After this Maddison went on to win numerous international FMX events around the world and has been recognized as one of the best FMX riders of all time. Maddo's motto: "Face your fears – live your dreams" On 31 December 2007, (on the 40th anniversary of
Evel Knievel jumping the fountains at
Caesars Palace), and live on the
ESPN cable TV network, Maddison broke the World motorcycle jumping record, travelling 98.34m on a motorbike. He repeated the event immediately afterward, successfully landing the jump, as his fiancée Amy looked on. His second attempt, however, did not go as far as the first jump; he was not injured in either jump. On 29 March 2008, Maddison broke his own world record twice during the Crusty Demons Night of world Records show in
Melbourne, Australia. During his first jump he travelled and landed on the safety zone nearly hitting the front of the landing ramp. On his second attempt Maddison broke the world record by travelling . This time he landed hard on his back tyre 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, Maddison and his
Yamaha YZ 250 motorbike successfully jumped up onto the Arc de Triomphe in front of
Paris Las Vegas and then descended an drop off the monument safely to ground level. Maddison 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. On 30 May 2009, Maddison indicated he was more than just a stuntman by defeating the world's best freestyle riders at the
Calgary, AB, Canada stop of the
Red Bull X-Fighters competition. His victory in the Head-to-Head competition meant he had to progress through three rounds, defeating multiple X Games medallist
Nate Adams (USA) in the first, defending series champion
Mat Rebeaud (SUI) in the semi-final round and then 30-year-old series veteran
Eigo Sato (JPN) in the final. On 13 July 2009, Maddison jumped
Tower Bridge in London, with a backflip, whilst the drawbridge was open by 25 feet. The following weekend Maddison went on to the Red Bull X-Fighters
championship in
Madrid, winning the best trick contest with a brand new trick, an 'under flip one hander to side saddle lander'. In March 2010, Maddison become the first person to jump the start gantry at the Formula One in Melbourne, Australia. On 7 April 2010, Maddison performed a motocross jump over the
Corinth Canal in Greece. That made him the first FMX rider who accomplished to cross over the canal on his motorbike. He took off with a speed of 120 km/h and jumped over more than 80m. About the jump, Maddison said: "Jumping across the Corinth Canal became a challenge I just could not resist. 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!" On 31 December 2011 Maddison attempted to jump 400 feet across
San Diego Bay as part of
Red Bull New Year No Limits, in a tandem jump with American
snowmobile racer
Levi LaVallee. After landing over 391 ft in practice, he landed shy of the 400 feet goal on the night due to the fog, damp conditions and reduced traction, landing 378 ft, 9 inches. Maddison went to Istanbul early in 2012 to be the motorbike
stunt double for James Bond actor
Daniel Craig in the Bond movie
Skyfall. He went on to receive a
Screen Actors Guild Award for best stunt ensemble for
Skyfall. In 2013 he went on to win the
Taurus World Stunt Awards for "best stunt with a vehicle." In April 2015 Maddison successfully rode a modified dirt motorbike on a wave near
Teahupoo in Tahiti, after two years of preparation for the event. In 2016, Maddison developed a special edition
snow bike in cooperation with YETI SnowMX, the 2017 'Special Edition Robbie Maddison YETI SnowMX snowbike'. On 4 February 2017, Maddison claimed on his Facebook page that, "I set a new world record yesterday on distance ridden on the water", showing photos of his distance of 19.8 miles in a time of 31.29 at a top speed of 45 mph happening on 3 February 2017. ==Sponsors and partnerships==