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Triple Backflip landed in FMX Competition for first time!

Steve Sommerfeld — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:15:21 +0000

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.

Harry Bink celebrates after landing the Triple Flip

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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Are we finally going back to normal? FMX News January 2022

Steve Sommerfeld — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:21:00 +0000

A new year, new events, new bikes and way more news from the Freestyle Motocross world in 2022.

Funnily enough, I didn’t even bother to check my emails but the Riders Lounge Podcast has been shortlisted on the Sports Podcast Awards a couple of weeks ago. If you would like to vote, check it out here: https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/

Injury updates from Travis Pastrana (and his new helmet sponsor news), Kai Haase who went and rode at Anaheim 1 at the AMA Monster Energy Supercross in the USA but came out of a training crash with a busted foot. Dayne Kinnaird has returned to FMX but is out of action with a busted neck and back.

The new Stark Varg electric bike news has been released and we have some prices and when you can expect to see it. Will it be the future of FMX?

Events from NIGHT of the JUMPs to X Games, Nitro Circus, Masters of Dirt and Freestyle Kings means it looks like the world is coming back online.

And for the first time ever, we have 2 Job Offers in the Motocross industry! Tune in to find out how you can get your dream job!

All that and more in the first episode of 2022!

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Nate Adams – Deft Family & Life after FMX

Steve Sommerfeld — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:16:00 +0000

Nate Adams on Riders Lounge Podcast

Nate Adams won everything there is to win in Freestyle Motocross, and at the same time he was focused 100% on FMX progression, he began a glove-only brand called Deft Family which was revolutionary at the time.

We catch up with ‘The Destroyer’ to find out how he was able to continue to be the man to beat at the top of his sport, while learning all new skills in business, marketing, logistics and trying to get the feel out of his glove that he had striven for in the beginning.

Nate was in a special position to create gloves that even his fellow FMX competitors and friends all appreciated, having guys like Twitch, Taka Higashino, Jeremy McGrath and Travis Pastrana riding in gloves he had designed, it was the perfect launching pad on top of his own persona, to build a brand.

This is a Masterclass for any aspiring MX, FMX or Action Sports athlete, on how to find balance in your life, while working to become the best you can be, and also how to capitalise on the unique situation you can find yourself in.

We also find out how much of a toll on the body FMX takes when you are looking for back to back X Games Gold, or X-Fighters championships. At 37 years of age, Nate has endured some horror injuries which are catching up with him now, but it doesn’t appear to have lessened his appeal for riding moto!

One of the nicest guys in the sport, Nate has been a role model on and off the bike, and looking at the business of moto, Nate has pioneered a specific market of MX gear with the Deft gloves and it’s awesome to see he’s still just a fan of FMX after a stellar career.

For more on Nate & #DeftFamily , you can find him in a few places:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nateadams741/

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Website: https://deftfamily.com/