Robert William Maddison, commonly known as Robbie Maddison and "Maddo" (born 14 July 1981) in Caringbah, Australia is an Australian motorbike stunt rider from the town of Kiama, New South Wales. Growing up in Kiama Downs he developed his passion for riding by competing in national motocross events.

He finished school at Kiama High and took up an electrician apprenticeship, after getting viral meningitis and viral encephalitis, which left him paralysed and blind in one eye. After recovering for numerous years with this virus he returned to the bike riding to further follow his passion.In May 2005, the Crusty Demons gave Robbie the opportunity to break two world records on his motorbike. 125cc distance Guinness world record- 221feet 250cc distance world record with a trick- 246 feet (75 m) superman seat grab.

On 29 March 2008, he broke his own world record twice during the Crusty Demons Night Of World Records show in Melbourne, Australia. During his first jump he travelled 316 feet (96.32 m) and landed on the safety zone nearly hitting the front of the landing ramp. On his second attempt he broke the world record by travelling 342 feet 7 inches (104.42 m) this time he landed hard on his back tire and was not satisfied by the jump, so he decided to jump once more. On his third jump he again broke the world record, this time with 106.98m (350.98 feet) into a perfect landing.On 1 January 2009, Live on ESPN in front of the world, Maddison successfully jumped 96 feet (29 m) up onto a replica of the Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas and then descended a 80-foot (24 m) drop off the monument to return safely to ground level. Robbie said after the jump that he may have broken his hand and had a gash to the bone in the webbing of his left hand.

Robbie Maddison's long and gory injury history got worse Saturday when the popular Australian suffered a collapsed lung and laceration on his right leg during practice for that evening's Moto X Speed & Style competition. The accident happened while he was practicing in the whoops on the speed course.

Daredevil Robbie Maddison is one of freestyle motocross' most famous names. Backflipping over London Bridge in 2009, the Red Bull X-Fighter went one stage further in 2010 when he cleared the Corinth Canal in Greece, a jump of more than 80 metres. Speaking about the incredible feat, Maddison said: "This jump involved the highest consequences I have faced so far. I believe that sometimes you have to take risks in life to become wiser and facing a challenge like this will help get me ready for the next aim I will face in the future. I am thrilled about managing to pull it off, as you know there is only one opportunity to get it right!" With more than a decade of amateur racing behind him, Robbie has emerged as one of the biggest draws in FMX. He started 2008 with a bang – jumping his motorcycle 322 feet, 7.5 inches to break the world record at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas – and finished the season on the podium in nearly every contest he competed in. He ended 2008 back in Vegas, jumping his bike onto the top of the 96-foot-high Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas before freefalling off it, at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. Now for the real challenge: Robbie’s next mission is to prove he can win the top spot in the radically different competition formats on the Dew Tour, at X Games and – his personal favourite – the international Red Bull X-Fighters series. “Red Bull X-Fighters is my favourite, for sure,” Maddo says. “The locations are insane, the format is great, and they have the most advanced, technical courses so the tracks are testing all the riders. It’s really a rider’s contest because it’s the most challenging, just the highest level contest on every avenue. It takes the cake."

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