Someone on VintageBMX posted about how crazy that stunt was (besides just the gap itself) a while ago when it was first in Ride.
From what I remember, they broke some bottles where the landing is so noone would park there, had to remove some gate or fence to get to the steps, the run-up was crappy as hell, and the landing while it looks smooth in the animated gif had no run-off and there were some cars in the way.
At any rate Jimmy Levan is f'n nuts. I'm still amazed when I watch RF1 and he does that gap in Austin.
I used to race against him... so I guess he's exactly as old as me...
When I saw him on the cover of the recent Dan's catalog, I did a doubletake - LOL - he looks like a dirty old man!
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