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    Robbie Maddison's ride in Tahiti was the result of three years of work on a surfing motorcycle.
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    When Maddison first cooked up this crazy idea, he sketched a motocrosser with a ski and a paddle, thinking it would work just fine.
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    Not quite. “We sank the motorcycle over a hundred times,” he says.
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    The stunt rider grew up in Australia and has always loved surfing.
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    “I’d feel like a child on an amusement park ride, just having the time of my life," Maddison says.
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    Maddison plans to continue tinkering with the design, because he sees plenty of room for improvement. “There’s plans to do some other crazy stuff."
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