Friday, October 27, 2006

Motocross

Travis Pastrana ( Back-Flip)

Motocross is an extreme sport that consists in winning races in special off-road motor cycles build for jumping very high. I love motocross, I think it is great, the feeling that you have when you jump a ramp and your are in the air is very cool. There are different types of categories. There is Super Cross, Motocross, and Freestyle. In each of these categories, there are smaller categories. These are divided by the sizes of the engine. There are 80cc, 125cc, 250cc and 400cc.

Super Cross is the official races made in special dirt tracks. In a Super Cross race, there are about 20 or more athletes. In this category, the athletes made about 20 laps around a small dirt track. In the tracks, are placed lots of ramps and mini special mountains made for the riders to jump high. In Super cross are most common the 80cc's, the 125cc's and the 250cc, because the rest of the engines are too big to make that kind of jump. 80cc is a small engine for kids; 80 cc means eighty cubic centimeters (the engine's size). 125cc are in the middle class, it is for young adults. 250 are the best and the most interesting because they are full size dirt bikes for any type of age and size. The best rider, the one’s who are winning know are: Ricky Carmichael, James Stuart, and Chad Reed. These are the biggest rivals. Ricky C. rides a Suzuki, James S. rides a Kawasaki, and Chad R. rides a Yamaha ( the best for me); but it doesn’t matter because they are all big rivals. I think Carmichael is the best one.

Motocross is almost the same as super cross; only that the tracks in Motocross are open fields and rural areas. The race also last longer. Motocross is less famous than Super cross. In Motocross, the size of the engines can be bigger; this is because here there aren’t those tremendous jumps. The world most important motocross series are the: FIM'S Grand Prixs - the World Championship series and the AMA'S, American National Championship.

The last and the coolest of all is the Freestyle category. In these competitions are were the huge jumps are made. This category is new. In here it is not a race; it is who makes the biggest jump, the best trick in the air while you jump and the best landing. Here it all depends what was the trick that you make, and how difficult was it. The most famous trick is the back-flip. In the back-flip, you jump and in the air you give a flip back sides. The first man to do this dangerous trick was Carey Hart. Soon all riders began to perform this trick and to make it better. In 2006's X-game, Travis Pastrana, a well known rider, became the first man to do a double back-flip. He obtained the gold medal for it. I think Travis Pastrana is the best rider in the history. There are lots of tricks invented by people. Another very famous is the ¨Super Man¨. It consists in while you are in the air, you jump to the back side of the bike and grab it, and there you make a position that looks like superman. There is also the Knack-Knack, Heel-clicker, Lazyboy, and much more tricks. Riders perform jumps and stunts ranging from 80-150 feet in length. These tracks, you come at high speed and perform a jump in a much tilted ramp; then you land and watch your score.

Motocross is a very dangerous sport, so you need a very safety gear. The most necessary equipment is the helmet, boots, special pants and jersey, goggles for their helmet, gloves, knee guards, elbow guards, deflector and other things. Wearing all this maybe a little uncomfortable and expensive, but it is for protection, any of those things can save your live and prevent other things to happen to you. I don’t like wearing them, every time I put them on, I said that I wont need it, but everything have a reason, I don’t known when I am going to fall.

I the freestyle history there have been lots of professionals. I said that Travis Pastrana has been the best, so said the judges and other people. The most famous have been: 1.Travis Pastrana for making the double back flip and other stunts. 2. Mike Metzger called the Godfather; first to master the back flip. 3. Brian Deegan; first ever to do a 360(some say an off-axis back flip because it isn't as flat). 4. ¨Mad Mike¨ Jones, Craziest guy on a motorbike. known for flipping over the handlebars and making the Kiss Of Death and the no handed lander. 5. Nate Adams, the only one who has beat Travis Pastrana three times. These have been riders who have make history in the Freestyle Motocross, but no one like Travis Pastrana.

Me and my Yamaha 250 cc

- Some information was found in Wikipedia.org

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