| What does Evil Knievel, Antonio Carlos, "AC" | | | | 1. It's all love, baby! Love for your craft. There's |
| Farias, Jason Britton, and Anthony D'Orsi have in | | | | always one for everybody. Others do golf, |
| common? Well, apart from the fact that the four | | | | basketball, business, marketing and some other |
| of them are all high-testosterone pumping | | | | stuff, but for these daredevils, it's the stunt in |
| members of the male community, they are also | | | | itself they're into. They get exhilarated by the |
| some of the highly successful motorcycle stunt | | | | rush of adrenaline when they execute a difficult |
| riders the industry has come to know. But what | | | | move. They know only a few can do what |
| does it really take to be a good stunt-rider? Why | | | | they're doing and they revel with the idea that |
| are they willing to risk their lives & limbs just | | | | they are amongst those who can. |
| to make everything happen? For only a few | | | | 2. Believe it or not, these dudes have goals--to be |
| seconds of glory, are the perks worth it? | | | | the best they can be in their chosen field. They |
| Often times, in order to perfect your abilities in | | | | practice hard so they won't fell behind their |
| the world of motorbike stunt racing, you have to | | | | possible competition. But the bottom line is they |
| sacrifice most of what you have; your time, your | | | | do it for their own enjoyment. The challenge of |
| money and most of all your relationships (even | | | | conquering a machine is like no other plus the |
| when sometimes you don't want to). Interviews | | | | cheers from the crowd is morale boosting. Some |
| with popular stunt riders concluded time and again | | | | riders get to be so good they started landing |
| that most if not all of them suffered the same | | | | lucrative sponsorships from major companies. |
| painstaking losses, not to mention the excruciating | | | | While other riders are contented the way they |
| physical, emotional & mental bruises they've | | | | are even without the major deals. |
| dealt with at the beginning of their careers. | | | | Big money or not, it doesn't really matter. |
| If it is such, then why do these people chose to | | | | Motorcycle stunt riding is just like any other sport. |
| go on with it, to think that most of the populace | | | | The degree of difficulty may be harder than the |
| don't even consider motorcycle stunting a valid | | | | others but just the same, for a rider to be |
| kind of sport and just a mere form of displaying | | | | successful he has to know all the tips and tricks |
| someone's machismo. It's not even a venue for | | | | of his own trade. Nothing can be achieved if you |
| generating loads of money since money-making | | | | don't know how to respect yourself, your |
| stints are reserved for very few exceptions. Now | | | | colleagues and the enormity of danger you're |
| we question, what drives these people to keep | | | | placing yourself up against once you do your |
| on going with the game? Here are some of the | | | | stunts. Again, it's all for the love of the game, |
| most popular answers: | | | | baby! |