 Pyroo
Male, 18-29, Europe
 53 Posts
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Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:24:50 PM
I think when he came back down was more impressive than the actual jump. |
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frenchroast
Male, 30-39, Canada
146 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:10:16 PM
For what it's worth, my friend was staying at a hotel over-looking the stunt and was there to see it. For realsies. |
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 Gerbear
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
1152 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:09:53 AM
I have a feeling it's the real deal. But if there's any slight chance of it being fake, it's the obvious fake enthusiasm that blonde lady seems to have. Or lacks. Either. |
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 JMoney100
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
312 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:41:37 AM
whoever submitted this link is fckin retarded. that is Robbie Maddison's New years eve jump, its legit. OMG of the day LAST year maybe, but this stunt is really old news.
and for the record, he tore the skin between his thumb and his index finger when he came back down so all of you nay sayers can just suck it. |
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 JumboCookie
Male, 13-17, Western US
658 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:38:32 AM
I saw this a long time ago... |
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 RdDan
Male, 18-29, Europe
254 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:31:43 AM
"That landing looked a little fishy... He should have been speeding down that ramp but he just slowed right down somehow. No breaks work that well."Err... It's totally legit. No camera trickery. And motocross bikes are extremely light. Couple that with four pot callipers and you can outbrake pretty much anything. As for the "fishy landing", well if you've never rode a crosser than you can't appreciate the shock absorbing effect of long travel suspension.
100% real. |
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 trp712
Male, 13-17, Australia
1413 Posts
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:55:23 AM
Where else but Vegas? But seriously, that guy===new idol. |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
4881 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 11:34:28 PM
On close inspection it looks like the bike absorbed most of the impact. Could have something to do with the strange shape of the ramp. |
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LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
4881 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 11:32:06 PM
That landing looked a little fishy... He should have been speeding down that ramp but he just slowed right down somehow. No breaks work that well.But I was there. Not at the time this happened but before. I saw that triumphal arch up close. Its not much to look at, its a cheap imitation, just like the rest of Vegas. |
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 rambofi
Male, 13-17, Western US
15 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 11:19:22 PM
the stunt was very impressive. |
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 ahkmou
Male, 18-29, Canada
95 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 8:44:11 PM
SICK!!! i thought He crashed when he went down!! |
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 larzyparzy
Male, 13-17, Western US
39 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 7:48:06 PM
cmon iab...
you posted this like the day after he did it....
now you repost it with a
-"could be doctored"-
subtitle?
oy ve |
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Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
1448 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 7:43:40 PM
The actual jumps themselves aren't greatly more difficult than more common jumps. The same factors apply to any bike jump and the rider always has to get them right.There are two big differences here, though: i) Degree of leeway. On a normal jump, you can get away with getting things a bit wrong. If you're a bit out on the landing area, you can get away with a less than optimal landing. With this jump, getting things a bit wrong means missing the rooftop landing zone or missing the right angle on the extremely steep drop ramp and you won't get away with either of those. ii) It's too far up. It's like the difference between walking along a plank a foot off the ground and the same plank a hundred feet off the ground. Same plank, therefore just as easy to do...but it isn't. |
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 Pindragon
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
495 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:13:05 PM
Repost. |
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 imhivpositiv
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
66 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:12:29 PM
ive done that like 32 times its really not that hard
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averybigman
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
75 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:11:08 PM
are you kidding me? if he messed up, he is dead. |
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 RedBrother
Male, 18-29, Europe
134 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:07:54 PM
lol. american "culture" |
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 Jerm_Leather
Male, 18-29, Western US
613 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:00:32 PM
@ langdonhill -
I hope you were joking. If you do some research you'll find that Las Vegas has made replicas of a lot of international monuments as a tourist attraction. So, as odd as it seems, this Was filmed in Las Vegas.
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 Lost_Nemmy
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
82 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 4:48:18 PM
Im not impressed. |
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RedBrother
Male, 18-29, Europe
134 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 4:36:30 PM
bike jump! woo.. who is impressed? |
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 langdonhill
Male, 18-29, Western US
507 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 4:02:36 PM
Filipino916 - Really? So now the Arc de Triomphe is a high-rise building located in Vegas. I really need to work on my international monuments... |
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 TopperHey
Male, 18-29, Europe
936 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 2:22:14 PM
Great when he got up there but then it said he was going to jump back off  lol.
But if he drunk a red bull then he didn't even need the bike. |
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 undsucks
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
2 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 1:11:52 PM
not "doctored". i watched it live on tv on new years eve. he totally f-ed his hand when he landed. when he took of his glove it was bleding pretty good. |
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 Slade8
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
918 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 12:42:00 PM
Pfft. The landing ramp for the second one was, like, 3 times as wide as the launch ramp. >:| |
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 opiebreath
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
14280 Posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009 12:30:03 PM
So we have Aww of the day, WTF of the day, OMG of the day, and then every now and then those special 10 pictures from Fancy...I love this place so much. <3 |
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