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Freestyle motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts. The two main types of freestyle events are: Big air (also known as "best trick"), in which each rider gets two jumps — usually covering more than 75 ft (22.8 m) — from a dirt-covered ramp.
Supported by recreational riders, corporate partners and action sports companies around the globe, the AFMXA works to create a unified voice at all sanctioned and non-sanctioned freestyle motocross events, parks, facilities and demonstrations, calling for more education and better preparation in order to provide a safer environment for athletes.
Tyrone Gilks (11 December 1993 – 21 March 2013) was an Australian motorbike personality, known for his world record distance jumping and freestyle motocross riding. Gilks (known as Bear or Snowflake) was killed on 21 March 2013 during a training run for his final world record, the 250cc distance jump—currently held by Robbie Maddison.
Vert ramp. Vert is a freestyle BMX discipline performed in a half pipe consisting of two quarter pipes set facing each other (much like a mini ramp), but at around 10–15 feet tall (around 2.5 to 3.5 meters high). The biggest ramp ever used in competition is the X-Games big air ramp at 27 feet (8.2 m) tall. Both ‘faces’ of the ramp have an ...
Caleb has since performed this Freestyle Motocross (FMX) trick hundreds of times around the United States. On January 25, 2004, Caleb became the Moto X Best Trick Gold Medal winner during the 8th Winter X-Games , when he bested the competition with a 90-foot-gap (27 m) no-hander backflip.
The first giant ramp structure was conceived and built by BMX freestyler Mathew "Mat" Hoffman in his Oklahoma home backyard between 1991 and 1992. It was a single 6.3m (21') tall vert quarter pipe ramp. Lacking a roll-in ramp, Hoffman would be towed in at speed by a motorcycle. In 1992, Hoffman set the Freestyle BMX air record at about 7.05m ...
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They had ridden motocross bikes on tracks before, but only built their first ramp in 2005. Pagès rode at his first freestyle show very soon after his first attempts at La Bosse de Bretagne in July 2005, though he states that his best memories stem from Bercy in 2006. [ 1 ]