You think you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re cooler than me? Well you probably are\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re definitely not cooler than Mike Wilson. He raised the bar with his unprecedented ropeswing triple backflip into the Truckee River. In case you missed it, the release point on this particular rope swing was 60 feet high, and Mike was over land for a majority of the jump\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6until he somehow torpedoed into the narrow \u00e2\u20ac\u0153window of opportunity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d section of the river. Wilson stomped, stomped, and stomped some more\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6to which you would think he would go home and rest. Not the case. Wilson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Beast!<\/p>\n
Instead of patting himself on the back while claiming illest rope swing\/extremist in the western hemisphere, Mike Wilson lost sleep, weight and sanity thinking about how he was going to one-up himself. The creative wheels started turning and the hit was on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Wilson concocted a quadruple back flip off a 99 foot rope swing into the royal blue depths of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n
With the unique combination of childlike eagerness and calculated focus, Mike crafted a pulley system conducive to rocking a quadruple back flip. A four-day shoot session started with a California sunrise and Subway sandwiches\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6hand-delivered by Wilson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mom!<\/p>\n
The events that took place between Sunrise, Day 1 and Sunset, Day 4 were out of control. The Shreddy Times Crew scoured the lake\/cliffs to get, the, shots. Large crowds gathered on the cliffs, boats and waterbound onlookers pulled up to enjoy the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Great Show\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, a term coined by Wilson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fan and father.<\/p>\n
Mike Wilson trajected himself into the record books with a MASSIVE 99 Foot rope swing quadruple back flip. Summer 2010, Lake Tahoe. Enough Said.<\/p>\n