While Wall of Death would make the perfect name for a band, Florida-raised siblings and stunt performers Kyle and Cody Ives have been putting their own spin on the century-old stunt for nearly two decades.
Riding vertically at speeds of up to 40mph, the duo scale the walls of a 20-foot tall wooden drum thanks to their gravity-defying skills and the power of centrifugal force.
It’s a stunt that’s been around for over 100 years, first appearing at Coney Island in 1911, but the pair have made it their own over the years. “We added rock and roll, we added new bikes.
We made it a show and not a demonstration of how other people did it years ago,” Kyle Ives explained. “We did things our way all the way down to the tools and forklifts.
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