Posted by Rocky on July 6, 2008, 10:28 am, in reply to "I say Yes!"
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I agree. We will have to see what plays out.
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: Well if anyone can bust it, Capes can for
: sure. He has the confedience and tallent
: plus he is well prepared I am sure. No crazy
: BS hype for six months either from his camp.
: He is a class act and has done his homework
: I am sure.
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: --Previous Message--
: Ryan Capes Breaks Out His Cape
:
: July 5, 2008, 4:53 PM
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:
: 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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