The Kangaroo Kid

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Matt Coulter, the Kangaroo Kid, is a world class stuntman from Brisbane, Australia. Most of his stunts are performed on a Quad bike.

In 2000 he created two new "Guinness Book of Records" records by jumping 14 4 x 4 jeeps and 4 moving 4 x 4 jeeps.^[1]

On August 13, 1992, he tried to jump his bike over a steamboat on a lake at St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. However, the landing conditions for his bike were unfit and there was a crosswind. He ripped every ligament in his knee and a nerve, which left his left leg partially paralyzed. A year before that he tried to make jump but the ramp was only 8 feet tall and the steam boat was 20 feet tall on the water. His back wheels hit a vent and he landed face down in the water. He was pulled from the water and walked away with a few bruised ribs.

[edit] Video footage

Footage of the accident has been widely screened on tv shows and across the internet. It will be shown again on episode 8 of Shockwave a new series on the History Channel (February 16 2008). ^[2]