The nation’s top freestyle riders are taking a break from training for next month’s X-Games in Los Angeles to fly to Madrid this week for the Red Bull X-Fighters freestyle contest. Top riders like Travis Pastrana, Nate Adams, Ronnie Renner, and Mike Metzger will perform in the Las Ventas Arena, a famous bullfighting venue in Madrid, Spain.
Although many riders prefer to keep their new tricks under wraps until the X-Games, it is possible that some of these riders may pull out their show-stoppers for the Spanish crowd. Pastrana is rumored to have been practicing double backflips into the foam pit, and Transworld MX reports that Nate Adams has been landing ramp-to-dirt 360s.
Now that the backflip is nearly routine, what is next for the top level of freestyle pros? The event will be broadcast live over the net from www.redbullxfighters.com, so tune in and check it out.
