Red Bull: New Year. No Limits Set For Return
Cycle News Staff | November 16, 2011
Red Bull announced today that its popular Red Bull: New Year. No Limits event will take place in San Diego, California, on New Years Eve with the event set to be a doubleheader of sorts with both Levi LaVallee and Robbie Maddison performing.The event will air live on ESPN at 8 p.m. (Pacific) – immediately following the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.LaVallee has fully recovered from a crash while training for the same event last year, just hours after shattering the world record with a leap of 361 feet on a snowmobile. Maddison kick-started the series in 2007 by jumping his motorcycle 322 feet over a football field in Las Vegas and followed it up in 2008 by jumping onto – and off – the 96-foot-tall Arc De Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas.This year, LaVallee will jump his snowmobile alongside Maddison, who will ride his motorcycle as both athletes concurrently jump over 300 feet of water from the North park to the South park at the Embarcadero Marina Park in the downtown area of San Diego Bay. LaVallee will attempt to break his own record of 361 feet and Maddison will be aiming for a leap of more than 400 feet to eclipse the current record of 391 feet.On-site viewing will be free to spectators at both parks. Gates will open at 6 p.m. (Pacific).”I am so pumped to be able to come back to Red Bull: New Year. No Limits,” said LaVallee. “Last year obviously didn’t go the way I was hoping, and I am excited to have another chance at this amazing opportunity.””Jumping long distances is a passion of mine, and I’m excited to come back for New Years Eve and sail over San Diego Harbor,” said Maddison. “400 feet is my goal. It’s not all about getting the world record to me, it’s more about understanding this feat and the commitment ahead to achieving what most would consider an impossible jump.”After last year’s cancellation, this will be the fourth Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. event in the last five years. In 2008, the year Maddison went up and off the Arc de Triomphe, Rhys Millen backflipped an off-road truck and just missed sticking the landing. In 2009, Travis Pastrana jumped his rally car 269 feet over water before landing on a barge in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor.
For more information, visit www.redbullnewyearnolimits.com.
