{"id":1915,"date":"2015-08-29T18:12:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T16:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2015-08-29T18:12:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T16:12:51","slug":"bmx-rider-drew-bezanson-pushes-fear-to-the-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/people\/2015\/bmx-rider-drew-bezanson-pushes-fear-to-the-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"BMX Rider Drew Bezanson pushes fear to the limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

HALIFAX, NS \u2013 August 27, 2015 \u2013 Imagine, looking over the ledge into the abyss of a dizzying 40ft drop. As your palms grow sweaty, you\u2019re reluctant to get too close as the vertigo kicks in \u2013 nerves freeze you in your tracks. But for professional BMX rider Drew Bezanson, his goal is to launch himself from that four-storey ledge and onto a curved wall suspended in mid-air six feet away which will return him safely to where he started. Controlling those nerves and accepting the fear are what set Bezanson apart from the pack, as documented in his latest video release \u2018Uncontainable\u2019 from Red Bull. <\/p>\n

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Bezanson admits to feeling fear, it just takes him a bit more than most to get there \u2013 roughly 40ft. to be exact. On a secret site near his home of Truro, Nova Scotia, Bezanson worked tirelessly throughout the summer with renowned ramp builders to put together some of the biggest BMX obstacles ever ridden using enormous shipping containers that could be stacked and rearranged in endless configurations. Each individual shipping container stands at roughly 9.6ft. \u2013 when stacked 4 high, that\u2019s 38.4ft above ground. For scale, that\u2019s the same as a four-storey building, that’s eight feet more than the highest platform in competitive diving. <\/p>\n