When freestyle motocross made its x games debut in 1999, the legacy of travis pastrana was born. Evel live, an unprecedented threehour live event premiering sunday, july 8 at 8pm et 5pm pt on history. Pastrana coauthored a book about his life, the big jump. Top 7 quotes of travis pastrana famous quotes and sayings. Jul 09, 2018 travis pastrana peforms during history s live event evel live on july 8, 2018 in las vegas, nevada. On july 8, 2018, pastrana was featured on evel live on history where he. The nitro world games 2016 were held on july 16 with seven gold medal events. Three years later, surrounded by just a few friends, he went third gear wide open in his.
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The lanky 15year old absolutely stole the show, posting a high score of 99. Travis pastrana successfully channels evel knievel cycle world. Rally team usa subaru motorsports subaru of america. In 1920 there were 4 pastrana families living in california. Travis pastrana was born as travis alan pastrana on october 8, 1983, in annapolis, maryland, in the united states. As he was growing up, he was getting bigger and better bikes. Nominated for the best female action sports athlete espy award in 2014, shes the only woman in history to nail an fmx freestyle motocross backflipon one of. After a century of astounding readers with wild, wonderful, and nottobemissed stories from across the globe, ripleys believe it or not. This was about 7% of all the recorded pastranas in the usa. Travis pastrana is the most known in the world of xgames. Travis pastrana starts to learn to drive a gokart around his backyard at the age of 3. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. Pastrana has won three motocross racing championships. At 14 pastrana was the youngest world freestyle motocross champion.
New releases, upcoming books, video, excerpts and special features. A biography tracing the life and career of motocross racing and moto. Past injuries include multiple concussions, a dislocated spine and a broken pelvis, hip, foot, ankle. He has been the first to pull off many of the craziest stunts and now focuses on exploring new ones to teach to the upcoming generation of stunt performers.
Travis pastrana, josh sheehan and gregg duffy of nitro circus live make action sports history with huge fmx world firsts. A excerpt from travis pastranas new book, the big jump. The 2018 edition was moved to utah motorsports campus in erda. Pastrana is the ringleader of the nitro circus crew, is a pro fmx rider, rallycar driver, and former nascar driver, and is usually the first to attempt any stunt involving dirt bikes or bmx bikes. They saw a great show and learned a little history at the same time. Jul 07, 2019 nominated for the best female action sports athlete espy award in 2014, shes the only woman in history to nail an fmx freestyle motocross backflipon one of the largest fmx ramps in the world. From bios of top athletes, like the legendary travis pastrana, to amazing feats to how it all started, this book is a musthave for every action sports fan. The tao of travis pastrana, he makes his biggest leap yet, revealing for the first time the methods and madness that fuel his amazing feats. Travis pastrana biography, celebrity facts and awards tv guide. Landed the firstever double backflip in motocross competition history at the 2006 x games.
He was born to american parents, robert pastrana and debby pastrana. During the threehour event travis pastrana will pay tribute to evel knievel by recreating three of evels most iconic jumps. Travis pastrana, the most celebrated freestyle motocross rider in the w. The tao of travis pastrana, is a very interesting book. He is one of the most decorated moto x athletes in x games history and was. Mar 08, 2019 pastrana was the it kid coming into the pro ranks.
A topranked amateur, the maryland native won two loretta lynns titles in his final year before. He was only on the bike for 6 months, and was already in a race. Since travis was only 4 years old, his dad had to teach him how to ride it. He is a threetime champion of motocross racing and has won gold medals at the x. Nitro circus lives travis pastrana, josh sheehan and gregg duffy. Travis pastrana is an american professional stuntman and. California and 1 other state had the highest population of pastrana families in 1920.