red bull x-fighters mag - sydney 2011

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RED BULL X-FIGHTERS ToUR 2011

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The world’s biggesT fmx sTars prepare for a series showdown in sydney!

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Contents 04 the 2011 World tour This year’s World Tour has been one of the most e

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ever. Here’s the background on the state of play ahead of tonight’s grand finale 16 the

duellists The 2011 World Tour all comes down to one action-packed night and two riders

who have tussled at the top of the standings all season long. So, just who will win the

showdown in Sydney, Nate Adams or Dany Torres 18 Wizards in oz Meet the 10 other riders

who’ll be in action today 19 flight times Tracing the development of the world’s foremost

FMX competition 20 maddo’s moments Distance champ, stunt king, FMX superstar – Robbie

Maddison’s amazing feats have earned him all these titles and more 24 anatomy of a triCk

Levi Sherwood explains how to land a Ruler Flip 26 sliCk triCks Your guide to the tricks

to look out for today 32 fit to fly How Aussie star Josh Sheehan stays in shape for FMX’s

punishing tricks 38 aussies rule Blake Williams explains why Australian riders are taking

the FMX world by storm 40 get the gear The kit is simple, but each bit is crucial to a

rider’s safety 42 Course guide The lowdown on the Cockatoo Island track 44 the rules The

key info on how the series works 46 results How they stand before the grand finale

Five months, five incredible locations, 220,000 fans, thousands of tonnes of dirt, and countless eye-popping tricks, the 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour has so far been a truly amazing spectacle. And today here on Cockatoo Island in Sydney, it all comes to an adrenaline-fuelled, action-packed climax as defending champ Nate Adams and in-form contender Dany Torres go head-to-head for the title of Tour Champion. But the action today won’t just be about the duel for the Tour crown. Ten more of the finest riders on the planet will be looking to make their mark as Red Bull X-Fighters comes to Australia for the first time, and none more so than the four Aussies who’ll show off their gravity-defying skills. Moto legend Robbie Maddison, Double Backflip specialist Cameron Sinclair and hotshot rookies Josh Sheehan and Robbie Adelberg will be determined to impress the home crowd and could even influence the destination of the title. It’s set to be a thrilling end to what has been a simply stunning 2011 Tour. So, hold on to the edge of your seats, because today in Sydney it’s going to be a wild ride!

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to the wild side!welcome

Over the past five months Red Bull

X-Fighters has seen some spectacular

sights, from huge tricks on the sands by

the shores of the Gulf of Arabia in Dubai to

riding out in front of 100,000 screaming

FMX fanatics in the heart of the Brazilian

capital Brasilia. In Rome, the Stadio

Olimpico was transformed into a modern-

day Circus Maximus for one intense night

of high-flying action and in Poland,

Poznan’s City Stadium saw the battle for

the 2011 Tour title take a massive turn as

contender Andre Villa crashed out. Now

we’re preparing for the biggest sight of all,

Red Bull X-Fighters’ first ever visit to

Australia. There are a host of Aussie stars

waiting to thrill with their aerial trickery

tonight, including superstar Robbie

Maddison and highly-rated rookies Josh

Sheehan and Robbie Adelberg, but the

main attraction will be the title showdown

between Nate Adams and Dany Torres. It’s

a battle that has been raging all year, as

you’ll see over the coming pages. Tonight,

though, a winner must be found. So strap

yourselves in, it’s going to be a wild ride!

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Location / DuBAI, uAEdate / APRIl 16, 2011The 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour got off to a red-hot start by making its first visit to the Gulf states, with a date in the dunes of Dubai. Of course, the fact that it was by the cooling waters at Jumeirah Beach didn’t hurt one little bit! The big news early on was that Andre Villa had carried his exceptional 2010 form through to the new season and the Norwegian totally dominated qualifying, so much so that few could imagine anyone else stepping up to beat him in the main event. Spanish flier Dany Torres had other ideas though, and the man they call DT was on fire on the big stage. After eclipsing defending champ Nate Adams in the semis, Torres beat Villa in a thrilling finale to start as he finished the 2010 Tour– with a stunning victory! Adams was left to take third with Australian rider Blake Williams taking fourth.

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Location / BRASIlIA, BRAzIldate / MAy 28 2011Red Bull X-Fighters has visited some incredible locations over the past

decade, but despite visiting legendary sites such as Egypt’s Great

Pyramid in the past, nothing could have prepared anyone involved with the

series for the scenes that greeted them on the series’ return to Brazil after

three years away from the country.

last time out, Rio had been the host city for a jaw-dropping contest but

on this occasion it was the capital city, Brasilia, that welcomed the World

Tour – and what a welcome it was!

A staggering 100,000 people turned up to watch the riders pull off some

amazing tricks and they weren’t disappointed. The wild atmosphere

seemed to rub off on the riders and throughout the night they pushed

each other to bigger and bigger tricks.

It was Nate Adams, though, who eventually won out, the defending

champion beating out the outstanding Robbie Maddison for the top

honour. Andre Villa took third place on the night with Rubber Kid levi

Sherwood ending the contest in fourth place.

“I’ve never seen so many people in one spot before. I’m just speechless,”

said a visibly awestruck Adams as he took the prize and the deafening

applause of the vast crowd, the biggest in Red Bull X-Fighters competition

history. The win put Adams into the overall lead with 165 points.

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Location / ROME, ITAlydate / JuNE 24, 2011After the huge crowds in Brazil it was off to an event that is fast becoming a Red Bull X-Fighters classic – Rome.Italian FMX fans are some of the most passionate and knowledgeable in the sport and with the series expanding from last year’s Stadio Flaminio to the much larger Stadio Olimpico, it looked like another thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled contest was in prospect.

And so it went. Somewhere in the region of 45,000 fanatical Italian spectators squeezed into the huge arena to cheer Nate Adams to his second win of the season. Norway’s Andre Villa took second place while Aussie wild boy Josh Sheehan came out of nowhere to take third.

With two wins and a third place to his credit Adams was in ominously good form and sent a further chill down the spines of his rivals by later announcing: “Now I’m going for the Tour title.” It wouldn’t be quite so straightforward though, as the next round would show.

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Location / MADRID, SPAINdate / July 15, 2011After Adams had laid down a marker about winning the Tour title, the

American was forced to sit out the round in Madrid, the traditional

home of Red Bull X-Fighters, after a bad landing in Rome resulted in

shoulder pain the defending champ couldn’t ignore.

That handed his immediate rivals Andre Villa and Dany Torres a golden

opportunity to pile on the pressure and, after crashing out in the early

rounds in Rome, Torres in particular needed some big points.

The stumbling block though would surely be Villa, who was again

showing why he’s been a consistent title contender for the past few

seasons. The Norwegian pulled off some simply enormous tricks to

march to the semi-finals and, in all likelihood, a fourth podium finish of

the year. In the semis, though, he came up against an inspired Blake

‘Bilko’ Williams and with the help of his patented 360 Cliffhanger,

Bilko dismissed Villa to set up a final showdown with Torres.

But in the final, in front of his home crowd, Torres would not be denied.

While Bilko went big, Torres went technical and unveiled a complex

new Cliffhanger variant that wowed the judges and earned him the

victory. Meanwhile, Josh Sheehan reminded everyone why he’s being

tipped as a future superstar by landing his second third place in a row.

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Location / POzNAN, POlANDsubject / AuGuST 6, 2011With just two rounds left, the tension was beginning to mount, and in

front of 35,000 fans in Poznan’s City Stadium, the main contenders

knew they’d have to pull out all the stops if they were to claim a decisive advantage in the Tour standings.

That meant that Villa, Adams and Torres were all in superb form in the

practice sessions. In qualifying, though, Villa was the first to crack,

the unlucky Norwegian crashing heavily and sustaining a broken leg

that spelled the end of his weekend and, sadly, his title challenge.

It left the field clear for Torres and Adams, and with two wins each to

their credit and both in awesome form there was no way either would

surrender before facing the other in the final head-to-head battle.

Torres threw down in style, bringing some of his biggest and edgiest

tricks to the party, but despite blowing the judges away with a flawless Seatgrab Indian air Backflip to take the Swatch Best Trick

honour, it still wasn’t enough to deny Adams. The defending champ

included two 360 variations and also a one-handed takeoff backflip

in his run to claim his third win of the year.

Just 40 points separate Torres and Adams as Red Bull X-Fighters

prepares for its final stop of the year in Sydney. Both riders are in incredible form. For Adams it’s all about stamping his authority

on the series with a third Tour win. For Torres, meanwhile, there’s

an insatiable hunger to land his first title. There’s a battle royal in prospect here in Sydney. It should be an incredible day!


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The DuellisTsIt’s been a long, gruellIng tour but now It all comes down to one actIon-packed

day and two rIders who have tussled at the top of the standIngs all season

long. so, Just who wIll wIn the showdown In sydney?

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single event during the season he was able to steal a second title from under the nose of Andre Villa, event though the Norwegian had been the form rider and championship favourite all season long.

Fast forward a year and in 2011 Adams has, if anything, upped his game further. At the start of this year’s World Tour in Dubai, Adams insisted that the only thing missing from his 2010 locker was a win and he vowed to put that right this time out. He wasn’t lying. The American perfectionist has notched three victories this year, in Brazil, Italy and Poland, to give himself a solid lead coming into this final round.

Indeed, so predictable had Adam’s presence on the podium being that Tour Director Tes Sewell admitted: “If you were being cruel you would say Nate is almost a robot! You can joke about him being the cyborg – if you strip away the skin you’ll find metal and machinery underneath. He’s that consistent, and he’s in spectacular form at the moment.”

By contrast, Torres has been the epitome of inconsistency over the past two years, though rarely due to any kind of underperformance. In fact, the opposite is true of the Spanish flier. Whenever he clambers aboard his KTM 250SX, it’s with total commitment and Torres is regarded as one of the World Tour’s most stylish performers, bringing a daring grace and fluidity to his tricks that few others can match.

The Spaniard’s problem, however, is that the intense commitment he brings often leads to him pushing too hard, with painful and debilitating consequences.

In training for Brazil this year, Torres hurt his foot and on the eve of the event in Brasilia was forced to withdraw. It was a repeat of the previous year, when Torres had been forced to miss the Egypt round through a wrist injury sustained in the opening round. To make matters worse the injury continued to trouble him throughout the World Tour.

The over-commitment can translate into miscued tricks too. After dominating qualifying in Rome this year, with the highest single score ever achieved by a rider in Red Bull X-Fighters, it looked like Torres would be unbeatable in the main event. But, on the big stage he pushed too hard on a Saran Wrap Backflip to Nac Nac trick and came off the bike. The error handed the win to the ever-reliable Adams.

It is the essential difference between the two. Adams, like snowboarding’s Shaun White, is a refiner of tricks rather than an innovator. Where others will seek to impress with something new but flawed, Adams takes am existing trick and makes it perfect every time, often adding variations for extra points.

Torres, meanwhile, is an instinct rider, relying on a vast catalogue of tricks, which, if they go well will see off any challenger but which, if botched, end in early capitulation.

Tonight’s duel is, therefore, the best kind of title fight – a contest of contrasting styles. In the end it will come down to which rider manages to do what Red Bull X-Fighters demands of any winner – to throw down the biggest, baddest tricks possible and make them stick. Which one of the two that will be is anyone’s guess, but it’s going to be a thrilling ride!

NickName / THE DESTRoYER NatioNality / USA Date of Birth / MARcH 29, 1984 Bike / HoNDA cRF450R

results 2011Dubai (uae) 3Brasilia (Brazil) 1rome (italy) 1madrid (spain) –Warsaw (Poland) 1sydney (australia)

curreNt PoiNts: 365 curreNt PositioN: 1st

NickName / DT NatioNality / SPAIN Date of Birth / MARcH 10, 1987 Bike / KTM 250SX

results 2011Dubai (uae) 1Brasilia (Brazil) –rome (italy) 5madrid (spain) 3Warsaw (Poland) 2sydney (australia)

curreNt PoiNts: 325 curreNt PositioN: 2ND

Torres

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DaNyne’s been the dominant rider in FMX for several years, the other the young pretender tipped by many for superstardom. one is the series’ Mr consistent, ultra-prepared and always focused on the prize, no matter what. The other is a quiet family-focused Spaniard who turns into a flamboyant ultra-competitive daredevil whenever he climbs aboard his bike. Ladies and gentlemen meet Nate Adams and Dany Torres, the pair that will battle it out today in pursuit of title glory right here in Sydney.

Their championship battle has been raging all season but the competition between these two top-level riders goes back a lot further. Adams won his maiden Red Bull X-Fighters title in 2009 and hasn’t looked back since. In 2010 he majored in consistency, racking up podium finish after podium finish and scoring so heavily in each round that despite not winning a

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wizards in ozthe world’s best riders line-up to do battle at each red bull x-fighters round and sydney is no exception. say hello to the best of the best in fmx, including a few homegrown heroes

Josh Sheehan NickName / SheenyNatioNality / AuStrAliADate of Birth / FebruAry 27, 1986Bike / hondA CrF450r

Robbie MaddiSon NickName / MAddoNatioNality / AuStrAliA Date of Birth / July 14, 1981Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

Levi Sherwood NickName / rubber Kid NatioNality / new ZeAlAndDate of Birth / oCtober 22, 1991Bike / KtM 250SX

Robbie adelbergNickName / Aldy, AdelS NatioNality / AuStrAliADate of Birth / noveMber 7, 1988 Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

AdAm JoneS NickName / noneNatioNality / uSADate of Birth / July 23, 1984Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

JAvieR VillegaSNickName / AStroboy NatioNality / ChileDate of Birth / deCeMber 8, 1983Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

mike MaSonNickName / MASeNatioNality / uSADate of Birth / AuguSt 27, 1981Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

eigo SatoNickName / none NatioNality / JApAnDate of Birth / oCtober 30, 1978 Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

CAmeRon Sinclair NickName / SinCSNatioNality / AuStrAliADate of Birth / April 12, 1984Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

mAikeL Melero NickName / none NatioNality / SpAinDate of Birth / JAnuAry 27, 1988Bike / yAMAhA yZ 250

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jump through time!

2001. red bull X-Fighters is born on a hot July day, when some of the world’s best FMX riders gather in the historical bullring of valencia, Spain. with echoes of pamplona’s running of the bulls – 100 white-clad volunteers are herded into the arena by the FMX stars – Mike Jones is cheered on to victory by a fanatical crowd. the template is set.

2002. Following the success of the valencia event, red bull X-Fighters migrates to Madrid’s legendary plaza de toros de las ventas, for wilder tricks and bigger air. More than 23,000 fans are crammed into the iconic venue, to see local hero edgar torronteras take his revenge on inaugural winner Mike Jones.

2003. bigger and better. Kenny bartram rules both in valencia and Madrid, twice relegating fellow American nate Adams to second position.

2004. Madrid hosts the only event of ’04, but a new legend is born when travis pastrana takes his first title ahead of nate Adams and ronnie renner. “red bull X-Fighters is more fun than any other event. the atmosphere is unique,” the new champion says. it’s about to become even more special…

2005. with crowds rising in the red bull X-Fighters heartland of Spain, the decision to go international is made. given its bullfighting heritage, Mexico’s vast plaza de toros in Mexico City is the ideal destination. here, ronnie renner dominates what is quickly becoming FMX’s most exciting series.

2006. After a glut of uS wins, a new european star is born, as Swiss rider Mat rebeaud beats travis pastrana in Mexico. rebeaud eventually finishes third behind winner pastrana and

nate Adams, but it’s clear that a new era of internationalism beckons. time to go global.

2007. the first world tour takes off in 2007, with events in Mexico, ireland and, once again, its spiritual home, Spain’s Madrid. it’s here that travis pastrana takes another title, blitzing the finale after also taking victory in ireland, to claim his title back from Mat rebeaud.

2008. the beast keeps growing. Across a six-stop season, including Mexico City, rio de Janeiro, Fort worth in the united States, Madrid, oeteslhofen in germany, and the season finale in warsaw, Mat rebeaud is imperious. he takes three wins from the first four tour events, and seals the title victory even before the final round.

2009. the biggest tour yet sees red bull X-Fighters invade Mexico, the uS, Spain and, for the first time, Canada and the uK. And despite the discovery of wonder kid levi Sherwood, who wins at his first attempt in Mexico, it’s nate Adams who eventually seizes the overall title, first place in Calgary and london and second in Madrid, landing him the crown ahead of friend and California neighbour robbie Maddison.

2010. For the 10th tour, red bull X-Fighters goes even bigger. Aside from the established cities Madrid and Mexico City, the series stages events at some of the world’s most iconic locations, including egypt’s great pyramids on the giza plateau, Moscow’s incredible red Square, and rome, the eternal City. the dominance of nate Adams looks eternal too, as the ’09 champ seizes a second title. now, in 2011, he’s on the verge of an amazing hat-trick! Can anyone stop the destroyer today?

from a single battle to a world-spanning series featuring the very best freestyle riders on the planet, red bull x-fighters has come a long way. here’s how…


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Maddo’s MoMents

arlier this year, as the Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 World Tour was about to get underway, Robbie Maddison was asked at a press conference in Dubai how the birth of his son Kruz in October 2010 had changed him. The Aussie FMX superstar’s answer was typically honest: yes, he said, it had made him think that a time will one day come when he can no longer risk life and limb by flinging himself through the air on a motorcycle.

There was a pause and then a wry smile broke out across Maddo’s face. “But there’s a still a few things I’ve got to do before then,” he laughed. That would appear to be an apt motto for the whole of Robert William Maddison’s life – just a few more things to do.

From the moment his father, Peter, put him on the back of a tiny eight-horsepower Honda when Robbie was just four, the future bike legend was hooked. His was a childhood spent trekking from one motocross meet to another and all the while the youngster was honing the skills that would one day see him take on some of the greatest motorcycle feats ever seen.

Before that success, however, there were dark days. Aged 16, Maddison was larking about on a jet ski when he came off

Stunt king, diStance record holder, FMX SuperStar, in the courSe oF a wild career robbie MaddiSon haS becoMe all theSe thingS. we look back at SoMe oF hiS greateSt FeatS and Forward to a Few More...

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and swallowed a mouthful of polluted water. Days later he was in hospital suffering from a deadly combination of encephalitis and meningitis. Doctors feared the worst, but after a month in bed, blind in one eye and partially paralysed, Maddison recovered. He hasn’t looked back since.

The first major achievements came with distance jumping records and in 2007 and 2008 Maddison set three world records, eventually leaping all the way to 350 feet. But it’s been with the help of Red Bull that Robbie has taken daredevilry to a whole new level.

On December 31, 2008, he celebrated New Year’s Eve at Red Bull: New Year, No Limits in Las Vegas by jumping 100 feet onto and off the Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas. That huge jump was followed by a 2009 backflip across the open Tower Bridge in London, images of which earned Maddison global notoriety and the tag, correct or not, of natural successor to famed 1970s stunt rider Evel Knievel.

The distance jumps were just one aspect of Robbie’s growing legend, however. While he was plotting and performing his distance jumps he was also taking his skills to a different arena, that of Freestyle Motocross. Maddison got his first taste of Red Bull X-Fighters back in 2005 in Madrid but didn’t feature regularly until 2007, by which time he’d learned his chops, as a third-place finish in the first round in Mexico showed.

The following year he showed he could compete with the best in the world, consistent performances pushing him to second in the overall standings by the end of the Tour. It wasn’t until 2009, though, that he landed his first win, a great ride in Calgary, Canada earning him victory and a place at FMX’s top table. Since then he’s become one of the series true innovators and last year, in Madrid, he brought a stunning new trick to the World Tour in the shape of the Volt – a body varial in which he dismounts and pirouettes his body through 360 degrees beside the bike before climbing aboard again, all while in mid-air.

That triumph came after another personal landmark had been reached, though, when earlier in 2010 Maddison jumped across

the famed Corinth Canal, a leap of 279 feet, some 300 feet above the water. “Overcoming fear, that’s always the hardest part,” he said of the achievement. “I believe you have to take risks in life to become wiser and facing a challenge like this will help get me ready for the next feat I will face.”

The first challenge is Red Bull X-Fighters’ Australian debut, a moment Robbie has been looking forward to for some time. “I left Australia in the first place to chase this level of competition and to bring Red Bull X-Fighters back home will be amazing,” he said recently.

And after that? Who knows. But if his past record is anything to go by it will be a jaw-dropping leap into the unknown. And, as ever with the man they call Maddo, he will take it on just because it was on that great list of a “few more things to do.” PH

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Robbie Maddison landed his first Red Bull X-Fighters win in Calgary in 2008 (above) and since then has introduced wild new tricks such as the Volt Body Varial (below) to the worldwide series.

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On the Flip Sidemaking his return from injury today,

Levi sherwood expLains how he makes

one of red BuLL x-fighters’ toughest

tricks – the ruLer fLip – Look easy…

“The first thing I do to prepare for this trick is put my super flip

levers up before approaching the take-off. I tend to ride into the

ramp a little slower than normal, and then accelerate on the take-

off to spin my bike off the ramp faster.

When I’m about to leave the take-off, I pull back as hard as I can.

This is because a Ruler Flip slows down the rotation of the flip, so

you need to speed up the rotation at the start to account for that.

Once I’ve left the ramp, I let my wrists lean into my super flip levers

and extend my feet out. Once I’ve extended my arms and legs out,

I look through and try to hold this position for as long as I can.

When I think it’s time to get back on, I lean into my super flip levers

and try to tuck my legs up into a ball, to get back onto the bike.

This is the part where it slows down the flip rotation the most.

Once I’m back on the bike, I spot my landing and start to prepare

for the next trick in my run.

I find this trick much easier to do than a lot of other tricks, because

there are no half measures as far as how hard to pull and how far

to extend. It’s a fun trick to do when it all goes right!”


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Slick TricksRed Bull X-FighteRs BRings the woRld’s Finest RideRs to the planet’s hottest locations. as FoR the RideRs, well, they just have to BRing the sickest tRicks possiBle! heRe’s youR guide to today’s Biggest moves…

WHIPA relatively simple trick, demonstrated here by Levi Sherwood. The rider kicks the bike sideways in the air, so that the machine comes to at least a 90° angle before being straightened out for the landing.

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lAZy flIPA Backflip in which the rider, here it’s Dany Torres, lies back, flat on the seat, with his arms extended during the rotation. While he’s upside down, his body is parallel to the bike.

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ROcK SOlIdA variation on the Superman Double Grab. In this trick, the rider extends his legs out behind the bike to resemble the super hero in flight. For the Rock Solid – shown here by Mat Rebeaud – the rider releases his hands sideways, totally detaching himself from the bike. He then catches the bike and uses the grab holes to pull himself back onto the saddle.

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RulEROne of the trickiest moves to pull off. The rider – in this case Josh Sheehan – comes off the ramp and throws his feet up towards the sky, while also pushing the rear of the bike down. The name Ruler comes from the angle between rider and bike that looks like the hands of a clock pointing to 12 and 6.


KISS Of dEAtH INdy flIP The basic Kiss of Death trick involves doing a handstand on the bike, while stretching down to kiss the front fender. It takes some skill, but to do it upside down and with an added Indy variation, where the rider scissors his legs out at angle, takes things to another level. Mat Rebeaud shows how it’s done.

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dOuBlE HARt AttAcK The origin of this trick is the Hart Attack, invented by FMX star Carey Hart. The rider holds the bike at the front and rear, kicking his legs outward. The Double Hart Attack adds an element of a Superman Double Grab, where the rider – in this case Levi Sherwood – performs the Hart Attack, but uses just the rear grip holes, which enables him to extend his legs much further away from the bike.



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HARt AttAcK INdy flIP Why stop at an upright Hart Attack? Why not flip it, as Levi Sherwood shows? Plus, hoping for more points, the New Zealander adds an Indy kick, just because he can!

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cORdOVA flIPWith his hands on the grips, the rider brings his feet up underneath the bars, presses his knees to his chest, and then arches his back so that he is looking out over the back fender. All this while pulling a Backflip! Adam Jones was the first rider to land a Cordova in competition. This is Remi Bizouard’s spectacular take on the trick.

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dEAd BOdy flIPFor the Dead Body, the rider leans over the front of the bike, while holding the bars and keeping his body horizontal with the bike. Now, try that while flipping, like Levi Sherwood.

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dOuBlE GRAB INdyThe standard Double Grab is straightforward enough: Dany Torres grabs the back of the motorcycle with both hands and extends his body off the back of the bike. An added Indy scissor kick lends a bit of flair to what, these days, is a relatively basic trick.

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SuPERMAN INdIAN By modern standards, another relatively simple trick to pull off. The rider releases his feet from the foot pegs and extends his legs back, like Superman in flight. Mat Rebeaud adds the Indy variation for style.

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WHIPPEd NINE O’clOcK Robbie Maddison pulls off a big extension of this trick, in which the rider holds the bike just by the handlebars. He aims to get his body to the nine o’clock position in relation to the bike. Robbie adds a whip too, kicking the bike out for added difficulty.

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tSuNAMI flIPLevi Sherwood performs a handstand on the handlebars while keeping the bike level. Sounds simple, right? But how about doing it upside down?

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NINE O’clOcK INdyAs Josh Sheehan demonstrated in Rome, the rider’s aim here is to lift himself off the bike and extend his body at the 9 o’clock position. Requires good upper body strength.

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cHRISt AIRSimilar to a Cliff Hanger – in which Robbie Maddison hooks his feet under the handlebars and extends his body straight up from the bike – the Christ Air adds the element of extending the arms out in a redeemer-like pose.


VOltThe big one from 2010, and the trick that helped Robbie Maddison to victory in the Madrid round. The rider dismounts and pirouettes his body through 360 degrees, before climbing on board again. Technically extremely difficult, the Volt definitely represents the future for FMX’s big-tricking superstars.

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StRIPPER flIPWhile performing a Backflip, the rider puts one leg over the handlebars, while locking the other one behind the bars, as in a Cordova. Again, extension is the key here, and no one does extensions better than New Zealand’s Levi Sherwood.

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Fit to Fly

In a sport where landIngs can be punIshIng and the trIcks need

perfect tImIng and total focus, fItness of both mInd and body are

paramount. aussIe star Josh sheehan reveals how he stays In shape

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Josh Sheehan has made a major impact on Red Bull X-Fighters this year with two third places and 130 points to his credit so far.

MX requires a reasonable amount of upper body strength and a decent amount of flexibility. The courses in Red Bull X-Fighters are demanding and any mistakes can lead to serious injury, so I try to keep as fit as possible. That

way I can think clearly through the whole run.I don’t have a set training routine as my days change a lot. I try to get a fair bit of riding done but if it’s wet season, I have to change my days around to fit in with riding. Some weeks I work in the foam pit, which can be really hard on the body. Trying new tricks often has you landing in awkward positions.I try get to a deep massage as often as I can, or I’ll go to see my local physio once a week when I’m home. She knows what I go through and what injuries I’ve had, so she knows what needs more work. She keeps the back, neck and shoulders nice and loose. When I’m at home, I have a foam roller and some rubber balls that are like a deep massage. I take two tennis balls with me everywhere I go to roll on and work out any knots or tight spots. They’re good for ‘glutes’, back, shoulders and neck.Every day I like to start with a warm-up and some cardio work. I mostly run for 20 or 30 minutes outdoors. If my body is sore or tight, I’ll have a slower, 10-minute jog or a less stressful cycle to loosen up. I then like to practice FMX for an hour or an hour-and-a-half in the mid-morning. If it’s wet or windy I’ll ride the Motocross track for a while.I rest in the middle of the day and eat a big healthy lunch. Then I’ll do whatever maintenance needs doing on the bike or on the track and jumps before heading out for another hour or so of FMX in the afternoon. When that’s all done with I’ll have a weights session.Sometimes my body is sore from riding, so I miss out a few parts of whatever programme I’m going to do, or I’ll change them to what I feel is needed at the time. Sometimes I swap the workout for run, or some stop-start sprints and jogging. On a normal week I’ll try to do the first gym session on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Then the second work out on Tuesday and Thursday. On Saturdays I usually just ride with friends, either FMX or Motocross. Sunday is mostly rest, with some stretching and a bit of fun time on the bike, mixing things up or a trail ride.If a competition is coming up or I’m out of practice, I often skip a gym session to get more practice on the bike. Then, before I fly to Europe or to the US from Australia, I like to run for half an hour to clear my body out.Depending on where I am at the time, gyms may be limited so I often change the workouts around. The day before an event or competition, I have a short treadmill warm up and some light weights to keep the body loose without any stress.


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Weighing inI alternate between workouts each day to cover all areas. One gym session might be two lots of 10, 6kg rotator cuff exercises with a sequence of in, out and up movements. Then I’ll do two repetitions of 10 bench presses of between 30 and 40kg. That will be followed by 10 pull-ups while holding my legs straight out at 90 degrees and a further five to 10 pull-ups moving the head in front of the bar. After that there’ll two lots of 10 shoulder raises with 8-12kg on each arm. I lie on my stomach and do 10 lifts at 6-8kg out sideways, with my elbows straight. Then I’ll do 10 squats to warm up, followed by 15 squats at 40kg and then 10 at 60kg. I mix up some shoulder exercises by lifting a medicine ball from the ground and throw it up in the air 10 times, and then do individual vertical punches with the ball.

Boxing Clever Another gym session I do is a boxing routine. This involves five skipping sessions of three minutes with one-minute rests between each one. That’s followed by five, three-minute sessions with the punch bag, again with one-minute rests between each one. Then you do two lots of 30 push-ups and then 10-15 pull-ups with your legs straight out in front and two lots of five pull-ups with you head in front of the bar. After that you do three one-minute sessions of punching the air holding a 2-3kg dumb-bell in each hand, two lots of 30 sit-ups while holding your feet off the ground and twisting each time to touch an elbow on the opposite knee. You finish with 15 standing jumps starting in a squat position. Then you can have a rest!


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Aussies Rule

From FmX superstar robbie maddison to a new generation oF riders such as Josh sheehan

and robbie adelberg, the sport is being taken over by australians. red bull X-Fighters

regular blake ‘bilko’ williams eXplains Just what it is about aussies that makes them ideal

world tour material

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spoRting CultuReThis is a really important part of what Australians are about. We live our lives in the great outdoors most of the time and there aren’t too many built up areas, so as a kid you’re always going out in the paddock or whatever. You never sit round watching TV; you’re always looking for stuff to do, just getting your hands dirty. And your parents always encourage you to get into sport. And this is where that’s led me and Cam (Sinclair) and Maddo.

Down to eARth AttituDeAussies are pretty good at this. You can’t just turn up somewhere and think you’re the man. You can go to Southern California maybe and be Australian and be cocky with the chicks and stuff – and that works pretty well – but you can’t do that at home. You get hauled back pretty quick. We tend to treat people with the respect we expect to get back. It helps in an environment like this (Red Bull X-Fighters). I think a lot people in the sport have respect for the Australians, not just in the way we ride but also in the way we conduct ourselves. We’re pretty grounded I think.”

Blake Williams is enjoying his best results in Red Bull X-Fighters since joining the series in 2010. He’s currently fourth in the standings.


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sense of humouRThis is massively important. Aussies have got great humour, a really wide variety of humour. A lot of times there’ll be a lot of jokes being thrown around between me, Cam and Maddo and our mechanics and no-one will laugh except us, but we’ll laugh like crazy. Sometimes we do swear a little bit too much though… but never in front of the women and children!

hAving A goYou’ll never get anywhere without a bit of this attitude. I never knew I was going to be successful in America. I spent a lot of my own money getting to X-Games the first year I went. I was invited and scraped together the money to go and even after prize money I still went home having made a loss. But I got a lot of sponsorship out of it and I knew I had a shot. I went back the next year, started making a little money and now I’m doing good there, despite coming from another country. Sometimes it doesn’t work out but you have to try. Otherwise you’d be sitting on couch in ten years time thinking ‘what if…’ That’s way too late. I want to be sitting back when I’m 40 thinking that I tried everything I could.That does extend to tricks as well, but only on the days when you’re feeling comfortable on the bike, feeling 100 per cent confident. If you’re a little bit skeptical, carrying an injury or have bike issues or

Cameron Sinclair is one of FMX’s most consistent performers. Here he nails his signature Double Backflip.

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you’re just not comfortable on the course, then you have to say ‘today’s not the day to have a go’. That’s just down to common sense, which is probably another good Aussie trait.

RoAD wARRioRsAussies are pretty good on the road. We can work our way out of any situation. When we come to Red Bull X-Fighters you’re pretty well looked after, but if all of us had to go on a road trip by ourselves I reckon the Aussies would be like ‘throw in some camping gear and we’ll figure it out as we go, we’re pretty good at winging it’.

mAtesHaving your mates around is really important. Cam’s been my best mate since I was 14 or 15. We’d race Supercross together and started freestyle together. We’ve been all over the world and, especially when you’re traveling this much, being on 20-hour road trips and hotels and planes, it’s great to have mates with you. I’m not sick of him yet, though he’s pretty sick of me! It just great to have your mates there. There’s nothing worse than going to a foreign country on your own, stuck in a hotel room, with language barriers and feeling there’s nothing to do. I can make myself laugh but only so much!

Robbie Adelberg (top) is one of a new generation of Aussie riders hoping to follow in the footsteps of superstar Robbie Maddison (left).

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flying in top gear

BikeMost riders choose from manufacturers such as Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda. For Dany, though, it’s the KTM250 SX. “It’s the bike I feel most comfortable with, it’s like my second skin.”An FMX bike is largely the same as a regular-trials bike, but with a few key modifications: 1 Forks/NumBer Plates: Riders cut the number plates to fix on grip tape, which helps them to clamp their feet to the forks during tricks like the Cliffhanger.

2 PoP-uP Bars: These are flip-up bars that, when extended, help a rider maintain balance by propping his arms against them for stability.

3 HaNdHolds: Cut-outs in the plastic just beneath the seat provide space to hang on to during seat-grab tricks.

4 FootPegs: Most riders go for wider pegs, for greater stability.

It’s not just bIg trIcks that the rIders brIng to events, It’s also bIg style. dany torres talks us through hIs essentIal kIt...

troy lee desigNs graNd Prix JerseyA rider’s jersey and pants have to be lightweight and breathable but they’re also his on-course identity, Dany’s come from US company Troy Lee Designs, which has been customising riding gear for over 25 years.

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oakley mayHem mx goggles“These really work well for me. Great designs, high-quality lenses. I have this model in several colours,” says Dany.

gaerNe sg12 Boots “These are my favourite boots. The season I first wore them they gave me good luck, I had a lot of good results. Last year they made me a special pair in green and white.”

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9 days to transport the dirt and build the course. In total, 6500 tonnes of dirt was transported to the island. The dirt came from Homebush where it was put in trucks and hauled to White Bay. From there it was loaded onto barges and shipped to the island and then trucked to the event site to become part of the course.

5 kickers and one super-kicker make up the course. Red Bull X-Fighters Sydney is also the first FMX competition to feature a curved wall for the riders to use, and there are two on Cockatoo Island! Each is 12m wide and 6m high and they took 17 days to construct, including installation.

364 workers took 16 days to build the event site. That includes the course, grandstands and fencing. An additional 80 people were needed to rig up the on-site audio visual systems. In total, close on 1,000 staff will work on the event.

10,320 tickets sold. It will take 10 dedicated ferries to transport spectators to Cockatoo Island utilising two wharfs in Sydney Harbour.

2010 the year that Cockatoo Island was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, mostly due to its origins as an imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol. It was also the site of one of Australia’s biggest shipyards of the 20th century. The first of its two dry docks was completed in 1857 but maritime activity ceased in 1922. Cockatoo Island is also the biggest island in Sydney Harbour.

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A potent mixture of high-octAne intensity And glAdiAtoriAl duelling, red Bull x-fighters rewArds riders’ dAring, technicAl skill And viBrAnt showmAnship. here’s how it works...

Riding Rules The Rules Each World Tour stop comprises three days:

Day One (rider briefing and training)Day Two (training and qualifying)Day Three (training and main

competition)

The field limit for a competition is 12 riders. The six top riders from the final standings of the 2010 Tour immediately qualify to participate. The remaining six spots are given to Open Category riders. Four of these riders will be selected to compete by the 2011 Tour Rider Selection Committee. Two further Wild Card slots are made available to riders who, according to the organisers, will bring something special to the event. Beginning at the first event, up to four Open riders will be able to gain a spot at the following Tour event. If an Open rider is ranked in the 2011 Tour Top Six at the end of any Tour stop, he will automatically be invited to the next Red Bull X-Fighters event. Following the Qualifying round on Day Two, the six riders ranked highest in Qualifying automatically progress to Round Two of the main competition. The bottom six in Qualifying then battle it out in Round One of the main event on Day Three. In Round One, each rider has one run to impress the judges. The top two riders from Round One then progress to Round Two, where they are ranked as seeds #7 and #8. Then, they compete in head-to-head runs against the top six from Qualifying, who are seeded 1-6. In the head-to-head rounds, each rider gets another single run, the lower seed going first. A panel of five judges, presided over by the head judge, rules on categories including Variety (of tricks), Challenge and Execution, Form and Flow, Use of Course and Energy, Excitement and Entertainment.

The PoinTs systemAt each Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour stop, 100 points are awarded for first place, 80 for second, 65 for third, down to 5 points for 12th place. As the tour heads toward the final round, riders have the chance to discard their lowest single-Tour-stop score under the Throw Out Rule. The remaining stops are totalled to give an adjusted points score prior to the start of the final event. The overall winner of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2011 is the rider with the highest number of points after the final stop of the season.

1st 100 points 2nd 80 points 3rd 65 points 4th 55 points 5th 45 points 6th 35 points

7th 30 points 8th 25 points 9th 20 points 10th 15 points 11th 10 points 12th 5 points

Round twoHead to head

The head-to-heads see the riders seeded according to qualifying and round one results. Then they face off...

semi-finalsHead to head

It’s almost crunch time. The penultimate head-to-head round sees the tricks and showmanship ramped up high.

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The top six riders in Qualifying progress directly to Round Two, while the remaining six head to Round One, to fight for two remaining Round Two spots.

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standingsIt comes down to thIs – a battle between two of the toughest competItors In fmx. but just who wIll wIn today’s sydney shoot-out, nate adams or dany torres?

With three wins to his credit already this season, Nate Adams is the red-hot title favourite.

Dubai, UAE final results points01 Dany Torres (ESP) 10002 Andre Villa (noR) 8003 nate Adams (USA) 6504 Blake Williams (AUS) 5505 Levi Sherwood (nz) 4506 Eigo Sato (JAP) 3507 Robbie Maddison (AUS) 3008 Adam Jones (USA) 2509 Taka Higashino (JAP) 2010 Robbie Adelberg (AUS) 1511 Lance coury (USA) 1012 Jackson Strong (AUS) 5

overall standingsoverall points 01 nate Adams (USA) 36502 Dany Torres (ESP) 32503 Andre Villa (noR) 27004 Blake Williams (AUS) 21505 Eigo Sato (JAP) 18006 Robbie Maddison (AUS) 16007 Javie Villegas (cHI) 14008 Josh Sheehan (AUS) 13009 Adam Jones (USA) 12510 Maikel Melero (ESP) 11511 Levi Sherwood (nz) 10012 Petr Pilat (czE) 35– Beau Bamburg (USA) 35

MADRID, spainfinal results points01 Dany Torres (ESP) 10002 Blake Williams (AUS) 8003 Josh Sheehan (AUS) 6504 Maikel Melero (ESP) 5505 Andre Villa (noR) 4506 Adam Jones (USA) 3507 Javier Villegas (cHI) 3008 Robbie Maddison (AUS) 2509 Alastair Sayer (BoT) 2010 nick Franklin (nz) 1511 David Rinaldo (FRA) 10

BRASILIA, brazilfinal results points01 nate Adams (USA) 10002 Robbie Maddison (AUS) 8003 Andre Villa (noR) 6504 Levi Sherwood (nz) 5505 Eigo Sato (JAP) 4506 Javier Villegas (cHI) 3507 Adam Jones (USA) 3008 Blake Williams (AUS) 2509 Beau Bamburg (USA) 2010 Gilles Dejong (BEL) 1511 Gilmar Flores (BRA) 1012 Dany Torres (ESP) 5

ROMe, Italyfinal results points01 nate Adams (USA) 10002 Andre Villa (noR) 8003 Josh Sheehan (AUS) 6504 Blake Williams (AUS) 5505 Dany Torres (ESP) 4506 Eigo Sato (JAP) 3507 Adam Jones (USA) 3008 Robbie Maddison (AUS) 2509 Javier Villegas (cHI) 2010 Maikel Melero (ESP) 1511 Massimo Bianconcini (ITA) 1012 clinton Moore (AUS) 5

poznan, polandfinal results points01 nate Adams (USA) 10002 Dany Torres (ESP) 8003 Eigo Sato (JAP) 6504 Javier Villegas (cHI) 5505 Maikel Melero (ESP) 4506 Petr Pilat (czE) 3507 Adam Jones (USA) 3008 Andre Villa (noR) 2509 Libor Podmol (czE) 2010 Beau Bamburg (USA) 1511 Jackson Strong (AUS) 10

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