Na última 3ª feira, no Sydney's Barangaroo, na Austrália, o 'american freestyle legend' Seth Enslow quebrou o recorde mundial do salto mais longo em cima da sua Harley-Davidson XR1200 modificada. Saltou uma impressionante distância de 55,99 metros entre duas rampas, depois de ter sido obrigado a repetir a proeza uma vez que, por lapso, as câmaras não estavam ligadas (oops!!) e o 1º salto não ficou registado.
O primeiro recorde de que reza a história foi alcançado pelo mítico Evel Knievel em 1975. O último estava nos 47,85 metros e tinha sido batido em 1999 por Bubba Blackwell em Las Vegas.
(se o player não funcionar, assista via BBC: Seth Enslow breaks world record for longest jump on a Harley-Davidson)
O salto, para ver com mais detalhe aqui: Seth vs.Death
E a reportagem, com as primeiras impressões do motard depois do salto:
Estas são imagens da tentativa falhada de 2000 para quebrar o record, num vídeo de Cwswell que era o operador de câmara encarregue de captar a "aterragem":
Mas apesar das quedas o lema de Seth mantém-se, à boa maneira da canção: 'keep your motor running'. E se para quem se dedica a analisar as insondáveis predisposições humanas bem valia ser tomado como 'case study', para quem aprecia esta coisa do steal & wheel, não restam muitas dúvidas: Seth é o verdadeiro daredemon, 'biggest balls of them all'.
Há um documentário do Discovery Channel que vale a pena ver. A parte má é estar dobrado em espanhol. parte 1 | parte 2 | parte 3
Seth faz parte da irascível trupe de elite dos Crusty Demons há dez anos. Para quem nunca ouviu falar, aqui fica um breve cartão de apresentação:
... ok, mais um bocadinho, então:
# Para saber mais sobre:
- Crusty Demons: site oficial | site não-oficial
- Seth Enslow: site oficial
- 2008 Harley-Davidson XR1200 Review
- H-D XR1200 rolls off the line
- H-D buys U.S. rights to XR1200 trademark
- Harley-Davidson News
- 2008 Harley-Davidson Models
- 2008 Harley-Davidson CVO Models
A HD patrocinou o salto, que foi promovido pelos gurus do marketing de Milwaukee sob o mote Seth vs.Death. A marca assume que por detrás do apoio estava a intenção de apelar ao que designa por "a new generation of counter-culture riders".
Press Release da Harley-Davidson
(February 25, 2010) - Freestyle motocrosser Seth Enslow will attempt to make history and break the existing record of 157 feet for a successful long distance jump aboard a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Enslow will attempt the jump aboard a modified Harley-Davidson XR1200 in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, March 1st at 4:30 PM U.S. Central Time. The jump will be broadcast live from Australia across the globe via http://www.harleyworldrecordjump.com and post-event video will be shown on Harley-Davidson's YouTube channel and to Harley's half-million Facebook fans as well.
"To many, Evel Knievel was the original extreme athlete – long before there were extreme sports," said Mark-Hans Richer, Harley-Davidson Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer. "This latest generation of riders still revere Knievel – even as they attempt to smash his records."
Drawing inspiration from the Harley-Davidson XR-750 racing motorcycle that Knievel helped make legendary, the new Harley-Davidson XR1200 is helping ignite a spirit of rebellion in a new generation and giving them the opportunity to push Harley riding to its limits once again.
"A new generation of counterculture riders are embracing Harley-Davidson motorcycles, just like the generation before them," said Richer. "The XR1200 and our new Dark Custom motorcycles, like the nearly sold out Iron 883 launched a year ago and the new Forty-Eight introduced last month, have given them an authentic way to express themselves. In fact, we now sell more bikes to this generation of young riders than to the young adult generation before them."
Richer added, "It's cool to see it happening out in the streets. Even cooler to see one flying more than 150 feet through the air."
Legenda que deve acompanhar:
American freestyle legend Seth Enslow has made history by setting a new world record for a long-distance jump on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
The Crusty Demons star broke Bubba Blackwell's record set in Las Vegas 1999 by 18 feet (5.4m) with a jump of 183.7 feet (56m) at Sydney's Barangaroo.
The death-defying stunt was seen as recreating an unforgettable Harley-Davidson benchmark set by Evel Knievel in 1975.
Enslow had to take the jump twice, after the viewing media missed the first jump.
The star was scheduled to make his record jump at 9.30am (AEDT) but he took the jump at 8.45am with only a third of the press there. He broke the record with that jump but was forced to take it again when he realised the press had missed it.
Luckily for him, he lengthened his lead by a further 8.7 feet (2.65m) on his second attempt.
The daredevil has a reputation for trying to break world records. He attempted the overall distance record back in 1999, riding a custom Honda bike.
In that attempt, he overshot his landing ramp and smashed his head against the handlebars of his bike, crushing his eye socket.
He has since made more record breaking attempts as part of the Crusty Demons Night of Records in 2008.
Documentário do Discovery Channel
parte 1
parte 2
parte 3
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