In case you hadn't heard, Travis Pastrana made history at the 2006 Summer X-Games when he pulled of the first-ever double back flip in freestyle MX competition.
He also made history by riding his motorcycle without injuring himself, although he apparently did blow his knee out later by walking on it.
You can't help but like Travis, but at the same time he has been a pretty big disappointment. The 2000 125cc AMA National Champion and 2001 125cc AMA Supercross Champion could have had a huge impact in Supercross. He could have continued what McGrath started, taking the popularity of Supercross to a new level, because of his great personality and riding skill. Instead, he is so distracted by so many other things, like freestyle MX, that we'll never know what could have been.
Still, if you haven't seen this video, you'd better give it a look. It's pretty awesome.
(Head on over to expn.go.com for more X-Games videos.)
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