I will confess that I am so stoked to see where jumping is going period. I've jumped hundreds of crash jumps and probably twice that many ramp to ramp. It is just incredible to see how big the ramps and landings are. I would have loved to try a trophy truck jump!
Merry Christmas Rog! My son Christopher joined the Air Force and is deployed in Osan, Korea. He loved hearing that you were an Airman yourself. I hope you and your Family have a great Christmas holiday!
Same to everyone else here on the board!
Prayers to Travis, he'll be great on New Years - God Speed!
Mark
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: Obviously, it appears that jumping an off-road
: truck, which has great long-travel
: suspension (probably 36" of wheel
: travel), would be a far better choice than a
: rally car for distance jumping. That's why I
: don't think the two belong in the same
: category. To me, a rally car can't seriously
: compete with such an off-road whoop-monster
: as that truck.
:
: 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
:
: 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...
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: 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
:
: --Previous Message--
: There are also different types -- ramp to
: ramp, and ramp to pile of junk cars.
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