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NOTHING BEATS A WHIP
to take home and
new sponsorship opportunities.
This ultimately progressed the
Whip more than anything else in
the sport could have ever done.
Riders were taking the Whip to
new levels that even the racers
could respect (racers had seen
FMX as a party lifestyle compared
to their hard working ethics to
train and win races, but this new
form of the Whip earned credit
from all).
£ Winner Todd Potter of
the United States performs
during the finals of the
second stage of the Red
Bull X-Fighters World Tour in
Glen Helen, USA 2012.
“It’s crazy to see how upside
down some of these dudes are
going when they Whip it.” said
Tyler Bereman. “Sometimes you
don’t even know how they’re
going to bring it back around
because they’re so far upside
down - it’s pretty crazy man pretty crazy just to see it now.”
As mentioned earlier, at the
2013 LA X Games Josh Hansen
threw down the dirtiest, gnarliest
Whip anyone has ever seen on
a dirt bike. “It was crazy - it was
sick - it was freaking awesome!”
Said Josh Hansen about his gold
medal-winning Whip.
£ Ronnie Renner using his
signature ‘Upside-down /
Renner Whip’ to break the
world record for the Highest
Air on a dirt bike in 2008
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