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[chirping of birds]
[rap music]
[guy cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[calm guitar music]
[adventurous music]
So we come there in the morning,
everyone is ready, everyone is super motivated
and then you have the expectations on yourself that you are gonna send it
and you are going to start the project with something crazy.
It was already the point where it got quite dangerous.
Sometimes you don't really think about it and then mistakes happen.
For sure you get pressure by the film crew sometimes
because everyone is ready, everything is set,
and everyone is basically just waiting for you.
And if I crash on the first day, if I get injured,
then that's it for the project.
I know this set-up, I know the radius of the ramp
and I know how it feels to jump that ramp.
But sometimes you just realize when you do it
that this might have been a dumb idea.
Everything was different, the speed, the bike, the ramp,
the set-up, everything felt different!
And you realize that it can't work because the small radius of the ramp
would kick me right out.
[heavy breathing]
Personally, it was the very first time seeing him crash like this
and in that moment you just think to yourself,
hopefully he is going to walk away from that one!
Starting off the first day with such a big crash
is definitely not what you wish for for the start of such a project!
Luckily I survived this one without any injuries.
The bike didn't survive it that well
but it's totally understandable that something breaks on such a big crash.
As a group, we are very open minded towards strangers in general,
and all of us have that mind set that everything is going to work out,
and we are just not overthinking.
This way of approaching situations really does pay off
all the time, we just somehow make it work!
I mean the day started off pretty shitty,
but then all of a sudden the fire brigade came,
and they were luckily able to help us to cut the steering tube.
[cheering crowd]
We all overcame the setback and tried to look forward.
Then we thought about everything, built a new set-up,
and then we just tried it again. And then eventually, it worked.
[rock music]
[cheering]
And that was the moment I realized
I should probably think more about the stuff I want to do for this project
without getting blind into something and prepare myself properly.
[tense music]
[heavy breathing]
[talking french]
Just five minutes.
I don't know if we're ready in five minutes.
I don't know if they are ready in five minutes, we got to ask them.
Things like this, they're just insane!
Because you don't really know what to expect.
All you can pretty much do is to focus a 100% on what you do
and then just try to retrieve the process which you imagined in your mind before.
Okay, let's fucking send it.
Fuck, even I'm nervous!
As soon as you start pedaling, from that moment on
you are just in your own world, and then it's on
Then you ride the curve, over the road,
and then, there is the significant moment: the take-off.
You don't really care about the big drop on the left side.
You just jump and hope that everything goes according to plan.
That the direction is good and the speed is okay.
I came in a little bit too short, my back wheel hit the second stair set.
Luckily this didn't have any effects on the jump.
Straight down, I hit the second jump very well,
just came a little bit too short again,
and then there is already the last drop, on that one,
just hold on tight to your handlebar and try to absorb the big impact
which you get from the flat drop.
Then focus on not riding into any of these concrete blocks or pillars.
-Yes! -Yes! Oh fuck.
If something would have gone wrong...
The consequences of such a jump could've been quite bad.
But in that moment,
you don't really think about it afterwards, if it worked.
You just think about the feeling of how good it was and how amazing it felt,
you just want to see the video at that moment.
[incomprehensible]
In that moment you're just pissed and still full of adrenaline.
That something like this happens in a situation where you risked your life
it makes you angry...
You don't even want to believe it, even if it's just a video.
But in that moment, the video is worth so much to you.
He's not doing that for fun. He's doing it for the shot, for the video.
You have so much time for preparation, but if you miss a detail like the battery
and he just put his life on the line
so I really don't want to have to tell him that...
-No way! -The battery died on the RED.
Filming with Fabio is a real challenge.
It's always getting higher, further, and just more intense.
And at the same time there are so many other things to keep in mind.
We try to do this as professional and safe as we can
but sometimes it just happens that we miss a little piece of the puzzle.
Like a battery that is about to die, and sometimes you're just out of luck.
You press record and the camera turns off.
You only see Fabio flying down the set of 20 stairs and all you can think is "Fuck".
I mean that can happen to all of us at some point
and you really can't be mad at him, and nobody was
it's completely fine, and in the end, we can all laugh about it.
Afterwards you calm down again, and you have to cheer up to keep on going.
I think Manuel definitely learned a lesson out of that one.
[rock music]
And then we go with full motivation into the next days. You just need that!
It really makes the project special and adds so much fun.
[rock music]
[heavy wind blowing]
No way!
[laughing]
[rock music]
Sorry, sorry. I am sorry.
-I'm very sorry. -Are you okay?
Yes, all good. I'm so sorry.
[rock music]
Days like these are just awesome!
If everything works according to the plan and everyone is motivated, having fun,
you can't ask for more! It's awesome!
[singing happy birthday]
And then, it was time for a banger!
25 stairs, in Lyon.
We just knew it from YouTube videos,
from a skateboarder who was jumping down 25 stairs on his skateboard.
Completely insane, just sick!
And then I googled to see if someone did it already on a bike,
but then I didn't really find anything so we went there and thought,
let's give it a try and check it out.
[exciting music]
When we got there and everything was locked with fences,
and closed with zip ties
we thought that there has to be security.
We knew it from the videos that we saw involving security.
And if we are gonna do it, we are not gonna be alone,
and we can't just go there and do it without anyone seeing us.
Approaching the Lyon 25 was really a whole different story.
Everyone had the same tense feeling down in his guts
and was super excited but very, very nervous.
You just don't know what to expect and what is going to happen.
It felt like we had a really, really good plan.
And we started super motivated into the day
when it was time for the 25 stairs.
[tense music]
When the last fist bump is done and everyone moves to their position
then you're on your own and you need to get the job done.
[Fabio Wibmer] Then you just start riding, you just ride.
The fence was just pulled away in front of the security guard.
Holy fuck!
-[yelling security guard] -Fuck!
[talking french]
So I see him jumping the stair set and just hear the noise of a slam.
I was like "what happened"? No-one responded so I looked down,
and thank god he was up and standing!
He is coming in hot and slams hard,
and at that point all you can think of is "I hope he is all right".
I saw the security guy starting to shout and running towards the boys,
and they're still standing down there, in shock.
Now everything is happening super fast. All exits are blocked by securities.
We planned that before. If something happens, just leave.
Yeah, so I grabbed my stuff and ran away.
I have to say it's for sure one of the craziest things I've done on my bike!
And it went wrong. I landed and the bike just bounced me.
It just bounced me off, and I was sliding over the ground.
Everything is going so fast when you crash
and you can't really think about anything, it just happens
and then you're there and you think: "what the hell has just happened?"
Especially when you jump down 25 stairs.
The whole situation is going so fast.
Suddenly you lie on the ground, and you don't know what happened.
And then we saw the security guy walking towards us and yelling at us,
that was the point when we realized, we might gonna have a problem.
We were down there, everything was blocked and we couldn't get away.
We didn't even think about changing our SD cards.
And all of a sudden we were surrounded by security.
The police was also coming in.
The problem was that it was a congress building,
and if you want to film there, you need to have a permission
and we didn't have one.
So the police arrived, and they pretty much forced us
to delete everything which we had on our SD cards.
All the footage was pretty much gone.
That was a pretty big setback for the whole team.
So 30-40 minutes later all the others came back,
and I wouldn't say it was a total disappointment,
but it was a state of shock.
Everyone was just thinking "all for nothing, really?"
But it was like: luckily it didn't work!
If it would've worked, and they would've deleted everything,
then I would've freaked out. I don't know what would've happened,
but I think I would've freaked out, totally!
And then it was like, "okay, we're gonna go there again,
and this time we're gonna make it!"
We are gonna do this again, we are coming back,
and we ain't done with that thing.
Crashes can happen always and everywhere,
and I mean in my career I had a lot of very big crashes already.
Sometimes it's kind of hard to let them go and not think about them.
I mean crashes are part of the career of extreme sports athletes.
Otherwise we wouldn't be where we are right now.
But they are definitely somewhere on your mind,
and if you do something scary they're always in your head somewhere.
But crashes still don't stop me from going to the limit.
Sorry mum!
The Montmartre video was probably the most viral clip I've ever produced.
I was in Paris on a shoot with Devinsupertramp,
for tourism, and it wasn't even my project.
I was just booked to show some tricks,
just to be part of the video without risking my life.
-When I wave to you, it means it's safe. -Cool.
I didn't have to do it. I don't need to prove anything to anybody.
When I saw the fence on the side, I didn't really see it back then.
But when I look at it now and people make me aware of that spiky fence,
I realized in some kind of way ...
how insane and crazy the stair set jump was.
-Holy shit! -Oh my god!
-No way. -Oh my god.
-That was wild! -Shit.
I was just out of control, and I couldn't break on this one.
-Man, you're the best! -Thank you!
And when people come to me and tell me, there is something broken in my head,
it then triggers mixed feelings, it's weird.
On the one hand, it's like you think about
why the hell is he telling me that? Why is he saying that?
On the other hand, I kind of feel honored
that someone thinks that something is damaged in my head
because I'm doing something very crazy.
And when you've done something very scary,
the feeling you get there just makes you addicted.
And you just want to feel it again.
And then we went there again, to the same spot,
because last time I noticed another stair set.
And it was just next to the Montmartre stair set
which I did back then.
Yet we went there with more experience, with more knowledge
and with much better preparation than last time.
The whole situation in general felt way more controlled
than it did last time when we filmed the Devinsupertramp video.
Fabio is very smart about what he does.
Sometimes we are at the same spot for a couple of hours actually
because he just needs to prepare mentally.
Fabio, ready? Let's go! Fucking send it!
-[rock music] -[cheering crowd]
The better preparation and the experience just paid off in the end.
[rock music]
[dreamy pop music]
The spot was in the financial district of Paris.
Big buildings everywhere.
There was a big building, what was it called?
La Défense, good job!
Huge buildings everywhere around, a lot of people, it was just very busy.
And in the middle of all those buildings was this closed bridge
and nothing was on it.
There was this big piece of wood up there, and it was just made for this.
It was looking at us saying: please, use me as a take off!
Then we took that board and somehow put it through the fence.
[rock music]
Go, go, go!
In situations like this, I have to admit that others stress me out.
I can't do anything about it. Either I just do it, or I can't do it.
There are just those two options.
And I'm a very ambitious person and I just want to do it.
I want to give everything I got, so I can at least say that I tried it
and not stand there one day and say: "What would've happened if I tried it?"
As soon as I landed I just got sideways,
and everything got out of control pretty much.
I did a little Ken Block drift and then straight into the lantern.
Fuck dude!
Fuck!
I was super lucky that I didn't hurt myself.
I was able to wrap around that street lamp over my shoulder,
and then landed straight on one of those poles with my head
but luckily I was wearing a good helmet and I was lucky that I didn't get injured.
-We have a permission. -Then show me the permission.
-Yeah all easy man, all easy! -It's not easy.
-It's all easy. -It's closed, you can't come in here.
In moments like this, you don't really realize what happened.
It's just a feeling of emptiness
I can't describe it.
[talking french]
In this case the security were super chilled.
They were super nice and even asked me if I was okay and if I'm doing alright.
They told us that they called the police and that we should hit the road,
so they can tell them that they couldn't find us anymore
and that we just left.
We didn't assume that they break down the ramp.
We went there in the evening again, and the ramp was gone.
So we had to do a cloak-and-dagger operation.
[mysterious music]
[mysterious pop music]
[drill noises]
[drilling sounds]
[tense music]
Ready!
Let's go!
[shouting and cheering]
Suddenly you lie on the ground, and you don't know what just happened.
All exits are blocked by security.
The footage was gone.
We have to go there again and do the same thing.
This time, we gonna make it!
For sure you have in mind that the whole scenario
could be exactly the same as last time.
And there is just that one single try.
You can't try it ten times.
And then it's time. You prepare for everything
and all the memories from last time, they're somewhere in your head
and you can't get really rid of them.
And it's just a very weird team feeling, because everyone knows
that he has to deliver
and he has to get 100%, no matter what.
And of course, this puts pressure on all of us.
[spheric sounds]
And then comes the moment when you know that it's about to start.
Only then you realize that it's you who jumps down the stairs.
[tense music]
The moment you climb the fence, you know it's time.
Nobody's talking anymore, everyone is quite and focussed.
We had to be ready to shoot, because we had to nail it.
[mumbling and whispering]
[tense music]
[talking french]
[tense music]
[cheering and shouting]
[rap music]
The feeling after doing something like this,
that's what normal people won't understand,
because they never experienced something like this.
And luckily, the security guy was pretty chilled this time.
I think he was just happy that I was okay and we're about to leave.
Why are you doing this? For who are you doing this?
Why do you risk your life for just one single stunt?
But I think normal people, won't understand it.
They don't know the feeling what it's like to land something like this
and the adrenaline you get while doing this.
And if you never experienced that feeling, you just can't understand it.
The feeling I get on the bike whenever I do something crazy, that's...
that's kind of what keeps me alive.
That's what really motivates me and pushes me in my life.
It just gives me the power and the energy I need.
You can risk your life pretty much everywhere.
As long as you are aware of the risks
and if you know your skills, then you can do it.
And when the day will come
where I'm not aware of my risks anymore, and I don't know how to use my skills,
then I'm just going to stop and gonna do something else.
-You're the best. -Thank you.
[mumbling]
[heavy shouting]
[disco music]