Abel Knivela Robbie successfully jumped over the Grand Canyon May 20th, 1999. At that time the world record was 68 meters.
4. Robbie Knivel sitting on the landing spot, on the May 20th, 1999. He is assisted by actor Dan Haggerty (left), known for his role of Grizzly Adams, and former governor of Nebraska, Lonnie Hammargren. Robbie has just set a world record.
5. In March 2010, Seth Enslow broke his own world record by jumping on his Harley Davidson 55 meters in Sydney. At his first jump Seth also set a world record by jumping 53 feet.
6. X Games motocross legend Mike “The Godfather” Metzger got into the Guinness book of records, by jumping with the upheaval on his motorcycle at a height of 38 meters above the fountain in the hotel «Caesars Palace» in Las Vegas on May 4th. These fountains have become famous in 1968 when a well-known daredevil Abel Knivel jumped through them.
7. Larry Linkogl member of the team ‘Crusty Demons’ jumped over a ferry on his motorcycle and landed in the water in Auckland on January 2005. Larry was also supposed to jump through a fire, but that did not happen.
8. Luke Smith performing a flip back over a yacht in the Viaduct Harbor, October 13, 2008 in Auckland.
9. Ronnie Renner broke his own world record in the highest jump on a motorcycle from the quarter pipe during at the ” Red Bull High Rise” competition, when he leaped 20 feet above the ground, July 25, 2009, in Chicago.
10. Robbie Maddison jumped with his motorcycle more than 30 meters and landed on the roof of the 29-meter-high copy of the Arc de Triomphe in Las Vegas on December 2008. After the jump Maddison got off the arch, and fell in the free flight 19 meters, landing on the trampoline.
11. Robbie Maddison jumping of 98 meters at the hotel «Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino» Las Vegas on December 2008.
12. American Rider Jim McNeil in the final of the first phase of «Red Bull X-Fighters World Series» in «Monumental Plaza de Torros» in Mexico City in April 2010.
13. Robbie Knivel flying over the seven retro-jets on the deck of the USS New York during a documentary that was filmed in memory of his father.
14. Robbie Maddison jumping over a falling London Bridge in July 2009.
15. Team «Crusty Demons» performing tricks in the freestyle over the London buses near the Tower Bridge in London in October 2007.
16. Motorcyclist from Hollywood Stunt Team “Filmka” jumping through fire during a stuntmen show in Hubei Province in 2006.
17. Abel Knivel flying over thirteen “Mack” trucks at the National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada August 20, 1974.
18. Trigger Gumm’s fall during his try to make a jump of 96 meters in Miami, Oklahoma, in July 2006. The jump was supposed to be a new world record in the length category passing the length of a football field. After the fall he was able to walk to the ambulance, which took him to the hospital.
19. Eleven-year-old Kyle Eves jumping toward the fans before the Trigger Gumm’s fall.
20. Daredevil Robbie Knivel leaping through a line of police cars and fire engines, flying 60 meters, before the “IndyCar Series Firestone” on the track in Fort Worth, Texas, in June 2010.
21. Robbie Knivel jumping over 20 Hummers on June 7th, 2008 in Fort Worth.
22. A member of the Hollywood stunt team “Filmka” flying on his motorcycle over cars during the stunt show in Hubei Province, on December 2006.
23. Robbie Maddison doing the trick on the red carpet on the 7th annual stuntmen award ceremony at “Paramount Pictures” film studio in Los Angeles in May 2007.
24. Tommy Ahoua jumping over Brandon Bryant, who was given a baseball cap as a defense, if suddenly Ahoua landed on him in Austin in June 2010.
25. Australian moto-crosser Robbie Maddison performing a leap over the 85-meter Channel of Corinth, 80 km south-west of Athens, 8 April 2010.
26. Chris Bromhem jumping over the trucks in 1995.
27. The biker is about to do a stunt at the opening ceremony of the international exhibition “International Defense Exhibition and Conference” in Abu Dhabi, Feb. 22nd, 2009.
28. British daredevil Eddie Kidd preparing to jump over the DJs of Radio 1 on the Brands Hatch track in Kent on September 1978. The latest DJ laying was Tony Blackburn. Kidd was the first man to jump over 10 DJs at the speed of 24 km per hour, setting a world record.
29. English stuntman Eddie Kidd jumped the 24-meter long broken railway bridge for the movie “Heavy Metal” in Essex.
30. Eddie Kidd jumped over 14 buses setting a world record in April 1978.
