Australian motocross rider Robbie Maddison rang in the New Year with a spectacular world record jump in Las Vegas.
The 27-year-old Maddison catapulted himself off a 10-metre (35-foot) high ramp to the top of the 30-metre (96-foot) high replica of the Arc de Triomph. After landing safely, Maddison then jumped off the monument, plunging 25 metres (85 feet) in a free-fall before landing on a ramp so hard that it opened a bleeding cut on his left hand. "That was definitely the most dangerous jump in my life," he said.
A year ago, Maddison had established another world record in Las Vegas with a leap of 98 metres (322 feet) over the length of a football field.