Ricky Carmichael

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

He is at it again, espn stat! I could have gotten something, but I would have sworn I seen some guy in freestyle trying a front flip!!

 

[BigSwole]

I saw that front flip too. That was nutz!

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

I have serious doubts about landing that trick on a dirt landing. A little too much front end abuse! RC told them it would take 33 feet to win, he did it!

 

[LEllis7motox]

Wait... Somebody did a front flip? Was this on Moto X Best trick? I was riding that day so i missed it. Also is Esxn a channel or just a nickname their calling Espn during x-games?

 

[sparkysakitas]

Wait... Somebody did a front flip? Was this on Moto X Best trick? I was riding that day so i missed it. Also is Esxn a channel or just a nickname their calling Espn during x-games?

he attempted front flip didnt make it though(i think he might have landed it had he not bailed out)
yes it was best trick comp
here is link to the attempt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HuQrJeQoGk

 

[BigSwole]

Yea, he should have stayed on the bike, he had it!!

 

[sparkysakitas]

but loza's electric death is insane :yikes: it looks like he rides through a pile of fire ants as he hit's the ramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYrEGjbag8&watch_response

 

[BigSwole]

but loza's electric death is insane :yikes: it looks like he rides through a pile of fire ants as he hit's the ramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYrEGjbag8&watch_response

It's actually called the Electric Doom.

 

[LEllis7motox]

he attempted front flip didnt make it though(i think he might have landed it had he not bailed out)
yes it was best trick comp
here is link to the attempt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HuQrJeQoGk

Oh wow, I use to think a frontflip on a dirtbike was near impossible. But people these day do everything on motorcycles... Anyway yeah he could probably have landed it but it was far on the landing and would have been stiff... Did he say why he bailed?

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Anyway yeah he could probably have landed it but it was far on the landing and would have been stiff... Did he say why he bailed?

have you ever landed rear end first and had your front slam down? That was nothing compared to his, what, 3rd gear, and all the rotation going forward, if he would have stayed, the front end would explode! I could see doing it in a foam pit. You can not build a landing compatible for that trick. Did anyone see Mcgrath racing??? How about Hill's dice with Showtime? And do not tell me that was Jlaw out there IN LAST PLACE!!

 

[BigSwole]

have you ever landed rear end first and had your front slam down? That was nothing compared to his, what, 3rd gear, and all the rotation going forward, if he would have stayed, the front end would explode! I could see doing it in a foam pit. You can not build a landing compatible for that trick. Did anyone see Mcgrath racing??? How about Hill's dice with Showtime? And do not tell me that was Jlaw out there IN LAST PLACE!!

Don't kid yourself. Soon front flips will be as common as the backflips are today.

 

[Cabot]

He wasn't the first person to attempt a front flip on a motorcycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXKKE9HdaA&feature=related

And it wasn't the first time He failed the front flip either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQS6DwNnt5o&feature=related

WFFR- remember when the backflip was labeled "impossible"? Then Carey Hart bailed and fell hard at the X games? Then when it was first landed at the Gravity Games? Now look where it has gone...

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Even with train springs in the forks, I do not believe its land-able. The back flip is the correct rotation. I would be lying if I said I never thought about the back flip in the 80's! There was a time I enjoyed jumping. The front flip is the wrong rotation. Don't they have to ride away for the trick to count? Now a front to back flip would be land-able.

 

[BigSwole]

Oh, I agree with you. The thing is people want to see something different and this is different. After they figure it out, they will be doing tricks with the front flip.