Video: Record-setting motorcycle and snowmobile tandem jump rings in New Year
 

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[URL="http://autoblog.com/tag/red bull"]Red Bull[/URL] has a rather unique way of ringing in the new year. Back in 2007, motorcycle freestyle daredevil Robbie Maddison jumped 322 feet over a football field in Las Vegas, setting a world record for the longest motorcycle jump. A year later, the Australian stuntman jumped 96 feet into the air, [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/02/video-robbie-maddison-jumps-a-motorcycle-120-feet-to-top-of-arc/"]landing safely atop the Arc De Triomphe[/URL] at Paris Las Vegas... and then he let gravity take over as he jumped his motorcycle back down.

Four-wheeled machinery has taken part in the festivities as well. [URL="http://autoblog.com/tag/rhys millen"]Rhys Millen[/URL] [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/02/video-rhys-millen-new-years-eve-truck-backflip-almost/"]nearly landed a backflip[/URL] in his trophy truck in 2008. The perennially insane [URL="http://autoblog.com/tag/travis pastrana"]Travis Pastrana[/URL] made history in 2009 when he [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/01/video-travis-pastrana-new-years-jump-does-he-make-it/"]flew his Subaru WRX STI rally car[/URL] from one boat-mounted ramp to another on a barge, clearing about 250 feet of open water in the process. Sadly, there was no record-setting feat in 2010 after Levi LaVellee crashed his snowmobile in a practice run, though he did set a 361-foot record before it was all said and done.

Which leads us to 2011, which ended in spectacular fashion as Maddison and LaVellee performed a flawless tandem jump over the water in San Diego, California. Maddison recorded a distance of 378 feet on his motorcycle while LaVellee set a new snowmobile distance record by soaring 412 feet from takeoff to landing. See the feat go down from multiple video angles (including one from LaVellee's helmet cam) [URL="http://www.perth-wrx.com/2012/01/03/record-setting-motorcycle-and-snowmobile-tandem-jump-rings-in-ne/#continued"]after the break[/URL].[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/03/record-setting-motorcycle-and-snowmobile-tandem-jump-rings-in-ne/"]Continue reading [I]Record-setting motorcycle and snowmobile tandem jump rings in New Year[/I][/URL]

[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/03/record-setting-motorcycle-and-snowmobile-tandem-jump-rings-in-ne/"]Record-setting motorcycle and snowmobile tandem jump rings in New Year[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:45:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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