Posted by JA
on July 7, 2008, 11:26 pm
4.227.14.244
Ryan Capes has been at Toe's MX Park in Washington gappin' gargantuan again. He's up there with the Monster Energy people (a great bunch of folks). Today the wind was blowing and Ryan is facing some issues in working toward 400 feet, so he was only able to break off a couple of jumps.
He said the first jump was a 280 foot ramp gap with a total jump distance of 321 feet.
The 2nd jump was a 300 foot ramp gap with a reported 352'8" of total jump distance.
Tomorrow Capes will stretch the ramp gap to 320 and go from there.
If you're anywhere near there, you would be a blithering poltroon to miss it. Quit your job, hitchhike from the east coast, tell your significant lover you're outta here and you'll be back in a few days, I don't care what the consequences are.
When guys like these guys jump farther than a football field, it's a spectacle to behold. Your story of the jump will lay waste to other stories you might have told about your sweetheart, or your lousy job, or the stories about how you stayed in your comfort zone instead of living life a little bit.
Better yet, how about if you (yes you, the one reading this) just go out and jump something? Anything! A reporter doing a story on a jump - with no riding experience - got on a motorcycle and hit a little bump and jumped a few toys, came up short and almost got bucked over the bars, went into a tank-slapper and got the scare of his life. His apogee was about a foot off the ground, but that was the biggest air he ever copped. Now get out there and jump something! Whaddaya mean, "NO"? Okay then, go watch Capes jump tomorrow. If you pull an all-nighter, YOU KNOW you can make it! WIMP! Sleep in your truck. LIVE A LITTLE!
JA
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