Posted by Mahoney on July 6, 2008, 12:21 pm, in reply to "Re: I say Yes!"
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What blows me away with thses new guys, they keep coming bacb after injuries. Trigger came back after two crashes and nailed it. Camps and Maddo both came back right after eating it as well.
The guy I worry about is Byrd, those dirt run ins are sketchy to say the least. They sure seem to add a risk factor to some hairy jumps. That guy blows my socks off and he is someone to look out for.
Back in my day, the jumpers would build these gumps up for months and when they finaly did the jump it was weak compared to what guys at the track were doing. This new breed is the best and most talented.
Hey Rocky, you should invite some old school jumpers out to your upcoming event. They seem to think anyone can do what these new guys are accomplishing. Have one of Triggs old bikes there and it will add to the festivities. Invete Super J.R also.
He says the new guys just can't do what he does....what is it he does anyway? 
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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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: Ryan Capes Breaks Out His Cape
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: 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'.
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: 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
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: Reports from the Pacific Northwest say 'all
: systems go' for an unheard of 400-plus foot
: motorcycle jump by Monster's dare devil
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: 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
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: 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.
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: Courtesy MonsterEnergy.com
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: 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.
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: 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."
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: 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.
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: "322 was a cakewalk," he says.
: "I'm on the hunt and records are gonna
: fall."
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: 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!
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: Check out footage of Jason Bird's most
: recent 396 foot 7 inch jump—nuts yo!
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