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almostaskier
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travis pastrana completes the double backflip...

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from the DC news letter:
Last month in Spokane, Washington, Travis finally pulled what many people said was impossible—a complete double backflip. He pulled the trick on a special ramp built just for his upcoming movie “Travis and the Nitro Circus 3.” Check out the newest ESPN the Magazine and DC Shoe Co shooter Nate Christenson's morph shot of Pastrana taking freestyle motocross to the next (and maybe last) level. The newest DC ads soon to hit Racer X and Transworld Motocross will also showcase Travis’ amazing achievement.

wowza... whats next, a 720?
Oct 8 2005 6:43AM
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[~_~]
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DAMN!
Oct 8 2005 6:58AM
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yeti
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nah the future is that crazy redbull bike he tried at the xgames. Too bad it died on impact.
Oct 8 2005 8:11AM
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Leckett
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that...is fuckin crazy
Oct 8 2005 8:40AM
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00000000
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pffft, i could do that
Oct 8 2005 9:49AM
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bermbuster49
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yeah thats sick, pastrana is really fast too, but he kills himself whenever he is out on the track. i guess hes really focusing on freestyle now..
Oct 8 2005 12:24PM
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skiierman
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Haha yeah a 720 will be the next step. He's been doing them for a while into foam pits.
Oct 8 2005 12:26PM
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Adamskinick
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He should nail the 540 first..
Relax people, I'm kidding.
That's pretty cool, you'll see in like 6 months the backflip will be a shitty trick, just like today in skiing. Anyone who's not in the sport thinks its insane, but we all know its an old school trick.
Oct 8 2005 1:36PM
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almostaskier
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double back barspin.... yes...
Oct 8 2005 1:41PM
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daniel_insam
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Crazy
Oct 8 2005 1:48PM
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hucker22
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540 would be dope, if he puts it in reverse in air, id do it
Oct 8 2005 1:53PM
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eheath
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Holy shit! That's sick!
Oct 8 2005 1:55PM
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casimiro
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that kid must have the largest set of nuts right now.
Oct 8 2005 1:57PM
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Tinga
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someone wanna explain how youd do a 360 backflip on a dirt bike i had someone explain it to me before but it didnt make anysense
Oct 8 2005 2:11PM
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eheath
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Yeah no kidding, he gets bitches.
Oct 8 2005 2:13PM
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V0LC0MSN0W248
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that is sick id never even think of trying a single back into a foam pit... well maybe but thatd be it mad props to pastrana
Oct 8 2005 2:26PM
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clrumivier4life
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Dirt bikes have reverse?
Oct 8 2005 2:49PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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thats so not right. I don't even know how he sits on the bike with those cantaloupes. yeahy if on of them got a bike with a different tranny so nuetral was between 4th and 5th they could probably land switch. That would be intense, a 180 off a 80 foot jump.
Oct 8 2005 2:50PM
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bmxican_89
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they arent really 360 back flips. they are flatspin 3s, but sometimes it just turns into a fucked up backflip. so just think of a flatspin 360.
Oct 8 2005 2:58PM
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crooks
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thats crazy
Oct 8 2005 3:01PM
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sKILOve07
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thats insane
Oct 8 2005 3:01PM
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Ski_Unit_19
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thats magical
Oct 8 2005 3:32PM
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Dilla
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nuts, that pic is not real tho
Oct 8 2005 3:42PM
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almostaskier
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uuuuuhhhh, yes, it is. its not the best sequence ever, but it is the real thing.
Oct 8 2005 3:43PM
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Forum*
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Holy shit, he has balls.
Oct 8 2005 3:55PM
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*Fujative*
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haha .. so sick!
Oct 8 2005 4:27PM
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roussillon
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where's that picture's from? 'cause it does look unreal
Oct 8 2005 4:31PM
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ronalddregan.
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its the way they did it


its reall
Oct 8 2005 4:42PM
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[~_~]
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man that is sick. I was getting sick of all the pros doing nothing but backflips over and over...it got old really quickly.
Oct 8 2005 5:09PM
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Soups
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Um...think about that for a minute. 540s would be impossible on a bike because even if you did somehow land backwards the momentum would throw you off and youd fall back on your head and die. and even if bikes had a reverse it would do nothing for landing backwards. Netrual would have the same effect instead
Oct 8 2005 6:03PM
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Soups
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Yeah I agree with you there man, but I also have to wonder where its gonna stop. Theres gotta be a limit somehwere. And I think that we may not see a huge progression into double flips for a long time. I mean it was only a few years ago that a backflip won comps. It was so dangerous that no one wanted to attempt it. Now theyre commonplace--that doesnt make em any less dangerous though. So I guess we just have to wait and see. But a doubleflip is sick as hell.
Oct 8 2005 6:07PM
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SnowCoast
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How can you have a 720 if the moto X "360" isn't even a real 360?
Oct 8 2005 6:30PM
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j.bird
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that sequence almost looks fake. so shitty. I know its not but either way, for a major publication like ESPN, that is horseshit
Oct 8 2005 6:39PM
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treesmann
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thats crazy
Oct 8 2005 8:48PM
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skiierman
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There's more pics of it and that's lower quality than it would be if you saw it in the mag itself.
Oct 8 2005 9:36PM
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hucksplat
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they should start hitting jumps in reverse.
Oct 8 2005 10:04PM
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jambone
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I watched the hole X games just to see that, but i didn't
Oct 8 2005 10:30PM
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SteezePatrol
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nutty
Oct 8 2005 10:32PM
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skiierman
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They spin the first 360 like they do now, but then spin the last 360 like you would on a bike. It's insane to watch, looks unreal almost.
Oct 8 2005 10:32PM
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will987654321
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hit that shit switch
Oct 8 2005 10:38PM
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V0LC0MSN0W248
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dude so they already can do 720's? i know the first 3 is the mulishia twist kinda like a backflip 3 mixed together.
Oct 9 2005 12:47AM
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cork5_thovex
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that man is going to die one day from trying something impossible.
Oct 9 2005 12:53AM
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Ruski
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yeah that was a disapointment it looked pretty sweet though
Oct 9 2005 12:59AM
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punk_rider
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i don't hear anymore about edgar torronteras (who was sooo better than travis), is he dead?
Oct 9 2005 1:22AM
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VKarma185
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wow that's pretty much just a glorified mountain bike...i bet it's sooooo light
Oct 9 2005 2:03AM
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KeegLove
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thats sooo fuckin amazing its scary to think where that sport will be in a few years...shit.
Oct 9 2005 2:05AM
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SchweitzerSki
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spokane washington!!!! reppin my town!
Oct 9 2005 3:49AM
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powder_2_the_people
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freestyle vespa-ing is the future
Oct 9 2005 6:59AM
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bermbuster49
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you cant go backwards on a dirtbike, trust me. 540's are imposible, i havent heard about pastrana pulling 7's into his pit tho. alright i'm out, gotta dirtbike race :-p, what a coincidence, wish me luck.
Oct 9 2005 7:04AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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lol no where close to a mtb tho, like 200 lbs would be light as hell. MTB is like 40 for a fatty.
Oct 9 2005 7:04AM
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hippie_cat
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im just hanging out for a guy on a moto to do a true 3, not a bastardised flatspinny backflippy thing but just hauling the thing around.
Oct 9 2005 7:45AM
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