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​This Rider Flew 185 Feet Off A Ski Slope To Set A New World Record
​This Rider Flew 185 Feet Off A Ski Slope To Set A New World Record-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:14:26

On the International Scale of Lunacy, we're pretty sure Robbie Maddison just blew right past Batshit Insane and Certifiable Wackjob to Week-Long Puckered Sphincter. Because Maddo set a world record for the longest vertical drop on a motorcycle while flying off the downhill ski jump at the Olympic Park in Utah.

You wouldn't expect anything less epic from our generation's Evel Kneviel, and Maddo makes a show of it, running up the bobsled track track before launching off the jump at 71 MPH, flying 374 feet, and dropping 185 feet – 18 and a half damn stories – to set a new world record.

was part of Red Bull Media House's , which is hitting theaters today. But marketing frippery aside, bra-freaking-vo, sir.

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