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FMX/MTB shehanigans thread

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 09:23
by antonio
Damn this is so coool stuff, after riding bikes for a few years now any kind of flips of these things is applause-able but a front flip is crazy!

:pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb1w29768Jw

:word: :word: :word: :word:

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 14:22
by Judas
motherfucker!

cunts are just busting out ridiculous video game tricks these days

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 15:18
by wagola
i remember watchign these when i was younger thinking it was the tits
looks tame by todays standards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLe3SBpcEDQ


i still think id rather ride with a guy like seth or metzger

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 18:14
by WPN-X7
remember a dude at the nitro live show having a crack at the 360 fronty.

5 years ago if you mentioned people would be doing rock solid backflipss you'd have been laughed at... and well..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2dGiBx28Q

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 15:16
by Shark
WPN-X7 wrote:remember a dude at the nitro live show having a crack at the 360 fronty.

5 years ago if you mentioned people would be doing rock solid backflipss you'd have been laughed at... and well..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2dGiBx28Q

That dude is fucking nuts!!! I dont know how he gets back on the bike half the time. Fucking ninja! :ninja:

People have been doing backflips and variations since early 2000. Here's a link for ya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_Motocross

But yeah a front flip was completely unheard of until recently. It's like.. how do you pull a rotation like that on a motoX bike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxypOx8Id0

that 360 frontflip is out of this world!

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 19:06
by WPN-X7
seen some of the body varials there doing now? haha

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 19:15
by Shark
Yeah no shit! As Judas mentioned, they are just busting out video game tricks these days lol
It's insane really.

just saw this though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_X0tKu7pg
Here's what I had to say:

Poor guy, the hit was damn hard!
However, I don't understand why he didn't even try to recover in the air. Lack of riding skill maybe?
He was turning the handlebars as soon as he launched off the ramp, in turn causing the rear of the bike to whip out. The same technique with any normal whip.
Once he had completed the rotation of the backflip, he was coming into the landing with the handlebars completely locked to the right holding the whip and ensuring the bike would remain totally sideways on landing.
I thought any motoX rider would have turned the handlebars the other way to pull out of the whip and recover, but not this guy.
I find it quite strange. Maybe he just shit himself mid-air and mind went blank?

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 19:16
by Shark
oh just saw you reply on SM. haha

To me, that shows inexperience. His handlebars were locked to the right most of the way through the trick.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 20:26
by WPN-X7
hmm bars werent cocked until he spotted his landing if you suss it again.

i think he spotted his landing, freaked a little (thinking maybe his rotation wasnt going to be right) and prepared for the bail and froze up..


ive had similar happen many times, flips can do some silly shit to you mid trick sometimes. literally a 20% physical, 80% mental thing.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 20:32
by WPN-X7

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 20:39
by Shark
WPN-X7 wrote:hmm bars werent cocked until he spotted his landing if you suss it again.

i think he spotted his landing, freaked a little (thinking maybe his rotation wasnt going to be right) and prepared for the bail and froze up..


ive had similar happen many times, flips can do some silly shit to you mid trick sometimes. literally a 20% physical, 80% mental thing.

I would agree with that. But still.. if he's up to the stage of confidently doing backflips on the bike, he would at least know how to recover. It was the end of the trick, and the only difference was it was in a 'slight' whip when he completed the rotation. He had plenty of air time to recover.. so yeah.. definitely just freaked out and froze.
Just look at that vid of Higashino, and how finely he cuts it with some of his tricks. Put him in the same situation and I think he would've attempted to bring the bike back into line.

Again, this is only my opinion. Maybe a vid from a different angle would help clear it up.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 20:40
by WPN-X7
the fact this is getting thrown clean into a pit means its probably about a month away from being done in a comp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... vOJ89mI9rs

fuck.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 20:43
by Shark
O_O

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 21:01
by WPN-X7

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 22:28
by Shark
That's the vid I thought of when I saw the dude crash on the backflip.

The cunt may aswell have given a wave :lol:

Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 02:06
by atari4x4
this one popped up in my tube list... not bad. 8-)
http://youtu.be/xDmBe_21cJ4



Dan you'd have to remember the old Volitile Vision days with Zoli? Some of the old school heads i used to ride with before mashing my knee
http://youtu.be/RzJnQZ52Bz4

http://youtu.be/nGjrDp3dbbg

http://youtu.be/d2V_p8IJ0Ys

and the DH track that we built up at Mt Torrens on a mates property.
http://youtu.be/hz_fbfd4cV4

Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 09:02
by Shark
now DH MTB thread :P

came up in related vids from the last one. love the tight trails through the trees. So many things I would've had the money for this year, but now won't. Just another reason why breaking my foot is so damn annoying.

http://youtu.be/5uslwIp48Bw

Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 13:10
by Judas
:lol: volatile, they had some alright bmx flicks too from the 90s, Lust etc.

Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 13:44
by atari4x4
yeah Zoli was the man back then, he was the pioneer of bike vids in australia... pleasure farmers was the frist one he did back in 95 i think, i will say the video release parties were off the hook. :word:

riding with marshy was always frustrating as hell, the dude was just so fluid on a bike
http://youtu.be/qNEx0W_Uc4Y

Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 15:26
by WPN-X7
man volitile visions. thats going back a while!

ill chuck some vids up a lil later.

Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 00:53
by Shark

Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 22:17
by Shark
When a mod check this thread, can you please rename it to MotoX/MTB or something.. just so we can put all that shit in here and it's labelled. Cheer khunts.

http://youtu.be/XZV7DcUvIfc

Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 23:37
by Shark

Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 23:47
by Shark
http://youtu.be/bGqmxyaMZ50

Full 1hr vid can be found on youtube, or I'll post it here if anyone wants

Posted: 14 Feb 2013, 11:39
by Shark
This guy is an insane rider. This vid is part 3. MTB downhill, park, and street riding. Check out the others if you like this.

http://youtu.be/KsS2bZqz5Eo

Posted: 14 Feb 2013, 13:31
by Shark

Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 03:37
by Shark
Cool song and cinematography/location
http://youtu.be/UPAr2cSUcFw

Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 17:57
by Shark
talk about control

http://youtu.be/ripJEy6nCTA

Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 21:36
by WPN-X7
ill have to make a lil edit of what ive beenup to lately soon.


nothing spastic.. but got a good clip of improvement over the last few months.

mates mate has a block of land up north with a couple of kickers to dirt that ill be going to soon :P

Posted: 08 Jul 2013, 20:05
by Shark
You got a clip yet Dan?
Always good having mates with property

http://youtu.be/5y2HbBXjslI