On New Year’s Eve, two world-class athletes made history in Las Vegas, welcoming in 2009 with a bang at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.
Rhys Millen performed the first-ever backflip in an off-road truck. Not to be outdone, Robbie Maddison, who set the world record for a distance motorcycle jump on New Year’s Eve last year, followed up this year with a 10-story-high jump, landing on the top of the replica Arc de Triomphe.
Millen’s backflip in an off-road truck was the realization of a goal set in 2007, he was injured during that attempt and was to determined this time to complete the feat. During the flip, Millen’s truck hit a specially-designed ramp at 36 miles per hour and once airborne, travelled a distance of 80 feet at a height of 50 feet, landing heavily on all four wheels
Having broken the Guinness World Record for a motorcycle with a leap of 322 feet, 7.5 inches over the length of a football field during the 2007 Red Bull New Year’s Eve event, Maddison had nowhere to go but up – more than 100 feet up. In front of a crowd of more than 300,000 New Year’s Eve revelers chanting his name, the 27-year-old Aussie accelerated to 55 miles per hour and launched his bike 105 feet high, landing on the top of the 96-foot-high and 40-foot-deep replica Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas. After successfully landing on the top, Maddison swung his motorcycle around and dropped a dizzying 60-plus feet to a landing ramp below.
For additional event information, as well as information on Maddison and Millen, visit www.redbullnewyearnolimits.com.
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