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With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
Your such a tool. A fucking jet Ski floats
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VET74 8/6/2015 4:56pm
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Calhoun117 wrote:
summarize this response I have no idea what that community would say about it but I'm interested
Let me rephrase...it wasn't an interesting response, I had to refrain from telling them what a bunch of douche bags they are. Everything from how he's polluting the sea to polluting the reef, to the noise, blah, blah, blah. But it was about as consistent as Vital, keyboard jockeys bashing a guy with some serious skills on a motorcycle (and a surf board). And I doubt very seriously this was anything like riding a jet ski...and how many on this board would even attempt to ride a jet ski in the Tahiti surf. It's not as easy as it looks.
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What gave you that idea???;) [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/08/06/100259/s1200_RC_Biscuit.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/08/06/100260/s1200_JBS_Bubba_Shred.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/08/06/100261/s1200_Surfercross.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/08/06/100262/s1200_wave.jpg[/img] EDIT: To a few lads, got the emails, replies are on the way... You know who you...
What gave you that idea???Wink





EDIT: To a few lads, got the emails, replies are on the way... You know who you are. Tongue Smile
When it comes to that, you're in the pro class...Cool

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4stroke4DWIN wrote:
Sigh, vital never fails to deliver. Some of you just have rotten lives lol.
Maybe because I surf and I moto, and what he is doing is just not that impressive when you can do it on an old jetski.
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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
oh fucking brother...get real squidly.
la-zdunck 8/6/2015 6:59pm
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Maybe because I surf and I moto, and what he is doing is just not that impressive when you can do it on an old jetski.
+1.

"Talk about pissing your money away, I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was" -Grandma


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la-zdunck wrote:
+1.

"Talk about pissing your money away, I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was" -Grandma


he worked really hard on it grandma....... so do washing machines
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I agree with twizzler. And Robgvx... if you read above, 2 guys say that there were airbags attached to the bike so it floats. I still...
I agree with twizzler.

And Robgvx... if you read above, 2 guys say that there were airbags attached to the bike so it floats.

I still don't get why it's such a big deal? Just seemed like a different style of a jetski to me. I must me missing something, too?
Yes, you're missing something, a jetski is a small boat designed to navigate water... a dirt bike is... well... Dry
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okay, I am willing to take the backlash for my unpopular opinion.



I would like to start off by saying Robbie Madison is a bad ass who probably has to carry his balls around in wheel barrel.


However!

I do not think Pipe Dream is the gnarliest thing that he has done. I say this because of his prior achievements.

Seriously....His Arch De Triumph jump was insanity. His jump down the ski slope? Absolute madness.

But him riding a bike on water, regardless of conditions, is something I feel I could persuade my buddies to do after a six pack of Coors Light.....I mean honestly I doubt any true moto guy wouldn't LOVE to give the water bike a go.


Understand I realize the talent it takes to pull that off, I am just saying his other stunts required more skills and balls than this one did.


Flame on...
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i have ridden stand up jet ski's in the surf and i ride MX every weekend

What Maddo did on a MX bike in surf that big was foooking insane , riding a stand up ski in surf that big would scare the hell out of 99 percent of people that can ride them, but to do it on an MX bike that doesn't even float was simple madness
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moscrop940 wrote:
okay, I am willing to take the backlash for my unpopular opinion. I would like to start off by saying Robbie Madison is a bad ass...
okay, I am willing to take the backlash for my unpopular opinion.



I would like to start off by saying Robbie Madison is a bad ass who probably has to carry his balls around in wheel barrel.


However!

I do not think Pipe Dream is the gnarliest thing that he has done. I say this because of his prior achievements.

Seriously....His Arch De Triumph jump was insanity. His jump down the ski slope? Absolute madness.

But him riding a bike on water, regardless of conditions, is something I feel I could persuade my buddies to do after a six pack of Coors Light.....I mean honestly I doubt any true moto guy wouldn't LOVE to give the water bike a go.


Understand I realize the talent it takes to pull that off, I am just saying his other stunts required more skills and balls than this one did.


Flame on...
Maddison had selected a wave locals call a 'west bomb', a hooking monster that closes out the entire bay. By the time he realized what he'd done, it was too late to turn back. So he held on to the bike and waited for the wave to swallow him.

"It was the most violent ride of my life," Maddison says. "My goggles were ripped from their strap and the fenders and levers tore off my motorcycle as it was dragged across the reef. When the first wave picked me up, it hit me in the back and knocked the wind out of me. Right then, I gave up. Everything went white and peaceful ... and then I popped up. I had a split second to take a deep breath and then I took another wave straight in the face and tumbled across the reef. I took four of those before, somehow, I popped up and the jet ski found me."
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chase383 8/7/2015 5:13am
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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
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Your such a tool. A fucking jet Ski floats
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer).
www.ontariowatercrossracing.com

Not putting Maddo down.. it's a cool idea and looks fun.. and the wave running was very cool. I would like to get a closer look at the 'ski' they developed.

I noticed that he ran a pretty tall paddle on the bike. With sleds, the taller paddle can actually pull the rear of the sled into the water more... most guys only run an inch or so lug for efficient water running... I wonder if the same would apply on a bike?


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How lucky am I! I had no idea that I was a member of a forum with so many badasses. True heroes with balls so massive and skill so plentiful, they could make Robbie Maddison look like a little bitch. I bow down to you, oh Vital almighty. And may your next stunt that's way cooler than this please be filmed so we can then tell you how unimpressed we are.
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Calhoun117 8/7/2015 8:00am
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Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer)...
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer).
www.ontariowatercrossracing.com

Not putting Maddo down.. it's a cool idea and looks fun.. and the wave running was very cool. I would like to get a closer look at the 'ski' they developed.

I noticed that he ran a pretty tall paddle on the bike. With sleds, the taller paddle can actually pull the rear of the sled into the water more... most guys only run an inch or so lug for efficient water running... I wonder if the same would apply on a bike?




Here is the bike
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It was definitely ground breaking and way cool. Why?

First off, there wasn't a motorcycle that could ride the surf. Anybody else seen these things at their local track?

Second, the surf itself is treacherous WITHOUT a 250lb motorcycle that doesn't float. People don't swim in that surf. There's a reason. Heck, experienced surfers don't surf in that stuff. Yes the bike floated but it was more of a danger than a help. It only floated enough to keep it from sitting at the bottom of the ocean forever.

We'd all like to try it on the local lake but I doubt more than a couple on this board would ever attempt it on surf like that. It's easy to say you would, not that you've seen Maddo do it but before he did, it hadn't been done. Most of us would ride to the moon and back now. But in 1950 you would have thought they were all crazy.


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chase383 8/7/2015 8:23am
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Calhoun117 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/08/07/100402/s1200_image.jpg[/img] Here is the bike


Here is the bike
Thanks for posting that..
Certainly a very aggressive tire. My guess is with Red Bull backing this experiment they tested dozens of tires to see what would work best for propulsion in water.


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moscrop940 wrote:
okay, I am willing to take the backlash for my unpopular opinion. I would like to start off by saying Robbie Madison is a bad ass...
okay, I am willing to take the backlash for my unpopular opinion.



I would like to start off by saying Robbie Madison is a bad ass who probably has to carry his balls around in wheel barrel.


However!

I do not think Pipe Dream is the gnarliest thing that he has done. I say this because of his prior achievements.

Seriously....His Arch De Triumph jump was insanity. His jump down the ski slope? Absolute madness.

But him riding a bike on water, regardless of conditions, is something I feel I could persuade my buddies to do after a six pack of Coors Light.....I mean honestly I doubt any true moto guy wouldn't LOVE to give the water bike a go.


Understand I realize the talent it takes to pull that off, I am just saying his other stunts required more skills and balls than this one did.


Flame on...
Ya dude agreed - most of the technical brilliance here was in the design of the bike and the boards.

Don't get me wrong it was crazy for sure, but due to the craziness of the utterly insane shit he has done in the past it kind of crowds over this.

For me, it was cooler because of the feat of what they managed to make the bike do, rather than what he did on the bike.
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Moto75 8/7/2015 9:09am
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Lol is the surfing picture really a photoshop? If not, then that is bad ass. But I would've atleast tried to air out the wave and...
Lol is the surfing picture really a photoshop? If not, then that is bad ass.

But I would've atleast tried to air out the wave and see what happened. Not like he didnt sink any bikes doing this stunt. Why not try one for the last shot? I know plenty of people that backflip stand up jet skis in the surf so why not try it on a wet bike!?
Jet Skis are buoyant, when they come off plane as with a backflip - they still float. There's nothing buoyant about the dirtbike.
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twizzler 8/7/2015 10:42am
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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
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oh fucking brother...get real squidly.
I'd be more impressed if you paddled in that wave and stood up and surfed on your one leg.

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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
Juss wrote:
Your such a tool. A fucking jet Ski floats
chase383 wrote:
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer)...
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer).
www.ontariowatercrossracing.com

Not putting Maddo down.. it's a cool idea and looks fun.. and the wave running was very cool. I would like to get a closer look at the 'ski' they developed.

I noticed that he ran a pretty tall paddle on the bike. With sleds, the taller paddle can actually pull the rear of the sled into the water more... most guys only run an inch or so lug for efficient water running... I wonder if the same would apply on a bike?


Try that on a snowmobile with a 2 inch wide track,after you dry off ,let me know how it went. Take one of the skis off too.
Temor a la Mancha 8/7/2015 11:13am
8/7/2015 11:13am Edited Date/Time 8/7/2015 11:14am
Much ado about nothing. Really not that impressive. Mostly hype and novelty factor. There certainly wasn't much risk factor, with the exception of ruining a bike. No one is going to be ruining their bike to catch a wave. That's what jetskis are for.
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I thought it was fuckin cool and I have no idea why anyone would feel the need to make a negative comment about it... makes no sense to me at all.

Let's see a jetski go from wide open on land and enter the water at full throttle...
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chase383 wrote:
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer)...
Snowmobiles don't float.. and around my parts everyone and their grandmother run open water on sleds. They even have an organized race series (in the summer).
www.ontariowatercrossracing.com

Not putting Maddo down.. it's a cool idea and looks fun.. and the wave running was very cool. I would like to get a closer look at the 'ski' they developed.

I noticed that he ran a pretty tall paddle on the bike. With sleds, the taller paddle can actually pull the rear of the sled into the water more... most guys only run an inch or so lug for efficient water running... I wonder if the same would apply on a bike?


On a sled I think the taller paddle allows too much water to get stuck in the tunnel. I think on a bike the water escapes better because of no sides to the fender and on all the suspension travel.
I was impressed by this stunt.
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chase383 wrote:
Thanks for posting that.. Certainly a very aggressive tire. My guess is with Red Bull backing this experiment they tested dozens of tires to see what...
Thanks for posting that..
Certainly a very aggressive tire. My guess is with Red Bull backing this experiment they tested dozens of tires to see what would work best for propulsion in water.


I see what your saying about the rear "digging itself in the water" like with mobiles, but in this case sense the "ski" is actually fitted around the tire and mounts to the wheel axle I don't think it allows itself to dig into the water like a snowmobile would. Probably why they have such an aggressive paddle.
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gsxr6 8/7/2015 2:54pm
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Coolest video I have ever seen. Want dirt bikes to crossover into the main stream consciousness? This is the way. Had people stop at my auto repair shop this week just to ask me if I had seen it, and they were not dirt bike folk. First time that's ever happened. No jump, no quadruple backflip, nothing could have the response this film did. It is, in a word, brilliant.
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twizzler wrote:
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and...
With all the hype about this I actually wasn't that impressed. Concept is cool with the bike, but riding a motorized vehicle into a wave and out of it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. I've watched waverunners do that for years. Granted I've never ridden a mx bike on water and have no idea of how challenging it is to ride one on an ocean. So maybe there's more to it than I'm assuming.
what ever floats ya boat as they say , but if that doesn't impress anyone who actually rides then they don't actually ride
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KDXGarage 8/8/2015 12:34am
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Did anyone think "Wetbike"?
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peelout 8/8/2015 7:26am
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Alright I'm gonna be "that guy"...

No way in hell that is successful on a four stroke. Yet one more reason four strokes suck donkey dick.

Carry on

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