Entries Tagged 'cycling' ↓

huge bike jumps into pond

… Film made by Devin Graham …

Shout out to the Ensoul team, a team of extremely talented bikers , break dancers, poppers, and free runners. We had several of their team members doing the stunts for the video. ..

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Only one person was injured in the filming of this video. (6 stitches)

first 3/1 back on a bike

NAILED it.

He said he trained 3 months for the stunt. Into a foam pit and onto an airbag set-up.

Jed Mildon became the first BMX rider to successfully complete a triple back flip. The 24-year-old New Zealander completed the stunt in front of an estimated 2,000 onlookers in his home town of Taupo, New Zealand, making it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Click PLAY or watch it on CBS.

epic cyclist FAIL

These girls are impressed.

To be serious, I really think we should train kids on how to go over the handle bars into a dive roll. They should practice on to soft mats.

bicycle double front into pit

Watch Mom. No hands.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

(via adventure journal)

how to front flip a bike

Anthony Napolitan was the first to land a BMX double front at Big Air, X Games 2009. He didn’t win, actually.

Click PLAY or watch the historic moment on YouTube.

How do YOU flip a single? … It’s not that difficult, so long as you have a foam pit.

Click PLAY or watch the tutorial on YouTube.

(via Woodward)

Danny MegaSkill MacAskill returns

Danny MacAskill, also known as ‘Taggart’ and ‘Danny MegaSkill’, is a Scottish street trials pro rider for Inspired Bicycles Ltd. …

His ‘April 2009‘ montage went viral. Click PLAY to watch the 2010 sequel. Awesome if you love trick biking and/or Scotland.

(via FlipCatch)

Fotheringham – 1st wheelchair double back

Recall Aaron Fotheringham, the kid from Vegas who did back salto in a wheelchair at Woodward?

I was scared for him that time, back in 2006.

Now … terrified

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… On August 26, Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham became the first person in a wheelchair to land a double backflip. …

… I’ve also been working on a front flip. I’m gonna have to say that one’s scarier than the back flip. In the front flip, you’re trying to get around without your head digging into the ground. …

Outside

If Aaron keeps upping the difficulty, he’s going to get badly hurt. That’s obvious.

extreme mountain bike acrobatics

I’ve been following the evolution of bike acrobatics since first coaching at Woodward West Gymnastics and Action Sport camp.

But this is getting NUTS …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I saw the full film at the Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. It won the People’s Choice Award 2009, the most recent in the Kranked series.

Kranked – Revolveradical-films.com

ever heard of Artistic cycling?

Artistic cycling is a form of competitive indoor cycling in which athletes perform tricks (called exercises) for points on specialized, fixed-gear bikes in a format similar to ballet or gymnastics. The exercises are performed before judges in six minute rounds by singles, pairs, four- or six-man teams. …

Wikipedia – Artistic cycling

To see an example, click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Here’s an example with 2 girls on 2 bikes.

(via tywkiwdbi)

Danny MacAskill – stunt cycling

In case you somehow missed this viral video …

Danny MacAskill, a trials bike stunt cyclist from Scotland, is a YouTube sensation for this edit called Inspired Bicycles.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It took 8hr to get the opening stunt on video, riding a spiky fence.

Thanks James. And HM.

BMX Gymnast – Alise Post

The Minnesota state high school meet was held this past Thursday and Friday. That’s one part of the world where school gymnastics is still thriving.

Congratulations to everyone who participated.

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Results are here.

Kathryn sent in an interesting personal story:

Alise Post from St Cloud Tech who took second team, fourth AA, third VT, second bars is also a BMX biker and was the 2006 National Champ in that sport. 

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She’a a 2-time ABA National No.1 Pro Women title holder and a 2012 U.S. Olympic hopeful on her bike. Who can do a layout Tsukahara!

Gymnastics videos on this website.

related post – Alise Post – Gymnast, BMX Racer

UPDATE: apolytongp calls her the “real life Stick It girl” Hayley, from the movie. But without the “queen bee attitude”.

Woodward Copper Mountain

The top American Olympic gymnast in 1988, Phoebe Mills, is one of the coaches at the fantastic new 20,000-square-foot “Barn at Copper” in Colorado.

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… “Woodward is the most progressive training environment on the planet for skateboard, BMX and in-line,” Woodward at Copper director Ben Brown said. “And we’re just going to continue that with the first-ever ski and snowboard version.” …

Woodward at Copper will offer a vast array of programs for all ability levels. It currently plans to open before the end of January with about a half-dozen trampolines, three pool- sized foam pits, a 35-foot big air ramp and a “jib park” with interchangeable features covered in a lubricated synthetic snow material. In addition to the resi mats, there is a large springboard gymnastics floor alongside the foam pits. A massive wooden bowl designed for skaters and freestyle bikers fills a corner of the building. …

Denver Post – Opening The Barn door

Woodward truly leads the Action Sport industry. Congratulations.

official website – Woodward at Copper

handstand at Lake Tahoe

Dr. Jeni McNeal (in mountain bike helmet) at the Big Blue Adventure Race Lake Tahoe.

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larger original – flickr

Jeni went over the handle bars recently. No doubt all that gymnastics landing training helped her soften the landing.