Red Bull suspended a skate park from a hot air balloon and BMW rider Kriss Kyle completed the world’s first stunt, called ‘Don’t Look Down’, 2,000-feet above ground. Aside from that stunt, Kyle also performed several other BMX tricks while wearing a parachute and had to deal with a swinging bowl.
Kyle waited 11 months including several multiple cancelled attempts before the day finally arrived when conditions were right. He didn’t want to just session the bowl either, as he wanted to pull off a fakie front flip and a kick off to ice pick on the handrail. These are difficult tricks to pull off on the ground and became near-impossible at altitude with the added weight of the vest and movement of the bowl underneath him.
The first time we got the bowl suspended in the air, it moved every way you can imagine. It was tilting, it was side-to-side, it was going round and round in circles. You need to learn that it rides differently on all sides and it’s just so hard to get your head around,” said Kriss Kyle.
