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The St. Louis daredevil on one wheel

One jump. One fix. Forest Park.

I'm Brian Rafael Také. I'm jumping bigger and bigger things until St. Louis builds a daredevil school in Forest Park. Every jump on the way fixes one thing. All for glory. None of it for money.

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Next jump · Ep 01 · New Year's Eve --

Jump 01 · New Year's Eve · midnight

The Weekend Special

A 16-foot gap, 10 feet up. The fix: a toothbrush, soap and toilet paper for everyone booked into the city jail.

Lands it. 4.8 ft onto the deck, at midnight.

The plan Solve it before I try it

Jump 02 · Spring

The Metro Urus

A 40-foot city bus, end to end. The fix: stop running buses empty, and write the wheel into the law.

Clears the roof by 4 ft at the top of the arc.

The plan Solve it before I try it

Jump 03 · The finale

Art Hill

Down Art Hill at 40, a hundred feet of air, the whole city on the hill. The fix: the park itself, a daredevil school in Forest Park.

Lands it 25 ft lower, 2.0 seconds later.

The plan Solve it before I try it

Your move

I jump. You sign. St. Louis builds.

Not a dollar. Just your support. The goal: every one of the city's 79 neighborhoods.

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Concept, drawn to scale. Not performed yet.

Season One

Project 950

Three jumps, one fix each: a toothbrush in the city jail, a wheel with a bike's rights, and the park itself. It kicks off at midnight on New Year's Eve. Each one ends with a crowd. Named for the first fix: 950 hygiene kits, 314 from the city, 636 from the county. A Race Terminal series. Presenting partner: open.

Next up · Episode 01 · New Year's Eve

The Weekend Special

The kickoff. New Year's Eve, a Thursday, at midnight: a 16-foot gap, 10 feet up, lip to deck. The one jump of the three built to be sure. For Project 950: 950 hygiene kits, 314 from the city and 636 from the county, handed to the Justice Center for everyone booked into the weekend special.

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The cause · The Justice CenterNobody should sit in a cell from Thursday to Monday without a toothbrush, a bar of soap or toilet paper.

3 mph at the lip · 16 ft gap · a 16-foot gap, 10 feet up

The plan for Episode 01Solve it before I try it

The speed ladder

Speed at the lip, jump by jump, on the same 20° ramp kit. The gap grows with the square of the speed: double it and you fly four times as far.

3 mph01The Weekend Special35 mph02The Metro Urus40 mph03Art Hill
  1. New Year's Eve

    The Weekend Special

    The kickoff. New Year's Eve, a Thursday, at midnight: a 16-foot gap, 10 feet up, lip to deck. The one jump of the three built to be sure. For Project 950: 950 hygiene kits, 314 from the city and 636 from the county, handed to the Justice Center for everyone booked into the weekend special.

    The cause · The Justice CenterNobody should sit in a cell from Thursday to Monday without a toothbrush, a bar of soap or toilet paper.

    My endA few broken bones. Maybe worse.

    • 22 mph at the lip
    • 16 ft gap · 10 ft up
    • 950 kits · 314 + 636
    The stuntThe causeThe math
  2. Spring

    The Metro Urus

    Over a 40-foot city bus the long way, bumper to bumper, ramp to ramp. Named for the question nobody asks: with 6 people on board, a chauffeured Lamborghini would be cheaper. Why is the bus so empty?

    The cause · Transit, and the wheelStop running 40-foot buses nearly empty. And give the wheel the same rights as a bike.

    My endParalysis. 35 mph, 53 feet, bumper to bumper, no net.

    • 35 mph at the lip
    • 53 ft gap
    The stuntThe causeThe math
  3. Finale

    Art Hill

    The longest jump of the season, on the softest ground in the city: down Art Hill at 40, a hundred feet of air, the whole city on the hill. It lands where the school goes.

    The cause · Forest ParkThe takeover already picked Forest Park. Give it a gate: a daredevil school and an EUC section, lit, late and free for city kids. The last jump lands where the school goes.

    My endMy life. A hundred feet of air down Art Hill at 40, no second try.

    • 40 mph at the lip
    • 110 ft of air
    • 25 ft lower
    The stuntThe causeThe math
Before any of it · Episode 00Také StyleThe athlete's own stance, proven in a physics lab.
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The deal

Every jump fixes one thing. The last one builds the park.

I'm jumping bigger and bigger things until St. Louis builds a daredevil school in Forest Park. Every jump on the way fixes one thing. Three this season, each riskier than the last, and so is what I put up.

  1. 01A toothbrush in the city jailMy end: A few broken bones.
  2. 02A wheel with a bike's rightsMy end: Paralysis.
  3. 03The park itselfMy end: My life.

All for glory. None of it for money. The whole deal

The film · 60 seconds

ONE LOVE.

We are all made of stardust. Three pieces, one ending: the city rises, it all starts with a bang, and the next player steps up.

World peace · party · repeat. A teaser made with AI. Full screen →

Watch · 75 seconds

Kids need a new kind of superhero.

One they can become. It starts with simple kindness and basic respect. At the most basic level, a toothbrush.

  • Kindness first
  • A toothbrush
  • Forest Park
Concept footage made with AI. Every jump gets solved by students before it gets tried, and filmed for real from the first day of training.

Season Two · you pick

And the next jump is yours to pick.

Eight jumps we dreamed up are still on the table. One vote each. Here's what's leading.

  1. #1The Wash Ave Gap69-ft gap · 40 mph · nine stories upBe the first voteVote for it
  2. #2The BendOne mile · one bend · at nightBe the first voteVote for it
  3. #3Center Stage53-ft gap · 35 mphBe the first voteVote for it
All eight, or pitch your own

The manifesto

Stan Lee is gone.

Kids need a new kind of hero. One they can become.

Brian on one wheel at night, sparks off the tire, crossing a city street.

Not one in a comic book. One who does something hard for glory, not money, does it in public, and doesn't quit until he lands it.

The code

Knowledge + educationoverWealth + power

Peace + loveoverViolence + destruction

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The Daredevil School · Forest Park

If you want to risk your life, come risk it here.

A daredevil school and an EUC section in Forest Park: a lit loop closed to cars, a ramp yard and a foam pit, open late when nobody else is around. Helmets, spotters, and the math before every attempt. For the kids who'd take the risk anyway. The takeover already picked the park. Give it a gate.

  • Open lateLights on after 10 p.m., when the park is empty.
  • 314 free, 636 pays $5City kids ride free. County kids pay a $5 cover at the gate, and that funds the program.
  • One strikeOut is out. Nobody wants to lose it.

A night at the school

  1. 10:00The gateCheck-in at the one way in: ID to the list, bag open, a parent on file for anyone under 18. Gear fitted before your wheel comes off the car. Nobody rides without a helmet, pads and a spotter who knows their name.
  2. 10:30GroundEverybody rides the loop first, whatever belt you wear. Then the board: tonight's numbers for every ramp, lip speed, gap, landing. You don't line up until you've solved your line on paper and someone has checked it.
  3. 11:00SendAttempts in order, one at a time, spotters on the landing, the ramp lead on the radio. Land it three times and you move up. Miss, and the foam pit is why we have one. Lights off at 2. Home before the city wakes up.
The loop, the yard, the belts

On the mic

Charlie Brown

Mizzou's leading rusher in 1965 and 1966. Led the Big Eight in rushing in 1965. New Orleans Saints, then the CFL. Thirty years running St. Louis schools. Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, 2021.

Three things he told me

The whole record

To everyone about to say this is too dangerous for kids: they're already doing dangerous things, every weekend, in the street, with no gear and nobody watching. I'd rather be standing next to them.

Put me on the list The whole school
Who I amFor glory, not money. The bio, in three parts: what I was given, what I chased, what I'm leaving. The wheelINMOTION P6. 235 volts, 20 kW peak, one tire. Between jumps, I build softwareRace Terminal, Sigil, Shine Terminal, BURPT, Pwnzie, Sweep. Twenty years of sales before that.

The landing

Now it's your turn.

  1. 01Solve the jumpCall the landing before I make it. Free, grades 6 to 12.
  2. 02Put a hero on the wallYou or someone else. Earn your belts, White to Black.
  3. 03Sign your nameAll I'm asking for. It tells the city St. Louis wants this.

This time, everyone sees it coming.For glory, not money Solve it first

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