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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2012 5:30pm
from autoblog.com

"Motocrosser, X-Game gold-medal winner and Subaru USA rally car driver extraordinaire Travis Pastrana has once again gone and done something so crazy that we wonder how the man can still be among the living. Previously, Pastrana became the first rider ever to land a double-backflip in competition, and now he's gone and done something else unthinkable: the hydrojump. After speeding to about 70 miles per hour, Pastrana hydroplaned his Suzuki dirtbike in five-foot deep water for 110 feet, ending after launching himself and his bike off a floating FMX ramp. According to his official site, they are still searching for Pastrana's bike at the bottom of the lake, a water-filled volcanic crater in Costa Rica. Apparently, the bike was bone-stock with no modifications in order to ensure that the hydroplaning was successful. We've made a gallery of a few more pictures, and the video of the jump will be available in November on the sixth Nitro Circus DVD."

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NB304 3/28/2008 6:26am
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it looks like this was on racerxill.com a few days ago too, but with no pics. i have a big pond right next to my track that i have gone across on old sleds but never thought about trying it on my mx bike with a freestyle jump in the middle.
chrisgg90 3/28/2008 6:27am
3/28/2008 6:27am
Looks pretty cool.
Todder (MD) 3/28/2008 6:31am
3/28/2008 6:31am
Windham did over 300 feet across water in 2002. That was on here a few weeks ago.
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NB304 3/28/2008 6:32am
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haha, didn't he try it in the rental car too??? i think i remember that on a vid.

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zookrider62 3/28/2008 6:41am
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[quote="NB304":3ozyylye]haha, didn't he try it in the rental car too??? i think i remember that on a vid.[/quote:3ozyylye]
"2 wheels 60 makes it across. 4 wheels 80, has to make it. Its got too"
That was in Global addiction.
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rucka356 3/28/2008 6:58am
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Anybody know where I can find a video of windham hydroplaning online that isn't on you tube. Really need it in a wmv file. Nobody here at the office believes it can be done.
Dean (MD) 3/28/2008 7:23am
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[quote="rucka356":76yqw4o1]Anybody know where I can find a video of windham hydroplaning online that isn't on you tube. Really need it in a wmv file. Nobody here at the office believes it can be done.[/quote:76yqw4o1]

it used to be on his website, but I just checked and it's not there
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peeps sr 3/28/2008 7:32am
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Looks like Pastramino bout missed the ramp...
zookrider62 3/28/2008 7:33am
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[quote="peeps sr":30qq7rgb]Looks like Pastramino bout missed the ramp...[/quote:30qq7rgb]
If you look closely at the top pic his left leg went off the, thats bound to make it a little tricky.


Next he needs to build one with a landing!
Dean (MD) 3/28/2008 7:33am
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[quote="peeps sr":33ifvw2t]Looks like Pastramino bout missed the ramp...[/quote:33ifvw2t]


prolly hard to steer on water
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peeps sr 3/28/2008 8:12am
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[quote="Dean":3nkmxmgh][quote="peeps sr":3nkmxmgh]Looks like Pastramino bout missed the ramp...[/quote:3nkmxmgh]


prolly hard to steer on water[/quote:3nkmxmgh]

yep, he needed a little left rudder...
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SCYRacing 3/28/2008 8:31am
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[quote="NB304":2u5al1mv]it looks like this was on racerxill.com a few days ago too, but with no pics. i have a big pond right next to my track that i have gone across on old sleds but never thought about trying it on my mx bike with a freestyle jump in the middle.[/quote:2u5al1mv]
Neither would any other semi-sane person <img class= " title="Laughing"> Not surpising coming from TP though.
Trinitite (MD) 3/28/2008 9:18am
3/28/2008 9:18am
Just another boring day in the life of Travis. lol
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jay547 3/28/2008 11:07am
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[quote="rucka356":3c2imwmy]Anybody know where I can find a video of windham hydroplaning online that isn't on you tube. Really need it in a wmv file. Nobody here at the office believes it can be done.[/quote:3c2imwmy]

i've got a video of me doing it. i'll see if i can get it online sometime.

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gp 3/28/2008 11:27am
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Jay,

We need details. How fast? How deep is the water? Does it matter how deep it is? The real question is, would you do it again?
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NB304 3/28/2008 11:56am
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seen guys try that out in the dunes. i figured with paddles and smoothies on the front it would be cake 3rd gear wide open in my vw sand rail. the spray off the rear tires went straight into the air filters. needless to say i got wet.
chadwik74 (MD) 3/28/2008 12:41pm
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I've done before too. Although this is a shitty picture, you can see me and my buddy out there in about 3' of water....5th gear taped. If it's going good, it's real easy and comfy, but if the front wheel wobbles....it's ass over tea kettle. Shortly after this photo a less experianced guy tried it and put his peg 2-3" into his right leg....had to call the medics in to get him and they ended up hauling him out in a pick up with a 8' box.He was screamin' like a six year old girl.

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ocscottie 3/28/2008 12:53pm
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Here is another KW water crossing, from one of the TWMX DVD's (i think it was Throttle)

http://media.putfile.com/kw_H20
zookrider62 3/28/2008 1:15pm
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[quote="ocscottie":j6yih69i]Here is another KW water crossing, from one of the TWMX DVD's (i think it was Throttle)

http://media.putfile.com/kw_H20[/quote:j6yih69i]
Crush not throttle <img class= " title="Wink">
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jay547 3/28/2008 2:29pm
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[quote="gp":2kexk678]Jay,

We need details. How fast? How deep is the water? Does it matter how deep it is? The real question is, would you do it again?[/quote:2kexk678]


like chadwick said, fifth gear tapped - probably 60-65 mph. it was two-three feet deep there and about a 100-120 feet across. wouldn't matter if it was one foot or a hundred feet deep. it's a blast and surprisingly easy to do. i've done it probably thirty times, never had a problem although i've seen several guys crash trying it. you have to be going fast enough to stay on top and you absolutely do not let off the throttle.
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wildbill 3/28/2008 11:30pm
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I'm thinkin smooth water would be the ticket. Look at that chop tp's going through. He always was a whoop monster.
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teggers 3/29/2008 12:57am
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Looks like frickin' Daytona.
noteethleroy (MD) 3/29/2008 8:36am
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[quote:5vm5jsk4]Apparently, the bike was bone-stock with no modifications in order to ensure that the hydroplaning was successful.[/quote:5vm5jsk4]

I would think the reason he did it on a stock bike was more because he knew it could get ruined or lost at the bottom of a lake.
Cygnus (MD) 3/29/2008 8:40am
3/29/2008 8:40am
And I bet it had no oil in it and very little fuel .
ShoujoKakumei (MD) 3/29/2008 4:21pm
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[quote="Cygnus":2hhyif6d]And I bet it had no oil in it and very little fuel .[/quote:2hhyif6d]

yeah, didn't he get fined once for polluting the San Francisco bay? <img class= " title="Laughing">
chadwik74 (MD) 3/29/2008 10:09pm
3/29/2008 10:09pm
It was his shin....there was some meat there, but nothing that anyone of us couldn't have sucked up and rode out on the back of a quad. It was just a shitty deal when we had to call the ambulance....they had to find the spot, then get Fire and Rescue down there with a pick up. And the whole time we were thinking FUCK, wrap it up and ride out...it's basiclly what they/he did anyway....drama queen! Shit like this get's people talking about shuttin' down hard too acceses place's for rescue....it really wasn't that bad.
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