Larry Rippenkroeger is a stunt double. He was previously a jet-ski champion.^[1]

During the filming of the film Live Free or Die Hard, Rippenkroeger was the stunt double for Bruce Willis.^[2] Rippenkroeger was seriously injured when he fell twenty-five feet to the pavement.^[2] He suffered broken bones in his face and fractures in both wrists. Production was temporarily shut down. Willis picked up the tab at area hotels for Rippenkroeger's parents and visited him a number of times at the hospital. Rippenkroeger was also visited by actors Josh Duhamel and James Caan, who he also doubled for on Caan's TV series, Las Vegas.