Motocross star Colby Raha went full throttle over a wave pool and set a new record

There are big jumps, and then there are the kind of jumps that make people stop mid-sentence, stare at the sky, and wonder how something that heavy is still airborne.

On Saturday, January 31, freestyle motocross rider Colby Raha delivered one of those moments at Record Breakers, an extreme sports showcase held at Revel Surf Park in Mesa, Arizona. 

The event, presented by cannabis marketplace Weedmaps, drew thousands of fans as Raha, 31, launched his bike at full throttle, clearing the park’s lagoon before blasting up a towering quarter pipe and reaching roughly 90 feet of air.

Action-sports outlet Vurbmoto later recapped the event, noting the X Games medalist made “history with a new world record.” Fans who couldn’t make it in person got an even closer look when POV footage from a helmet-mounted GoPro surfaced online. The company later shared the clip on Instagram, writing, “Highest moto quarter-pipe air ever 🤯.”

And that assessment tracks. According to KTAR News, the jump surpassed a previous benchmark set in 2022, when professional BMX rider Jed Mildon reached 24.37 meters, or about 80 feet, on a quarter pipe, giving viewers a sense of just how high Raha actually went.

But the FMX standout wasn’t the only one putting it all on the line. The full-day festival bounced across disciplines, with the truck-jump spotlight landing on Blake Wilkey and Paul Fisher for a distance face-off. Wilkey launched a trophy truck buggy 214 feet, while Fisher answered with a 209-foot jump that he later called on Instagram a “distance world record for a steel cab truck!”

Meanwhile, BMX rider Andrew Topa’s record attempt ended in a brutal crash, but the clip made the rounds anyway after organizers said he ripped his hand open, needed stitches, and still “didn’t give up.” 

X Games medalist Dennis Enarson debuted what was billed as the event’s “world’s first” dirt mini mega ramp setup, and the guest list stayed stacked throughout the day, with Bruce Irons, Greyson Fletcher, and Nathan Fletcher among the names popping up around the venue.

The whole thing capped off at sunset with a set from The All-American Rejects — because apparently breaking world records over a wave pool wasn’t enough entertainment for one afternoon.