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Waxman Staff Writer Aug 3, 2015 3:27 PM UTC 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), “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. ### The Best Daredevil Rooftopping Photos  Vitaliy Raskalov (@raskalov) and Vadim Makhorov (@makhorov) have been rooftopping for five years. 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