When it comes to all-out distance jumping, though, I always say, "Distance is a numbers game. Pick the best tool for the job. See what kind of numbers it will produce."
It's kind of like jumping Hardly Ablesons, in that they aren't what one would call ideal for the job. If somebody wants to jump Hardly Ablesons, their numbers will lag.
Pastrana is sponsored by rally car-related companies, and he's going for a rally car-related jump record, and the producers of the show are probably going to stress the words "world record" a lot more than "rally car world record." I wish promoters and producers would use due diligence in promoting and producing work that accurately reflects the claims.
JA
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: Brian who?... just kidding... Crashing was
: barely good to me
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: I only mentioned Johnny Greaves jump because
: it was an obvious poach on behalf of
: Monster. There are endless catagories for
: jumping but keep in mind that Travis isn't
: jumping a street car by any stretch of the
: imagination. The longest distance jump ever
: driven away from was by Ray Baumann from
: Austrailia. He jumped 241 feet ramp to
: ground. Ken Block jumped 171 feet to ground
: also. What made his a rcord? Dunno - maybe
: because they felt like calling it a record
: when it wasn't...
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: Good point. It's always better to ride out
: of
: it. I mean, that's the point of jumping: to
: avoid crashing. It requires more skill to
: jump an incredible distance without crashing
: than it does to try and fail. I mean,
: anybody can go in unprepared and crash.
:
: Not to take anything away from thrill show
: jumpers like Brian Carson, who do incredible
: work that is entertaining and exciting. No
: doubt, that takes the right setup and a lot
: of preparation.
:
: What I'm all about, though, is jumping to
: make it without crashing. In the ramp to
: ramp world, a crash is a failure.
:
: JA
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: There are also different types -- ramp to
: ramp, and ramp to pile of junk cars.
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