It is with the heaviest of hearts to write this, but Jayo Archer has passed away leaving a void impossible to fill for his friends, family and fans around the world.

While it is early news, we respect the wishes of friends and family and hope they are able to grieve easier without scrutiny during this terrible time.

All I can say right now is, he was one of the best guys I had met in Freestyle MX. His personality, attitude and positivity was infectious. He was so humble, easy to talk too with no ego associated with the level of success he had achieved and the limits he was pushing.

My thoughts are with his family and friends right now. This will be the toughest of times for them but to know that we all respected Jayo so much.

If you would like to listen to our Podcast and hear how passionate he was about the Triple Flip, tune in here on Spotify:

I’m absolutely gutted to hear this news.. I really can’t believe it. But I’m so glad that he was able to do things that almost no one else in the world would even attempt. He reached for the stars, he was a hero to many and a truly great human. Qualities I can only hope we all aspire too.

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It’s not possible.

After watching Josh Sheehan stomp one of the gnarliest things ever seen on a dirt bike, the Triple Flip at Travis Pastrana’s house on the biggest ramp set up we’ve seen in FMX, the typical catch cry was – we’ll never see that landed on a regular set up, not to mention in competition.

We’ve heard it all before, but one thing I think you set your watch too… finding gnarly rippers who are willing to push physics and their body to new limits.

Enter 2022 and it’s down to two guys. Jayo Archer and Harry Bink who are pushing to land the Triple Flip in FMX Competition.

Sheeny even chimed in to give it a bit of a shot while Jayo was working on it at Freeform’s training location on an even bigger ramp set up than we saw at Nitro World Games.

But it was still so big, with so much chance for instant death that the guys managed to work out how the Moon Booter could be adjusted to make it happen.

The two guys who are competing against each other and the history books then trained together at Harry Bink’s 5060 compound on the Gold Coast in Australia to try work out exactly how to get the 3 full rotations into the BigAirBag Air Pit. This huge pillow of air still can hurt when you come down wrong, but it allows the riders the ability to continually keep trying the trick with so much less risk than a Foam Pit or, simply going to hard dirt.

Taking the advice and some parts from Levi Sherwood who must really be thanked as well for helping to expand the sport to this point, the guys were ready.

So with Nitro World Games in Brisbane, Australia ready to go, these 2 warriors defied all odds and landed the first ever FMX Competition Triple Flips.

What were they up against?

• In a competition – when it’s your time to ride, you have to go. Even if you’re not feeling it
• Pressure of thousands in the crowd and millions watching around the world
• Waiting almost 30 minutes for the team to get the ramp into place, while you’re trying to stay composed
• 2 days earlier having the event postponed due to rain. Sitting and waiting does not help nerves or anxiety
• 1 month earlier Harry rebroke his ribs which were broken in an X Games crash 3 months earlier
• Jayo coming back from a broken femur from simply landing in the airbag while training for the Triple.

So how did it happen?

At Nitro World Games in the final event of the night being Freestyle Motocross Best Trick, 5 riders had already attempted or landed their best tricks. And now it was time for Jayo Archer and Harry Bink to attempt the Triple Flip.

Jayo’s name was first on the order, so he had all the pressure to try the triple onto the airbag landing for the first time. No one had attempted it, only onto the Flat foam pit style Air Pit.

Jayo rolled in with the weight of the world on his shoulders and pulled the Triple Flip clean as a whistle and only just bobbling a little on the landing with a bit of an airbag bounce, but he rode it out. First attempt!

With all of the celebrations going on, it was another 15 minutes before Harry Bink would land it. With advertising breaks and interviews, Harry asked for 2 warm-up jumps where he did 2 Double Flips, holding the rotation as long as possible and stalling his body out.

On his first attempt, he was looking good but unfortunately washed out. Bent the front end a little bit but was otherwise ok! Somehow he crashed a Triple Flip and survived to try again. After getting the bike straight enough to jump again, he stomped the second Triple Flip absolutely perfectly!

While he required 4 bites of the cherry before landing it, Harry Bink won the event with 99 / 100 score and Jayo Archer on 98.33 / 100.

But with history made, Jayo was the first rider to land it and receiving the Lego Innovation Award, both riders on the same night landing and Harry taking the win. Jayo won even more, by proposing to his long-time girlfriend Beth and getting ‘Yes’ as the answer.

Other than splitting first place two ways, it was a fairytale ending to what could have been a nightmare scenario if anything went wrong. This is still one of the most dangerous things we have ever seen in any action sport. And somehow, in one night, two riders landed it and survived to see another day.

If you don’t have time to watch it but you’re driving or just listening to Spotify.. you can listen in here:

How did it start? Let’s watch Sheeny land the first ever Triple Flip here:

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And it looked like only David Rinaldo was willing to bring something completely new to the game with his new body varial, called the Bobby Spin, which is dedicated to his friend Francky Bataille.

But it was Rob Adelberg’s No Handed Front Flip which won the competition, with David taking silver and Harry Bink in 3rd spot with his new Double Backflip 1 Hand Nac.

Very controversial it would seem, and we have 8 different opinions in this episode and I can’t thank the guys for joining enough because this was harder to pick than a dirty nose! Thanks Clint Esposito, Antonio Navas, Javier Villegas Andy Christie, FMX_Grizz, Kevin Peterson, DannyDwayne416

But what made this years event so difficult?  Tune in to find out!

Results:

1. Rob Adelberg 93.33
2. David Rinaldo 91.66
3. Harry Bink 90.33
4. Josh Sheehan 87.33
5. Jackson Strong 74.00
6. Jayo Archer 47.33

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New Riders.  New Location.  New Discipline.

Plenty of old guys! A few big names missing, and a few big surprises as well!

You can read all of these points as well on the blog here: https://ridersloungepodcast.com/2021/06/25/x-games-invite-fmx-moto/

Here is the full list of Moto / FMX riders for this years event, which will be probably the most ‘unique’ X Games ever!

X Games Moto X Best Trick

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Jayo Archer
• Harry Bink
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Freestyle

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Harry Bink
• Taka Higashino
• Ben Richards
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Best Whip

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha
• Josh Sheehan
• Genki Watanabe

X Games Moto X Quarter Pipe High Air

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha

X Games Moto X 110’s

• Tyler Bereman
• Pat Casey
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Colby Raha
• Jeremy Stenberg

A few stand-outs from the Invite list:

1. Where is Tom Pages?
2. Jayo Archer is in!  Will he Triple Flip?
3. Where is Pat Bowden‘s name?
4. Young blood – Ben Richards is invited!
5. Only 7 names for Best Trick?  Who will be the final rider announcement?
6. Where’s Clinton Moore?
7. A lot of Aussies… but will they get out of Australia due to Covid-19 restrictions?
8. No Adam Jones – or any Americans in FMX or Best Trick
9. Twitch is back!  And in a new discipline.  110’s
10. Where will it be held?
11. Only 2 Euro’s and 2 from Asia.
12. Not many places to fill.

Also, thank you to John for finding the list before it was official!  Nice sleuthing mate!

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We have the full list of invited riders for 2021 X Games Moto / FMX, and there are some surprises, but also on the other hand, no surprises.

But that is what has created some heated debate already, with Adam Jones needing to turn off his comments on one of his Instagram posts! Post is down below if you want to see what Adam said!

I’ve been sitting on this news for a few days, after one of our regular listener’s, let’s call him ‘John’ managed to find the secret list before it was officially released (even though publicly available). But, decided it was better to wait until the official press was made, so now it’s live, let’s go!

July 14 – 18

X Games Moto X Best Trick

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Jayo Archer
• Harry Bink
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Freestyle

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Harry Bink
• Taka Higashino
• Ben Richards
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Best Whip

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha
• Josh Sheehan
• Genki Watanabe

X Games Moto X Quarter Pipe High Air

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha

X Games Moto X 110’s

• Tyler Bereman
• Pat Casey
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Colby Raha
• Jeremy Stenberg

Click any of the links above on each rider for their Podcast Interview on Riders Lounge Podcast and choose your favourite podcast player.

For the full list of X Games Invites for all sports of 2021 X Games – check them out here: http://www.xgames.com/events/2021/summer/invitedathletes/

Ok, so there are a few thoughts which I think we’ll go into deeper in another Blog Post. But there are some suprises, and no surprises.

1st surprise… where is Tom Pages?

2nd surprise – Jayo Archer added to the Best Trick list!

Well – this could get interesting!

We know from the podcast that he is pulling out new Double Backflip combos like the Cordova and that was a few months back now.

What else has he been working on?

Plus, you know.. the big one. The Triple? I don’t know if they have the right ramp set up there, if he’s ready to take it dirt yet… that’s a big question mark. But knowing how focused Jayo is, I’m not ruling anything out, but on the other hand, I can’t wait to see him on the world stage and throwing down.

You can listen to his full story about learning new Double Flip combos and the Triple Flip here:

3rd surprise – where is Pat Bowden’s name?

4th surprise – Stoked to see Ben Richards name added to Freestyle!!

The young Aussie ripper is one to look out for. He has certainly, hopped, skipped and jumped his way past a lot of big names to cement his spot at X Games

5th surprise – Only 7 names listed in Best Trick.

Who will be the last name added? Tom Pages? Pat Bowden? Clinton Moore? Someone new? Someone old?

6th Surprise – Where’s Clinton Moore?

I know this is all Dribbles wants. He wants that X Games Gold Medal. He’s had the 720 on lock before, since before 2012. He has even bigger tricks he’s working on like the Bike Flip over 75ft. Is he not ready and decided to reel it in?

7th… Not a surprise – A lot of Aussies. Will they even make it?

Like most years, Australian’s fill the invite list which is freaking cool as an Aussie. I’m so damn pumped to see my fellow FMX riders make it so damn far. And there’s many reasons why that has happened, but that’s for another podcast!

My thoughts are though… will all of these Aussies get a free pass to leave Australia due to Covid-19?

If you don’t know the Australian system, the borders were closed hard from the very start – and it is quite difficult for anyone to get in or out since Covid started.

Hopefully though, it should be fairly smooth sailing for the exemptions.

8th… Point – Adam Jones. No Americans in Freestyle or Best Trick.

What can Adam Jones do, to get an invite in Freestyle? Here is what he said about it… Adam brought up some points in his Instagram Post, where the Trolling started and he had to turn off the comments. Have a read and see what you think. Comment below, I’d be stoked to hear what your thoughts are!

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9th Surprise – Twitch is Back – 110’s

Again, one of the legends of FMX is back at X Games, this time in the new category for Moto – 110’s.

Obviously Twitch has been pretty busy on the 110’s, so it’s a different way to see him back in competition at X Games.

10th Surprise – Where will it be held?

Riders training facilities!

For FMX – it’s all from Axell Hodges’ place.

Text below is from from www.xgames.com press.

“Slayground”
Growing up just outside the surf and skate mecca of Encinitas, California, X Games Moto X medalist Axell Hodges’ “Slayground” originated at his childhood home. Though the property has always included a racetrack, Hodges’ Slayground is now a full compound complete with steep turns, quarterpipes, kicker ramps, wallrides, manual pads and massive dirt jumps. The third and latest installment of Hodges’ Slayground video part series was filmed entirely at the compound. Slayground will play host to Moto X Best Trick, Best Whip, Freestyle, QuarterPipe High Air and a new 110s racing discipline.

11th Surprise – Only 2 Euros and 2 from Asia.

David Rinaldo from France who created history by landing the first ever Body Varial in a Back Flip, the Malakai and taking X Games Gold in Best Trick is naturally returning.
Luc Ackermann from Germany, the youngest ever World Champion, who won the 2019 NIGHT of the JUMPs world championship has been given a shot at X as well!.

Taka Higashino from Japan is in Freestyle, and;
Genki Watanabe (or Wanky) also from Japan is in Best Whip.

Someone I’ve been watching as of late and who I suggested earlier for Quarter Pipe would have been Guillem Navas from Spain. He’s training his arse off going to the moon. There’s only 6 places for QP High Air, it could be a TV timeslot issue, or maybe they’re going to add 2 more places? If they do, surely Navas Petit as he’s known on IG would be the next in line.

12th … Point? There’s only so many spots available…

While there are interesting tidbits here and there… there are only so many spots available, and there’s so many damn good riders in the world who could fill those spots.

Either way, I’m just stoked to see X Games back after a hiatus and can’t wait to see the next group of riders throw down and create history!

Forty8.com also brought up a very valid question: Invite or Qualify? What do you think?

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You may or may not have heard much about Jayo. He’s kept a fairly low profile, which is surprising for the things he has achieved already so far!

From building his own ramp to try the Triple, the adjustments, trying to work out the exit angles where the ramp is almost vertical, looking for more height out of the jump, different gaps and anything else that will help get the Triple Flip sorted on a much smaller ramp than what Sheeny landed it on 5 years ago.

Being taught by Cam Sinclair as a youngster, invited to work on the Triple Backflip at Travis Pastrana’s house, landing the Double Backflip in a competition on a borrowed bike (not even the same brand!) and doing it all while still working a normal job with up to 12 hours a day in Civil Construction!

Jayo has some huge plans, so let’s see if we can extract some of those plans out of him in this interview and see what he’s up too. But I think you’ll agree after listening to this interview with one of Australia’s brightest stars, that the “low-profile” will probably be a thing of the past soon enough.

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