Posted by Rocky on July 5, 2008, 6:08 pm
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Ryan Capes Breaks Out His Cape
July 5, 2008, 4:53 PM
Well, by the looks of my recent world record related content, I think it's safe to say that The Brap Haps is going to have to be renamed to—oh, I don't know—Bigger, Faster, Higher and Further. What do ya think? Ya, I agree—that's a whack name. Anyhow, the distance war really seems to be heating up as of late. Just the other week, Jason Bird nearly conquered the 400-foot mark , setting a new record according to distance documenter, Jay Schweitzer. Though Bird fully surpassed Robbie Maddison's 378 foot 9 inch jump on his natural terrain set up, the moto message boards seem to be heating up, claiming that Bird would be unable to reach the same distances if he were jumping on a man-made set up like Maddison and Ryan Capes. Personally, I kind of agree, but none-the-less, Jason Bird is putting in work and getting it done. No matter what size the landing is, 394 feet is 394 feet if ya know what I'm sayin'.
So what does all this have to do with Ryan Capes? Well, Mr. Capes is having just as hard of a time watching this go down and not joining the party as a crack head watching people pass around the crack pipe, only to get skipped every time. That was a horrible analogy, but you get the point—Capes can't seem to sit back and let guys like Jason Bird get all the distance and attention. That's why, in an effort to be the first to knock down the all mighty 400 ft. barrier, Capes has organized a "media only" jump attempt at his hometown track in Washington state. Here's the press release from his main sponsor, Monster Energy.
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Monster Energy's Ryan Capes Ready To Eclipse the 400-Foot Motorcycle Jump Barrier This Weekend
Reports from the Pacific Northwest say 'all systems go' for an unheard of 400-plus foot motorcycle jump by Monster's dare devil
EXCLUSIVE: Catch the footage of Capes' historic jump this in an exclusive production from Jay Schweitzer and Powerband Films broadcast only on www.monsterenergy.com
CORONA, Calif., (July 3, 2008)—Monster Energy's Ryan Capes , the first motorcyclist to break the then unheard of 300-foot jump barrier, has got his Monster Energy/Pro Circuit-tuned Kawasaki KX450F tuned and cleared for take-off this weekend with his sights set on sailing into the history books.
Courtesy MonsterEnergy.com
Ryan Capes aint scurred.
Capes, widely considered the reigning king of motorcycle distance jumping, will take aim at his custom Monster Energy jump ramp—5th gear, wide open—in a "media only" event this weekend at his home motocross track - Toe's MX Park in Royal, Wash. Earlier this year in a simple practice session at Toe's while testing his new ramp, Capes "mashed" (as in landed right on it) Robbie Maddison's 322-foot world record set New Year's Eve on ESPN. The word went out in the distance community on what Capes had done, to which he nonchalantly played it off—giving props back to his friend and rival Maddison.
Said Capes back in February: "My dad and I measured it out and we jumped 323-6." This would have been a new world record, eclipsing that of Maddison's 322-7 leap. "But Seth (Enslow) measured it at 322-6, so we went with that."
Moving the in-run around at Toe's, Capes says he's got 2,000 feet of clean approach to his newly designed Monster Energy take-off ramp, hitting speeds in the 80 mph range. He adds that he is confident that 400-plus footers are well within the realm of his ability.
"322 was a cakewalk," he says. "I'm on the hunt and records are gonna fall."
And that time's now. Capes figures he's going to jump 400 feet this weekend, possibly even as far as 420 feet if the conditions are ideal. He added that there's little pressure at the remote facility, as he'll be surrounded by his dad and close buddies—poised to uncork the 400-footer on his clock when he "feels it." Stay tuned to MonsterEnergy.com for exclusive mind-blowing footage of Capes' session this weekend, as we'll have cameras all over the place for this historic jump.
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Stay tuned to The Brap Haps to see if Ryan Capes can yet again, jump into the history books when he goes big this Sunday, July 6th. EXPN.com will be broadcasting the jump early next week so check back for that as well. New record or not, it's on like Donkey Kong son!
Check out footage of Jason Bird's most recent 396 foot 7 inch jump—nuts yo!
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