Cyclist jumps between moving lorries, a stunt timed to the split second
At first glance it sounds like someone’s wild idea, yet Matt Jones has pushed extreme sport into an entirely new register. He launched himself through the gap between two Scania articulated lorries travelling side by side in opposite directions. The space was so tight that the slightest hesitation would have stopped the entire attempt. The heart of the story is the stunt itself.
Jones completed the jump for a new Red Bull project. Every movement was calculated with scientific precision. The window of opportunity stayed open for less than one second. To keep it that narrow, the lorries ran under full electronic control. No human drivers were involved, because even the quickest reactions cannot deliver that level of accuracy.
Preparation unfolded step by step. Jones first practised a simple jump while an Audi provided a steady, predictable pace. After that the team placed a stationary obstacle between the ramps. Once speed and trajectory proved consistent, they introduced one moving lorry and only then the second. Each vehicle received exact positioning instructions. The scene was filmed on a Swedish airfield where the open space allowed the team to test the stunt with a sensible margin of safety.
In the end the project showed how extreme sport is drifting toward technological precision and engineering discipline. Approaches like this turn yesterday’s fantasies into today’s feasible tricks, and the field grows richer every time someone dares to test the limits.
