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: Don't OVER WORD it. Get to your point!!!
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: As far as I'm concerned, Johnny Greaves'
: jump
: was legitimate.
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: A while back, Ryan Capes said that Jason
: Bird's jumps were not legitimate, and should
: not be world records in any category.
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: His reasons were that Bird's jumps took
: place out in the desert (on racetrack land),
: that the run-out after the landing was lower
: than the launch, that the jump didn't take
: place at an event, the landing was super
: long etc.
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: There were witnesses and video cameras there
: to document the jumps, and everyone who was
: there says they were legit. The last reports
: I received from the Bird camp stated that he
: jumped 440 feet successfully before his
: crash earlier this year at 420 feet, and
: prior to that, he was somewhere above 390
: feet, right in the 390+ ballpark with Capes
: and Maddison.
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: As far as I can see, Johnny Greaves' jump
: was the same kind of setup as Bird's jumps.
: It took place on a ranch. The run-out after
: the landing was lower than the level of the
: launch ramp, and was created by heavy
: equipment. That jump was put together just
: to break a world record, and was not an
: event at a venue with paying spectators.
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: These facts surrounding the jump don't
: matter to me. As far as I'm concerned, God
: knows who the world record holders are, and
: if somebody flies farther than anybody in
: history, it doesn't matter to God or me if
: it's in the desert, or if there are paying
: spectators at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
: Distance is distance, and distance is
: earned. Those who jump the distance should
: get the credit they deserve.
:
: Monster Energy was there at the jump, and
: they sponsor Johnny Greaves, as well as Ryan
: Capes. Capes was involved in the measurement
: of the jump, as shown by his handling of a
: tape measure in the video.
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: I'd like to know if Ryan Capes considers
: Johnny Greaves' jump to be legitimate, and
: if so, I'd like to know what the difference
: is between Jason Bird's jumps and Johnny
: Greaves' jump, and why Capes feels that
: Jason's jumps should not count or be called
: records in any category. If he feels that
: Greaves' jump is not legitimate, I'd like to
: know what Capes thinks that Greaves would
: have to do in order to make it legitimate.
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: JA
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: Johnny Greaves world record
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