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Topic subjectFlying WRX!
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20917, Flying WRX!
Posted by DR1665, Feb-12-07 10:27 AM
Made you look!

But it's pretty close!

Tonight on Discovery Channel - 10pm EST (and again four hours later) - Stunt Junkies. Ken Block attempts to jump his WRX rally car higher and farther than any other rally car has gone. Pictures and footage of this show have been leaked over the last couple months, but this is the actual show.

Should be well worth watching. Sure beats a bunch of hype about some guy hanging onto a motorcycle while riding a skateboard. :P

EDIT:
Like this...
20918, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by ScreaminE, Feb-12-07 10:28 AM
DVR Set!
20920, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by thedawg, Feb-12-07 12:16 PM
SPOILER WARNINGZOMG
More pics... I had to go ferret them out, too crazy to believe.

http://0-60mag.com/online/?p=318

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/05/video-ken-block-jumps-a-subie-waaaaay-too-high/

Edit: And I have no Cable TV or anything, so this is all I get to look at until one of you nice guys uploads it from your DVR.
20925, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by ez, Feb-12-07 01:11 PM
holy frijole thnx for the news, I will be tuned in tonight. And that 0-60mag site has a picture of the new skyline GT-R driving around cali. It looks just like the old concept pictures we've seen.
20929, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by cs82685, Feb-12-07 03:31 PM
That was awesome, rally racing is soo cool.
20931, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by eclipse_99rs, Feb-12-07 04:42 PM
171 feet holy mother!
20933, RE: Flying WRX!
Posted by ScreaminE, Feb-12-07 05:57 PM
Wow, just plain fucking WOW
20934, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by eclipzGST, Feb-12-07 06:57 PM


what a fucking nut...
20937, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by kain_99gs, Feb-12-07 09:12 PM
I bet he sits on a donut pillow for the next month.


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99GS
95TSI
20938, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by whodatt1, Feb-13-07 02:21 AM
Anyone find any high res. pics of this? would love to have it as my bacground on my dual screen :)
20939, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by DR1665, Feb-13-07 02:25 AM
I had to catch the later showing, here. Pretty impressive, although the show hosts are complete choads. They basically have a three sentence script, and each of those three sentences are paraphrased to re-tell you the same exact thing after every break. Theoreticaly, you could come in after the last commercial, watch the final five minutes of the show, and not miss anything. :P

Still pretty damn cool. He actually comes close to clearing the ramp on the far side.
20940, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by shazow1969, Feb-13-07 03:33 AM
:bowdown

-Kevin
20941, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by xcasbonx, Feb-13-07 03:54 AM
That's gnarly as hell!


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20944, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by ScreaminE, Feb-13-07 05:30 AM
Originally posted by DR1665
although the show hosts are complete choads. They basically have a three sentence script, and each of those three sentences are paraphrased to re-tell you the same exact thing after every break. Theoreticaly, you could come in after the last commercial, watch the final five minutes of the show, and not miss anything.


Amen brother! Me and my room mate was talking about how the hosts are total ass hats.

Speaking of watching the last 5 minutes, thats exactly what I did. DVR'd the program and then watched literally the last five minutes of the show and it was badass!
20945, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by cs82685, Feb-13-07 05:35 AM
Originally posted by DR1665
Theoreticaly, you could come in after the last commercial, watch the final five minutes of the show, and not miss anything. :P Still pretty damn cool. He actually comes close to clearing the ramp on the far side.


That show is always like that, although at least with this episode they had some other rally footage in the beginning including the x games rollover, that was sick. They usually show like 90% of the stunt about 5 times before the end of the show too. I think they need two stunts per show so they don't have to repeat themselves so much
20946, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by vegasdsmr, Feb-13-07 05:44 AM
hell ya!!

F that show... as stated above, the hosts are shmucks..... and the last 5 minutes is the hotnesss...

monday nights are reserved for the white rapper show, hehe..
20947, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by eclipse_99rs, Feb-13-07 05:50 AM


better video
20949, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by thedawg, Feb-13-07 06:25 AM
Originally posted by whodatt1
Anyone find any high res. pics of this? would love to have it as my bacground on my dual screen :)

http://www.ken-block.com

Click on Wallpapers, sizes up to 1280x960.
20966, RE: Flying WRX! Got Video? I do =)
Posted by ScreaminE, Feb-13-07 10:24 AM
sweeeet ^^^^

I'd be willing to bet that Travis Pastrana is planning to do this and smash the record.