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 Are You Mad? - Are You Mad? is about things that are mad and that have a humorous side. So this site covers mad thumbs/pictures, mad libs, Mad Magazine which was founded in 1952, mad scientists, mad dogs and cats, mad people & stunts.
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Mad stunts are often performed by stuntmen in the making of film and television. There are also stuntmen who give live displays of their stunts which can involve motorcycles, BMXs and ATVs.
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Mad Stunts
A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre or cinema. Stunts are a big part of many action movies. Before computer generated imagery special effects, these effects were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects - unless the creator could find someone willing to jump from car to car or hang from the edge of a skyscraper - the stunt performer. Taken from Wikipedia.
Crazy stunts
You Tube video clip
Mad stunts aren't just performed for film and television. There is a great tradition of dare devil stunt men who perform death defying stunts in front of live audiences at stunt shows. Probably the most famous stuntman of them all was Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. who performed public displays of long distance, high-altitude motorcycle jumping which often resulted in serious injuries, particularly during the 1960s. His crazy motorcycle stunts and failures got him into the Guinness Book of World Records several times including his record forty broken bones.
Motorcycle stunts
You Tube video clip
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
 Wikipedia
- Further information about the many kinds of mad stunts that are performed in the movies. en.wikipedia.org
You Tube
- The 'crazy stunts' video clip is taken from this website. www.youtube.com
You Tube
- The 'motorcycle stunt' video clip is taken from this website. www.youtube.com
Wikipedia
- More information about BMX street riding, includes detailed sections that focus on the different BMX disciplines. en.wikipedia.org
You Tube
- The source of the "BMX Stunt Show" Video. Lots more great videos can be found here. www.youtube.com
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Bike stunts
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People also use BMXs to perform mad stunts. This is called street riding and occurs on public streets or private
property, typically within cities and towns. Without purpose-made ramps, riders have to improvise with banks, walls,
rails, gaps, etc. In fact, almost anything can be used as an obstacle, and it is precisely this that draws people to
street riding. Street riding relentlessly progresses, with obstacles, tricks and mad stunts that were considered too big
or technical to attempt, becoming common place. Taken from Wikipedia.
BMX Stunt Show
You Tube video clip
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