The centerpiece of the Nitro Circus MTV show is freestyle motocross man Travis Pastrana who is joined by a host of other extreme sports guru’s that make this risky, funny unique show what it is. How old is Travis Pastrana? Well it seems like the FMX star has been around for ever, but his motorbike career went into overdrive when he topped the X-Games back in the late 1990’s with x-Games Gold in 1998.

But after Freestyle MX and Supercross success this latest TV show venture for Pastrana with Nitro Circus is impressive and could put him in the big leagues yet again.

So big the MTV show is, that is has totally blown the original Jackass theme out of the water and the TV audiences are screaming for more. Season 1 of Nitro Circus had some risky, killer stunts with heavy machinery, from motorbikes, trucks, base jumping and tricycle stunts and flips – it was crazy.

But the sidekicks in Nitro Circus help make the MTV sitcom even better, Streetbike Tommy Passemante is the chubby fat guy in Nitro Circus is hilarious, as is the Redneck that does guest appearances and also Jolene Van Vugt who as the girl of the show does well to keep up with this crazy bunch of guys. She is a top flight motocross racer and is totally fearless. She is the only chick in the world to successfully back flip a motorcycle.

Andy Bell and his rivalry and challenges to Pastrana are also very cool. Flipping (backflipping) a tricycle is just crazy, a kids toy bike is what we mean and Bell successfully did this over a 19 foot gap and landed the little dinky toy. Former motorcycle rider Bell dished it up to Travis and Pastrana replied back by a daredevil stunt down a massive skateboard ramp backflipping a tricycle and landing it from stupid heights to outdo Bell.

But the challenge didn’t stop there, Andy Bell proceeded to strap nitro bottles to the tricycle to jet propel himself into a backflip into a foam pit. Looked awesome and the trick itself was just great to watch.

Jim DeChamp has been a mate of Travis Pastrana since their days as kids in school. DeChamp is a professional mountain bike rider and freestyler.

Travis Pastrana and Jim DeChamp kicked off their crazy stunt life young boys on big wheels and BMX bikes and have move on to motorbikes, racing cars, off-road monstor trucks and anything else that goes fast and jumps far.

Erik Roner is a champion skier and base jumper, this guy knows skydiving and has passed on his skills to Pastrana in their basejumping stunts from massive heights, such as at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.

And don’t forget the buck teeth redneck guy -

Hubert Rowland – who hails from the deep Tennessee woods. This hillbilly can built carts, tractors and fix bikes and stuff. You’ll laugh when you hear this guy talk!

My fav stunt is where Andy Bell straps nitro bottles onto the trike and backflips the thing, but some other good stunts involve freestyle motocross biking, with the likes of Ronnie Renner and co joining in. Everything from hot air balloon stunts, chariot racing involving 2-stroke motobikes, mini-bikes in tight positions and even road bikes being backflipped off tall jumps and quarter pipes.

This show is off the hook. In the video, check out the ‘Slip and Bleed’ the slide and slide waterslide in Travis Pastrana’s house, downhill into a pond. Also the video of the skydive by Travis without a parachute and he gets connected up via hooks and co-jumpers out of the place. amazing! Also the tricycle backflip attempts by Jolene, trav and andy bell on here too

Here’s some videos of the best Nitro Circus jumps on MTV:

MTV Nitro Circus 3 is a post from: World Portal