Australia’s own Robbie
Maddison has beaten his own motorcycle long distance jump
World Record at the Crusty Demons Night of World Records in
Melbourne. Proving yet again he is the king of long distance
jumping.
With far less than perfect weather conditions Maddison
leaped his Cisco’s Race Tuning modified CR500 an astonishing
351 feet, adding 29 feet to his previous world record at the
event at Calder Park, Melbourne. Rival stunt rider Ryan
Capes held the record for a very limited time after jumping
324 feet (beating the old record of 322 feet), but Maddison
the last of the three riders to jump was to regain the
record at the end of the night. “After all the hype
surrounding Capes in the lead up to tonight its great to
walk away at the end of the event letting the final results
speak for themselves.” Maddison said after the show.
Maddison said “I can’t explain how amazing it is to smash my
own world record in front of a home crowd. I have been doing
huge jumps and breaking personal records in training this
week so I knew that I had it tonight, but nothing could have
prepared me for how great this feels. Unfortunately the
weather conditions worked against us a little tonight not
allowing me to jump as far as I did during the week. ”
Ryan Capes and Seth Enslow congratulated him following the
massive jump. Ryan Capes after his one and only jump told
the media: “I am looking forward to a rematch in the USA in
the next twelve months, but it was Robbie’s night tonight.”
Capes was also heard to say that a 400 foot jump was not
impossible but he was unsure of who the first person to
perform such a feat would be. Judging on Robbie’s
unbelievable build up to the Saturday night main event we
think we know who will be the man to put the money on to
break the elusive 400 ft mark.
Crusty Demons legend Seth Enslow fell short of his rivals on
the night, but his 301-foot jump was a new personal best for
the American. He said: “I am stoked, I may not have claimed
the World Record but I am really happy with my result,
that’s the best I have ever jumped.”
Robbie added: “It was always going to be exciting with the
jump off situation, Seth is a mate and a legend of the sport
and Ryan is renowned as a long distance jumping specialist.
The Aussie crowd got me over the line.
Watch this space for further updates on Robbie’s rumored
record breaking attempt later this year. |
