Freestyle Motocross

Freestyle Motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders trying to impress judges with jumps and stunts.

Two main types of freestyle events are:

Big Air (also known as Best Trick), in which each rider gets two jumps - usually covering more than 75 ft (22.8m) - from the dirt-covered road. A panel of judges evaluates the style, trick difficulty, and originality and produces a score on a scale of 100 points. Each rider highest single-jump score compared; top score wins.
Freestyle Motocross, the older of the two disciplines. Riders perform two routines, lasting between 90 seconds and 14 minutes, on a course consisting of multiple jumps of varying lengths and angles that generally occupy 1-2 acres (0.4-0.8 hectares). Such as Big Air, a panel of judges assigns each contestant a score based on a 100 point scale, looking for difficult tricks and variations over jumps.
Leading Freestyle motocross events include Red Bull X-Fighters, NIGHT of the jump, the X-Games, Gravity Games, Big X, Moto-X Freestyle National Championship, and the Dew Action Sports Tour. Freeriding is the original form of freestyle motocross who started in the hills of southern California; for professional racers like Jeremy McGrath and Phil Lawrence "play riding" in the hills Reche canyon. It does not have the structure, and is traditionally done on public land. Riders to jump nature and drop-offs to execute their tricks. Some freeriders prefer to jump in the dunes. In many ways, freeriding requires more skill and mental abilities. Famous freeriding locations include Ocotillo Wells and Glamis Dunes in California, Beaumont, California, and Cainville, Utah.

Evolution of Backflip

A One-Handed Hart Attack carried out by Ailo Gaup
Backflip ever Considered the "holy grail FMX". It is a trick that every rider and appropriately considered unlikely Considered more in video games than in real life. Speculation possibility Starting Among freestyle motocross riders in the Motocross in 1998 with the film Children of God Metal (1998) featuring riders tried to trick into the water off ramp modified. Also has done many times on the BMX bike and FMX riders using the tricks of BMX riders, such as Travis Pastrana performed an Air India, is derived from Mat Hoffman, BMXer a. Unknown to most if not all freestyle motocross riders at the time, two people have succeeded backflipped review their bikes.

In 1991, Jose Yanez Be the first to backflip a motocross bike. He practiced for it by flipping the bike to the Salt River, as it has done with his BMX bike. He will kill the engine on his 80cc motorcycle before he hit the water to prevent damage to the bike. Jose Yanez backflip performed the world's first road-to-road on a motorcycle motocross 80cc in October 1991 to 8 'tall box jump he built himself in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The next Jose motocross backflip attempt, this time to The National Enquirer led to an accident that kept Jose off a motorcycle and bicycle for two years because of a knee Injured.

In 1993, Bob Kohl is the second person to do a backflip on a motocross bike. Bicycles are the 1993 Honda CR80. She is a professional BMX rider who has done the trick regularly on a bicycle. He continues to show the trick until an accident in 1995 left him with serious injuries.

In 2000, Carey Hart attempted first ever backflip on a full size motocross bike off a ramp of dirt landed modified on Gravity Games 2000. The landing is less than perfect with Carey crashing soon after. Speculation in the following motocross community, with many claiming he completed the trick and others claimed to have tried it. Whatever the outcome, Freestyle Motocross forever changed. Many people began to try it Alone, like Travis Pastrana, who tried a backflip off a Step Up jump at the Summer X Games Freestyle. He bailed off mid-flight, breaking his foot. The trick is still untried in normal FMX setup, setup off ramp to dirt. Carey Hart tried to backflip again in the Summer X Games in 2001, during the Moto X Best Trick competition, but redeemed from the motorcycle 45 feet (14 m) in the water.

In 2002, Caleb Wyatt (born January 1, 1976) was the first to ever do a backflip on a motorcycle huge success. On April 25, 2002 at Rogue Valley Motocross track (RVMX), Caleb Wyatt executed backflip. A photograph taken by the owner Caleb RVMX track to document the event and can be viewed on her website.

The first successful Backflip Caleb Wyatt conducted on a pile of mulch of grass clippings, leaves and bark that was originally intended for track maintenance RVMX. Wyatt built quarter pipe road with vertical take-off fully pushed into a pile of mulch.

2002 SAW backflip taken to X Games glory. Travis Pastrana and Mike Metzger both acts capable of flipping off ramps. Kenny Bartram still learning flips, doing them on the backs of dirt landing, like Hart in the 2000 Gravity Games. The unthinkable has become reality; Backflip is now common place in the freestyle competition. Mike Metzger has Achieved backflip back-to-back, where he won gold at the Summer X Games Freestyle 8.

Many riders have done a remarkable achievement of the backflip, with this comes a lot of variety in 2003. Regular tricks being used in backflips like 'No Footers', 'HeelClickers' and 'One Handed' Backflips. It was then when the backflip was not one-trick wonder, it has become a trick that can be used over longer distances, but it is more dangerous than the previous action.

2003 - 2005: This year saw the development of the trick, with many variations Including cliffhangers, cordovas etc. As well as the 360 ​​roomates disputed Consider some only off-axis flips. Backflip was perfected great distances Including more than 100 feet (30 m). In 2009 while filming for Travis Pastrana Nitro Circus complete the 120 foot (37 m) backflip as part of a larger crossover leaps, flips over a number of riders in the process below.

2006: Early in 2006 the Holy appears recordings Travis Pastrana completing a double backflip on a setup / sand uphill its popular Freestyle Motocross Nitro Circus movie. On August 4, 2006, at X Games 12 in Los Angeles, he had become the first rider to land a double backflip in competition. This trick, which many considered impossible, have now been completed on the dirt set-up is almost perfect. He also vowed to never do it again.

2007: Early 2007 SAW the advent of recording the rider Scott Murray conducted a number of successful double backflips, to setup a foam pit / road, where a large piece of foam placed at the end of the foam pit, where he landed a lot of double backflips. Later that year Murray tried to double backflip at the X Games but was unsuccessful and crashed on landing.

After the accident at the X Games, Scott Murray, tried again, successfully landed the trick in a Supercross event in Italy. Now he performs regularly at the 2008 Crusty Demons tour, although he had an accident in Canberra, Australia, during the show.

At the 2008 Summer X Games Jim Dechamp tried the front flip. He was not able to land and fell during the attempt, also violated his back. And then more than three months later during the Nitro Circus season 1 on MTV Jim managed to land the front flip during a Guinness World Record episode.

In early 2009, Metal mulisha racer Jeremy Lusk tried to Hart Attack Indian Air Backflip. He was under-rotated and fell, hitting his head on the landing. On February 10, he died of head and spinal injuries.

In early 2015, Nitro Circus rider Josh Sheehan landed three first backflip, the trick was considered impossible by many people, the setup street / dirt at Travis Pastrana's custom "Pastranaland" complex in Maryland. previously he had practiced the trick to a large air cushion in the complex Maryland, using the same custom built for the stunt.