Best leapers in the sport (active riders)

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Snacks 12/3/2011 12:03am
12/3/2011 12:03am
BigDaddyG wrote:
I have heard that Michael Byrne is one of the best jumpers out there and is normally the first one to jump stuff. There is that...
I have heard that Michael Byrne is one of the best jumpers out there and is normally the first one to jump stuff. There is that picture of him jumping a tabletop at his house or maybe Reeds house that is just insane. Take off and landing are pretty vertical and its long......one of my favorite moto photos of all time.

Kdub,Stewie, Grant, RV.....they are all bad ass.
I think this is the photo your talking about... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KFyTdNuXGQ0/TOFpuGsjLMI/AAAAAAAAFDE/X2QSqS-tZtw/s1600/1.jpg

It's one of my favorite pictures as well.
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Fearo 12/3/2011 12:39am
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Anyone remember that picture of Windham flying almost OVER Ernesto Fonseca in 2003? Washougal I think? Can't remember...
TripleDigit 12/3/2011 12:42am
12/3/2011 12:42am
Josh Grant is gotta be up there with the best,JS7 jumps pretty much everything,Wilson is a badass too for sure,Gautier Paulin is awesome to watch too with his BMX background,the kid is rad..
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Outsider 12/3/2011 6:33am
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Technically not active, but, McGrath deserves an honorable mention imo. And, Seth, of course...lol

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jamma10 12/3/2011 6:40am
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Remember thinking Reed was technically beautiful to watch over the jumps at the '08 MXdN.
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CR300 12/3/2011 6:55am
12/3/2011 6:55am
Outsider wrote:
Snookie knows lots about which guys hit what! Woohoo
Ddavis wrote:
I'm going to bet that DV wouldn't jump them.
Yeah, DV can't jump. Whistling [embed][/embed]

Woops. Wrong thread.
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machine 12/3/2011 7:22am
12/3/2011 7:22am
This triple step up RV and the other 250 guys were doing at Glen Helen always impressed me

swedishfishmx 12/3/2011 7:33am
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Fearo wrote:
Anyone remember that picture of Windham flying almost OVER Ernesto Fonseca in 2003? Washougal I think? Can't remember...
pretty sure it was Millville in '04 maybe. It was the uphill triple step up.
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BESTY #72 12/3/2011 7:41am
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No one and I mean no one can touch this guy. Now that's a leap....... [img]http://www.mxptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_2759-copy.jpg[/img]
No one and I mean no one can touch this guy. Now that's a leap.......

****Leaping Ninja! Hooowwwaaah!!
clapped out kawi 12/3/2011 8:26am
12/3/2011 8:26am
06 glen Helen when Ricky jumped by Stewart on uphill tables. Noone was doing it till Rc busted it out, Refering to the question about Stewart not jumping something. Windham is a given. Also Byrner is a amazing jumper along side tedesco(very good at doing nasty rythems first in practice). Millsaps and grant of course. Reedy. Durham for sure and Wilson. don't forget Ronnie MAC either, dudes a legend!
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bullpen58 12/3/2011 8:31am
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clapped out kawi wrote:
06 glen Helen when Ricky jumped by Stewart on uphill tables. Noone was doing it till Rc busted it out, Refering to the question about Stewart...
06 glen Helen when Ricky jumped by Stewart on uphill tables. Noone was doing it till Rc busted it out, Refering to the question about Stewart not jumping something. Windham is a given. Also Byrner is a amazing jumper along side tedesco(very good at doing nasty rythems first in practice). Millsaps and grant of course. Reedy. Durham for sure and Wilson. don't forget Ronnie MAC either, dudes a legend!
I was at Glen Helen one year before they ran up and down "Yamaha Mountain" and they simply came out of that canyon. Well, before practice there were two huge singles about a mile apart and I remember talking to some friends and they were like "nobody will double THAT" but I was like just watch. Sure enough, RC came out and doubled it. Unreal. There was one or two other guys doing it that day but that was it. I think it was either Tortelli, Roncada, or both that were jumping it.
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Jharper 12/3/2011 8:35am
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Ddavis wrote:


He's even more impressive on Supercross stuff.
looks to me like the dirt double I saw Lance Coury no nac. I see ramps too. It's 80 feet. Not all that gnarly, especially considering it's shaped like a metal ramp. people flip those on the regular.

In fact it is on OTP 6 at wyvern.


here , this second jump may be it in this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqeidSColNI
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ianhendry46 12/3/2011 8:49am
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Matt Lemoine was always good at jumping! Anyone remember when he and pastrana jumped this huge gap and Lemoine over jumped it and broke his front wheel? He was riding Yamaha at the time. I cant find the video anywhere but im pretty sure it was in one of the Nitro Circus's
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AMMOBOX 12/3/2011 8:56am
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Robby Marshall has a set for sure! I don't know if the photo was ever posted on here but he hucked a 180' step down at Budds Creek a few years back that wasn't even supposed to be a jump. The jump was the tunnel at the end of the first straight after the current first turn. At the time they were running the track reversed and he was hitting it coming out of the sweeper. It took him a few attempts (and a few front rims) to get it dialed in but towards the end he was sticking it every lap on the 450. If anyone has a photo of that please re post it cuz it was epic for sure.
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HondaFan33 12/3/2011 8:58am
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BigDaddyG wrote:
I have heard that Michael Byrne is one of the best jumpers out there and is normally the first one to jump stuff. There is that...
I have heard that Michael Byrne is one of the best jumpers out there and is normally the first one to jump stuff. There is that picture of him jumping a tabletop at his house or maybe Reeds house that is just insane. Take off and landing are pretty vertical and its long......one of my favorite moto photos of all time.

Kdub,Stewie, Grant, RV.....they are all bad ass.
I'm glad somebody brought up Byrne. When I was at Freestone in 09 i believe, I was really impressed by him. I sat by the wall before the whoops for a whole moto and Byrne and Reed where the only two to pre-jump the wall and launch over it. While reed may have been doing it the speed that Byrne carried over the wall was insane.
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Jharper 12/3/2011 9:04am
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If pastrana is allowed then shouldn't Robbie Madison be allowed in?

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Flatliner 12/3/2011 9:19am
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My vote's are for MC and Casey Lytle.

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Outsider 12/3/2011 9:24am
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machine wrote:
This triple step up RV and the other 250 guys were doing at Glen Helen always impressed me

Yessir!


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moto589 12/3/2011 9:25am
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Guy Cooper and Josh Hansen
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Hando 12/3/2011 9:27am
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JS, McGrath, Millsaps, Grant, Wilson, Twitch, Maddo, Cinqmars
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Brent 12/3/2011 9:48am
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dv12.com wrote:
Probably not. I was never good at jumping stuff
Cahuilla 2007 the uphill double in the back, with a real rough take off. DV and Stewart were the only ones i saw hit that thing.
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Jt$ 12/3/2011 11:19am
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Byrne is pretty impressive at really technical stuff.. JS is obviously ridiculous.. With the 450's now, most everyone jumps all of the big stuff. Back in 2 stroke days, it was more of a feat. Swink, Lamy, Byrne, MC.. These guys always jumped the big stuff first.
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motokid40 12/3/2011 12:08pm
12/3/2011 12:08pm
machine wrote:
This triple step up RV and the other 250 guys were doing at Glen Helen always impressed me

Outsider wrote:
Yessir! [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/Christobel931/RVtriple.jpg[/IMG]
Yessir!


I took that video and was even more impressive live!
lostboy819 12/3/2011 12:34pm
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Fearo wrote:
Anyone remember that picture of Windham flying almost OVER Ernesto Fonseca in 2003? Washougal I think? Can't remember...
This one.

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Unbidliama 12/3/2011 12:52pm
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TP at 1:56.
But the whole video is nice.[embed][/embed]
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bullpen58 12/3/2011 1:15pm
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Here is what I have learned from this thread: there are a LOT of top pros who have HUGE cajones and TONS of talent out there. At various times some of those dudes have separated themselves from the rest of the best in the world by out-jumping everyone on some insane jump. So many guys have done that at different times but it is hard to not have RC, MC, or JS at the top of the list. Those guys do whatever it takes to win.
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Hando 12/3/2011 1:29pm
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Jason Lawrence was a very good jumper as well...

in the TWMX video he jumps half way though a whoop section!!!

https://youtu.be/MBtesneC7Jw
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