Pastrana makes world's first floating ramp jump

FORGET MASSIVE jumps off huge dirt ramps or riding for miles and miles across huge desert plains - the next generation of adrenaline-chasing motocross freestylers have found their latest hit - riding dirt bikes across water and jumping off massive floating ramps.

Travis Pastrana, the first person to pull off the double backflip on a motorcycle, came up with the idea and has pulled it off - with a massive jump off a floating ramp in the crater of a volcano in Costa Rica.

The stunt was pulled off for the next movie in the 'Nitro Circus' film series and has been in the pipeline for the past four years. While the conditions were far from ideal, with choppy waters causing problems when the riders were hydro-planning the bikes (riding them across the top of the water at full pelt on standard tyres and without additional floatation devices). Pastrana still managed the 70mph needed to keep the bike on top of the water. He said:

"This is one of the most dangerous jumps I have ever made. If I had failed to get into the lake at the proper speed I could have ended up hitting the ramp really hard."

The floating ramp was set 105 feet off the water's edge as Pastrana made the run at 70mph across the five foot deep water at Lake Coter and pulled off the world's first ever jump off a floating water ramp. Amazingly, nobody was hurt - you can see the jump featured in the 'Nitro Circus 6' film due to be released this November.