We caught up with Renner at the Red Bull X-Fighters Fort Worth event a month before his World Record attmept, and this is what he had to say:

X-Fighter Practice	Sato's Fall

When quarter pipe record attempts go bad. This is a clip from a quarterpipe competition held in Aspen, Colorado during the 2008 Winter X-Games. Simon Dumont was attempting to set a world record boost. This is what happened.   On April 11th, Dumont tried it again establishing a new world record for highest air on a quarterpipe as he launched 35 feet into thin air at his home resort of Sunday River in Maine. Dumont beat previous record holder Terje Haakonsen's 32 feet 6 inches during his last day of attempts. Soaring a breathtaking 73 feet above the ground—more than a seven-story building.

Renner's Red Bull Experiment takes place on the world-famous Santa Monica Pier on Friday,
July 11 at 7:00 p.m. Freestyle motocross superstar Ronnie Renner will
attempt to establish the Guinness World Record for highest air ever
attained on a motorcycle. Breaking boundaries is at the core of the Red
Bull Experiment, which showcases the world’s best athletes performing
world-first, “experimental” sporting feats.

Renner and his girlfriend in Fort Worth, Texas	Renner at Red Bull X-Fighters

Renner is a respected freestyle motocross veteran, whose credentials
include a gold medal in Step-Up at the 2007 Summer X Games and until
recently, the Step-Up world record (35 feet high). He will attempt the
sky-high jumps onto a massive custom-built galvanized steel quarterpipe
measuring 64 feet wide and 25 feet tall.

While this Red Bull Experiment may surprise some enthusiasts who’ve known
the accomplished rider to be more focused on style, highlighted by huge
whips, rather than risk-taking, Renner assures everyone that he’s ready to
soar into freestyle fame. “My whole career has been shaping up to do
something unique like this,” he said. “I feel like the sport needs it. I
don’t want to just be a trick guy. This is where my heart is at.”

‘SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY
Renner’s jump will be the third chapter of the Red Bull Experiment,
following the record-shattering performances of fellow motocross sensation
Robbie Maddison and BMX star Kevin Robinson. Maddison jumped the length of
a football field in front of thousands on New Year’s Eve, clearing 322 feet
at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. On June 12, Robinson
soared 27 feet above the lip of a huge quarterpipe (54 feet above the
ground) in New York’s Central Park to set the BMX big air world record.

Renner is set to join this elite group amidst a backdrop of the iconic, and
newly renovated, Pacific Park Ferris Wheel at the Santa Monica Pier on the
Southern California coast. “Los Angeles - Santa Monica specifically - is
the perfect location,” he remarked. “It’s the biggest stage for the biggest
air.”

Currently celebrating the 100th anniversary of its construction, the Santa
Monica Pier has become a national tourist destination and its carousel was
named a National Historic Landmark in 1983. The end of famed Route 66 hosts
millions of visitors every year on its wooden planks.