Miscellaneous Local Boy Does Good

[Grumps]

We have a local hero, Travis Pastrana, who runs Nitro Circus, a trick dirt bike thing and they have events all over the country. He brought it back to his hometown for a stadium show not too long ago and even jumped Ego Alley, a docking lane in our harbor where folks parade their powerboats and such. Pretty crazy dude and my son grew up with that whole generation of extremists. Anyhow, he's been contracted to backflip his dirt bike over the White House Lawn. Local Boy Does Good!

 

[PigSquealer]

We have a local hero, Travis Pastrana, who runs Nitro Circus, a trick dirt bike thing and they have events all over the country. He brought it back to his hometown for a stadium show not too long ago and even jumped Ego Alley, a docking lane in our harbor where folks parade their powerboats and such. Pretty crazy dude and my son grew up with that whole generation of extremists. Anyhow, he's been contracted to backflip his dirt bike over the White House Lawn. Local Boy Does Good!

Travis is an insane athlete and competitor at multiple disciplines. Has all the broken bones with screws and plates to prove he’s completely fearless. Still he’s very kind and giving to young women & men in his offerings to train and learn from him. Safety training being high on the list.
The Nitro Circus on the White House lawn 🤯 Yeah, that’s a ticket to ride ! You should go !!

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Back in the '60s, when Hot Dog skiing was all the rage, met a guy, crippled from the waist down, who wouldn't even eat a snow cone.
Great to hear that Travis is still alive.
Crashed at 190, and they pulled that out of my chest. ❤️‍🩹
Just kidding.

 

[Grumps]

You should go !!

I missed him at Ego Alley, and that's just a few blocks from my office. They shut down the whole town for that. But crowds like that are not my thing anymore. I may go to DC July 4th weekend to see the Nationals play though. That's currently in the works.

 

[Grumps]

Missed him yesterday too, but here we go:

 

[Ivan]

Anyhow, he's been contracted to backflip his dirt bike over the White House Lawn. Local Boy Does Good!

Will do good, shurely

 

[Grumps]

We live in fantastic times.
Best to just go with it...

 

[Targa]

In common with the trend nowadays shouldn’t he be billed as an Evel Knievel tribute act?

 

[SuperAction80]

You can't begin to understand the complexity of this "simple" trick until you see what those motocross guys do for practice. I grew up near strip mines. These dudes would be taking a 250cc dirtbike, and would be climbing up 100 foot hills at 60 degrees or greater in order to jump across 40 foot gaps in order to land onto another hill that descended at 60 degrees or greater. Considering that the terrain was made of loose coal that didn't have enough grip to climb up by foot, that's quite a lesson in physics and knowing your equipment. These guys are FEARLESS!

 

[PigSquealer]

In common with the trend nowadays shouldn’t he be billed as an Evel Knievel tribute act?

Travis is nothing close to Robbie or Evel Knievel.

 

[SuperAction80]

Travis is nothing close to Robbie or Evel Knievel.

Well, Dave Mirra was the only dude crazy enough and suicidal enough to pull off those feats, and he did it without a motor. My buddy met Robbie before his skyscraper jump in Vegas back in the early 2000's. He was a cop who knew exactly what substances (and there were many) that he was on, the night before his jump. Compile that knowledge with my subtlety dark Mirra joke. You may have missed it, but history didn't. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I halted at "musician", but teenage me had quite a lot of fun tempting fate on two wheels. One thing I learned very quickly is that fate tempts back. I got the scars to prove it, too.

But yeah, saxophone life is relatively easy.

 

[Grumps]

In common with the trend nowadays shouldn’t he be billed as an Evel Knievel tribute act?

Man, I grew up with Evel Knievel! I mean, not literally... but man us kids adored him. Really hard dude too. He did a documentary before he passed that was just pure spit and vinegar. I mean... it's great if you can catch it. When you think about how skateboarding evolved from nailing your sister's old rollerskates to a 2' x 4' to what it is today... and that's like Evel to Travis. Evel is the OG though. For me.

 

[Targa]

Man, I grew up with Evel Knievel! I mean, not literally... but man us kids adored him. Really hard dude too. He did a documentary before he passed that was just pure spit and vinegar. I mean... it's great if you can catch it. When you think about how skateboarding evolved from nailing your sister's old rollerskates to a 2' x 4' to what it is today... and that's like Evel to Travis. Evel is the OG though. For me.

Tribute acts are never anything more than pale pastiches of true originals.

 

[Grumps]

Tribute acts are never anything more than pale pastiches of true originals.

The only time I ever saw Evel Knievel do a backflip was when he wrecked...