new record for longest snowmobile jump

Ross Mercer of Whitehorse, Yukon, jumped 80.3 m (263.5 ft.), breaking his previous record of 74.6 m (245 ft.). on March 12th in Steamboat Springs, Colo. He performed the record long distance ramp jump at The Compound, the world's largest snowmobile terrain park. An official world-record attempt, Mercer's jump was verified by Landmark Surveyors, and has been filed with Guinness World Records.

The jump took Mercer months of preparation with sponsor Red Bull. It was performed on a 2007 Ski-Doo race chassis with an 800 engine. The world record jump came after a methodical training program where Mercer
gradually increased his speed and the distance of the ramp from the landing. So, let's remember not to try this in our backyards!