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Daredevil Robbie Maddison is one of freestyle motocross' most famous names. Backflipping over London Bridge in 2009, the Red Bull X-Fighter went one stage further in 2010 when he cleared the Corinth Canal in Greece, a jump of more than 80 metres. Speaking about the incredible feat, Maddison said: "This jump involved the highest consequences I have faced so far. I believe that sometimes you have to take risks in life to become wiser and facing a challenge like this will help get me ready for the next aim I will face in the future. I am thrilled about managing to pull it off, as you know there is only one opportunity to get it right!" With more than a decade of amateur racing behind him, Robbie has emerged as one of the biggest draws in FMX. He started 2008 with a bang – jumping his motorcycle 322 feet, 7.5 inches to break the world record at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas – and finished the season on the podium in nearly every contest he competed in. He ended 2008 back in Vegas, jumping his bike onto the top of the 96-foot-high Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas before freefalling off it, at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. Now for the real challenge: Robbie’s next mission is to prove he can win the top spot in the radically different competition formats on the Dew Tour, at X Games and – his personal favourite – the international Red Bull X-Fighters series. “Red Bull X-Fighters is my favourite, for sure,” Maddo says. “The locations are insane, the format is great, and they have the most advanced, technical courses so the tracks are testing all the riders. It’s really a rider’s contest because it’s the most challenging, just the highest level contest on every avenue. It takes the cake."