Ricky went to recent X Games Gold Medalsit Ronnie Rener's house yesterday and this is what they came up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcSyX0b7BJ8

holy sweet f.... ricky

thats crazy. way to go ricky

Like my grandad used to say; If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!

RJ, you are one tough dude.
ed

That is awesome.

The foam pit is the greatest idea ever

Nice one... Did Ricky get hurt landing in the foam pit?

The idea has been going around in my head also.

That's pretty cool although, the trial and error when it comes to the real deal will probably end up killing him. We can't bail properly like a able bodied person can. Ricky will end up going where the bike goes and I have seen them land upside down many times. It won't be pretty.

Ricky had been working on the backflip idea for the past year, it was not a spur of the moment deal. He says the foam pit landing was pretty soft, he did say it was pretty hot in there when he was upside down waiting to get dug out by his buddies.

To put your minds at ease he is not going to try it outside the foam pit.... way too much risk.

He's currently recovery from a shoulder surgey that he had last wednesday, he had the shoulder fixed that was injured in the Baja 500 last june. He wanted to try the backflip before the surgery so he could be thinking about how to perfect it while he is healing over the next 3 months.

The next time he try's it he will be on his new factory 450 KTM. He feels on that bike in 1st gear off a different ramp ( a super kicker, it's steeper) he will be able to get the rotation he needs to complete it.

824 Dad

The problem with completing the rotation and being able to do it every time in the foam, will be that it will seem possible to do it without the foam.

What then????????
ed

what level is ricky

He's a T7 complete

when is Ricky going to start riding street bikes. From looking at his web site he does everything but lol.

He's not...there to dangerous, LOL

Oh my! That's insane ... he could totally be crushed by the bike. Just because you're disabled doesn't mean you can't become more disabled.

well its pretty hard to hurt yuorself ina foam pit adnwell like i always say to people whats the worse thats goin to happen break our backs again:P no [point in lettin the able body guys have all the fun

lol thats what im saying wouldn't a back or neck with titanium rods in it be stronger?

why doesnt ricky get a 2 stroke for a back flip. cause the powerband would ake the flip so much easier

hiya,

Well, unless the titanium 'rodding' is all the way top to bottom of the spine, then there is going to be weak spots at the spot where the 'rod' or plating starts and finishes. ( In fact, even if it did go all the way top to bottom of the spine, a) restricted movement and b/ weak points at the spinal axis/atlas and coccyx)

HTH

K


edited as the "b" point was made into a smilie..lol