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40 athletes, 20 switchbacks, 4 kilometers
The Red Bull Trike Strike is a competition of “Drift Trike”, tricycles that mix bike and kart wheels. Under challenging conditions, with a lot of fog in the mountains, forty athletes from different Brazilian cities and countries like Colombia and Argentina competed for the event, descending the Serra do Rio do Rastro with its trikes. Would you do it?
Doing the tallest swing in the world whist on tour with Nitro Circus!
Even my girlfriend Alex Prout did it with me after a little bit of encouragement. Would you do this?
The tallest swing measures 88 m (288 ft 8 in) from the seat to the top of the cross bar and was constructed by B!g Rush (South Africa) in Durban, South Africa, on 14 May 2011. The swing was installed in the Moses Mabhida Stadium, where it was attached to the roof. Participants could swing from a platform across the football ground. For safety reasons the swings seat was 9 metres above the ground.