Meet, Robbie Madison, the Australian daredevil! At the New Year Eve of 2008, he set a new record for the world's longest motorcycle jumping! He jumped almost 100 meters - 98.34m (322 feet, 7.5 inches) at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, smashing an old record of 84.6m (277.6 feet) by by his national fellow Trigger Gumm in 2005. Link video via With Malice
Update (January 2009): Robbie Maddison perform a motor jump stunt again for 2009's New Year Eve. The daredevil launched off a ramp at 90kmh and flew 37 metres (120 feet) into the air to land the top of the Arc de Triomphe at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and then perfectly freefell to on to another landing ramp.
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