Purple Bull Hardline is arising this weekend. This yr’s course has various modifications, however there’s one that’s getting all the eye: the brand new canyon river hole. For the video above, Matt Jones referred to as it the scariest bounce of his life. Whereas that could be a little bit of hyperbole for Youtube consideration, there isn’t any doubt that this bounce is very large with excessive penalties.
Claimed to be 75′ lengthy, the hole is barely 3′ longer than the Canyon Hole at Purple Bull Rampage that Kelly McGarry famously backflipped. But, the Hardline hole simply appears gnarlier probably because of the imposing nature of the scaffolding used for the takeoff and touchdown coupled with the loss of life drop under.
Throughout testing of the hole, Bernard Kerr was the primary to guinnea pig the bounce touchdown it cleanly. Matt Jones adopted Bernard with a sucessful try. However on the third attempt, Jim Monro bailed midair – fortuitously making it to the touchdown with out his bike. Whereas he took a giant slam to the pinnacle, Jones says that Jim is OK and with none damaged bones. It appears like there shall be some modifications made to the bounce prior to now and race day, so hopefully Jim’s crash would be the first and solely on the brand new characteristic!
For extra on the brand new course, try the publish from Purple Bull right here.
