So Fly: Red Bull's 7 Craziest Motorsport Stunts

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The folks at Red Bull know how to bring in the new year better than anyone else. For the past couple of years, the energy-drink giant has been giving some of its athletes a stage to perform some wild and crazy, usually world-record beating, stunt. This year, snowmobile racer Levi LaValle was supposed to attempt to break the world record for longest snowmobile jump. Unfortunately, this morning we learned Red Bull called it off due to an injury he'd suffered during a practice run. So while you won't be able to catch any high-flying motorsport madness this year as the ball drops, you can watch Red Bull's seven craziest motorsport stunts. You should already know this, but don't attempt any of the following at home...or anywhere else, for that matter.

Performed by: Travis Pastrana

Year: 2006

Location: L.A.

This trick had Travis Pastrana so shook that before he went up for his now-famous ride at the 2006 X-Games, he mapped out how he would want to crash in the event that things went wrong. Fortunately, nothing did, and he perfectly landed the world's first double backflip on a motorcycle...though somehow it wasn't enough to get him a perfect score. RIGGED!

Performed by: Ronnie Renner

Year: 2008

Location: Santa Monica, Calif.

Not only did Robbie Renner break the world record for highest jump off a half-pipe, he did it two more times 'cause the crowd asked for it. He do it for the youth dem.

Performed by: Rhys Millen

Year: 2008

Location: Las Vegas

Ken Block gets most of the shine when it comes to wild race car drivers, but Rhys Millen is right up there with the DC co-founder. Before he attempted to beat the Pikes Peak Hill Climb record, he attempted to flip a pick-up truck off a ramp. We say attempted 'cause, well, watch the video...

Performed by: Robbie Maddison

Year: 2009

Location: Las Vegas

Robbie Maddison is something like a phenomenon. As the Aughts came to a close in Sin City, the Australian daredevil took a shot at jumping Paris Las Vegas' two-third-size replica of the Are de Triomphe. To clarify, Maddison jumped 107ft in the air, landed safely, then plunged 107ft back down to earth. He must have been high off more than Red Bull to do that.

Performed by: Travis Pastrana

Year: 2009/2010

Location: Long Beach, Calif.

Travis Pastrana has torn his left knee, dislocated his ACL, PCL, LCL, and MCL, broken his tibia and fibula, and dislocated his spine. So it's no surprise that breaking the record for the longest rally-car jump (set by Ken Block at 171 feet) didn't faze the X-Games champ. It's probably also why, after completing the jump, he walked away from the crazy crash into the wall.

Performed by: Robbie Maddison

Year: 2010

Location: Corinth Canal, Greece

What'd we tell you? Robbie Maddison is like a new-age Evel Knievel. His most recent feat had him clearing the 80-foot-wide Corinth Canal like it was a sidewalk in Brooklyn. Sick.

Performed by: Levi LaVallee

Date: 2010

Location: San Diego

We can only imagine how pissed Levi LaValle is. While practicing for his New Years Eve world-record attempt, the X-Games gold medalist injured himself, forcing Red Bull to cancel the event. At least he, and now everyone else, knows he would have crushed the record: His previous practice run had him soaring 361 feet. God bless the Internet.