Waiting until the wind died away, first in the early morning and then again at sunset, Jason Bird (he prefers to be called just Bird) soared through the air on his motorcycle, twice beating the accepted world record for long distance jumping. Using a ramp he and his girlfriend built, he went 361 feet on his morning jump and 343 in the evening, both better than the current record. Bird has practiced for weeks both at a site near the Buena Vista Golf Course and more recently at this site near the Honolulu Hills Raceway. Bird sped down a dirt road at more than 90 miles per hour, then sailed off the ramp (above right) over the hills (above left) and into the record books. Whether or not his records are officially recognized isn't as important to Bird as the fact that he just jumped that far.