Travis Pastrana Research Paper

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Travis Pastrana is the person who invented dirt bike tricks. He has so many injuries and so many tricks that he has landed. He is the inventor of these tricks. I picked him because he has a really good personality and he is someone you want to look up to. He is a dad with an amazing sense of humor. He is always there for his friends and family when they need him. Thefamouspeople.com stated he was born on 1983 on October 8th. He was born in Annapolis (thefamouspeople.com). His dad's name is Robert Pastrana and his mother's name is Debby Pastrana. Not many people know this but the famous football player, alan pastrana is his uncle. Travis Pastrana got his first dirt bike when he was four. He won many races as a young kid. He was a brilliant student and achieved many good Grades.(http://nitrocircus.com/riders/travis-pastrana/) …show more content…
During the 1990s the sport of freestyle began to develop. He began to be a daredevil and do insane stunts. Freestyle motocross involves doing stunts/tricks off of big jumps. Since he was doing scary stunts his sponsors were worried about him because they didn't want him to get hurt. In 2002 he moved up to the 250cc class.(http://nitrocircus.com/riders/travis-pastrana/)
Travis pastrana one world freestyle xgames event in 1999. He stayed with freestyle motocross and got better. In 2004 Travis Pastrana crashed trying to jump a 50 ft jump. He had a concussion which was pretty bad. In 2004 travis crashed trying to jump a 50ft jump. He ended up having a concussion to. Sense he didn't go to that one x games he lost. Nate adams was the only person to beat travis at the time. The trick that he beat him with was the one handed 360 and a grab indian air