Mountain biker Tom van Steenbergen goes big over the canyon gap at Red Bull Rampage 2013.
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Sailing Over 70 Feet on a Mountain Bike Takes Guts

The canyon gap at Red Bull Rampage is huge, and someone has to man up and do it for the first time.
Written by Scott Hart
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Lot na Canyon Gapie podczas treningów

Słynny "Canyon Gap" na Red Bull Rampage doczekał się pierwszego przedskoczka podczas treningów.

In the Virgin valley near Red Bull Rampage, there is a trail named Flying Monkey. Legend has it the mesa that the epic trail traverses was once used to test space capsules and received its namesake in honor of the courageous primates who proved man's technology could potentially shoot someone off a cliff and safely land on earth below.
The bike community recognizes these flying monkeys as "guinea pigs" -- referring to the first rider(s) to successfully land a new jump, line or feature that has never been ridden.
Follow the brave few athletes who push through the crash test dummy stigma -- Tom van Steenbergen, Kelly McGarry, Graham Agassiz -- as they take on the famed canyon gap (which has been enlarged to over 70 feet to the sweet spot for 2013) for the first time during the final practice session of the week.
As Graham Agassiz says after his first attempt, "Nothing like a 70-foot dead sailor!" The first time through isn't always pretty, but it's proof of concept. Once fellow riders know it's doable: It. Is. On!
Check out the official Red Bull Rampage site for more photos and videos, and watch the interactive webcast of the final on Sunday, October 13, starting at 1:00 p.m. MT.

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Red Bull Rampage 2013

Red Bull Rampage is the final diamond stop on the FMB World Tour

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