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Thursday, August 6, 2015

RIDING MONSTER WAVES ON TWO WHEELS - Stunt rider Robbie 'MADDO' Maddison rides the Tahiti waves on his MOTORBIKE - Watch VIDEO

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The insane moment stunt rider Robbie Maddison catches a monstrous wave on his MOTORBIKE

Maddison was launched onto the ocean on a boat before he surfed his motorbike on the pristine waters of Teahupo'o in Tahiti

  • Australian stunt rider Robbie 'Maddo' Maddison, 34, surfed the giant waves of Tahiti on a dirt bike
  • His KTM 250 SX dirt bikemotorbike was modified with specially-built skis which allowed him to ride on top of the ocean
  • Maddison, from Kiama on the south coast of New South Wales, said the stunt took two years to pull off
    • Maddison revealed that he was knocked off the bike by a 'west bomb' wave during filming and at he thought he was going to drown

    Continue reading, see more images of Robbie riding the waves, and WATCH VIDEO


    He has also jumped across the Corinth Canal in Greece and the done a backflip while jumping the Tower Bridge in London, but he admitted he was terrified something would go wrong.
     
    'I had a sickening feeling that this might be the one that kills me,' Maddison said, according to MTV.
     
    Maddison said he had dreamed of pulling off the surfing stunt for years, after he got the idea watching his wife Amy Sanders wakeboarding. 
     
    He added that he has been a keen surfer since he was eight years old and his understanding of waves was key to pulling off the stunt

    A wave crashes behind the 34-year-old motorbike stunt rider as he drives his dirt bike on top of the ocean

    'I fantasised putting skis on a bike and riding on water. It was a stupid vision at the time, but I kept toying with it, playing with designs and concepts, and eventually it became a reality,' he told Surfer Magazine. 
     
    He added that he has been a keen surfer since he was eight years old and his understanding of waves was key to pulling off the daring stunt.
     
    'Honestly, the whole way I imagined I needed to ride the wave on my bike was wrong, but after watching some footage, with my knowledge of surfing I realised I had to adjust to be up on the face of the wave—and I’m comfortable being there because I spent the majority of my life dropping in on the face of waves,' he said.  
    He said at first he thought it was a 'stupid vision', but he kept playing with designs and concepts and eventually it became a reality

    The video was filmed in Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean in French Polynesia, at both Teahupoo and Papara.

    In the video, Maddison can be seen riding past other surfers, paddleboarders and canoers while dressed in full motocross gear

    'If I hadn’t been a surfer at heart, I couldn’t have pulled it off.' 
     
    The video was produced by Maddison's sponsor, DC Shoes. 
     
    DC Shoes executive Jeff Taylor said it was one of the most ambitious projects the company has ever tried to produce.
     
    'Robbie is equally as visionary as he is talented on a dirt bike and we're happy to have enabled him to truly defy convention,' Mr Taylor said.

    The video showing the stunt is titled 'Pipe Dream', and was produced by Maddison's sponsor DC Shoes

    Maddison said he got the idea watching his wife Amy Sanders wakeboarding, and had dreamed of pulling off the surfing stunt for years



    Maddison, from Kiama on the south coast of New South Wales, worked as a stunt double for Daniel Craig in Skyfall


    HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 22: Motorbiker Robbie Madison and family attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Red Bull Media House's 'On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter' at Dolby Theatre on October 22, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Barry King/FilmMagic)
    Robbie Maddison with his wife Amy Sanders and children

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    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3183432/The-insane-moment-stunt-rider-Robbie-Maddison-Maddo-catches-monstrous-Tahiti-wave-MOTORBIKE-DC-Shoes-Pipe-Dream-video.html
     
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