Motocross and paragliding combine for world's first Ride and Fly

French athlete Tom Pages has combined x and paragliding to produce the world's first Ride and Fly in the French Alps. The five-times X Games gold medallist spent over two years working on the spectacular stunt, which was dreamt up and developed with his friend Valentin Delluc. After taking off, Pages had to unhook his paraglider controls and take his hands off the handlebars to navigate the flight. He reached speeds of more than 80 kilometers per hour under a glider a third the size of a paraglider wing, and during the tight turns close to the ground his speed peaked at nearly 100 kilometres per hour. Pages designed the sail suspension system himself, buying a sewing machine and learning to weave ropes. - Report from Reuters