FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 3 | Page 67

p. Jörg Mitter / Red Bull Content Pool 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 “