Spite records (31 photos)

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1. Russian FMX rider Alexey Kolesnikov and the winner of the Dakar 2010, the pilot of the KAMAZ Chagin completed the world's first jump on a motorcycle flies through the trucks. The height of the slope - 2, 5 meters, the distance from the separation point before landing 12 meters, and the speed of the rider before a jump of 60 km per hour. (SIPA PRESS / REX FEATURES)



2. Abel Knivel in his rocket September 8, 1974, before his failed attempt flight over the canyon of the Snake River in Idaho. (AP)



3. Son Evelio Knivela Robbie successfully jumped over the Grand Canyon May 20, 1999. The then world record of 68 meters. (GETTY IMAGES)



4. Robbie Knivel sitting on the landing site 20 May, 1999. He is assisted by actor Dan Haggerty (left), known for his role Grizzly Adams and former governor of Nebraska Lonnie Hammargren. Robbie has just set a world record. (EPA)



5. In March 2010, Seth Enslow broke his own world record by jumping on his Harley Davidson to 55 meters in Sydney. At the first attempt Seth also set a world record by jumping 53 meters. (GETTY IMAGES)



6. X Games motocross legend Mike "The Godfather" Metzger hit the Guinness Book of Records, having made flips on his motorcycle at a height of 38 meters above the fountain in the hotel «Caesars Palace» in Las Vegas on May 4th. These fountains became famous in 1968 when they jumped through the famous daredevil Evelio Knivel. (GETTY IMAGES)



7. Larry Linkogle from the team 'Crusty Demons' jumped on the ferry on his motorcycle and landed in the water in Auckland in January 2005. Larry was supposed to be still in the fire, but it did not work. (GETTY IMAGES)



8. Luke Smith performs a back flip on a yacht in the harbor Viaduct Harbour October 13, 2008 in Oakland. (GETTY IMAGES)



9. Ronnie Renner broke his own world record for the highest jump on a motorcycle on the quarter-pipe during the competition «Red Bull High Rise», where he jumped 20 meters above the ground, on July 25, 2009, in Chicago. (Red Bull via Getty Images)



10. Robbie Maddison jumped on a motorcycle at more than 30 meters and landed on the roof of the 29-meter copy of the Arc de Triomphe in Las Vegas in December 2008. After the jump Maddison pulled off the arch and fell in free flight 19 meters, landing on the trampoline. (GETTY IMAGES)



11. Robbie Maddison jumps to 98 meters on site «Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino» in Las Vegas in December 2008. (GETTY IMAGES)



12. The American rider Jim McNeil in the final of the first stage of «Red Bull X-Fighters World Series» in «Monumental Plaza de Torros» in Mexico City in April 2010. (GETTY IMAGES)



13. Robbie Knivel flies over seven vintage aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier, "New York" during a documentary in memory of his father. (REX FEATURES)



14. Robbie Maddison jumps over Spreading London Bridge in July 2009. (RED BULL / PA)



15. Team «Crusty Demons» performs freestyle tricks on London buses near the Tower Bridge in London in October 2007. (REX FEATURES)



16. Motorcyclist from Hollywood stunt team «Filmka» jumping through fire at the stunt show in Hubei Province in 2006. (GETTY IMAGES)



17. Evelio Knivel flies over thirteen trucks «Mack» at the National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, August 20, 1974. (AP)



18. Trigger Gumm falls while trying to make a jump to 96 meters in Miami, Oklahoma, in July 2006. Jump could be a new world record for a length greater than the length of a football field. After the fall of Hamm was able to walk to the ambulance, which took him to the hospital. (GETTY IMAGES)



19. Eleven Kyle Ives jumping for fans before the fall Trigger Gumm. (GETTY IMAGES)



20. Daredevil Robbie Knivel jumping through a line of police cars and a fire truck, flying 60 meters, before «IndyCar Series Firestone» on the track in Fort Worth, Texas, in June 2010. (GETTY IMAGES)



21. Robbie Knivel jumps over 20 Hummers June 7, 2008 in Fort Worth. (GETTY IMAGES)



22. A member of the team of stuntmen «Filmka» Hollywood flies on a motorcycle over a car during stunt show in Hubei Province in December 2006. (GETTY IMAGES)



23. Robbie Maddison performs a trick on the red carpet at the 7th annual award ceremony at the studio stunt «Paramount Pictures» in Los Angeles in May 2007. (GETTY IMAGES)



24. Tommy Ahua jumps over Brandon Bryant, who was given a baseball cap as a defense if suddenly Ahua land on him in Austin in June 2010. (GETTY IMAGES)



25. Robbie Maddison Australian motokrosser takes leap over 85-meter-long Corinth Canal, 80 km south-west of Athens, April 8, 2010. (AFP / GETTY IMAGES)



26. Chris Bromhem jumping on trucks in 1995. (REX FEATURES)



27. A motorcyclist performs a trick at the opening ceremony of the international exhibition «International Defence Exhibition and Conference» in Abu Dhabi February 22, 2009. (GETTY IMAGES)



28. British daredevil Eddie Kidd preparing to jump over the DJ's Radio 1 on the track Brands Hatch in Kent in September 1978. Newest lay DJ Tony Blackburn. Kidd was the first who jumped over 10 DJs at a speed of 24 km / h, setting a world record. (Express Newspapers / Getty Images)



29. English stuntman Eddie Kidd jumps over the 24-meter broken railway bridge for the film "Heavy Metal" in Essex. (EVENING STANDARD / GETTY IMAGES)



30. Eddie Kidd jumps over 14 buses at a world record in April 1978. (GETTY IMAGES)


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