Stuntman breaks world record for motorcycle jump

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Source: telegraph.co.uk

Australia - ~Stuntman breaks world record for motorcycle jump~ An American stuntman has set a new record for the longest distance jumped, breaking the existing record twice after the media failed to turn up for the first jump
Seth Enslow twice broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson, sailing through the air near Australia's Sydney Harbour to shatter the previous 10-year-old record.
The cameras were not ready for the first jump, so Mr Enslow revved up his bike to perform the jump again - beating his own record in the process.
Mr Enslow flew to a new record distance of 183.7 feet (56 meters) on his Harley-Davidson XR1200 shortly after a 175 foot (53.34 meters) jump.
Bubba Blackwell set the previous record with a 157 foot (47.85 meters) jump in Las Vegas in 1999.
"This is awesome! I'm stoked!" Mr Enslow said after entering the record books.
Mr Enslow appeared to be in pain after the jump, but members of his stunt team said he was fine.
"I might have broke the record but I think I broke my nut too," Mr Enslow said after the jump.
"We've worked hard at creating history and we're all glad he landed it safely," Harley Davidson spokesman Adrian O'Donoughue said.
Mr Enslow's jump is not a Guinness World Record as Guinness has no category for specific motorcycles, but it still stands as a world record.
Evel Knievel set the record in 1975, flying across 14 buses on his Harley, and held it for 24 years before Bubba Blackwell's jump.