Career Highlights
Some key moments in Maddo’s
climb to the top of the FMX game.
May 2005: After making a name
for himself on the Crusty Demons
tour Robbie took two world records
home: longest jump on a 125cc
(67 metres) and longest jump with
a trick on a 250cc (75 m with a
Superman Seatgrab).
December 2007: To celebrate the
40th anniversary of Evel Knievel
jumping the Caesars Palace
fountains in Las Vegas, Robbie
spent New Year’s Eve smashing the
motorbike distance world record by
travelling 98.34 m. For perspective
the feat was performed over a
makeshift football field assembled
in the car park of the Rio All-Suite
Hotel and Casino.
January 2009: Just over a year
later Maddo returned to Vegas to
jump a 29 m step-up to the top of
their Arc de Triomphe replica before
making the 24 m drop off to return
to street level.
July 2009: Robbie arrived in
London to cross the historical
Tower Bridge in a novel way: with a
backflip over the 8 m gap created
by the bridge being opened at the
time.
April 2010: For one of Robbie’s
most iconic stunts (and to be fair,
one of FMX’s most iconic images)
he took his bike to Corinth Canal in
Greece and cleared over 80 m to
gap the canal.
December 2011: In the last of
his Red Bull New Year No Limits
appearances, Maddo made a jump
of over 115 m across San Diego
Bay in California, USA.
February 2013: DC Shoes dropped
Maddo’s Air.Craft edit – which saw
Robbie take to the wreckages of
an aeroplane graveyard in Tucson,
Arizona and perform a selection of
signature and never-before-seen
stunts. One of our personal MX edit
favourites, Air.Craft is a good first
port of call if you’re looking to see
what Maddo’s all about.
“Having those safety
decks is part of the reason
I’m still here today talking
about it”
p. Jürgen Skarwan
April 2012: For the opening
sequence to Skyfall Robbie
became the second Australian
to step into the shoes of James
Bond – doubling for Daniel Craig
in a rooftop motorbike chase (sans
helmet) across the narrow tops of
the Istanbul Grand Bazaar.