What If All Your Motorcycle Jumps Were Over Water? This Video Answers That Question

One dirt biking skill I very much lack is the art of the jump. I can do small jumps, as well as fast jumps if I don't know they're coming. But as soon as you put me on a dirt bike and aim me toward a table or something that's got a healthy gap, I'm gonna turn into a big-ole chicken. I still maintain some semblance of self-preservation.

I suspect that'd change if Travis Pastrana ever invites me to Pastranaland, but we won't know until he does. HINT, HINT, TRAVIS.

But what goes through a dirt biker's mind, let alone a supercross/motocross rider's very broken brain is something I don't think I'll ever truly understand. Because they just see jumps like you or I see small berms or obstacles on trails. They're just whatever to them. And to get a real thrill out of these clearly deranged individuals, you have to up the ante even further. Obviously, you go to Red Bull, and obviously, you build an entire supercross track across multiple islands, with the gaps open water. 

The crazy person behind this island-hopping insanity is former supercross rider turned freestyle wildman, Tyler Bereman, who won a number of Best Whip competitions, along with 14 X Games medals. But the idea is a simple one; What if you could build a supercross track, one with a number of big gap jumps, across a series of islands?

The course was built by Jason Baker, one of the world's best freestyle track makers, and worked with Tyler and his team to make it as safe as possible. A hard ask, given if something goes wrong, it goes wrong wildly. The whole process took six months to plan, design, and build. That included building the float dock jumps that would then link the whole damn thing together. But Tyler had to practice the course, too, while the track was being fully built, so he made a course in Lake Elsinore, California, to practice on. 

But that only gets you so far, as a lake's wind, water, waves, and subtle differences will affect the overall outcome: i.e., Tyler not sending his dirt bike into the water after a 120-foot jump. Did he make it? Watch the video and find out. Though given we're not reporting on a Red Bull stunt going horribly wrong, you can probably guess the outcome. 

One interesting aside, however, is that Red Bull ditched GoPro to shoot the entire video on an Apple iPhone, marking a massive departure for the brand.