After weeks of carefully sculpting, polishing, and tweaking his YZ450F to make it sea- and air-worthy, James Stewart finally tried his hand at the Red Bull Flugtag event this weekend in Miami, Florida.

We spoke with James just before his flight, and his confidence was soaring pretty high… “Yeah, since I’m a Red Bull rider and can’t actually be judged in the event, I figure I might as well just go ahead and break the distance record so that everyone remembers me,” said James with a grin.

Unfortunately for our boy JS, however, flying a stationary motorcycle off of a dock (with no motor) wasn’t quite as easy as he thought it might be; though James did put in a solid attempt, his distance was quite a bit shy of the winning team’s. Still, it was all in the name of fun for Stewart, and he definitely accomplished that goal.

“Red Bull Flugtag in Miami was a blast! It took me out of being so serious from what I normally do, which is racing. Red Bull does so many cool things and being one of their athletes, the opportunities are just unlimited. I want to go for the record again!”

Check out the attached photo gallery to see James in action!

 

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Okay, we know what you’re thinking… Judging from these whip photos, James has really been riding for quite some time now, but keeping it a secret on his private track at home in Florida. Wrong! This gallery is literally from James Stewart’s first day back on a bike after more than four months off… And while Stewart’s wrist was a bit sore after throwing these upside-down beauties (which was to be expected), even James himself was pretty amazed at how his whips somehow managed to get even BIGGER during all that time off.

 

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