Not content with setting insane speed records on snow, Austrian daredevil Max Stöckl has just hit a jaw-dropping 167.6kph on gravel in the Atacama Desert, Chile
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The Red Bull rider, 42, chose a Mondraker Summum Carbon Pro Team for his latest record attempt, fitted with Fox Performance Elite forks with 205mm travel up front and a Fox DHX2 Factory Kashima shock out back with 222x70mm of travel.
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While crashing at these kinds of speeds on the harsh gravel of the Atacama Desert is always going to hurt, Stöckl was wearing a specially-made protective suit similar to those worn by downhill skiers, which inflates in the event of a crash like a car airbag, and a self-made helmet in two parts.
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