Surfing On A Dirt Bike, Because Everything Else Is Too Easy – Design You Trust

Surfing On A Dirt Bike, Because Everything Else Is Too Easy

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From Flyboards to Hoverboards, there are some crazy water rideables out there at the moment, but they pale in comparison to this wave-riding dirt bike built for DC Shoes and piloted by Australian stunt rider Robbie Maddison. Maddison, whose previous work includes filling in for James Bond during a chase sequence in ‘Skyfall’, took the modified bike out onto the waves of Tahiti to film the four-minute sequence below. The end result is frankly stunning, with the bike appearing to tear across the water as easily as a two-wheeled jet ski (although we’re sure there were plenty of crashes that didn’t make the final cut).

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We don’t know much more about what went into the project, but DC Shoes is promising to release a behind-the-scenes film at some point in the future. Right now, we have to make do with the gorgeous pictures below and a teaser trailer, which contains a lot of shots of Maddison sinking slowly into the water. If riding a dirt bike on water is anything like riding a snowmobile (an activity known as water skipping or snowmobile watercross), then the most important factor is forward momentum: stop or slow down and you’re dead in the water. But who cares about going slow when there are waves to ride?

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All images credited to DC Shoes.

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Via The Verge

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