10.01.2012
Snowmobiler Levi LaVallee and FMX star Robbie Maddison rang in 2012 as they soared over 300 feet of water over San Diego Bay to set new world records for distance jumping on a snowmobile and motorcycle at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.
LaVallee, 29, from Longville, Minn., had been slated to jump in the same event last year before a testing accident derailed his New Year's plans, came back in a big way - by breaking his own world record of 361 feet with a leap of 412 feet 6 inches.
Maddison, 30, no stranger himself to Red Bull: New Year. No Limits, also achieved history by breaking his existing certified world record of 351 feet 3 inches by more than 30 feet, landing 378 feet 9 inches from his take-off ramp.
After a delay while waiting for fog blanketing the event site cleared, the two athletes blasted toward the take-off ramps beside San Diego Bay, and launched across the 300-foot water gap, touching down on the massive landing ramp on the South park. A capacity crowd of thousands packed the park and got an early jump on their New Year's Eve celebrations.
"I'm as excited as I think a person can be," said LaVallee. "I just landed an over 400-foot jump. I'm not sure how the sled's doing, but I'm OK, so it was good. It's an amazing feeling. You have no idea how pumped I am."
"It's a cool feeling to do what I do and have the backing I do," said Maddison. "I was confident we were going to go a long way tonight and we're going to come back and go even further."
Check out the awesome clip from New Year's Eve below, courtesy of the fine folks at Red Bull.
http://www.extreme365.com/news/story/7406139/New-Year.-No-Limits.-Done.-Dusted.
Comments:
No comments