Pro mountain bike rider, Matt Jones, has completed a death-defying stunt – jumping through two trucks, each moving in the opposite direction.
In a video shared by Red Bull, Jones is towed up to speed by a car before launching off a ramp and jumping through two moving trucks.
As each truck is travelling at speed, the time window for Jones to make the jump safely is said to be “less than a second” long.
In order to hit the precise timings required for Jones to safely complete the challenge, each truck was autonomously controlled using technology developed by Scania.
Combined with live GPS tracking data, this enabled Jones to use a traffic lights-style system on his tow car to determine whether or not it was safe to attempt the jump.
After multiple failed attempts at hitting the precise timing window on his run-up, Jones eventually gets a ‘green light’ on the second day of trying and makes the incredible jump.
Commenting on the video, Jones described the stunt as the "scariest thing I’ve ever done. Full stop"
Kudos also to the camera drone operator who follows Jones through the two trucks at the same time.
Red Bull is renowned for backing daredevil stunts as part of its marketing for its energy drinks.
As well as backing the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe WorldTour team, the brand also sponsors a number of individual athletes in pro cycling, such as Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock.
Pidcock made similar headlines earlier this year following another video uploaded by Red Bull, which showed him hitting speeds of 95kph while descending the Rossfeld Panorama mountain pass.
