Meaning, you imagine yourself casually riding your bike when you bunny hop off the curb feeling quite good about yourself. Then you see THIS. Awareness pounds your head. Pro BMXer Kriss Kyle cashed in that awareness and hopped over a moving Red Bull F1 car. Yep, the entire moving Formula 1 car.
The stunt exploded off to instant viral fame when Kyle used the ramp and jumped straight over the Red Bull RB7 as it screamed underneath him. The precision? Unbelievable. The timing? Impeccable. The audacity? It went so far, words just fail to describe it. And according to information uncovered by some pretty sharp gamers (shoutout to Grok in the replies), this was not a spur-of-the-moment stunt-A whole seven months were invested in preparing with the timing of the whole thing, with only a 0.2-second window to clear a car at 1.3 meters height. Oh yeah, and it was windy? Of course it was!
…And the internet responded in full glory. Some showed hype (rightfully so: “That’s not human bro,” remarked Ahmad Aziz), while some others were indifferent. “Now do it at normal F1 speed,” Adam (aka @thesauce54) bargained, while @SamBizzle333443 mocked, “This isn’t even impressive… Let me know when he jumps a f—ing Escalade.” The boldest of remarks from probably someone who can’t ollie over a puddle.
Then the doubters came in. “This is clearly AI,” Declan (@declansucks) fired, possibly because reality is just too wild nowadays. Meanwhile, Aryan Gupta (@aryangupta1411) summarized the mortal lobby’s mood: “Wait so this guy jumped over a moving F1 car on a bike but I can’t even parallel park my Toyota without breaking a sweat.” Same, Aryan. Same.
Red Bull, known for causing mischief with illogical chaos, seems to have quite a neat hiring policy: “Red Bull will not promote you if you cannot perform crazy things,” noted @SeedworldMeta. Well, that one makes sense. Given the whole vibe of the brand is basically shouting at the world, “Here’s a can of liquid poor decisions,” I mean really, this stunt fits in right there.
Let us also give due credit to the unseen hero-the drone operator. Major props to @playonshaga for calling out, “Props to the drone operator,” because getting that shot was probably neck-wrecking as the jump.
So yeah, Kriss Kyle redefined “hold my Red Bull,” with the internet oscillating between awe and ridicule on Prius jokes (again, @aryangupta1411, “Bro I tried this at home with my Schwinn and a Prius… let’s just say the Prius won”). Meanwhile, the rest of us sit here wondering if we’ve ever put our heart and soul on something as much as Kyle did on not becoming a hood ornament.
In conclusion: Never change, extreme sports. Never change.
