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Pastrana’s accomplishments are already legend: world freestyle champion at age 14, five-time U.S. amateur motocross champion, two-time Ca-nadian amateur motocross champion, youngest rider ever to represent the United States at the Motocross des Nations in France, 125cc pro na-tional outdoor champion, 125cc East Supercross Series champion, and most successful competi-tor in the history of X Games freestyle motocross. He’s pretty amazing on four wheels, too, as he dem-onstrates with his back-to-back championships in the Rally America Series. But despite Pastrana’s success and the considerable adulation that accompanies it, the lanky superstar has maintained a reputation as being just like the guy next-door – maybe nicer.

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EDITORAndres Echeverry

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THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO THE STATES

SEEKING A BROADER STAGE

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Pastrana was born in Maryland in 1983, and by age four he was riding a Honda one-speed. Although he excelled in mountain biking (placing first in dual sla-lom at U.S. Junior Nationals) and his studies (gradu-ating high school three years early), the youngster found his calling in motocross, winning five Loretta Lynn National Amateur crowns beginning in 1992, plus a deuce of Canadian titles for good measure.Z When the fourteen-year-old captured the world freestyle championship in 1998, he served no-tice of his versatility; but 1999 was even better. “I won the first pro race I ever entered (125cc) and also won a gold medal in freestyle at the X Games even though I was the youngest person there,” Pastrana recalls. Other accomplishments that year included winning two gold medals at the Gravity Games, capturing his fifth national amateur title, and being honored with the Ho-rizon Award for best amateur motocross racer.

“EMERGING AS THE 125CC NATIONAL CHAMPION AND TAKING THREE WINS”

In 2000, Pastrana devoted his full attention to pro competition, emerging as the 125cc na-tional champion and taking three wins – includ-ing the East/West Supercross Season Shootout championship – to capture third overall in the na-tional supercross series. Besides being the AMA Rookie of the Year, he was named to America’s Motocross des Nations team and took a re-peat freestyle gold at the Summer X Games.

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“BY 2005, HE HAD ACCUMULATED A CAREER TOTAL OF FIVE X GAMES GOLD MEDALS”

As the millennium continued, so did Pastrana’s dominance. In 2001 alone he captured the 125cc East Su-percross Series championship and was awarded Motocross Rider of the Year at the ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards. By 2005, he had accumulated a career total of five X Games gold medals, five golds from the Gravity Games, and additional wins at events including the Dew Tour and Red Bull X-Fighters.

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Just wanted to drop you guys a note about the Nitro Circus Tour down here in Australia. I’m really proud of the crew we have down here and a lot of new tricks have gone down. Our goal for every nitro show is

to have someone attempt a top-level trick that has never been tried be-fore. I usually let people post what they want and don’t bother add-ing anything but last Saturday’s Nitro Live Show in Newcastle was epic...

On top of the nitro standard of big tricks which in-cluded Bilko’s heel clicker and Indian air 360’s and Cam’s double back flip. Clinton Moore landed the first ever body varial to heel clicker combina-tion. Then “Monz” took his fully motocross set up 250 and landed a version of a front flip he calls the “carry on.” I asked him why the name and he said, “Bilko and Cam wouldn’t stop carrying on about it until he landed it to dirt.” I would con-sider it an over-flip because it’s the equivalent of what the under flip is to the back flip. I’d have to credit the Pages brothers for coming up with the premise of the trick but I’ve never seen anything that looks quite so corked out and awesome as what Mark “Monz” Monea was able to pull off.

The “Giganta Ramp” side had been crushing it re-cently with Andy Buckworth inventing a new varia-tion to the double front flip at seemingly every show. Growing up just outside of Newcastle, Andy wanted to make sure he did something extra spe-cial for his home crowd. Andy Yelled “Triple Front Flip!” and shocked everyone. He didn’t land it, but it was impressive seeing him rotate 2 and 3/4 flips, landing on his back so hard that he bounced to he feet with relatively minor injuries. Andy Claims he can land it on his next attempt. Most of us think he needs a bigger ramp! Either way, that guy is amazing and I look forward to seeing him improve on his bronze medal from last year’s X-Games.

Jay Toohey, who grew up only a few miles from Andy, threw down the first triple tail-whip back flip a few shows prior in New Zealand. He was able to pull it off again on Saturday. Aaron “wheelz” Fatheringham landed his first front flip on a wheel chair a few shows ago as well but was unable to replicate his success until Saturday. After two big crashes in his slotted time in the show, he convinced Special Greg to carry him to the top of the ramp for one more try in the middle of the final “train.” We encourage people not to try tricks they will crash on during the final train because of all the injuries nitro has sustained (most notably was Jolene’s broken ribs) due to fallen people getting landed on. Wheelz always laughs when we give him a hard time about taking too much risk and says “Your right! I could get hurt and end up in a wheelchair…”

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“Travis plans on racing next in the K&N Pro Series East race in April at Richmond International Raceway”

he original plan for the Pastrana-Waltrip Rac-ing Team was to have Travis fly under the radar and out of the spotlight for his first few outings in a stock-car. However, that really isn’t a possibility for the 27-year-old who is one of the most recog-nizable action sports athletes in the world. When you’re Travis, nothing is done under the radar, not even a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race. Thursday night at Phoenix International Raceway, Travis, with his driving coach Matt Crafton in the spotter’s stand, crossed the line in 25th, three laps down from the leader after qualifying an impres-sive 10th. Pastrana ran most of the race in the top half of the field, but wrecked with only three laps remaining, causing him to fall a few laps behind. Despite not having as much success as he had in last month’s Toyota All-Star Showdown in Ir-windale, a sixth-place finish overall, Pastrana said “I definitely learned a lot in both races. When we got sixth at Irwindale, I felt like we were a 15th-place driver. Here, getting 25th, I felt like we were maybe a sixth-place driver.”

Travis plans on racing next in the K&N Pro Se-ries East race in April at Richmond International Raceway, in preparation for his Nationwide Se-ries debut this July at Lucas Oil Raceway in In-dianapolis. Travis plans on racing seven Nation-wide races in the 2011 series and 20 in 2012. “I want to basically earn some respect and have the ability to figure out how to win,” Travis contin-ued. “Every driver out here thinks that they can be the best. That’s why we’re all here. I just re-ally want to go to the most competitive sport in the world, where all the top drivers in the U.S. go, put myself up against them and see how I fare.” The biggest challenge Pastrana faces is his own schedule. The star of MTV’s “Nitro Circus” still plans on competing in this year’s X Games, taking a few spins in a rally car and making appearances at the Nitro Circus Live tour. So for now, how much time Pastrana gets in a stock car between now and Richmond remains to be seen. He hopes to test be-fore the Richmond race, but he’s not sure quite yet.

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People will say that it was not a great day at the track for Travis because he failed to finish. But it was only his second race in a stock car, and for someone who has been asked to skydive into a racetrack pri-or to his Nationwide race there, he’s doing just fine. “It’s a Catch-22,” said Travis. “I’m going to make mis-takes. I’m going to have bad races. We’re going to try to not make a fool of ourselves as long as I can.”

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THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO THE STATES“If you can go to one show, Vegas will be the one,”

fter a year’s worth of shows in Australia and New Zealand, the Nitro Circus Team announced they’re adding stops in Europe and North America to their 2011 Nitro Circus Live schedule. The debut in the states will start with a one-off show in Las Vegas this coming June, which they say will be their biggest. “If you can go to one show, Vegas will be the one,” says ringleader Travis Pastrana. “We’re building new contraptions and coming up with stunts and tricks no one has tried before.” The Vegas show will also be the only show filmed for the Nitro Circus 3-D film, which begins production in April and is set for release in 2012.

“We’re putting together the best show we can dream up,” says FMX rider Cam Sinclair, who performs the double backflip at each of the shows. “Travis and I are planning something really exciting for Vegas.” Selling out that show seems like a no-brainer. Vegas is home to the season-ending AMA Su-percross race each May, which draws sell-out crowds of 40,000 and is where riders from Evel Knievel to Mike Metzger to Robbie Maddison have gone to perform their biggest stunts. It’s also home to six Cirque du Soleil shows and le-gions of dirt bike riders and action sports fans.

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For more information on the Nitro Circus Live tour and crew check out their website at NITROCIRCUSLIVE.COM. Tour dates and locations are still being worked out but will be finalized in the next couple of weeks.

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SEEKING A BROADER STAGE

“In other words, nothing is going to keep this superstar from exploring every possibility, whether it’s racing, freestyle, step-up, making videos, or even a new favorite – BASE jumping”

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Pastrana’s charisma is as natural as his riding. Never one to posture, Number 199 lets the drama of his sport speak for itself; and he’s known as one of the friend-liest, most approachable athletes in the pro ranks. But Pastrana’s career hasn’t been a complete fairy tale. Tackling a variety of contests has in-flicted a variety of injuries. His worst – in 1998 – was a spinal trauma that had been reported only twice before in medical history, and Pastrana’s recovery was so remarkable that it was docu-mented on television. Characteristically, the ath-lete looks on the bright side: “I had to learn to walk again, but in the meantime my dad got me a great wheelchair with full suspension. I had about three months of fun with that,” he remembers.

In other words, nothing is going to keep this superstar from exploring every pos-sibility, whether it’s racing, freestyle, step-up, making videos, or even a new fa-vorite – BASE jumping. At home in Maryland, Pastrana’s landscaping includes a freestyle park, a foam pit, a motocross track, a supercross track, a BMX course, a rally car track, a rock-climbing wall, a mechanical bull, and a skate-park. “Not that I’m there all that much,” he admits, “but my friends enjoy it, too.” Pastrana seems to be on the road more than ever these days: While he remains a dominating force in the world’s top freestyle moto-cross contests, he also has a new stunt/reality show on Country Mu-sic Television called Travis TV. “It’s Kenny Bartram, Special Greg, Cam McQueen, and I thinking up a stunt that is truly nuts, then building what-ever we need and hucking it,” Pastrana reports. “It should be a lot of fun.” And then there’s rally car racing. After testing the waters in 2004, Pastrana em-barked on his first full season in the Rally America Series in 2005 and landed on the overall podium three times, for a season finish of fourth in his class and fifth overall. Completely stoked, he returned for Team Subaru’s Rally America effort in 2006, and became one of the youngest drivers ever to win a Rally America Championship. Insiders hint that Pastrana may soon take his seemingly unlimited talents to an even broader stage: the World Rally Championship, but not until after he locked up his third consecutive Rally America Championship in 2008!

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