During last weekend's Red Bull X-Fighters event in Texas, the third stop on the five event freestyle motocross (FMX) series, Metal Mulisha rider Cam Sinclair nudged the sport firmly into the next realm of performance by becoming the first rider ever to land a double backflip during a competitive freestyle run. To be clear, until last week the move had only been pulled by riders like Travis Pastrana in Big Trick competitions, like the X-games, but not in freestyle competition, where riders perform multiple moves on a timed run. What's more, Sinclair pulled the move in consecutive rounds while trying to fend off challenges from the world's best riders, impressing the big Texas size crowd.
Sinclair's feat represents the crossing of another risk threshold in a sport that was already filled with danger, a fact made painfully clear back in February of this year when Jeremy Lusk, one of the sport's favorite sons, died competing in Costa Rica while attempting a single backflip. His loss rattled the FMX world. Fortunately for Sinclair, bruised ankles were all he had to contend with after his hard landing in the semifinals. While not serious, the injury was enough to knock him out of competition, which paved the way for Nate Adams to take the win.
For more on Sinclair's reaction to the feat, click here.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 3:47pm PDT
Cam Sinclair Lands First Double Backflip in Freestyle Motocross Competition Run
By: Chris Mauro, GrindTV.com
Channels: Moto
Tags: Red Bull X-Fighters, cam sinclair, Nate Adams, Jeremy Lusk
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Posted by kimmel July 2, 2009 09:18am PDTReply | Report Abuse
Incredible!
Posted by kanda444 July 2, 2009 12:26pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
"First Double Backflio in Freestyle Motocross Competition" !?! Wait a minute... Travis Pastrana landed a double backflip at XGAMES 12 in 2006!! see for yourself ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VngJrAIzFNE
Posted by kwilkinson July 2, 2009 12:27pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Travis P. did it a couple of years ago didnt he, thought is was the x-games
Posted by madmrd21 July 2, 2009 12:28pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
"in competition"
Reply by kanda444 July 2, 2009 12:30pm PDTReport Abuse
Travis Pastrana did do it "in competition"
Xgames 12
Posted by Janos Palko July 2, 2009 12:29pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
holy jezus. hes gonna get so laid..
Posted by smile420 July 2, 2009 12:30pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Sorry but ........He is not the first to do ........Travis done it in the 2008 or 2007 X GAMES
Reply by rishik July 2, 2009 12:31pm PDTReport Abuse
in competition?
Reply by covert123 July 2, 2009 12:38pm PDTReport Abuse
yea rishik the x games is a bigger competition then the red bull x fighter
Reply by rishik July 2, 2009 12:41pm PDTReport Abuse
this one, right? http://www.grindtv.com/video/moto/travis_pastrana_x_games_double_backflip/
Posted by kanda444 July 2, 2009 12:32pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Trabis Pastrana Lands First Double Backflip in Competition At XGAMES 12 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VngJrAIzFNE
Posted by Kat Hoffman July 2, 2009 12:35pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Travis P. did his Yes at X games but in a Best Trick competition. Sinclair did his in a freestyle competition it is much harder to include it in your entire run than to gear up to do one trick Don't get me wrong BOTH are incredible.
Reply by rishik July 2, 2009 12:45pm PDTReport Abuse
thanks for clarifying.
Posted by dawson0330 July 2, 2009 12:35pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Travis Pastrana did do the double first at x games 12 bute he did it in Moto X Best Trick not the actual MXF event. This was because espn officals wanted to hipe it up and put it on primetime TV. Travis wanted to do it in MXF but was told no
Posted by seanpm21 July 2, 2009 12:36pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
This was during a freestyle run, Pastrana's was Best Trick competition - I still get goosebumps watching Pastrana's vid
Reply by covert123 July 2, 2009 12:37pm PDTReport Abuse
best trick is still a freestyle event
Reply by seanpm21 July 2, 2009 12:44pm PDTReport Abuse
Yes it is. This was a freestyle run though, not a single trick competition. Believe me, I give all the credit to Pastrana pulling it off first. Kinda weird how they titled it though, makes you think that it has never been done before...
Posted by covert123 July 2, 2009 12:36pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
lie!!!!!!! Travis Pastrana landed the double flip first at xgames 12
Posted by jfred837 July 2, 2009 12:37pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Travis was the first to land the trick, but he did it during the Best Trick competition, not an actual freestyle motocross run.
Posted by dawson0330 July 2, 2009 12:37pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Rumers are going that travis will be back in freestyle this year and has something big planned as always
Posted by scttfssll July 2, 2009 12:40pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Not only did Pastrana do it in competition,Scott Murray has also landed it in regional competitions.Check out sickairfmx.com for proof.
Posted by lolzierz July 2, 2009 12:41pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2m61h-Dzm0
watch it
Posted by sickobswitch July 2, 2009 12:43pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
this is crap travis pastrana already did it
Posted by luckeydogg July 2, 2009 12:48pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
This is complete BULL CRAP! Travis Pastrana pulled this trick like 2 years ago...
Posted by bobbymac July 2, 2009 12:50pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
MMMMMM travis did that last year at the x games and the x games is a competition,, And Scott Murray did it to so this is old news and so is the metal mulisha
Posted by cjb028 July 2, 2009 12:55pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
you guys gotta settle down. it says first double backflip in a "COMPETITIVE FREESTYLE RUN."
Travis landed it in a "BEST TRICK" run
common now
Reply by djh123 July 2, 2009 01:07pm PDTReport Abuse
i guess im confused when you say competitive freestyle run and best trick.... i must be a newbie! is it really that big of a difference.... the article link from yahoo.com home page said 'incredible stunt done for first time in motocross'... and then it takes u to this page. ...
Posted by kvindiesel July 2, 2009 12:56pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Travis and Murray did it for Best Trick - a one time trick...not in the middle of a competition run as the article states. Before you make yourself look bad - read the article please!! Good Job Cam!
Reply by someguy123345456567 July 2, 2009 12:59pm PDTReport Abuse
Whether it's one trick or not a run is a run. Travis and Murray landed their double back flips "during a competition run"...
Reply by bbhggh July 2, 2009 01:16pm PDTReport Abuse
youshould knowbest trick is competitive, freestyle, and arun
Reply by ddtcm July 2, 2009 01:23pm PDTReport Abuse
Amen brotha....you are right!
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