The old record was held at 738.......... one of Thews final attempt was 731........so damn close! Then BLIOWE! 749 ft, I suppose we could even add 5 to 10 feet to that distance unofficialy for the distance he had before the start line.
I'll tell you one thing, it's a good thing he did it when he did! We had three cameras at three different locations. Start, filmed by Mike McEntire, Middle filmed by Myself and End filmed by Rod Essenburg! All three of us had low batteries and cameras were about to start blinken out! WHEW
So now all of the paper work has been signed and the rest will be taken care of shortly!

If any of you are thinking about going to the XSBA gathering, Memorial weekend! DO IT! All of the people involved in this weekend were awesome! From Clear Channel Entertainment to Mid American Motoplex to the guys at the Bike Dealership (Tom Oniels, I think) Everysingle one of these people Bent over backwards to make sure everything was perfect for this weekend!

I'll tell you one thing I have never seen a dealership do..........McEntire snaped his chain on the way back to the track, about a half hour away. The guys at the dealership brought him one out to get him going again! That's sweet!

There is so much more that was done to make this trip perfect!


WAY TO GO MATT!

 

when can we see the video

 

Not to sure, we all have our own copies and then we also put them all on one tape, I assume to send to Guines (SP)

Thew and the Crew should be back home sometime tonight and maybe post something about it in the next couple of days. Otherwise I'll get ahold of him and see wassup.

 

NICE...but since the benchmark is 938 (unofficially) I'd say he was a 190 feet short.....

But regardless its still sick as ****!

 

Well I don't know what Gorkas conditions were but I'm sure that if the strip Thew was on would have been 1/4 mile like it was told to be, instead of the 1/8 it was..........it might have been done. Who Knows.........

Whatever the case, it was awesome being out there and even better watching the whole thing. I had such a great time with everyone that was there!

 

Great to hear he did it. I wish I could have been there on Saturday to see him get it done, but I could only be there Friday. Thanks to Thew, Wetpavement, and the other guys there for letting me hang out with them at the track all day Friday. It's great to see them bringing the sport out to this part of the country. I can't wait until the XSBA show in May!! Make sure everyone comes out for that.

 

Gorka's conditions were a 1/8th of a mile track as well. I think the track had just been repaved though.

Anyways Thew is the **** on stoppies...Its a blast to go out and watch people rip 700+ foot stoppies.

he still came up short on Gorkas mark though

 

now granted Thew and Gorka never seem to be the ones patting themselves on the back. But Gorkas was longer. His approach speed was also slower. Hell the both of them can stoppie longer than I can wheelie. Lets just put them in a pit and go at it.

 

Not for nothin, but.. This thread is to for props to Thew..and I maybe wrong but I didn't see Gorka out there with his teammate trying to make that mark...so why even bring it up? Thew holds the record as it stands...Regardless of condition from one track to another, or who went further when...If or when Gorka wants the title he'll try it, until then...

Thanks Thew for bring the record to the US!!!!Good Job!!!

 

you know you wuv me.........

 

Congrats Thew! Great job!!
I KNOW A GUY WHO IS GONNA BE IN GUINESS!
WHOOWOO!!

When Gorka decides he wants to beat the world record, Im sure there will be plenty of threads about it... but at the moment, Thew is te one that went for it... And he did it! Props to him!

Just think when Gorka does it, 1096 will have current and pst world record holders in thier ranks!! WHOO HOOO!!

 

True that. Big props man.

 

Awesome!! Way to go Thew!!

 

sweet! that is so awesome.

Congrats!


oh yeah, and when's the party to celebrate?
(we could get the rest of us in guiness for the most beer drank at a party for a guy who got into guiness!)

 

Congrats Thew....and for the record I think that anybody that can endo over 300ft is pretty damn good...so over 700ft is simply

 

Congrats Thew, mad props for sticking to it and grabbin that title!

 

first off thanx to the guys for letting me hang out on friday...and congrats to ya thew...
but one thing i do have to bring up though is gorka's bike has "motoX" style handlebars...and thew only runs aftermarket clip ons, but props to both of them they are some of the ones representing the sport in a positive way...


and thew i'd be glad to take that helment from ya...lol...that thing is pimp!

 

Congrats Thew!!!!! That **** is

 

Congrats! Look forward to seeing you at a show!

Later,
Jay