Motorcycle Stunt Games
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There are a lot of things that you identify with motorcycles. Leather jackets, throaty engines, bad-assery, and coolness. One thing combines all of these factors together into a singular ball of awesomeness. Motorcycle stunts.
Motorcycle stunts have been around as long as the motorcycle itself. But it is only in the last half century or so that they’ve really taken off. Thanks in part to the Godfather of Motorcycle stunts, Evel Knievel, there have been a great many stunts in the past few decades that are truly noteworthy. Here is a short list of some of the most bad ass ones ever caught on tape.
5. AMATEUR COLLECTION
You ever hear the phrase “These stunts are preformed by professionals on a closed track. Don’t try this at home.” These guys don’t like to hear that crap.
4. TRAVIS PASTRANA DOUBLE BACKFLIP
During the 2006 X-Games, Travis Pastrana accomplished a stunt that most people thought was imposible on a bike. He did a double backflip astonishing an entire arena of rabid fans. While this jump has been duplicated many times since, it is the original that makes its mark. Sadly, motocross athlete Jeremy Lusk recently lost his life trying to accomplish this same feat. It just goes to show how truly dangerous these stunts truly are.
3. EVEL KNIEVEL JUMPS THE FOUNTAINS AT CAESARS PALACE
Would have been number 1 if he made it. But he didn’t. He hit about 1 foot short and broke nearly every bone in his body as a result. A for effort, D- for execution. Interesting note: if you look up the term “Brass Ones” in the dictionary, you see this image.
2. ROBBIE MADDISON DOES 332 FEET
I remember watching this and feeling less than enthused about the jump. I thought he’d be hitting a huge gap, but it turns out it was a huge mound well ahead of where he might land in case he was short. It was where he hit on the mound that made it a record. That being said, when I re-watch it now I’m astonished at the height and the distance of the jump and I find myself wildly impressed.
1. ROBBIE MADDISION JUMPS THE ARCH DE TRIUMPH IN VEGAS
I get sick to my stomach rewatching this video over and over again, and I already know he makes it. Just looking over that ledge makes me nervous. The beauty of this stunt is that while most of the major motorcycle stunts are just and instantaneous decision, this one was a 2 part wonder. He accomplished the first part and then had a couple of minutes to think about the harder part… namely dropping off a 10 story building onto a ramp. WOW! That’s all I got is WOW.
A Supply, N.C., man died this afternoon while on a motorcycle test-drive, according to Brunswick County Deputy Coroner David Crocker.
Joseph Rodger Cross, 33, was in the process of test-driving a motorcycle for purchase this afternoon around 2 p.m. when he collided with a small sport utility vehicle on Kirby Road near Seashore Road in Supply, Crocker said.
There were no other injuries and officials with the North Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating the accident, he said.
Myrtle Beach
Three people arrested after investigation
Three Myrtle Beach residents were arrested after police searched two businesses and found stolen merchandise, according to a news release.
Gary Finkenbiner, 50, Robert Blackburn, 36, and Elizabeth Frisbee, 35, were each charged with accessory before the fact and criminal conspiracy, according to Myrtle Beach police.
Police searched Kilgore Trouts at 512 Eighth Ave. N. and Beth's Treasures at 3820 S. Kings Highway after an investigation based on information officers received from the Retail Theft Association, according to the release. Finkenbiner was arrested at Kilgore Trouts while Blackburn and Frisbee were arrested at Beth's Treasures.
The charges stemmed from an investigation where police said the businesses bought and sold stolen merchandise from other businesses in the area, according to the release. Police seized various DVDs, video games, computers and record-keeping paperwork.
Myrtle Beach
51-year-old reports brotherly assault
A Myrtle Beach man told police his brother attacked him from behind as he took out the trash, according to a police report.
The 51-year-old man said his 47-year-old brother grabbed his throat and wrist as he took out the garbage at his apartment in the 1300 block of Dennison Avenue at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
The man said he wasn't sure why his brother attacked him and police noticed he suffered scratches on his throat and red marks on his arm, according to the report. The man refused treatment by EMS and his brother had left the apartment before police arrived.
Myrtle Beach
Area man charged with slapping woman
A Myrtle Beach man was charged after he slapped a woman who was taking a plate of food to her neighbor, according to a police report.
Christopher Neal Taylor, 42, of 708 N. Kings Highway, was charged with first-offense criminal domestic violence after officers were called about midnight Wednesday for a man slapping a woman, police said.
Taylor told police he slapped his 43-year-old girlfriend in the face, according to the report. The woman said she was taking a plate of food to a neighbor when Taylor accused her of doing drugs with the neighbors.
The woman said Taylor knocked the plate of food from her hands, breaking the plate and hit her in the face, according to the report. The woman declined medical treatment.
Loris
Fire causes damage to single-story home
A fire Friday afternoon has left "serious damage" to a single-story Loris home, according to Loris Fire Department fire Chief Jerry Hardee.
Firefighters were called to the home, located at 6905 Highway 66, around 4:30 p.m. Friday, he said.
"The bulk of the fire was contained to one room, but there was a lot of smoke damage," Hardee said. "It did actually penetrate and get into the attic."
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, he said.
Hardee is not sure how many people were home at the time of the fire, but did say that the home belonged to an Horry County police officer. He did not yet know the identity of the officer.
No one was injured in the fire, Hardee said.
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Georgetown
Center aims to help Hispanic families
The Rape Crisis Center, in partnership with Georgetown Presbyterian Church and the Hispanic Ministry, will be hosting the first Annual Family Fair at Georgetown Presbyterian Church from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 14. Organizations interested in setting up a booth should call 455-0604 for more information. Agencies are asked to provide literature in Spanish, and provide an activity for kids. The objective of the fair is to expose Hispanic families in Georgetown County to more health and personal safety resources.
Georgetown
Schooner available for free tours
The Spirit of South Carolina, a 140-foot-long two-masted schooner, will be available for free tours from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Georgetown Landing Marina. The event is hosted by the South Carolina Maritime Foundation. Serving as South Carolina's ambassador, The Spirit of South Carolina descends from a line of merchant and passenger schooners that served the coastal and harbor pilots along the southeast coast from the mid 1700s to the early 1900s. The Georgetown Landing Marina is located off U.S. 17 at the Black/Pee Dee River Bridge on the north edge of Georgetown at 432 Marina Drive, Georgetown. For questions about directions to the marina, call 546-1776. For more information about the Spirit of South Carolina, visit www.scmaritime.org.