Freestyler Travis Pastrana needs no presentation, but his latest amazing performance sure does as it goes straight in the record books. Riding his dirt bike at a fairly low speed, Pastrana manages to perform eight consecutive backflips at the minimum possible height ever. He walks away from the amazing achievement a little crumpled, but filled with joy.

World Record Video: Travis Pastrana achieving eight backflips in a row! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 15 May 2009 17:54 EST.

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This guy takes every single ledge as a challenge when training in the city on its trial motorcycle and the results are simply fabulous. It doesn’t stay in one place too much so that it won’t create a crowd and because the city architecture has a lot to offer, it wouldn’t be in its advantage anyway.

What I like about this video is the fact that it doesn’t try to present the guy as an expert, but as an experienced rider who, normally, makes errors. What would you give in order to have the ability to do what this character does and experience as much as he does in a single day of city riding? I’d sure give a lot!

Freestyle motorcycle trial originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 3 July 2008 09:51 EST.

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On the 14th of June Texas will host the third stage of the spectacular Red Bull X-Fighters. This is the first time the freestyle contest arrives in the United States so the historic Fort Worth Stockyards in Texas seemed to be the most appropriate location as the impressive track was especially created for the FMX show.

Riders list includes especially winners of previous editions so cowboys and rangers will see the performance of Mat Rebeaud (Switzerland), Ronnie Renner (USA) and Dany Torres (Spain). Also, Twitch Stendberg (USA), Matt Buyten (USA), Eigo Sato (Japan), Charles Pagés (France) and Robbie Maddison (Australia) will be getting the public excited.

A tough qualification session will sort four out of ten riders in order to have a total of twelve pure freestyle talents to turn that mountain of dirt upside down.

The Forth Worth stage is the third of five international stages of the Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 series.

After the “Monumental Plaza Del Toros” in the city of Mexico and the Sambodromo Rio de Janeiro, it will be the turn of Forth Worth, Texas, followed by Wuppertal, Germany (July 4th) and finishing in the “Plaza de Toros de las Ventas” in Madrid (July 17th -18th).

The Red Bull X-Fighters to arrive in Texas originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:22 EST.

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Rio Red Bull X-Fighters dominated by Stenberg! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:34 EST.

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People will say that Travis Pastrana remains the king of freestyle and I couldn’t agree more, but when seeing a trick like the one in the video attached below you know that competitors are coming strong from behind. It seems that Todd Potter doesn’t like staying too long with its head upside down so it approaches the natural walking position even when doing a backflip on its dirt bike. It really takes your breath away! Literally!

Surgically-precise Backflip! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 12 May 2008 15:24 EST.

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Misano to host the Honda Festival originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 8 May 2008 14:20 EST.

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Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 20 March 2008 13:27 EST.

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