Matt Hoffman - First pulled BMX 180 Backflip (aka Flair) Mansfield, UK KOV / King of Vert 1990

[MrSnoopydoops]

you beast your smooth as a smootie

[96uni]

Were in Mansfield I's this?

[KUKIOLU]

was there that he invented the "Flair"

[brianator145]

@driaslow: hotsteeze is siiicckk

[Funnythings2012]

SHIT THAT WAS CRAZY

[paulius360]

0:56 holy fuck

[omgtomissocool]

00:03 imagine if he landed back on the bike!

[jonerkinch]

LEGENDARY...

[XXNACHOXXX]

He is an IDOL !!!!

[driaslow]

finally landed this and logged it on hotsteeze . com.

[xethanxflipsburgers]

wow.... backflip to almost flat...

[KUKIOLU]

he see "Flair" on bmx would crazy

[KUKIOLU]

THE OLD BIKES ARE GOLD

DON'T BROKEN

[TheFutau86]

jurig bmx^^

+__+

[diskortion]

Anyone know where in Mansfield this was held?

[fenderstratman120]

dude the guys now dont flair that high out of the coping lol

[JeannBmx]

backflip to late 180

[bachandarthurderek]

WTF 00:57

[StripesEmpire]

@bachandarthurderek ahhaahhaha

[Resendation]

watch 1:16 to 1:18 and see that guy on the right side. and stop the vid at 1:26

[travisSimon365]

This is a very different trick to what you see today (i.e. what is called a flair). Notice that he goes straight up, does a backflip, and then spins a 180 on the re-entry. Today's flairs carve, and are more like a barrel roll - both safer and easier to perform. So yeah, it's possible that thefingerboarder could actually do a flair, but I would like to see him do it like this - straight up and down.

[deathlon1122]

now people like craig mast do it flat

[TheSeePC]

since when flare is called ''180 Backflip''? :D :D

[jkyet]

It is a flair but the with kind of a late 180

[thefingerboarder777]

bmx is not my life and im not good but i can still flair gees it aint very hard...

[jrca96]

when he does the trick look at the announcer he jumps and falls right on his knees

[theblade164]

flair @PorcaScrofa

[smackanimals]

Man this guy inspired me, and I ride a bit like him. I'm persistant and I've crashed my fair share- but dammit bmx is the greatest thing in my life!

[juanbmxstreet]

DAAMN! matt always killing himself! but because of that he is the king of bmx!

[thehippys]

i read about this in his book called Matt Hoffman Testimony he Ride Of My Life

[suBrosAxKiD]

that was like one of the first flairs and one of the sickest looking ones ive ever seen

[grobyroad]

What happened to his other fucked up trick. The fishtail air ? Awesome and forgotten.

[GiveBlood88]

its too bad this sport seems to be dying off

ive got a few buddies that do it religiously and im learning but still so many parks segregate or ban bmxs and the kids just dont wanna do it, skateboards are so much cheaper

it reminds me of how trick skiing is coming up, a lot of snowboarders think it looks cool and want to embrace it but theres still so few of them at the parks

[suBrosAxKiD]

@GiveBlood88 your soo dumb bmx is growing soo rapidly and skiing has been here forever but i guess you might live somewere that theres no money or no bike shops

[huntahlovzmotos76]

far out that is skill i mean more than skill shit

[zackers1229]

see how fuckin high he went!!!!

[drakar17]

i'm afraid of the man at 0:58

[metalbmx777]

or maybe 30

[metalbmx777]

this was not three years ago the video was uploaded 3 years ago this was like 20 years ago

[muzikmaniac16]

too bad he bailed, would've been better if he didn't

[FreeMTrider]

@muzikmaniac16 What?? He landed it!

[Mviciousarty]

Man look at the sprocket and seat, old school.

[lufocrak12]

EL PRIMER FLAIR Y TO ALTO

[jacksonville321]

great video. but mind fuck at 0.59.

[M4Nii4C12]

he did that already when he was litle boy

[fmx4life69]

where are the mullets or shoulder pads? jeez man look at that bike :P only like 3 years ago?!

[andyamorris]

@fmx4life69 I think the video was uploaded 3 years ago... but probably filmed well before that?

[blattt188]

This is why I LOVE WHITE PEOPLE!!!

[MarsupialJones]

Hoffman = god.

[spessufuse]

This trick is called Flair, and Mat Hoffman Invented it. this was way back in 1989-1991 not sure about year.

[TraceurStev0]

The frontflip at the start was pretty impressive too.

[Lexiboy42]

Matt Hoffman is a boss

[esphorizon]

SIIIIICK!!

[maxyounk11]

There's no such thing as a 180 backflip it's a 540 the backflip is a nother spin

[M0T0x199]

Now its called a flare

[MaxJodie]

mat hoffman more or less saved the face of freestyle bmx a true ledgend and will go

down as 1 of the finest ever....

[SexiiBen]

wow you'd think it'd hurt to land at the bottom from that height

[atomicos1]

que makina

[AmitKanfi]

A.K.A. flair

[neale1978]

this was way before foampits and resi ramps kids, oh and its a flair, those who know.. know

[Philip852456]

des isn flair

[Dsizzle8703]

its crazy how much things have changed and how innovative people have become

[Aglassact77]

Frickin Awsome flair, He was great then, now and always will be a hero in the bmx world, "LIVE FOREVER HOFFMAN"......

[spyder45600]

what year was this?

[dinoBMXidiot]

that shit was massive, see how much air he needed to pull that back then? holi shit ! and it was the first one ever, I must have been awsome to witnes that back then

[iDrum37]

and people take flairs for granted these days

[theij3sus]

180 backflip is a flair!

[ttfteam]

@theij3sus it is now. but it was not called like that before it was invented by this guy who's invented most of the tricks you can think of today on a bike

[iDrum37]

doesnt look like him but i can tell its him because of his riding

[framedinblood02]

How an earth you can tell whether it looks like him or not from that video i have no idea.

[MattLikesTricks]

he did it so wrong he didnt drop his shoulder,not saying it was bad it was the first ever done/

[bmxn4l1f3]

and in 20yrs travis pastrana will probably be doin 300ft double backflips

[deso687]

stupidest thing ive ever herd. he wont even ride in 20 years .. and he can basically get them already.. ur an idiot

[bmxn4l1f3]

the longest single back flip distance record is under 200ft you fucktard so he basecly cant already. get ur fuckin facts strait

[deso687]

I meant as in a double backflip .

Lol your gettin angry over nothing :L

[bmxn4l1f3]

cause ur stupid as hell

[deso687]

Makes sense.

[takeitnoob]

my favourite biker ever ;)

[bmx8982333]

0:58 put ur dick in my mouth

and when was this filmed

[JaffaCakeScooter]

thats alleyoop as well

[nofootedseatgrabpimp]

yes its a slow flair hes going like 10 feet high? most people dont go that high when doing a flair. if you rotate the same speed as if your doing it 5 feet high tehn youll overotate and die. hes amazing who learns a brand new trick never done in bmx before going 10 feet high? lol.

[cwdressen]

All these years later, this video still just gave me the chills. I wish everyone could understand what they're witnessing here. This was probably the most ground-breaking set of events in BMX history. Matt Hoffman has opened more doors in the sport than probably anyone else in any sport ever. And I'm not exaggerating.

[ForTheFuhre]

yeah it is a flair but like slow motion

[bmxersmed]

The riders of old will always be looked upon as the inspiration for the next generation to improve, recreate, make new and better tricks. i see this as the starting block for the flair.without matt and riders of his time and there input to the sport would be different to how it is today.

In ten years time current pros will of had there time and the next generation will step up and push the boundrys further. tricks and style evolve through time and effort. just have fun and enjoy riding.

[gsp1175]

@bmxersmed What's even more impressive to me is that this was way before foam pits and resi ramps were around. These guys just thought of the trick they wanted to do and took it straight to the ramp, usually eating shit a few times before sticking it.

[fullboxxskater]

@bmxersmed Matt Hoffman invented the flair after he did this

[pivotspain]

wow that was amazing :D, and i loved how the people act :D

[fretalian]

lol 0:57

[r7ben94]

thats called th FLAIR!

[spyder45600]

for all the ppl arguing its called a flair listen here. im not 100% sure but back then there would be no name so they had to call it a 180 backflip. after matt hoffman landed it wouldnt he get to name it? cuz usually whoever ands sumfin first can name the trick. so dnt hate im just trying to set things strait tho im not 100% sure

[threeballbanger]

Yes u are right. It is called a flair. However, it wasn't just named a flair because it was a cool word. They choose the name because it was a mixture of FLip and AIR. So you get Flair. Because back when they came up with the 180 flip, a regular 180 on vert was refered to as an air. So you have a FL(ip)AIR(180)

[bikebird]

@threeballbanger - You nailed it. Back in the day, in Freestylin' magazine, a guy wrote a letter offering $100 to the first person who could pull off the backflip air, or flair. He also called the backflip fakie a "flakie." (The name and the trick never caught on.) At the time, he said he halfway expected to send the check to Hoffman; he turned out to be right. BTW--I know this because I'm the guy who wrote the letter. And sent the check.

[speeedybmxer]

Can't belive back then it was the most sought after trick, and now if you pull it off in a big comp, the judges dont even blink an eye. Wow. Well done Mat. Saw u at NASS..awsome man. cya

[jaidenbmx]

to think that is the first flair ever done!

[threeballbanger]

Yeah, he made it hard then it normal is. He did it Alley-Oop by rotating the opposite way. Then he also did it straight up in the air rather than carving a bit to let the momentum help him.

[PorcaScrofa]

THAT'S A FLARE!!! or flair? how to write this trick?

[threeballbanger]

Its Flair.

[munniauk]

@PorcaScrofa its flair

[alybmx]

flair

[12358bored]

@PorcaScrofa Its flair lol. and yeah i knw lol

[elidudewithcube]

@PorcaScrofa flair

[irfanlikesbmx]

@PorcaScrofa

it's flair. dude, did you know matt hoffman created this trick? i find it pretty AWESOME.

[FlyingFishlets]

@PorcaScrofa Flair

[im1da1king]

@PorcaScrofa back then it didnt have a name this is real riding when people made up there own tricks and did it for fun now riding all about whos the better person

[pilumi15]

@PorcaScrofa flair is faster

[sNiiTchCuzz]

@pilumi15 Flair means Flip air

That was a flip air

That was a flair

[pilumi15]

@sNiiTchCuzz okay..

[abcderkater2]

@PorcaScrofa

flair

[LilMissLaugh1996]

DUDE!! i met u last night and u are FREAKIN AWESOME!!

[MADEINMAIDEN]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[icerider1]

its a flare

[r7ben94]

flare?? FLAIR!

[stupid0rater]

a 180 backflip is a flare dude, learn your tricks

[AlfyLanger20]

yess but it wasnt called a flair at that stage...it was first referred to as a backflip 180, not till later on did it become a flair

[Clancycorp]

you should lern the spelling of this trick -.-

its called !FLAIR!!!! not flare...xD

[mirteoda]

it's MAT!!!

[Eluniora]

HAHA he's there again! :D look at 1:25-1:28 XD omg!

[TheRubenator05]

i thought he was trying a backflip to fakie!!!

[Eluniora]

seriously look at 0:57-1:00 :D

[iiR0LeXx]

LMAO YE, I just wanted to comment about that lol

[itsgoindown92]

who knew..

the first flair was the best flair landed to this day.

[ultraviolentrays]

that is such a crazy way to pull a flair compared to how people do them now, but i spose hes on the worlds narrowest vert ramp, so corkscrew style wasnt an option

[topsnip123]

man matt is a fukin sick bmxer!!!!!!

[costantinou160160]

lol 0:57

[sandmbmx]

It sucks to be him lol

[kambba]

que makina!

[aubreyj73]

wordreet knows what's up too.

[aubreyj73]

none of you monkeys have the slightest idea wtf you're talking about except daman 1101 who is right on. A Flair not Flare is a 180 backflip doesn't matter when it is initiated. Jose Yanez did the first flips and Zac Shaw did the first 360 flips in Jolly ole England. Mat is the only person with the cahones to try that bullshit on vert first.

[vufimtsev]

Can anyone do a triple back with double twist on one of those half pipes? I might try it off the Harvard Bridge ... but not right now because my hands hurt and it is cold outside....and I need one of those Hoffman PL bikes first...

[ATSalec]

is this the first ever flare?

[wordreet]

Cool. Thanx for that. Why didn't you say in the first place? I never heard of Jose Yanez, and haven't read the book.

 Someone should update Wikipedia with this info. ;-) Ouch, it seems insane to do BMX tricks using clips. If you can't un-clip in time when you bail, it's gonna be so much more dangerous!

[TheUnforgivn17]

Holy shit how long ago was this

[wordreet]

Hoff was the first rider to do any backflip. HIs world record first was a backflip to fakie, then later he was the first to do the one you see here. Originally called a flip 180, and later named the Flair.

Hoff rules! B-)

[daman1101]

He wasnt the first rider to pull a backflip; someone called Jose something could do them in the 1970s

[wordreet]

I can find no evidence so far that anyone else is credited with inventing the backflip. Hoff was certainly the first to pull one off when any media were observing. ;-)

[daman1101]

Mat Hoffman says in Ride of My life, published in 2002, 'The first guy in the sport to pull a backflip was a cat named Jose Yanez. He used toe clips to keep his feet attached to the pedals, and then did the trick ramp to ramp.'. However apparently it was one of his only tricks. He landed his first in 1986. In the Movie 'Rad' he did the stunt riding for Cru Jones whenever he did a backflip.

I hope this information is correct :) If not please say

[Eluniora]

LOL look at the guy at 0:58-1:00!!

[unbridledenthusiasm]

Hahahaaha

[Peterbilt500]

first of all its a flair

and people wer cheering more wen he bailed then wen he landed the actual trick

lmao

[retribuke]

it hadnt been named then smart guy

[Inkv7]

its a flair you dumb ass nigga

[chipsahoy4oreo]

umm its called a flair dipshit

[nittoso]

FOREVER

[taxmino]

when was this

[AAzipoppaa9]

Its a flair try to learn that sucker!!

[nexihop]

dumbass , he invented the trick.

[bhindu93]

what are you talking about... a 180 backflip is different to a flair...

a flair is when the 180 is initianted when the bike is leaving the ramp..

and a 180 backflip is after it has left the ramps :D

[retribuke]

you fag its not like they had named it at that time u complete moron

[theHATERshow]

he is a god

[Negat1veZer0]

0:02

Sick

[Toppofish96]

he does a backflip to late 180 now ur supposed to turn straight away and no need for the air

[95caru167531]

LOL, idiot, no IQ

[thew19]

The Original. Real Deal.

[thommeeh]

That frontflip was sick!

[joeybbbbbz]

this guy rules

[punX12Unite]

a huge one

[soulbmxtv]

Oh yeah! I don't know how many young bmx riders can understand why this crowd got so crazy!!! Cool footage!

[sjsawyer]

Yeah they're common now but at the time damn that would have been the shit!!!

[3halljo]

erm jamie bestwicks flair double tailwhip lol

[WestCoastRaiders]

You stuoid idiot! that's da first flair! You get it? dumbass!

[3halljo]

well no shit u faggot

[rumunskoje]

when has it happened?

[tristobrounk]

LOOK AT tristan brabender to c more of me. doin way more crazyer stuff

[dubcolwick]

the first time he landed badly and the crowd could not believe what Hoffman was attempting, it seemed impossible at the time. After the second attempt i thought thats it, no way hes gonna try that again.

The third and succesfull attempt sent the audience into hysterics, people were jumping up and down n going wild!!

I shall never forget that day.

[connorf78]

why did you go to watch it or something ?

[dubcolwick]

I remember this, it was at the old leisure centre on Chesterfield Road in Mansfield, UK. I must have been 12 or so at the time and more into skateboarding than BMX, but seeing Mat Hoffman do this was insane, it was towards the end of the session and we were told he was gonna try something special, something no one had ever managed to do before,

[Mxer2a]

thats called a flair btw...

[r3pl1kazt47]

It wasn't called a flair back then fuckface!

[MegaMike09]

fuck u kraig50 dive mirra kicks fuckin ass u big dildo!!!!!

[juancarlosbmx]

0:58....jajajajjajja OMFG

[rodriguezplayer]

lollll

[andrewjohnson4015]

those people must have been pretty bored

[taius20]

whay? they saw one of the first flairs!

[lapukachbra]

at 0:58 thats some a beautiful face :O

[kraig50]

ITS CALLED A FUCKING FLAIR DIPSHIT NOT A 180 BACKFLIP

and dave mirra sucks dick

scotty cramner frontflip street? what?

[ridebikesBMX]

first of all it was the first 180 backflip ever (or flair) and they didn't have a name for it yet.

also its hard to say whos better dave mirra of matt hoffman, and what the fuck does scotty crnmer have to do with this like when did he get in the convo lol?