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DanDunes818 5/27/2010 11:26pm
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Racer111 wrote:
Travis Pastrana 207 feet on an RM80! 4:00 mark on the video. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh84vBJ77z8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh84vBJ77z8[/url]
Travis Pastrana 207 feet on an RM80! 4:00 mark on the video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh84vBJ77z8
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RM125, not 80, but still amazing! Can´t believe his parents let him do it
ocscottie wrote:
He parents (at least his pops for sure) are just as nutty as he is!

btw: Aweome thread Mike!
What do you mean you can't believe his parents let him? Shit,,his pops built the jump for him to hit..lol
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I was a fan of the Chuck Sun jump . . . great for whips and very photogenic. [img]https://www.ftemoto.com/MXGalleries/MXWallpaper/images/Stew041.jpg[/img]
I was a fan of the Chuck Sun jump . . . great for whips and very photogenic.

Yep. That jump was great for whips and probably one of the safest fun jumps in the country. It was one of those jumps (very few like it) that the way the lip was produced a total 0 gravity feel. If you never hit it it's hard to explain but when you left the lip you somehow never felt like you left the ground. Talk about one of the worst track changes in history. I'm pretty sure MX Sports(at least that's what I was told and no hard feeling davey) made them take it out so they could put more venders in that area for the nationals.
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Bubba on 125 Laroccos leap





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The slowmo is nice!

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chrisbuehler 5/28/2010 5:49am
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Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where they are whipping them. Crazy. I remember Doug Henry showed up at a NESC race at Central Village right after he got his factory Honda ride and there was a single then about 60' of straight to a double. He came of the finishline table and just bombed the whole front section in one jump. Craziest thing I had ever seen. Not the biggest jump ever, just the way he used a small single to huck the whole thing. In no way shape or form did the track design it as a triple but the vision the pros have, amazing.
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chrisbuehler wrote:
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where...
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where they are whipping them. Crazy. I remember Doug Henry showed up at a NESC race at Central Village right after he got his factory Honda ride and there was a single then about 60' of straight to a double. He came of the finishline table and just bombed the whole front section in one jump. Craziest thing I had ever seen. Not the biggest jump ever, just the way he used a small single to huck the whole thing. In no way shape or form did the track design it as a triple but the vision the pros have, amazing.
That's what always get's me. There was a little off-camber corkscrew section at Ablany about a month ago, and Nate Whitlow and a fast up and comer some how got the genius idea to go way outside and jump and pull and twist their way over it all as one jump. It was not an easy thing to do, but it was especially cool to see both on 250 smokers!
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JW381 5/28/2010 8:08am
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I know this is not very big, or "memorable" in anyway, but I was at the track this all day, and know how tough that jump was. This is that off-camber kind of chicane I was talking, and no one thought of it as a jump. Pretty cool stuff!



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DoctorJD 5/28/2010 8:37am
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The most memorable jump for me wasn't the biggest gap by a long shot. Back in 84' at the Atlanta round of the AMA Nationals at Six Flags, there was an uphill double that immediately led to a left-hand hairpin back down the hill. And I mean IMMEDIATELY, as in; when your wheels touched the ground, you were on the brakes and setting up for the turn.

It was that jump where Keith Bowen (right?) landed on Bob Hannah and broke his wrist, and moreover, the first time I'd ever seen anybody "check" the rear brake in the air over a jump. I kept noticing David Bailey and Johnny "O" hitting the rear brakes in the air. I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out what they were doing, but I did notice that they were hitting that section cleaner and faster than anyone else. They would come in nose-first, with their leg out already set-up for the corner. It was sweet.

It seemed like it was a chore for everybody else just to huck it, in fact, some weren't jumping it. The ones that were seemed to be doing everthing they could to land it and still be able to get the bike turned back down the hill. It was benign by today's standards, but still stands out in my mind.
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ocscottie 5/28/2010 8:53am
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Here was some cool footage of Laroccos leap where they superimposed the 125's not clearing it and the 250's hitting it.




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ocscottie 5/28/2010 5:40pm
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This got dumped clear to page 3 already, HOF?
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joe101uk wrote:
It's not motocross but i think you can all forgive me..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnbVvu9O10&playnext_from=TL&videos=qfJo05m78Xs
It's not motocross but i think you can all forgive me.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnbVvu9O10&playnext_from=TL&videos=qfJo…


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mcphilly 5/28/2010 8:38pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
I was a fan of the Chuck Sun jump . . . great for whips and very photogenic. [img]https://www.ftemoto.com/MXGalleries/MXWallpaper/images/Stew041.jpg[/img]
I was a fan of the Chuck Sun jump . . . great for whips and very photogenic.

DanDunes818 wrote:
Yep. That jump was great for whips and probably one of the safest fun jumps in the country. It was one of those jumps (very few...
Yep. That jump was great for whips and probably one of the safest fun jumps in the country. It was one of those jumps (very few like it) that the way the lip was produced a total 0 gravity feel. If you never hit it it's hard to explain but when you left the lip you somehow never felt like you left the ground. Talk about one of the worst track changes in history. I'm pretty sure MX Sports(at least that's what I was told and no hard feeling davey) made them take it out so they could put more venders in that area for the nationals.
could not have said it any better ........I was speechless when I got to the track that year and was like ...where the f is the Chuck Sun jump....Sad
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malley343 5/28/2010 9:30pm
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i have been going to washougal since 1990 the day chuck sun was taken out a little piece of me felt shattered
Riesenberg448 5/28/2010 10:43pm
5/28/2010 10:43pm
The things an MX bike will jump these days is scary. I remember when 65 ft jumps were really big, and I'm not that old. Now, 60 foot jumps are the norm around a lot of tracks with the bigger gaps being 80+ feet.

I'm glad I'm at least +25 eligible next year!
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Ddavis 5/28/2010 10:50pm
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I've jumped Chuck Sun before, I don't really remember it. But yeah, it isn't like normal jumps.
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anniebertmojo wrote:
Kehoe pinning it to pass McGrath at Gatorback to take the win... [IMG]http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu220/anniebert/insidemx.jpg[/IMG]
Kehoe pinning it to pass McGrath at Gatorback to take the win...

That's the one I was talking about! Thanks for posting that. Wish it was a larger picture.

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DanDunes818 5/28/2010 11:09pm
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chrisbuehler wrote:
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where...
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where they are whipping them. Crazy. I remember Doug Henry showed up at a NESC race at Central Village right after he got his factory Honda ride and there was a single then about 60' of straight to a double. He came of the finishline table and just bombed the whole front section in one jump. Craziest thing I had ever seen. Not the biggest jump ever, just the way he used a small single to huck the whole thing. In no way shape or form did the track design it as a triple but the vision the pros have, amazing.
JW381 wrote:
That's what always get's me. There was a little off-camber corkscrew section at Ablany about a month ago, and Nate Whitlow and a fast up and...
That's what always get's me. There was a little off-camber corkscrew section at Ablany about a month ago, and Nate Whitlow and a fast up and comer some how got the genius idea to go way outside and jump and pull and twist their way over it all as one jump. It was not an easy thing to do, but it was especially cool to see both on 250 smokers!
JW..I'm not sure how long you've been riding so I'm not sure if you remember the old Granstand section at albany. They had that single roller to that 65-75ft step down table. Usually they'd run a corner before the big single roller but when they didn't the top pro's would hit that single and launch the whole thing like 100+ft. It was sick. I was there on a Wednesday practice back in like 99 and we made a long straight towards it play riding and I made like 10 runs at it and just couldn't commit. One of those ride days driving home where I felt like I missed an opportunity I'd never get again. Who knows maybe I saved my life. Either way I regret not hitting it when I had the chance, I hated when they took that step down table out.
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DanDunes818 5/28/2010 11:15pm
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Ddavis wrote:
I've jumped Chuck Sun before, I don't really remember it. But yeah, it isn't like normal jumps.
Yeah Ddavis. It wasn't like it was some kind of huge crazy jump..Quite the opposite. There was just something about the way the face was formed over the years that gave you a feeling in your gut like no other.. That's why it was so sick when they took it out because no matter how hard they tried they couldn't replicate the face of that jump if they wanted to.
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nytsmaC 5/29/2010 1:53pm
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I was actually going to post the Chuck Sun jump sarcastically.. Because it's such an easy effortless jump. I do remember it being kind of cool though, that straight leading to it sure got rough on a busy weekend.
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JW381 5/29/2010 2:12pm
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chrisbuehler wrote:
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where...
Best thread ever! You cant expain to anyone who doesnt ride the commitment it takes to do any of these jumps, never mind the ones where they are whipping them. Crazy. I remember Doug Henry showed up at a NESC race at Central Village right after he got his factory Honda ride and there was a single then about 60' of straight to a double. He came of the finishline table and just bombed the whole front section in one jump. Craziest thing I had ever seen. Not the biggest jump ever, just the way he used a small single to huck the whole thing. In no way shape or form did the track design it as a triple but the vision the pros have, amazing.
JW381 wrote:
That's what always get's me. There was a little off-camber corkscrew section at Ablany about a month ago, and Nate Whitlow and a fast up and...
That's what always get's me. There was a little off-camber corkscrew section at Ablany about a month ago, and Nate Whitlow and a fast up and comer some how got the genius idea to go way outside and jump and pull and twist their way over it all as one jump. It was not an easy thing to do, but it was especially cool to see both on 250 smokers!
DanDunes818 wrote:
JW..I'm not sure how long you've been riding so I'm not sure if you remember the old Granstand section at albany. They had that single roller...
JW..I'm not sure how long you've been riding so I'm not sure if you remember the old Granstand section at albany. They had that single roller to that 65-75ft step down table. Usually they'd run a corner before the big single roller but when they didn't the top pro's would hit that single and launch the whole thing like 100+ft. It was sick. I was there on a Wednesday practice back in like 99 and we made a long straight towards it play riding and I made like 10 runs at it and just couldn't commit. One of those ride days driving home where I felt like I missed an opportunity I'd never get again. Who knows maybe I saved my life. Either way I regret not hitting it when I had the chance, I hated when they took that step down table out.
Yeah I already posted this earlier in the thread. I miss this big huckster alot. It was cool to watch.




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1. Danny Smith racing to catch Talon Voland at Anaheim in 2000. Danny was the only one on a 125 doing the quad, and he was closing the gap on Voland every lap. Danny had to stand up with his front fender under his chin to make it. Two more laps, he would have had the epic sky-high drive-by for the win. It was an epic main event. Anyone remember that one?


2. Red Bud for the "ski jump". Its not high like LaRocco's, but it takes balls.
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Quite the big jump pissing contest, eh? C'mon guys, don't get too sentimental. It's only gonna be one week this year we have to kowtow to the Euro powers that be, and forsake the jump of death. Be patient. We can all plummet to our demise next week.Smile
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HOF bound, great thread Mike!
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anniebertmojo wrote:
Kehoe pinning it to pass McGrath at Gatorback to take the win... [IMG]http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu220/anniebert/insidemx.jpg[/IMG]
Kehoe pinning it to pass McGrath at Gatorback to take the win...

bullpen58 wrote:
That's the one I was talking about! Thanks for posting that. Wish it was a larger picture.
Is he gonna land in the flat?

Shocked Shocked Holy Shit!!!

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pretty sick picture, cant lie
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GPF? i think thats where this is
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High Point

Glen Helen

Washougal

Budds Creek

Red Bud


This one is memorable for me because the takeoff reminds me alot of Chuck Sun, it feels like nothing else i've jumped before and has a quick abrupt takeoff that is angled where you float off of it, as a slower rider it took me a long time to do. It's a really intresting jump.

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