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Alex Harvill (September 11, 1992 – June 17, 2021) was an American motocross racer and stunt performer.On May 12, 2012, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest ramp-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 425 feet (129.54 m).
He is an American motorcycle jumping world record holder and stunt performer and Stage 4 cancer survivor who lives in Oak Hill, Florida. [1] Danger has set many records, including the Longest Motorcycle Jump, which was 251 feet over 42 cars. With that jump, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1991. [2]
He is the holder of many world records for jumping over cars and buses. [4] He has worked as a stunt double in many films, notably for Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, Roger Moore and Michael Caine in Bullseye! and Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye. [5] One of his most famous motorcycle stunts was in the 1979 film Hanover Street starring ...
Nate Adams is currently ranked the number one freestyle motocross athlete in the world and Trigger Gumm held the world record for the longest jump on a motorcycle, until it was broken by Australian Robbie Maddison on December 31, 2007. Gumm was a four-time Guinness Book World Record holder for longest distance jump, breaking the record in ...
The career jumps and stunts of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel spanned from 1965 to 1980. [1] As a professional daredevil, Knievel attempted or successfully jumped over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, as well as his failed 1974 X-2 Skycycle rocket jump. The majority of his jumps were made on the Harley-Davidson XR-750 motorcycle.
He started practicing by jumping ramp jumps over kegs of beer, cars, motorcycle and other big objects at different events. In 1999, he broke Robbie Knievel's (son of Evel Knievel) 226 feet (69 m) record for most motorcycle jumps. However, Enslow's triple clamps broke, which disconnected his front end from the frame, resulting in Enslow diving ...
Laswell's true passion, however, was in motorcycle jumping. He began doing small performances and jumped over school buses and big rigs. [3] One of Laswell's earliest achievements was when he beat the World's Long Distance Jump Record of 176 feet (54 m), which he achieved in 1981 when he jumped 180 feet (55 m) on a 440 Maico. He then pursued ...
Bob Gill is the world-record holding motorcycle stuntman.He was one of the few jumpers to eschew the use of a landing ramp. His career was cut short in 1974 when he landed short on a world-record attempt to jump the 200-foot (61 m) wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.