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Rider: Travis Pastrana | Photo: Nitro Circus Live | Location: Sydney, Australia
Just yesterday, everyone's favorite good guy danger boy Travis Pastrana, backflipped over a helicopter in front of the Sydney Harbor Bridge to launch the 2010 Nitro Circus Live tour, which will be visiting Australia's major cities beginning in May.
If you remember, just last year Cameron Sinclair hucked a double backflip into the very same harbor to launch the Crusty Tour, but opted for a water landing. To me, it seems like Global Action Sports (promoter) could've got a little more creative since this IS the first-ever Nitro Circus Live tour, but hey, who am I to judge? And the jump itself didn't really look too impressive either, but you wouldn't catch me flipping a helicopter ramp-to-ramp, so again, who am I to judge?
It seems like Pastrana was amped on the jump though...
"Wow that felt really cool. There was a lot of turbulence on take-off and it was pretty nuts looking down at the blades. I only met the pilot this morning so my life was really in his hands and I borrowed the bike so had to trust in the mechanic because if the bike failed it would have been a disaster! said Pastrana."
For the full politically correct, shmoozy press release, click here.
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