Kiwi BMX star Jed Mildon might not have made it to the official Guinness World Record book yesterday but he still made a personal best - and says he will be back to finish the job.
"The main goal today was the same as every day, to walk away safe and have the systems and the calculations work," Mildon said.
Mildon set out to make history on a hilly farm south of Rotorua yesterday afternoon by attempting to jump 30 metres on a pedal-assist eBike.
A twist in the front part of Mildon's bike and a fall on one of his speed runs put a stopper in those plans.
"[But] this all came about a year ago and we've been working on it for nine months.
"There's a lot of people behind this."
Bosch project manager Paul Gunn said he met Mildon a little over a year ago and had been working towards this jump ever since.
But even with tens of thousands in funding dollars, Gunn said getting to jump day was about having the right people in the right place and at the right time.
"We couldn't have done this without the Rotorua mountain biking community.