Snowmobile

SAN DIEGO -- What's better than one daredevil flying through the sky on New Year's Eve?

How about two.

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee will make side-by-side attempts to break world records for the longest motorcycle and snowmobile jumps in the latest edition of the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. series

The concurrent jumps will be over a 300-foot water gap at Embarcadero Marina Park on San Diego Bay.

LaVallee of Longville, Minn., was scheduled to attempt his snowmobile jump last New Year's Eve in snowless San Diego but was seriously injured in a crash during training two weeks earlier.

Maddison wants to jump 400 feet, which would shatter the current record of 391 feet. LaVallee wants to break his record of 361 feet, set hours before his big wipeout.

Snowmobiler Levi LaVallee intended to ring in the New Year with a daring jump of more than 300 feet in front of a live national audience.

Instead, the Winter X Games star will spend a mellow night on the sofa, hoping to stay awake long enough to watch the ball drop at midnight if his banged-up body permits it.

Quite a drastic change in plans.

Considering what happened, Lavallee's not complaining.

While training for the latest edition of the "Red Bull: New Year. No Limits." daredevil series that was set for New Year's Eve, LaVallee lost control of his snowmobile high in the air and landed violently on his side, bouncing down the landing ramp. He broke ribs, cracked his pelvis, collapsed one lung and punctured the other.

BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST, Minn. -- I'd almost forgotten how much fun this is.

We're somewhere in the forest now, immersed in a winter wonderland of pine and spruce trees laden with snow. The forest canopy nearly blots out the sky, even though it's the middle of the day.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Officials are warning of avalanche danger in much of Utah's mountain backcountry.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Avalanche Center is warning about dangerous conditions in northern portions of the state.