A friend and I (Another Utah Pro) have been asked to do a halftime show for the Utah Blaze arena football team. (and today it was confirmed) It involves riding our downhill bike down the stairs (28" wide) of the Energy Solutions Arena (Formerly the Delta Center) and jumping a big gap...then landing onto the field. We had done a few pre-cursors to make sure their is not too much inherent risk to ourselves or the fans. Everything went well. So now its on!
After a ton of thinking and measuring we built a launch ramp that allows us to jump over a section of fans (22 gap 17down), then land on a 6X14 landing ramp out on the field. At first it seemed pretty sketchy to rally down the stairs at 25-30mph without hitting a fan or the hand rail..then booting over some fans onto the field. But after some practice its no problemo now. Its a great way to pay for my race season while promoting our sport in a positive light. They have already done a little blurb and footage of us on a local Fox morning show.
I have some rough helmet cam footage I may post it.
To hold you over I have attached a photo of me jumping the gap.
Just so everyone knows and to keep you all from roasting me on this forum..we have made sure its safe and that no fans will be injured
Let me know what you guys think.
We would like to show some footage of downhill racing (What I really do) to show on the jumbotron .Can I use any footage, or do I have to get permission from the makers of the film? Any ideas or comments are more than welcome.
After a ton of thinking and measuring we built a launch ramp that allows us to jump over a section of fans (22 gap 17down), then land on a 6X14 landing ramp out on the field. At first it seemed pretty sketchy to rally down the stairs at 25-30mph without hitting a fan or the hand rail..then booting over some fans onto the field. But after some practice its no problemo now. Its a great way to pay for my race season while promoting our sport in a positive light. They have already done a little blurb and footage of us on a local Fox morning show.
I have some rough helmet cam footage I may post it.
To hold you over I have attached a photo of me jumping the gap.
Just so everyone knows and to keep you all from roasting me on this forum..we have made sure its safe and that no fans will be injured
Let me know what you guys think.
We would like to show some footage of downhill racing (What I really do) to show on the jumbotron .Can I use any footage, or do I have to get permission from the makers of the film? Any ideas or comments are more than welcome.
Doh...It's not letting me post the image How do I post a bigger image?
