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- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -3/+72If that was me I'd be leaving a trail of yellow mist hanging in the air
- snowcrazy, on 06/25/2008, -1/+49To put some perspective on this...that's about 35 feet longer than a US football field...including the end zones. Holy Moley!
- Bense, on 06/26/2008, -3/+34Ruby Sue: Rocky bit my thumb. Him's nervous.
Clark Griswald: Nervous or excited?
Ruby Sue: *****' bricks.
Clark Griswald: You shouldn't use that word.
Ruby Sue: Sorry. *****' rocks - Tr33fiddy, on 06/26/2008, -3/+22My mist would be brown.
- DeskFlyer, on 06/26/2008, -4/+20That's what she said.
- fulibs, on 06/26/2008, -3/+19I would never be able to jump that far. The bricks in my pants would drag me down too much.
- roastedbagel, on 06/26/2008, -1/+15Dugg for the badass video player shredordie has.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -2/+16Holy Moley that was HUGE!!!
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -5/+18Surely its fake.
Signed
Evil Knevil - OpCzar, on 06/26/2008, -1/+10Ramp and suspension technology has come a long way.
- diggB, on 06/26/2008, -0/+9Uhmm, I think if he tried to land on flat surface, he'd be seriously injured or dead. You need a slope to control the vertical deceleration. Really, even Knievel used a ramp to land on.
- WallnutBoy, on 06/26/2008, -0/+8Not to me it wasn't.. =(
- lewhich, on 06/26/2008, -2/+9You mean, you'd feel much like this kid?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dykvhs&s=3 - iceooo3, on 06/26/2008, -1/+8Congrats to him, I've ridden MX my whole life, no fcking way I'd do anything like that. 60 feet is enough brick ***** for me.
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6I'd abandon the dirt bike, and be in a kind of fetal position/praying for my life kind of pose. Then I'd die.
- irishjays, on 06/26/2008, -1/+7He slept at a holiday inn express last night
- douce2, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6After the trail of mist, it would be a pool of red liquid
- reginaldino, on 06/26/2008, -1/+7***** the bed.
- Kenzan, on 06/26/2008, -1/+6Holy Jesus on toast! That guy has BALLS.
- TwistyMcFister, on 06/26/2008, -0/+5I don't know how that fits in to this post, but classic......just classic!
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4Holy Moley, I've never seen two people in a row say "holy moley."
- Magicmasta, on 06/26/2008, -2/+6120.24 M for people not living in the US/Liberia/Burma
- diggit08, on 06/26/2008, -0/+3Doesn't matter how big the ramp was, how big the incline was... That takes balls. All commenters talking smack have probably never jumped higher than reaching off their chairs to grap a cookie from the bookshelf.
- scribby, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4Evel Knievel
- LogicBomB, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4Holy balls on Jesus! That guy has TOAST!
- VonCali, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I were in the air that long.. almost looks like he was bored for a bit
- Dujara, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4With a name like Bird he was destined to do this.
- PabloMac, on 06/26/2008, -0/+3He landed 5 feet lower than the tip of his ramp.
From his blog:
http://www.shredordie.com/bird/blog - hpiguy, on 06/26/2008, -0/+3If you watch any of these guys jump (Robbie Madison, Trigger Gumm, etc) they all have a huge landing ramp. Otherwise it would be like riding off the top of a seven story building.
- benjorino, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4You'd think that if 'Shred or Die' can come up with such a great player, then surely youtube could...
- GhandicapXRS, on 06/26/2008, -1/+4Gosh, I never realised it was so easy!!! I'm gonna do just that when get home tonight.
- ihatepancakes, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2I think that's his point - it's a controlled fall. Like nordic ski jumping. Ski jumpers are never that high above the ground, they touch down gently at the end and they jump 400+ feet.
- Sumyunguy, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2Did you just say something?
- wtfpwned98, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2Even if you have some jumping experience, and you know what it feels like to take a little risk and catch some air...there's just no comparison here. That was nuts.
- PabloMac, on 06/26/2008, -1/+3Knievel
- N00F, on 06/26/2008, -2/+4The jump was not engineered to be mortally perilous, it was engineered to achieve the goal. The longest dirt bike jump in the world. The goal was achieved. Seriously though, if this feat was so easy, why hasn't everybody else done it? Why haven't YOU done it?
- DavidThaGnome, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2He is kind of right though, I mean it's semantics I suppose, but I can't deny the fact that watching a guy jump the longest hill was pretty underwhelming. People only watch this stuff to either, see a corpse, or get a collective feeling of anxiety and exhilaration by proxy.
When you replace the deadly chasm, or the row of school buses, with a gentle hill whose curvature is so similar to the daredevils arch of motion they might as well be the same, you have failed to execute fundamental and only existing reason rednecks attempt to make a living off hurling themselves through the air for the amusement of other rednecks who are either not drunk enough, or too p*ssy to do it themselves and that is to create enough wonderment in fools heads that they will pay you to do something stupid your ass was already doing for free.
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2Powdered toast?
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2haha, people here on digg have no sense of humor
- Gimjee, on 06/26/2008, -1/+3I'd do it, if there wasn't the possibility that I could be completely screwed for life.
- snowcrazy, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Wait a minute...there are places outside of the US? And what's with that funny "M" thingy?
- JohnnyRad, on 06/26/2008, -2/+4how did he keep from scraping his gigantic balls upon landing?
- palewook, on 06/26/2008, -1/+2the jump was so long, i expected doves in slow motion to start flying under the bike..cue the john woo theme..
- scribby, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1No, that is not impossible at all! It is completely possible (and probable) to get enough kick off of a ramp to land not only higher than the ground level from which you took off but the top of the ramp as well.
- cawpin, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1I want to know if he landed at or above the level he took off at. He seemed to go farther down on the back side.
- ZephyrNinety, on 06/26/2008, -2/+3O_O
- RobGilpatric, on 06/26/2008, -1/+2balls of steel
- vawksel, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1I didn't say it was easy, I just think if you are claiming the "longest" jump, there should be some rules involved.
In the automotive industry, the EPA gas mileage rating of a car includes many factors, but of which the final altitude of the car is the same as when it began. You can't measure gas mileage on a 300 foot drop in total altitude.
The same goes for the longest jump, if you jump your bike on a flat surface, you will go X distance, but if you jump your bike landing on the declining side of a hill, you will go MUCH further.
If you want then claim "The longest jump with an altitude decrease of X feet". - peppermd, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1So in other words, you want to see him die...
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