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The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome [3] or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from 20 to 36 feet (6.1 to 11.0 m) in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists, or the drivers of miniature automobiles and tractors travel along the vertical wall and ...
Lillian La France (1894–1979) was billed as the world's foremost woman motorcycle stunt rider, [1] one of a handful of female stunt riders in the 1920s and 1930s. [2]Born Agnes Micek [1] in Kansas, USA and billed as "The Girl Who Flirts With Death", La France started riding the Wall of Death carnival sideshow and motordrome in 1924 at the age of 30.
A motordrome, also known as “The Wall of Death,” is a barrel shaped track made of smooth two by four inch boards that bank upward at a 45-60 degree angle. [8] Eaton rode her 1912 Indian motorcycle along the inside of the barrel wall at speeds up to 60 miles per hour – often with no hands.
English: Four-motocycle gig on the Wall of Death "Motodrom" at Oktoberfest in Munich 2017 Русский: Четыре мотоцикла на вертикальной стене "Motodrom" на Октоберфесте в Мюнхене, 2017 г.
The Globe of Death is a circus and carnival stunt where stunt riders ride motorcycles inside a mesh sphere ball. It is similar to the wall of death, but in this act riders can loop vertically as well as horizontally. [1] There have been three performance-related deaths recorded between 1949 and 1997. [2]
The rider and bike were found down an embankment, CHP said.
24/7 Wall St. compiled data from government agencies and the organizations associated with these "extreme" activities to determine which had the highest rates of accident and death.
Jagath Perera performing various motorcycle stunts on a 1928 Indian Scout in a Wall of Death. A wheelie on a motorized vehicle is a relatively common phenomenon. In drag racing they are considered a problem, robbing power that could be used to accelerate the vehicle faster, and many classes of drag racing use wheelie bars to prevent them.