Moto Jam: When bikes flew at Chennai’s thrilling motorsport stunt show

Chennai hosts Red Bull Moto Jam

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The Hindu

It’s a chicken. It’s a airplane.

No, it’s a motorcycle. And it’s up within the air.

At the recently-held Red Bull Moto Jam in Chennai’s Island Grounds, bikes flew within the air and vehicles raced sidewards. Even because the motorists had enjoyable with their automobiles, audiences watched in awe, in a night that was all about pace and magnificence.

They weren’t the one ones having enjoyable. Director Lokesh Kanagaraj, a shock visitor, went on a spin with rally champion Abdo Feghali, who, sporting a yellow Chennai Super Kings jersey, did every little thing doable with a BMW M4 automotive together with fast spins and quick turns.

Much later, Lokesh, at present engaged on Rajinikanth’s Coolie, would say, “I’ve never experienced something like this.”

That just about sums up the emotion that 1000’s of Chennaiites felt, at the same time as they skilled a multi-discipline celebration of motorsports with motorists pushing their limits with their machines. If stunt racer Abdulrahman Ahmed Alraeesi bought his automotive to race on two wheels, Sebastian Westberg, Vivian Ganther and Thomas Wirnsberger revved their freestyle motocross bikes to carry out stunts within the air, a lot to the delight of the spectators.

Among many firsts that this motorsport spectacle threw up have been Lebanon-based Abdo Feghali’s stunts utilizing drifting, a driving method the place a automotive is made to slip sideways, and Lithuania-based Arunas Gibieza’s (Aras) stunts on his Triumph Street triple stunt bike.

A stunt bike rider at Red Bull Moto Jam 2025, held at Island Grounds in Chennai
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S Shiva Raj

Aras is not any stranger to Chennai, having carried out earlier in reveals and school occasions. He began off with a delicate wheelie however quickly, got here into his personal when he stood on the bike, even because the car stored shifting ahead. Aras recollects, “When I was four, I was at a friend’s place, having dinner, when the TV showcased a race. The guy who finished the race was crossing the finish line in style. I said, ‘Wow, I want to do that.’”

He did precisely that in Moto Jam, whereas Chennai regarded on in awe. Aras, dreaming to quickly get a Guinness Record for the longest no-hands motorbike wheelie, a document he held not way back, is thrilled at the general public help he bought in India. “This will go a long way in spreading the word about motorsports in the country, and I hope it inspires many people to take it up, with appropriate safety precautions.”