Carey Harts Backflip - Memorable X Games Moments

[abielacer]

I still get goosebumps watching this!!

[FAILSNation]

Its funny how ive been watching new vids where people are throwing off cordova backs, deadbody backflips and so much more, then i decided to go back and watch these. i realized how much people have progressed and cant wait till we go even further

[anklepantsmagazine]

He has a lot of critters on his back apparently.

[orangetyler3]

i think its fucked up that when people see a backflip there like o its just a trick when carey did it it was like he was god and no the tricks and every day thing

[sseasshark]

Meh. Who needs body armor? You look more badass when you do it with a jersey on.

[mrjj216]

its funny how a backflip then got you major props and today its like wtf do something else

[HiImAFarrell]

Its amazing how back then a single backflip pretty much won you X Games gold, and now a days if you don't backflip everyj ump you can't win.

[herb757]

@HiImAFarrell a double backflip wont even get you gold this year.

[HiImAFarrell]

@herb757 i know man, pastrana went for the 360 backflip and broke bones in his leg, everyear they will just have to keep going bigger and push moto x to the limit

[iCoMmEnTuRaSs999]

...if he had body armor on hed be so much safer...

[ukko1234]

And 4 years later tp comes and does double backflip!

[willywonkarocks1]

The people that disliked this are jealous they can't backflip like that.

[summerdaez]

@willywonkarocks1 how do they backflip then????

[willywonkarocks1]

4 weirdos disliked carey hart

[K91242]

the announcer said 40 feet. that is the same height Jake Brown fell.

[blizzfool]

@K91242 and yet jake browns fall looks so worse and higher

[adambum666]

@K91242 the ramp was 40 feet, jake fell from higher than that and straight onto flat ground where all the impact was on his legs

[K91242]

@adambum666 the ramp was 20 feet and Jake launched another 20 feet.

[scootnbike4life]

@adambum666 the mega ramps quater is 29 feet

[TheMainyak5]

If it wasnt for him you wouldnt be seeing any backflips till like 5 years later when pits came out!

[macaframa12]

MOST ANNOYING VIDEO EVER

[Hellzplaygroundz]

the sound sux balls

[AshandSmoke]

Haha, the music... XD

[tramboarding911]

im guessing this is when no body did a backflipp

[ShortCardinalsFan262]

@tramboarding911 This is when they started actually landing them.

[RumblyDragoon]

he should of done it off a ramp the first time. of course if u do it off of dirt its gonna launch u. look at jeremy stenbergs crash. but hart is a warrior for coming back and proving its possible

[Santaslayer200]

funny how far fmx has come

[yhefri15]

@Santaslayer200 i agree with you bro 2002 first backflip 2006 first double-backflip (travis)...it has gone far..

[carcass2crusher]

@yhefri15 ACTUALLY the first backflip was done in 2000 by Carey Hart at the Gravity Games.

[yhefri15]

@carcass2crusher really

[carcass2crusher]

@yhefri15 Yeah. well, he didn't TECHNICALLY land it, but he DID put it down on both wheels, and then fell over. The judges counted it.

[TWITCH772]

i remember how horrifying that was to watch on tv

[iDrum37]

this gave way to so many variations its not even funny

[zelinkrulez10123]

oooooh right on his legs...probably broke his' legs =P

[jeffdunhamfan9]

philly owns

[gravediggmn]

man i remember watching this on tv

[urcow10001]

yeah me too

[Debonair73]

A lot of people don't understand, the people after Corey Hart had foam pits to learn to backflip. That's the thing about X sports back in the day. The only way to learn a new trick was the hard way. If you went for something nobody ever did you probably was going to be injured. Pastrana had a foam pit to learn the double and it was still dangerous as hell

[krunk627]

ya true but Pastrana probably wouldve gone for it eventually without the pits too. that guys insane haha

[BranDev82]

What, you think they invented foam in 2003, camp woodward existed in the 90's - your full of it.

[killz7912]

@Debonair73 yea but its not like a foam pit new technology lol its just a huge box full of foam or something so who fault is that

[Debonair73]

@killz7912 Hart used foam pits to practice flips on a BMX bike when he was training for this man. Nobody had a foam pit that could handle motorcyles back then. The Pit has to be deep enough so the Motorbike gets stuck when you land. You can't have a motobike bouncing around like a BMX bike Plus he is doing this off dirt. The guys today have special ramps that help them flip.

[GarageJam09]

@Debonair73 he uses the black kicker style ramp in this vid

[mrcookie75]

was that the first backflip??

[TheRiseagainstfan]

first in competition, yeah

[urcow10001]

it was perfomed my the so called godfather of motocross

[TheBackyardCircus]

@urcow10001 My so called godfather still has to be Mike Metzger. In my opinion, he MADE Freestyle Motocross

[urcow10001]

@TheBackyardCircus Whole shit he's Sick Dude

[bombdrop91]

Now everyone has to throw a back flip into their runs at some point... fmx has gotten quite boring nowadays.

[jmbrooks57]

the first time he attempted it in a competition wasnt at the x-games. the first time he actually over rotated

[KILLthem00sic]

FIRST

thats me doing the backflip in this video. im carey hart!

[destructormc]

when the hell is the x games on?

[TheBeast519]

8 oclock EST

[dDeviL66691]

Wow, Pastrana Just Shit On This Moment With His Double....Who Knows, Maybe Sumone'll Do A Triple Tonight....lol

[mazaradi422]

triple ..no way...travis is looking for the backflip 360 tho

[SpeedDemon88X]

Yea he did basically destroy this, but its still cool he was one of the first.

[imiles21fool]

hopefully

[3ptman5]

Was That The Very First Backflip or What Made It So Special???

[AuraHero]

The year before, Hart had tried the backflip in competition (the beginning of the video), one of the first riders to do so. He crashed and got screwed up pretty good. He probably fell about the same distance that Jake Brown did two years ago.

By the time he returned, others had landed it, but he hadn't. The backflip in the Big Air competition was more or less redemption for his crash.

[destructormc]

yea

[kensu135]

i was there when he fell. scary shit

[BBMF92]

crazy how big of a deal a backflip was backthen, only if they coulda seen pastrana do his double

[bodyboardpro]

wasnt some1 else the first to try one if im not mistaken?

[MikeThaHeroProd]

In this competition, on this set. No. He did it first.

[TheMANN1980]

And look at what Hart started...

[hammerhead300]

Knowing you're free-falling from 40 feet in the air and whatever body part you land on is going to hurt for months afterwards has to be a sick feeling. And I don't mean sick in a good way.

[fght1111]

yeah but its only for tree seconds

[brianconnery]

high five jake brown

[Anthonyloveslambo]

I like his helmet and jersey

Go CArey

[knowyourenemy89]

@ julokings

and first thumbs down