Robbie Maddison is one of the craziest freestyle motocross riders on the planet, and in the wee morning hours in London he touched down safely after jumping the raised Tower Bridge’s gap over the Thames River in London.
Then again, maybe they do. After all, Maddison had already negotiated the world’s longest motorcycle jump (350 feet), and the highest vertical “step-up” at the Las Vegas replica of Arc de Triomphe, which was followed by a drop of more than 85 feet to a landing ramp below.
“People say I’m crazy, but I just want to push the boundaries of my sport and my body to the limit and I love taking on these huge challenges,” said Maddison, who is sponsored by Red Bull.
“It was an incredible feeling to fly between the two towers and over the Thames.” Los Angeles Times
Stuntman Robbie Maddison, who holds the world record for the longest bike jump, did a backflip as he flew through the London sky at 40mph.
And he said becoming the first person to travel 100ft over the open bridge across the Thames was “awesome”.
Robbie took his daredevil leap in the early hours of yesterday. He added: “People say I’m crazy. Daily Star
The 27-year-old, from Kiama on the NSW south coast, performed a no-handed backflip as he sailed across the gap, 30m above the Thames.
“We had a matter of minutes on the bridge and had to time everything to the second - there were so many factors to get right, but we pulled it off.
“It was an incredible feeling to fly between the two towers and over the Thames.”
It was the first time anyone had jumped from one span of the famous landmark bridge to the other. The Age
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