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# Watch a Guy 'Surf' Massive Waves in Tahiti on a Dirt Bike
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In a video released Sunday, Australian motorbike stunt rider Robbie “Maddo” Maddison rides a dirt bike through waves at Teahupoo and Papara in Tahiti, a French Polynesian island in the Pacific Ocean. In about 24 hours, YouTube footage of the stunt, which was part of a promotion for Maddo’s shoe line with DC Shoes, generated more than 3 million views.
How did it feel? Maddison told [_Surfer_ magazine](http://www.surfermag.com/features/a-daredevil-in-tahiti/#7jiu5iYQQMhkDtfx.97 "undefined"), “I’ve never felt like I was in the wrong place at the wrong time more than I did right there. It was a near-death experience.”
Past death-defying stunts include doing a backflip over London’s Tower Bridge and jumping over the Corinth Canal in Greece — both on a motorbike.
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