Sunday 28 February 2010

Cam Sinclair is back to his Double Flipping ways.

Check it out!
After only 8 months since this crash almost claimed his life, Cam is back working hard on nailing the hardest trick in FMX, The Double Backflip. Check out this very short clip from the past 2 days

Sunday 24 January 2010

Catching up with Twitch.

RYAN CAPES DIRT TO DIRT WORLD RECORD MOTORCYCLE JUMP


A lesser-known fact about last months world record truck jump by Monster Energys Johnny Greaves is that his counterpart in the Monster Army and reigning King of all distance jumpers, Ryan Capes, busted a world record himself with a 290-foot world record effort off the same jump that Greaves was using at Jeremy McGraths ranch outside San Diego.

Capes jump was a downplayed a bit due to Greaves being the first guy to break the 300-foot barrier in a truck, something Capes was certainly cool with. However, with additional footage just made available, officials at Monster Energy put together a video showcasing Capes Guinness Book of World Records-documented leap making him the closest motorcycle jumper ever to reaching the magical 300-foot mark on a dirt ramp to dirt ramp jump.

For his part Capes said the jump itself wasnt as difficult as trying to get his Pro Circuit-tuned Monster Energy Kawasaki/Service Honda KX500 up to nearly 100 mph on an in-run to the take-off jump that had been ripped to shreds by Greaves 3,800-pound, 800-horsepower TORC off-road PRO 2WD.

Fifth gear tapped out at 98 miles per hour and Im leaning off the back fender like Im riding through sand, said Capes. It was pretty hairy. Lot of wheel spin.

Capes nailed the take off, easily cleared the 200-foot gap and landed some 90 feet down the banked out-run. He said he did think about pulling a trick, but opted out due to the speed and lack of height (he was only 25 feet or so off the ground at 100 mph), versus the area of 50 feet in his 400-foot ramp-to-dirt attempts. But in the end it was a Guinness World Record, which hell take for now.

I was the first guy to jump 300 feet ramp-to-dirt, the first to jump 300 feet ramp-to-ramp and plan on being the first to jump 300 feet dirt-to-dirt, he added.

Capes has a series of four spectacular jumps coming up for Monster Energy in 2010. Stay tuned to MonsterEnergy.com for what he calls his Big plans

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Cam Sinclair - 5 months after the double backflip crash

Cam Sinclair, only five months after a life threating crash is back on the bike and you will not believe his progress.
We are at BIlko's compound in Baxter. This was filmed on the 16th December exactly 5 months to the day after he crashed performing a double backflip in Spain at X fighters. He had successfully landed one the round before in Texas.
The crash in Spain resulted in head injuries and internal injuries, Cam had to spend a month in hospital in Spain. He is still in the recovery process attending weekly physio appointments and various other forms of of rehabilitation.

filmed and edited by FSF - FIrestorm Films
www.firestormfilms.com.au

Friday 1 January 2010

Travis Pastrana jumps 269 feet in rally car!

He did it! Travis Pastrana, legend of both freestyle motocross and rally racing, jumps 269 feet in his rally car live on ESPN in Long Beach.

Then, of course, he back flipped into the harbor. HAPPY NEW YEAR!