Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Travis Pastrana CHEATING DEATH

Travis Pastrana is arguably the most extreme motorcycle rider on earth. From a background in motocross and supercross – where he won many titles in his native America – he was crowned world freestyle champion at just 14 years of age. Since then Pastrana has gone on to become a true freestyle legend, taking 11 gold medals in the X Games and five golds from the Gravity Games. In 2006 he became the first rider ever to pull off a double backflip, and in 2018 he successfully completed not one, but three, of Evel Knievel’s most famous jumps – in one night – and he fills stadiums all over the world with his Nitro Circus freestyle show (which has also spawned two hugely successful Nitro Circus movies).

But Pastrana’s feats are not limited to two wheels. He also holds the world record for the longest ramp-to-ramp car jump (269 feet), has raced in NASCAR and the Word Truck Series, and used to regularly beat rallying legend Colin McRae at his own game. But it’s his individual stunts that have earned his reputation as a true Action Sports icon. He has jumped out of an aeroplane without a parachute,

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