Created by Danny MacAskill in collaboration with Red Bull, Way Back Home follows him on a journey from Edinburgh back to his hometown in the Isle of Skye. During the road-trip with Dave Sowerby (his friend and filmmaker,) Danny performs stunts at Edinburgh Castle, leaps over rocky terrain and jumps onto and over bridges in [...]
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Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009
Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a [...]
World record four-wheeled jump
In 2011 at the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500, the long awaited world record jump attempt by Team Hot Wheels took place. For “IZOD Presents Hot Wheels Fearless at the 500″ the team’s “Yellow Driver” (later revealed to be Tanner Foust) drove a heavily modified truck down a 90-foot ramp before clearing 332 feet [...]
Travis Pastrana skydiving without a parachute
No one can deny that Travis Pastrana lives his life on the edge, especially after this stunt! On 26th September 2007 Pastrana jumped out of a single-engine Cessna from 12,500 feet over Arecibo, Puerto Rico, wearing only sunglasses, socks and surfing shorts while holding a can of Red Bull. That’s right, no parachute! He eventually [...]
Travis Pastrana double backflip
X Games 12 may have been a few years ago now but this trick is timeless! Back in 2006 Travis Pastrana landed the world’s first double backflip on a dirt bike, and won the title of ‘Moto X Best Trick’ during the competition with a score of 98.60. It was at the time, and could [...]
Mountain Dew pinball skatepark
To launch Mountain Dew’s three new electric flavours – Mountain Dew Live Wire (orange), Mountain Dew Pitch Black (grape citrus) and Mountain Dew Electro Shock (wild berry) – Mountain Dew ambassadors Mike Bancroft (Skateboarder,) Haimona Ngata (BMXer) and Brett Band (Skateboarder) were asked to devise and build a skatepark like never before. The design they [...]
Levi LaVallee’s record snowmobile jump
Levi LaVallee jumped an incredible 361 feet while preparing for his 2010 Red Bull New Year No Limits world record snowmobile distance jump in San Diego. The 361 foot jump eclipsed the existing record by 60 feet!
Jack Challoner – Extreme tunnel trials
Relentless Trials Rider, and 2010 Junior World Champion, Jack Challoner tears up the Nike 6.0 Tunnel, home of the Tunnel Jam. Jack Challoner took over the top-secret Nike 6.0 Tunnel to create a film which has been described as “a fresh new look at Motorcycle Trials.” The two minute film features Jack Challoner as he [...]
X Games 17 – Women’s Moto X Enduro highlights
Well, this didn’t quite go as planned. During the Moto X Enduro race, a brand new event at X Games 17, more than half the riders fell off their bikes, with many doing so multiple times. One racer, Tarah Geiger, completely wiped out within the first 100 feet of the race start yet still finished [...]
World first BMX triple backflip
New Zealand BMXer Jed Mildon created action-sports history on 28th May 2011 by landing the world’s first Triple Backflip at the Unit T3 Mindtricks BMX Jam in Taupo, New Zealand. Mildon, 24, stomped the three rotations perfectly during the free-to-the-public BMX show in his home-town. A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records was [...]
