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Action sports aficionados rejoiced when the initial X Games 15 athlete lists were revealed. Why? Because in addition to Rally Car Racing, Travis Pastrana was slated to compete in every X Games Moto X discipline save Step Up and Best Whip. Unfortunately, the euphoria didn’t last long — Pastrana’s name soon disappeared from all but Rally and Moto X Best Trick. It’s no wonder, really: Pastrana may already be the Most Interesting Man in the World (forget that Dos Equis guy), and a wicked-busy schedule will limit his X Games participation.
“I really wanted to do as much as I could at X Games,” Pastrana says. “I feel like I can be competitive in quite a few things. With enough practice I can contend in Freestyle and could put on a show in [Super X]. I’m not a medal threat in SuperMoto, but I like it and think I can finish between fifth and eighth. I even thought, ‘Hey, no one has double backflipped the Mega Ramp on a BMX bike, maybe I can do that, too. So I went to Woodward for a while to practice.”
While there have been rumors floated about possible tricks, Pastrana claims he doesn’t yet know what he’ll try at XG. However, Travis does admit to hiring Frank Bare — an Olympic aerialist coach who landed the first triple twisting quadruple backflip on skisto increase his air awareness and help him explore trick possibilities.
“I’ve cleared my schedule for the two weeks before X Games so I can practice into my foam pit,” Pastrana says. “Actually, it’s more than two weeks; it’s 17 days.”
Seventeen days. It’s not six months, but it just might do.
