(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 three jumps — usually covering more than 60 feet — from a dirt-covered ramp. A panel of 10 judges evaluates the style, trick difficulty, and use of the course, and produces a score on a 100-point scale. Each rider's highest single-jump score is compared; top score wins.
- Freestyle Motocross, the older of the two disciplines. Riders perform two routines, lasting between 90 seconds and 14 minutes, on a course consisting of multiple jumps of varying lengths and angles that generally occupy one to two acres (.4 to .8 hectres). Like Big Air, a panel of judges assigns each contestant a score based on a 100-point scale, looking for difficult tricks and variations over jumps.
Notable Freestyle motocross events include Red Bull X-Fighters , the X-Games , Gravity Games , Big-X , Moto-X Freestyle National Championship, and Dew Action Sports Tour
Freeriding is the original freestyle motocross. It has no structure, and is traditionally done on public land. Riders look for natural jumps and drop-offs to execute their tricks on. Some freeriders prefer to jump on sand dunes. In many ways, freeriding requires more skill and mental ability. Notable freeriding locations include Ocotillo Wells and Glamis Dunes in California, Beaumont, Texas , and Cainville , Utah.
FMX riders typically use much of the same riding gear as MX racers. This includes a helmet, goggles, gloves, boots, jersey and MX pants. They may supplement this with elbow and knee pads.
Riders use modified motocross bikes with aftermarket parts to lower weight and improve performance. Riders will often shave down the seat foam to give a wider range of motion.
Freestyle motocross employs many tricks of varying difficulty.
- The trick with the most variants is the “Backflip”, first attempted by Carey Hart in 2000.
- ---Backflip Cordova
- ---Backflip Heel Clicker
- ---Backflip Hart Attack
- ---Backflip Lazyboy
- ---Backflip Nac-Nac
- ---Backflip Nac-Nac to Heel Clicker
- ---Backflip Nac-Nac to Heel Clicker to No Hander Lander
- ---Backflip No Footer
- ---Backflip No Footed Nac-Nac
- ---Backflip No Hander
- ---Backflip No Handed Lander
- ---Backflip and let the bike go and try to land (suicide)
- ---Backflip One Hander
- ---Backflip One-Handed Can-Can
- ---Backflip One-Handed Nac-Nac
- ---Backflip Saran Wrap
- ---Backflip Superman Seat Grab
- ---Backflip Superman Seat Grab Indian Air
- ---Backflip Superman
- ---Backflip Superman Indian Air
- ---Backflip Ruler
- ---Backflip Cliffhanger
- ---Backflip Whip
- ---Backflip Whip No-Footer
- ---Backflip Whip No-Footer to One-Hander Lander
- ---Backflip Creamer
- ---Backflip Sexafide
- ---Backflip Super Chang Air
- ---360 Backflip or Barrel Roll
- --- Corkscrew - Never attempted, the rider and bike turn sideways in the air and rotate 360 degrees to form a corkscrew.
- --- Frontflip - Only attempted while practicing into foam pits, some poeple see this trick as impossible to achieve
- Perhaps the most difficult trick is the “Body Varial,” also called the “Carolla” after its inventor Chuck Carothers .
- The Body Varial has also been done by Kyle Loza, but in a different manner than the "Carolla".
- The 'Can-Can' is one of the simplest FMX tricks. It involves the rider taking one of his legs and sticking it out on the otherside of the bike in front of him.
- The 'Cliffhanger' consists of the rider placing his feet on top of or underneath the handlebars and than reaching up towards the sky as if he were standing on the edge of a cliff. Variations of this include the 'Jackhammer' and the 'Christ Air'
- The "Coffin/Dead Body" involves the rider sticking his legs between his arms and stretching back so he is laying flat above the bike, as if he were in a Coffin.
- The “Double Backflip” was first completed in competition by Travis Pastrana at the 2006 X Games.
- Double Grab
- Fender Grab
- Hart Attack Invented by Carey Hart
- The “Heel Clicker” is another elementary FMX trick. It consists of the rider clicking his heels together over the handlebars while in the air.
- Holy Grab
- Holy Man - (Superman no handed let go)
- The “Kiss-of-Death,” where the rider moves his body straight up and his motorcycle straight down, is one of the more difficult tricks.
- Ladder to Lazy-Boy was invented by Travis Pastrana . The trick has been pulled by many freestyle motocross riders, and is often used in competition. It involves the rider lying flat on his back with his legs under the handlebars and his arms out behind him. It resembles a man lying down on a couch or Lazy-Boy chair, hence the name.
- The 'McMetz' involves the rider lifting himself off the bike and taking his arms, placing them underneath the handlebars and than pulling them out by taking his hands of the bars. He than sits back down on the bike before landings. Variations include the 'Double McMetz' were the trick is performed twice in one jump.
- Another difficult trick is “The 360” A.K.A “Mulisha Twist,” a complete full spin first landed by Brian Deegan in the 2003 X Games Freestyle MotoX competition.
- The “Nac-Nac,” invented by Supercross star Jeremy McGrath , is one of the original FMX tricks. It is executed by dismounting the motorcycle while in the air.
- CatWalk
- Nine o'clock knock (or 12 o'clock knock). This involves the body in a "9 o'clock" position, more difficult 12 o'clock where the body is near the 12 position.
- No Footer
- No Footed Can
- No Hander
- No Hander One Footer
- No Foot Nac-Nac
- Nothing
- Rock Solid
- Fabhop or Indian Barhop
- Rodeo Air
- Stale Fish Fender Grab
- Stale Fish Heel Clicker
- Ruler
- Cordova
- Sidewinder
- Stale Fish (Saran Wrap)
- Star Fish (Extended Bar Hop)
- Suicide Can
- Superman
- Superman Indian Air (Indian Air)
- Superman Seat Grab
- Surfer
- Topside No Footed Can - (known as the switchblade)
- Tsunami
- The Whip
- Turntable ?
- Superman Nut Grab
- Candy Bar
- No Hander Lander (First landed by Mike Jones)
- One Handed Lander
- Sterlizer (First landed by Clifford Adoptante also know as the Flyin Hawaiian)
- Side Saddle Lander (First landed by Brian Deegan)
- Standard Lander ( standing up on pegs )
- Blind Jerry ( cover eyes with both hands )
- Stoppie Lander
- Candybar Lander
- Can Can Lender
One foot lander
barhop lander
Travis Pastrana acutally was the first person to try a backfilp at the x games in 1995
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