The Kangaroo Kid  Matt Coulter, the Kangaroo Kid, is a world class stuntman from Gold Coast, Australia. Most of his stunts are performed on a Quad bike. In 2000, he created two new "Guinness Book of Records" records by jumping 14 4 x 4 jeeps and 4 moving 4 x 4 jeeps. In a wild west theme park outside of Cornwall, England, His double failure at jumping over a Paddle steamer named the "Lady Retallack" on his quad bike appeared on television. Years later, Matt admitted to crashing due to not having a clue what he was doing back then. Being the first person to jump a Quad a long distance he has said he had a few crashes before he learned the trade. The Paddle Steamer jumps have aired on TV all over the world on documentaries and action sports shows since 1992 and still do to this day. Matt's story begins in 1969 in Mornington Australia and takes him on a journey to America, France, Italy, Holland and finally to the UK where in 1989 he embarks on a career as a showman. At the age of seven Matt's mum Joy bought him a 50cc Honda from the local hardware store. Not long after that Joy found herself taking him along to the local schoolboy motorcross events and found that her son had a natural ability for racing. Matt progressed to Quad bikes when they were imported into Australia and was one of the first to compete in the newly formed Australian Quad Racing Championships. After becoming Australian 250cc champion he took off for America to compete in the USA Quad Championships. Matt then went on to compete in the French, Italian and UK championships, becoming the Italian and UK Champion. Matt's career as a showman took off when he started to perform at county and motor shows around the UK. On 13 November 1991, Matt attempted his first Paddle Steamer jump over the 20 ft "Lady Retallack" on a canal at a Wild West theme park in Cornwall, England. Using an 8 ft high ramp, Matt had done little preparation and had agreed to the jump without thinking about the consequences. His back wheels hit the top of the paddle steamer, taking out a funnel and causing Matt to be catapulted facefirst into the canal. Mike Bryant, the cameraman, was convinced Matt had killed himself, but to everyone's amazement he was pulled from the canal with only a few bruised ribs. On 13 August 1992, he attempted the same jump with a bigger ramp 25 ft high and 100 ft long.