Dickhouse Productions, creators of Jackass, Rob & Big, etc., linked up with the Nitro Circus Crew at Pastrana’s house this past week. We wrapped up the first episode of what will be a series of TV shows to be shot this summer…
As usual, chaos started from day one. Big Wheel races, gap jumps, the first front flip on a dirt bike, slip and bleed, jersey barrier races, golf cart and car airs were some of the main attractions. I would say it was a successful week with only 2 trips to the hospital. Check it…
Pastrana’s backyard. Those ramps all go to his foam pit and the building in the back is his shed.
Inside his shed…
DeChamp, Pastrana and myself about to race Big Wheels through the neighborhood. Trek makes these Big Wheels and I suggest everyone buy one. I had no idea how much fun they could be. We raced though a private neighborhood which had a perfect grade with perfect turns. It was not uncommon to reach 40 mph and it was also not uncommon to eat #$&@! Check out some of the helmet cam footage below.
Hiking up the hill, sizing up the Big Wheel freestyle ramp to dirt. These guys hit ramps like this all the time…I do not. Needless to say I was a little nervous…
Coming in hot…seconds before launch!
After numerous crashes, figuring out speed and distance…Andy Bell stuck this 25 foot back flip. We were all claiming it to be a world record Big Wheel jump. It was bad ass!
The next event on the day was the Slip-n-Bleed. This is the nastiest slip n slide I have ever seen. In this photo Streetbike Tommy is gaping Schwiny. Tommy is airing 20+ feet from the white jump into pool of water you see. Schwiny is sending it under Tommy hitting the first air of the double air slide. These slides sometimes work perfectly but often carnage is the outcome!
Next we moved out back to the freestlye track. Jim DeChamp is Pastrana’s childhood friend. DeChamp was one of the 1st people to do front flips on mountain bikes years back. His dirt bike skills are average but he is working on the first front flip to dirt. Look for him at X Games at the end of the month. He is going to co pilot with TP in the rally race and if he gets this dialed look for the kid to come out of nowhere and take home a couple golds!
Streetbike Tommy got a hold of his sweet modified Civic. He gave us a show of his driving skills. He is also very talented in wiggling the fat on his belly.
Streetbike Tommy with some more driving skills!
Pastrana’s mechanic, Hubert, wanted to get into some of the action. He took the Ogio Ranger and aired it out. This is not photoshoped…that just happened!
Pastrana thought he had this great idea to have a speed and style race over 4 jersey barriers. You could use any toy in his compound but you had to get it over all 4 jersey barriers. Half the score was for speed and half was for style. Smart guy thought he could back flip each one. Here is his attempt at the first one…
Here is the outcome!
Check out helmet cam footage of our big wheel races in the “Misc” section of the Video page!
