Robbie Maddison crosses the Corinth Canal on a motorcycle !
At 28 years old, the Australian freestyler Robbie Maddison has the most spectacular jumps, each time pushing the limits of weightlessness: in 2007 and 2008, for example, he improved three times the world record for length, with a last 107 m jump !
At 28 years old, the Australian freestyler Robbie Maddison has the most spectacular jumps, each time pushing the limits of weightlessness: in 2007 and 2008, for example, he improved three times the world record for length, with a last 107 m jump !
Acrobat of the extreme and show-man warned, Maddison then glued fans of the genre in 2009: after having climbed the replica of the Arc de Triomphe in Las Vegas (30 m high!), He threw himself into vacuum before landing on a ramp placed almost vertically and connected to the mainland !
Finally, our readers have certainly not forgotten his incredible back flip performed above Tower Bridge, the famous English bridge spanning the Thames (read) !
Obviously, with such a CV, one might think that it becomes difficult to renew and surprise for this pilot a little kamikaze … But not only does Robbie Maddison have a crazy talent, but he is also endowed with an imagination and a taste for overwhelming risk !
To prove it, this time he went to Greece where he crossed the Corinth Canal after having taken off on a winding route (passing in particular in front of a swimming pool, henhouses and a football field: see the video below!), to take his Honda to 125 km / h on a ramp which directly catapulted him onto a landing hill 85 meters away !
Several motocross riders had already intended to cross the Corinth Canal (built in 1893), but only the Australian had the guts to achieve the feat: in addition to the incredible length covered during this jump, Maddison is in effect mounted more than 95 meters high !
“The hardest part – by far! – was overcoming the fear,” Maddison said. The opportunity to see that the energy drink that sponsors the pilot really seems to "give him wings"…
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