![]() And I have some ideas for new videos which I will be working on in the summer.Stands for absolute passion for stunt scootering and 100% support for the sport. I have tons of footage from trips over the last few years that I will be putting up on YouTube soon. I will continue working with Ninja Warrior and climbing. My plans next are to keep enjoying my life and the opportunities that present themselves. The one of the roof is probably worse, but I’ll save that for another video.įor me it’s about having the mental presence and capacity to keep yourself relaxed in the situation and be as rational as possible.Īt last, before you kill yourself doing your next stunt, what’s up at the moment in the life of Andrei Burton? ![]() Often people have said to me “Oh just try this” and I don’t do it, because I know I’m not in the right frame of mind.Īlso, this isn’t the only thing I did that day, and I didn’t just do it once, you should ask Pierre Charles Thomas, haha. If I’m not in that state, I wouldn’t do it. You need to be in the right mental state. It needs to be the right time for these things. If I didn’t want to do it, I wouldn’t have done it. If it had happened on that edge I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be here now. Actually, ten minutes before this, I snapped a spoke on a warm up gap and it locked my back wheel up. Did you think about that before you jumped? The consequences of a snapped chain or any other technical issues with the bike would be quite fatal. Often people have said to me “Oh just try this” and I don’t do it, because I know I’m not in the right frame of mind. ![]() I like free climbing and high wall bouldering, and this is just the same, Only with a bike, there is way more that can go wrong than when you’re climbing. Of course, I would never ever expect anyone else to put themselves in a situation like this. I’ve ridden trials for 20 years now, I know what I’m capable of. For me it’s about having the mental presence and capacity to keep yourself relaxed in the situation and be as rational as possible. Many riders have the capability to clear the gap. You see, this is the thing: For me the challenge isn’t really the gap itself. How did you manage to stay calm and do it so perfectly? The jump is very high risk, but it has a sketchy takeoff and landing too. If it had happened on that edge I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be here now.Ī post shared by Andrei Burton The second time Andrei was teasing the jump on his Instagram, a screen grab of the actual jump seen in the video above. I think it adds to craziness of it, and the mental challenge.Īctually, ten minutes before this, I snapped a spoke on a warm up gap and it locked my back wheel up. The worst part was setting up on that edge. It was like 2.6 meters or so, knowing I can do more than three meters, I figured it should be fine. Then I actually checked it and tried to pace out the gap, and decide if it was ok to do. I had been up there and looked at it and decided I was going to do it. I waited until after my contract had finished and I knew that I could do what I wanted. I had found this building weeks before I took my bike there to do it. When I’m working for a show, whether it’s a bike show or Ninja Warrior, I don’t try anything too crazy. Tell us about the process from looking at the jump to actually doing it. I was staying just the other side of those trees in the background of the shot.Ī post shared by Andrei Burton Andrei warming up with a gap from a less gnarly takeoff, doing his first teas of this gnarly gap. I’ve always wanted to find a building like this, and one day I happened to come across it, and it was actually a stones throw away from my apartment. I think it adds to craziness of it, and the mental challenge. While I was there I got into road cycling a little, and I used it to explore the islands, and also tow my trials bike on the back. I was living in Macau for while, performing a big show called Elekron for a casino called Studio City. And that’s probably enough for the legend he is.īashguardian asked Andrei some questions to get some insightful details of the stunt and how his crazy brain is wired…įirst of all, how did you find the place? Fortunately he wore his helmet, and in a standard Andrei Burton fashion, he took his shirt off. And not to forget: He did this without any safety harness. Many people have the guts to do a high risk gap, but with the added techincal difficulties of a sketchy takeoff (that’s probably going to break off soon), this is just in a league of its own. Andrei Burton did just turn 34 yesterday, and he celebrated himself by releasing a video clip from one of the gnarliest stunts ever done on a (trials) bike. ![]()
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