with all due respects to the vegas trifecta (drunk tank inevitably being the third), id rather hang out at pastranaland then have either. not ride, not moto, just hang out and watch the gongshow unfold. my concept of entertainment and doing cool shit has never been the same since travis came upon the scene. so cheers for that, and thanks for putting up this video. sincerely, mediocre old man
Because if he fell once it would probably kill him. I'm shocked he was trying and landed the first ever moto frontflip. That dude is insane to keep going after all the abuse he's put his body through.
oops, you're right. Jackson Strong did it a bit ago and Cook tried a double frontie and ended up seriously hurt (SCI I believe). The vid musta meant the first one on that ramp.
I was talking about the ramp, if you watch the video he says it was 14ft than they jacked it up to 17ft which was still the biggest thing ever hit by a bicycle. This was all before they put it up to 20ft... 17ft is huge but I think some people could challenge that claim.
Not that it matters now because they made the ramp 20ft afterwards.
Dude, just the run in to that huge moto ramp, you need to be a super good rider to be able to pin it thru that shiznit. Probably the reason why most of these ramp monkeys won't be able to hit it.
Pastrana is so nuts! Love this guy
Normally I would say "hurry there are 154 bones left to break, but I really enjoyed the first jump of the last few, I mean 4:03. The best jump ever in my opinion.
definitely, but the cork 7 to airbag just shortly after, on a moto also really trumps things up, wow!. i guess he calls it a rodeo 720... but no wait, via wikipedia: "...back in 2009, once he landed the trick, he named it the TP7, due to the fact that he was 20 degrees short of 720...", this guy is unreal!
I think it has something to do with negotiating fear over pain memories and risks predictions. Travis just got used to the facts that a lot of his bones are broken several times, there is probability of breaking them again, and it would probably hurt a lot. He clearly decided that it is a cost he can pay for the fun and for the life he is enjoying. I remember him since watching jumps on extreme sports channel about 10 years ago and he must have impressed me already, becuase it is his name I remember. The only better rider I can think of in this discipline is ghost rider (kidding).
Considerring the 4:03 jump, I cannot stop admirring his skills in facing dynamic centre of mass and airflow and using it to control the flight. He almost stopped in the air, to fall down flipping. It is a big wow for me.
When I look at the "amazing ramp", the only thing I am thinking of is the sheer size of it. Going further, why not enlarging the kicker by ten times and the air pillow by ten times in each direction, to do stuff redbull would envy.
I'm just stoked travis doesn't have a comb over-side part cut like everyone and there lil sister has these days...surfers, soccer, punkers, hipsters, jocks, gangters, mx, mtb, gays/straights...its hilarious!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wUh7dTdTqjo
might as well return my balls.
my concept of entertainment and doing cool shit has never been the same since travis came upon the scene. so cheers for that, and thanks for putting up this video.
sincerely,
mediocre old man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6kFCNsnQpQ
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Considerring the 4:03 jump, I cannot stop admirring his skills in facing dynamic centre of mass and airflow and using it to control the flight. He almost stopped in the air, to fall down flipping. It is a big wow for me.
When I look at the "amazing ramp", the only thing I am thinking of is the sheer size of it. Going further, why not enlarging the kicker by ten times and the air pillow by ten times in each direction, to do stuff redbull would envy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28nJEevCZw