Watch a man go surfing... on his dirt bike
Stop whatever you're doing and view this epic clip of Robbie Maddison surfing on his KTM in Tahiti
Robert William Maddison is a 34-year-old Australian who earns his bread and butter by performing stunts on his motorcycle. Like most of his ilk, 'Robbie' has done his fair share of terrifying, stroke-inducing stunts - he's jumped onto and off the Arc de Triomphe, in France, backflipped across the Tower Bridge, in London, and claimed the record for the world's longest motorcycle jump - 106.98m (or 350.91 ft) - in Australia. You may not know this, but Robbie was also the 'James Bond' you saw riding on the rooftops in Istanbul in the chase sequence in Skyfall.
For his latest video project, Robbie decided to set another record, this time, in the more exotic surroundings of Tahiti.
Robbie has fulfilled a "pipe dream" by going surfing on his KTM. Yes, you read that right. He has actually ridden waves on his motorcycle. All he needed for this stunt were two small skis and a chunkier back wheel for his bike. It worked. Jet-skiing is passé - moto-skiing is in.
That said, even though Robbie makes it look ridiculously easy in this four-minute video (we do wish it was longer), he's admitted that he could only muster the courage to do something as balls-out as this because he's been surfing all his life.
And, it nearly killed him. Speaking to
Surfer magazine, Robbie said, "I don’t think the photos or video show how physical it was. You can’t see that when the wave broke right behind me, I honestly thought that might be the end of my life. I’ve never felt like I was in the wrong place at the wrong time more than I did right there. It was a near-death experience. At the end of the day, the images and footage say something pretty awesome, but the ferocity and how gnarly that thing was can’t really be put into words." So kids, don't try this at home, school, or your local beach.
Courtesy : Top Gear