Watch the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Fly High in Gymkhana 9
It hasn’t been too long since Ken Block blessed us with Gymkhana 8, which featured the previous generation Ford Raptor in a crazy stunt in the city of Dubai. But this time, it’s the 2017 Raptor that takes (a high) center stage in the 9th chapter of his tire-shredding video series.
Block’s new video is incredible and amazingly-complicated, but like most humans, after watching eight previous similar editions, I wasn’t wowed by any of his skilled stunts. At least until I saw a 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor hanging from a freaking helicopter!
Although there’s been similar stunts in previous versions where Block paints rubber circles around moving objects, this one seemed particularly difficult, as the Raptor is dangling in front of him with zero-to-little control. A wind gust could easily push the truck into Block and cause trouble.
While I love watching the Gymkhana videos, this ninth edition only made me think about what the future holds for the franchise. I mean, you can only do so many drift stunts until you run out of ideas. Call me crazy, but I think those ideas are starting to run out.
Will we see a Gymkhana 10?