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Chris was born in a small town called Skewen in South Wales, Great Britain in 1957.
Chris found his extraordinary talent for motorbike jumping quite by accident. One day, whilst out scrambling on some waste ground, he hit a canal bank at high speed, launching him into the air. He flew for a distance of approximately 40 feet, landing on the other side of the canal. Chris found this a truly exhilarating experience, and knew that this was the beginning to a new and exciting life.
Chris became a dad in 1977, when his son Shane was born.
Chris' first public appearance was in 1977, performing for the Queen's cousin Henrietta Rose, at the Clevelly Art Festival in Devon. This lead to Chris performing small jumps at numerous shows around the country.
In 1981 Chris embarked on his first big jump, when he achieved his first world obstacle record over 28 cars. This jump attracted a large crowd of approximately 30,000 people.
Following this jump, Chris was offered a 3 month tour of New Zealand. He left Britain on 19th November 1981. It was during this tour that Chris met the love of his life, Donna.
Chris and Donna became constant companions, and she returned to Britain with him in March 1982. They were married one year later on 8th August 1983. Chris and Donna were to spend their honeymoon at the venue for Chris' next exploit, his world record attempt over 18 double deck buses.
This jump appeared on international tv news because Chris made the jump twice, one straight after the other, which was unheard of in those days.
Chris describes this as one of the best moments of his life, he says, "To succeed in obtaining the world record was a great personal achievement but to see the look of pride on my wife's face was the greatest achievement of all." Chris still holds the world obstacle record for the 18 double deck buses.
In 1988, Chris and Donna became the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl, whom they named Natalie. Three years later they once again became the proud parents of another beautiful daughter, whom they named Natasha.
In July, 1992, Chris set off for Scotland where Chris had been booked to do a 8 show tour.
After a show on the 19th July 1992, Donna was involved in serious accident. Sadly, Donna passed away 3 days later.
After Donna's death, Chris gave up his career to raise his three children.
But in 1995 he decided to resume his career, and on 13th August 1995 he attempted a new world record over 21 juggernauts. He was unsuccessful at this attempt, and had a close shave with death, but despite the odds being against him he walked away from the jump totally unscathed. Chris was wearing Donna's wedding ring on a chain around his neck during the jump, and he is convinced that she was watching over him that day and keeping him safe.
Chris was adamant that he wanted to make this attempt again, and on 17th August 1997 he once again attempted the world record. This time he equaled his own 1986 world obstacle record.
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