Robbie Maddison

While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com. Breaking down Chisenhall vs Hannahan- “It’s hard to say who is the favorite for the everyday job at third this season. Like I said earlier, I think Hannahan is on the roster (barring injury) one way or the other. If Hannahan gets the nod as the starter, I think it’s unlikely that...Read Full Story

A pitcher has several baseball pitches to choose from. The following is a description of these pitches and their purposes. Fastball The fastball is the 1st baseball pitch a pitcher should master. This is also the most regularly thrown pitch from Little League up to the Major League level. The fastball pitch could be thrown in different methods. The two most typical types of fastballs are the 4-seam fastball and the two-seam fastball. A 4-seam fastball stays straighter, and is thrown with a...Read Full Story

The worldwide FMX scene voted Robbie Maddison as the Best International FMX Rider in 2009. The Australian FMX athlete was also nominated for the FMX Awards in the category “Best Australian FMX Rider” and made it on top of the Aussie riders as well. For the first time in FMX Awards history the users had the chance to vote for the Best American, Best African and Best Asian FMX Rider. Jeremy Stenberg won the category “Best American FMX Rider”, Alastair Sayer “Best African FMX Rider” and Eigo...Read Full Story

Cheered on by 25,000 fans, Australia’s Robbie Maddison tamed Madrid’s legendary bullfighting ring on Friday night as he secured victory against the best freestyle motocross riders on the planet. Second place went to the Swiss rider Mat Rebeaud, with the Red Bull X-Fighters filling the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas right down to the very last seat for the ninth year running. MADRID (ESP). The sound of wailing motors rang through the tunnels around the famous bullfighting arena as the two...Read Full Story

Norway’s Andre Villa pulled off a surprise win at the first stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010 in Mexico City on Friday evening. With the main event forced to be abandoned due to extreme weather conditions, the Norwegian used his win in Qualifying to claim victory in the city’s Plaza de Toros Monumental. A huge 42,000-strong crowd packed the arena to cheer on the twelve FMX toreros on their high-octane steeds as they flew through the largest bullfighting ring in the world. On...Read Full Story

To celebrate the first Red Bull X-Fighters event on Russian dirt, track designer Dane Herron (USA) has come up with a special course. On 26 June the top freestyle motocross tour in the world touches down on Moscow’s Red Square to put on the biggest FMX event in Russian history in front of 55,000 fans. The flocks of tourists milling around Red Square in the heart Moscow couldn’t quite believe their eyes as FMX heroes including Nate Adams (USA), Robbie Maddison (AUS) and current Tour leader...Read Full Story

Australian freestyle motocross star Robbie Maddison took to the skies on Tuesday for a final training session ahead of the second stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Cairo (EGY) this Friday. The hot and dry desert wind posed a major challenge for both man and machine in the desert just outside Africa’s most populous city. Friday will see the best 12 FMX riders on the planet battle it out head-to-head directly in front of the 73.5-metre-long and 20-metre-high Great Sphinx of Giza...Read Full Story

After breaking the Guinness World Record with a motorcycle leap of 322 feet, 7.5 inches at the 2007 Red Bull New Year’s Eve Experiment, Robbie Maddison is planning on jumping his bike more than 120 feet high and landing on the top of the 96-foot-high and 40-foot-deep replica Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas. What goes up must come down, and Maddison’s not going to fight it. Upon completing his jump, he will then drop off the Arc and freefall 50 feet to a massive landing ramp below...Read Full Story

Robbie Maddison Jumps Over Corinth Canal In Greece Australian freestyle motocross star Robbie Maddison successfully jumped over the 279-foot wide Corinth Canal at height of more than 300 feet above the canal surface in Greece CORINTH (Greece) – Freestyle Motocross, with breathtaking tricks such as flips performed at heights of up to three stories high, is one the world’s most dangerous sports. Robbie Maddison is one of the world’s best in FMX.inline_mediumwraptextright27498554/features...Read Full Story

Motocross madman Robbie Maddison has completed a jump over a 278ft wide ravine - during which he was 330ft above the water. 28-year-old Maddison made his jump across the Corinth Canal in Greece yesterday, by driving up a ramp at a speed of 77mph. This launched his Honda 500 into the air and 85m over the massive drop, he then successfully landed at the other side. Personally we can't understand why he didn't just use the bridge which can be clearly seen in the photo. Speaking after the...Read Full Story