HEAD-ON JUMP WITH
STATIONARY RAMPS.
a.
LONGEST HEAD-ON MOVING OBSTACLE. This record is for jumping the longest
obstacle traveling head-on which destroys the launch ramp after
the jumper takes off.
Current record holder: Johnny Airtime,
accelerating between the rails on the railroad ties to the ramp, 3 car train,
Parkdale, Oregon.
Note: JA rode down the railroad tracks directly on the railroad ties between
the rails and hit his ramp. He jumped off the end of a straightaway in the
railroad tracks. The train, traveling at 25 miles per hour, went around a curve, past the partially cut away
landing ramp on the train's right, then impacted the launch ramp head-on. JA
landed on a landing ramp on the outside of the tracks.
Honorable mention: Robbie
Knievel, diagonal jump w/breakaway facade (ramp not damaged by train), Texas.
Note: RK accelerated on surfaces which were smooth and on the outside of the
railroad tracks, not on the railroad ties. He set up his line wide along a fence
line and carved left to hit his launch ramp. He jumped the train diagonally. His
actual ramp was not hit by the train. A balsa wood facade was added to widen the
appearance of the launch ramp, extending the ramp's width far enough for the
balsa extension to get hit by the train as it passed through.
b.
TALLEST HEAD-ON MOVING OBSTACLE. This record is for jumping the tallest
obstacle traveling head-on which destroys the launch ramp after
the jumper takes off.
Current record holder: Johnny Airtime, train, 16 1/2 ft.
Note: JA rode down the railroad tracks directly on the railroad ties between
the rails and hit his ramp. He jumped over the front of the train and off the
end of the straightaway in the railroad tracks. The train went around a curve,
past the partially cut away landing ramp on the train's right, then impacted the
launch ramp head-on. Johnny landed on a landing ramp on the outside of the
tracks.
HEAD-ON JUMP WITH MOVING RAMPS. This record is for jumping the
largest and longest obstacle traveling head-on in the opposite direction of the
jumper with the ramps moving with the obstacle.
Current record holder:
Jason Rennie, 5 cars, ramp to ground,
approximately 105 feet, November 12, 2000.