I haven't seen Ray Baumann's jump, was it a flat ground landing? Every time I think of a flat ground landing in a car, my spine hurts with a certain Knievellian twinge.
I wish you could have tried a trophy truck jump. That must be the bee's knees, to borrow an old phrase.
It's hard to imagine doing all the crashes you've done in your career, what a brutal way to make a living. Did you play any football? What a thrill it must have been to fly that high and far through the air, spiraling out of control, not knowing how you were going to land exactly, seeing Earth-sky-Earth-sky and then WHAM! Jumping is exciting enough when you pretty much know how and where you're going to land (and ride out of it), but knowing you're eating it big time must add another level of excitement.
Wow, I'm proud of your son for joining the Air Force! It's a great thing. Some people out there will advise him to blend in with the woodwork, volunteer for nothing. My advice to him is to strive to be his best, to volunteer for extra things that will be good to do for the world, keep the creases on his uniform sharp and his shoes highly polished. That kind of thing is what helped me earn Airman of the Year and get promoted below the zone. That's just the kind of advice my Dad gave to me.
I'm glad he's out there seeing the world and serving the country. The U.S. Air Force is a great organization.
My Dad was a fighter pilot who flew two combat tours in Viet Nam. Tomorrow, another fighter pilot is going to visit my Dad. His name is Al Rose. He was a prisoner of war in Viet Nam. When I was a teenager, I wore a POW-MIA bracelet that bore his name engraved in red, and so did my entire family. I hope to go over to Mom and Dad's house and hear his story, but he won't be there very long, and for all I know he might not even want to talk about it.
As for Travis, I'm not so convinced that he will jump without a crash, but there's little doubt that he will entertain! Let's just hope he doesn't try to beat that trophy truck's distance, he might break his neck trying that!
JA
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: Lol, that's why I love you Bro - you are a
: slave to the facts and it was your personal
: movement that changed bike jumping forever -
: - - for the better. Most of my post is done
: tongue in cheek but your points are
: recognized and noted.
:
: 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...
:
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: --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
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: There are also different types -- ramp to
: ramp, and ramp to pile of junk cars.
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