We Invited The World's Best FMX Rider To Jump The Tallest Ramp

Here today, it was Charlie Land with X Games gold medalist, Patrick Evans. That's nobody, it's just me. Current X Games gold medalist and best whipper in the world until... They took out electric motorcycles from being eligible for Best Whip, which is still the Best Whip. Eh, whatever. They put us in for Best Trick and that was fun, so it gives me something to try. You won, so. It was nice. Yeah, winning's good. Also from Annapolis, Maryland, as it turns out. So born and raised right down the road from here. Learned a backflip right there in the pump pit. Right there. Crab cakes, next thing is medals. That's what Maryland does. When we start with a spin quest kicker and starting trying to figure out what this start could do, we call it our willy. And the first thing that he said was, hey, try a front bike flip. How are you not asking me about doing a front bike flip? Now, Banks got distracted on the kickflip and is now broken. I got distracted on, well, just being old. So Patrick Evans has also been working on the front flip. Well, front bike flip. What is that, what's it even called? Front bike flip. It's either gonna look way bigger than I thought or way smaller. Oh my God, it's exactly what I thought. Okay, the spin quest one is super gnarly. Did you say you want to try the backflip bikeflip? My main focus is front bikeflip just because it's something that people haven't done, no one's really tried, so that's... I was doing it where you had to like throw your leg over the bar really fast, and I kept pulling this muscle in my leg every time I would try it. And then I had the great idea, after three weeks of pulling my leg, that I could just go inside saddle, and it'd probably make the whole trick like a million times easier. Which I haven't tried yet because I haven't had an airbag, but I came here... Ready to try it off of this. I'm a little scared about going in one leg off of this tight of a transition and hauling that much ass. Front flip, kick flip would be the only type of bike flip flip I would try. I like how it's kind of got like the flatter top. It's not like a constant radius. So it's a little more like an American freestyle ramp. So I think it'd be hopefully better for front flip stuff. We don't know what we're doing out here. We're just, we're winging it. How was it? It is sick. It was really mellow. It wasn't so scary. It's nice when there's a giant mattress up on top, so that takes away a lot of the fear. But kind of warm up, do a couple tricks, and maybe try a couple bike flips tonight. But definitely come back the rest of the weekend trying to get it. I just want to warm up today, get used to Travis's bike. The only thing I'm worried about bike flip-wise is on that particular ramp, I don't know if the bike's going to go front fast enough when I get off of it. All right. Well, front bike flip. Let's find out. How's the bag running, Foreman? Seems great. Yeah? Better when I come out this side and it just stays the same. You were so right! I really manifested that one. I mean, it kind of was working. You got the regen all the way up? I only had zero when I think of that one. I'll try 30. Oh ho ho! He learned front flips without the front flip kicker. He learned all the stuff without using the modifications. With that bike, he just let go and it just did a front flip. Hey Max, the regen does a lot huh? Apparently it does on this one. Holy crap. Hey, I wonder if I tried another front flip with full regen if it would just come around way easier. This is obviously a big step up, so this is like you gotta finish your trick just past the halfway point. You okay? Smack your head? No, I'm just kind of winded. I feel fantastic. Winded from the airbag or winded from the reps? The reps. Reps. My foot came out of the shoe peg. Mine's a little longer. Oh, you can lower that too. What do you do? I'm sorry. It's 20 push-ups. Oh, damn it! I hit my heel? Smart, hey, I'm smarter. There's no rules there. Nope. Can you do a side saddle takeoff? Let's give it a try. Just to, you know, not worry about anything else, just seeing how much it buckles. I think it's going to go exactly the same as the straight one. Maybe even less rotation because I'm going to be so nervous about the side saddle. So it could be the worst one yet, and then we'll build from there. All right, I did, my bet was he would fly less, but unfortunately the buckle on the takeoff. Dude, that was crazy. He grinded the peg up the ramp. So he followed the transition of this ramp and not the other one. Turns out a little extra support in the knee might've helped my leg stay up in that. My knee went like that. You grinded up the other side of the ramp. Oh, I know, I was there, man. I was there! All I was trying to do was not that. Trust me, all I was thinking about on that turn was don't fly right, don't fly right, don't fly right. And I went to lift my knees, went like that, I went, you're flying right. Oh my god! It's so violently spectacular. Motorcycles are the devil, for sure. God, they're so fun though. This must be hell. Welcome to hell. I don't know. When you hit the front brake for a front flip it really sets the bike in this very like straight just like guide right to the landing. So I'm going to try to do a front flip and then do a kickflip and in the words of Travis it could be cool or even cooler. Hold on. I don't know what happened. I blacked out. Sorry so that one's out. I think you can cross that one off. I don't I see that being way harder than just doing a kickflip. I agree. All right well now we know. Have you ever tried a back bike flip? I'll try. I'm going to really give it a hell of a go here. Right, right. So I got, I got this thing. That trick, I swear, if you have the guts to do it in a flip, it'll work so much easier. Do you see how? So you came off and you didn't get your feet up and over the bars. So the bars got caught in your lap and you started a backflip, right? Yeah, you did. You did almost a full backflip. Awesome. That felt sweet. Oh Oh, my legs are like sore just from like, just flopping around in the air. This is so motivating. I feel like it's 2000 again. I hope I can at least land something for someone out there. Well, I landed nothing during my two weeks of trying. So come over, Steve's getting bored. He's like, someone has to hit the wheels. Someone get close to the wheels. Dude, oh, pain. He's got a pain. Dude, story, reverse, militia twist is his fault. This guy right here, it is your fault. It is your fault. I didn't even know what YouTube was. You posted it on YouTube. No, I didn't. How did Brian Deegan see the 360? He saw it. It was I showed a double backflip video, nope I promise it was not the three, I promise I'm I'm I will take it to my grave, it was not the three and I will go I will call I will take it to my grave, Mr. Deegan, I know you got that whole Supercross thing with your son and everything right now, hold on, hold on, stop talking, stop talking Sorry, you got two seconds, all right, sorry we're We're here with Patrick Evans. Hi, Brian. This guy posted... Somewhere, the militia twist, before... No, no, no, when did you see it? When did you see the militia twist the first time? So you saw me do it... Yeah. The Anointed X Games 2003. Well, that's when I saw it the first time, when you did it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was online, right? I think it was... I think you were trying it in an airbag, maybe? In a foam pit, yeah. Right? And this is the man that busted it! He busted it! And I'm throwing him out! I will take it to my grave. This is the guy. I will take it to my grave. It was not me. You can ask who landed it on dirt first. That's the question. You. Ha ha ha ha! So what happened? Hold up. What happened to you? You came out with a trick. I might have posted a really short clip in an edit, hoping that no one would see it. Turns out the guy who won X Games in New Orleans after me, after Sacramento, he saw it and did a double grab instead of a single grab because he knew what I was coming with. So I know how you feel, but he still got a gold medal. But he got to name it the militia twist. I invented it. Most people, when they're flailing out of control for their life, they're trying to figure out where they're landing. Patrick Evans turns from right here. Okay, I'm going to hit the bag. Looks at his bike you see that right there okay the bike is coming around the bike is almost it's two to three feet from my hand so what he sees is i'm two to three feet away from landing this trick what everyone else sees is well you can hear my you really took my thoughts and like hyped me up i didn't even realize i was thinking that clearly but yeah Right now, there's just a bit of this deadness where nothing's kind of happening. It's a really slow start to the flip. My theory is that having the more kick and using more suspension will make the bike react more, so it will want to flip more. What'd you build? To make this ramp a continued radius, take the flat out of it. Oh, yeah! Oh All that changed was a constant radius ramp. And all of a sudden, he went from barely getting one front flip around to doing front flip, full Dusty Weigel spec, BMX style. The constant radius is definitely a way better ramp for people trying to go forwards. Yeah, now I see the focus on getting out of the way and getting in the spot. Get out of the way, get in the right spot, and you don't have to throw it nearly as hard. Yeah, we were right. A more reactive ramp made it for a more reactive spin or start of whatever trick you're doing. We're getting there. I'm going to touch the handlebar and then we're going to party. That one felt so good and then the bike hit me. When I turn the bars, I think it kind of, it's pushing it out a bit. And we need to get every inch we can get. So like, if I keep my bars dead straight when I throw it, that might take away at least like two feet right there from me flying out from pushing away. Alright, day three. Finally kind of got like at least a visual representation of the full trick in my head. Hopefully this will be the session that we really make something happen. I'm starting to try to focus on turning and looking for the bike quicker, which is helping me get out of the way, helping me not float away from the bike. I'm getting that little steps closer. I can't breathe. I'll be good in a minute. I just got to cry about it for a second. How's your knee? I landed just like... Foot first and just popped it in and out. Same thing that happened when I went side saddle. It hurts like a bitch for like 10 minutes and then it's all right. But I mean, we are slowly getting closer and closer, so. I'm going to try no front brake. And that might help kind of not send me away from the bike and just not. Front brake jars the whole bike. And I think that's what's kind of pushing me away more. So hopefully if I don't do that, it'll be a slower, more controlled takeoff. And then if this doesn't work, we're going to go on to a new method, trying the other side of the bike and do the opposite side, which is. All right, let's hope this first one works. I'm about to go try not, I've been hitting front brake because when I do front flips, I always hit front brake. So I've been just going up, smacking front brake and it flips easy. I get someone to double flip into the bag. Well, let me come back there and watch some. I'd love to see some even on video. Like I would love to have a couple of close attempts. I'll come back. Woo! this might sound dumb but as your bike flips like look your bike's coming around this way right when you get off try to turn your body this way yeah the rotation of your bike coming through when you grab the handle it'll pull you back this way we kind of i was thinking that i'm glad to hear you say that too oh yeah i think that's the key like if he can get off the bike smoothly and and get his leg out of the way. You good? Popped out of the dash, I've used that. We made progress. It's just like, it's annoying because I do, I mean, I think it's possible. Do you think it's possible? I think as you can grab the bars and it's just because then basically your legs here, but your back ends down, you basically just then swing right back over. It's like coming back from like a little flat line or something. I don't want to keep doing it, but I guess like sometimes I'm like, is it possible? But I think it's f***ing possible. I have two knee braces on. No, sorry. Two knee, what do you call them? EVS knee... Of a knee guard? No, like a, you know, a... Keep that tight sweep. Okay, two knee braces and then a TP-199 EVS knee pad over top of that. I can barely get my pants on, but I think I'll be able to stand up for the transition, hopefully. I should probably just try a backflip and then maybe try a seven or something. It's a blackout, I don't know. I saw sky in rear fender. We'll get 70% of a trick on the first try, and we'll be like, oh, we're so close because it's only 21%. And then we'll spend the next 20 years trying to find that 20%. I've never done a seven or a double flip so like that's my first kind of like first time going for more than one rotation. I think if you sped the first part of the spin up a hair more you're probably going to be good and he's literally can't even walk as a blown out knee and he's like I need to ride. It just brings back memories. Kids don't do that but he's hardcore man. That's how I was too. We actually made something this weekend, finally. Yep. If I could just rev a little there, dude, like we're. That's what I mean. That was nice. Travis added a flip to that and went to an airbag landing. And just how much is going on for the two rotations that I'm doing. Travis, you're ******* out of your mind. Obviously it was like a 30% commitment with the knee, but we kind of got an idea of it. What did it feel like on this bike versus like the other bike you're riding with the shorter suspension? I think it didn't rebound as fast. So it's slower, but it still came around, didn't it? Kind of like, I like, I like that technique more. If I commit and turn, it'll be right there. I think I can't even like think about trying to grab onto it because if I get to the bike, my knee's going to fold, but come back in maybe a few weeks because I'm getting pretty antsy to get this. Huge extension. That was good. Yeah. I love that. If Blaine wants him to do it again, I don't think it's going to get better than that. No, that was huge. I'd probably call it. He's been over it. If he didn't get the shot, he's fired. All right. All right, so I think my calculations were correct. The steeper the ramp, the harder it is to do a barrel roll because we're fighting a flip axis while trying to keep it barrel rolled, so. I think that trick's going to be easier on a flatter ramp, so we'll cross that one off the list. Barrel roll on this ramp is not easier. All right, I'm going to try double barrel roll, but I'm kind of tired. The afternoon session's getting late, so I'm going to do a half-assed barrel roll and then let the bike go at halfway point because that's what Trav said. Don't worry, it's no big deal. Just do one. And if you let go as you're halfway through, that means you can do two. I'm just going to let it go, and then I'm going to go like this, and then Come Over's going to come get me. And tear the bag. And tear the bag. I had no idea what was gonna happen. And I'm pretty sure I've corrected. I don't know if any of us know what we're doing. Got Wyatt Fontenot out here. He's gonna help me just keep crashing in the bag and help me be a little less lonely because misery loves company and that's why we brought him out here. He just won gold medal at New Orleans for best whip. The goal for this morning was to have a fun session and then this evening we'll continue with the mayhem and chaos. Yeah, Trav wants me to add to that wood part, which is stupid, but you can just hit this side. Almost the exact same, just a little bit taller. I'm starting to speak now. Cole, are you playing Spin Quest over there? Not right now, but I usually do play one today. Actually, speaking of that, I got to collect my money from you. Scan this QR code and you can play too. What QR code? Final day here and I feel really good about front bike flip. I looked at the footage this morning from yesterday and I was actually closer than what I thought was in my head so I think we have a really good chance of making it like right now and maybe two tries or something so. I don't know. I'm so close. I'm so close. I hate it. I definitely would not move out of this. Shut up, Steve! For actually doing something. Not wasting my time. I have never yelled like that when I won X Games, nothing. I always made fun of Spaniards for getting all crazy like that, but here I am. I get better than banks and traps. Front bike flip, definitely going down. Thanks Ryan Williams for your help. We're at the point with these tricks where it needs to be a team of people collectively working on it because it's so gnarly now. We're looking for percentages here and there and everyone has their own skill that they're good at. We had to start taking from everyone and learning from each other and sharing what we're doing. And it's gonna make more people excited to go try more stuff. So cut the hiding your tricks stuff out and just post it so we can all excel in the Sporting Draft. Front bike as possible, go get it. Let's give it. I'm starting to speak now.