Top pro's who back flipped

Josh Hill

That first one damn near ruined his career.

Hands down best one. Thank you CPR, totally forgot about this!

https://youtu.be/Ib6LsH6SM2E?si=VQD-xQ_rtiyDVd0F

Who can forget when Johnny Knoxville broke his dick..

Larry Brooks said don’t do it!!!

He landed the first one. He crashed on the second.

Both Brian and Haiden Deegan. 

No ones listed the 1st guy to do it…

And, yes, he’s a pro…

Definitely ruined his mx career. He was right there with RV and Dunge in 2010 sx,  part of the new blood.  His talent is off the charts. Who knows how great he could have been. He made the most of it and pivoted his career into other avenues. His youtube channel is great

Travis Marx and Randy Richardson 

I must be getting old.

That step up stuff RC was doing was almost too hard to watch...just nuts !!!

33ft is just over 10 meters.  When I was a  kid I was too scared to jump off the 10 meter diving tower at the local pool...and there was water to land in.

I completely forgot about his Xgames stuff.

Caleb Wyatt was a pro? [ducking for cover]

Totally forgot it ever happened myself. I have to say though as impressive as it was it's also damn impressive that Renner was just a foot off on a bike that was clearly not as fast as RCs factory Suzuki

It did ruin his career!

the "top" pro rules a lot of the people out.

not top pro

Carey Hart, Mike Metzger, Kenny Bartram, Ronnie Renner, Mad Mike - all raced pro mx/sx

did Mike Jones do one? I didn't follow freestyle closely, but he went years on the circuit and did everything else but just seemed like that was his nemesis 

Cade Clason 🙂

Didn't Stew do a sick whip that looked like a backflip from the photo angle?

Edit: not an actual backflip though.

I don't think so.  He tried and failed at a barrel roll one year, crashed hard.

Pastrana, Reed and H.Deegan are the only AMA #1 plate holders to accomplish the flip

Mike Metzger!

To a rider who grows up to be better, faster, and more in control its just un-natural. Who, in their right mind, would throw a motorcycle upside down? All the time we are NOT crashing. I did cry a little watching Metzger at X games ...

Xgames 2009 best whip contest. He was throwing some sick whips for sure! I’m thinking Josh Grant might have been there that year as well 

I believe that’s right, but Deegan did it before he was a pro. Considering Roger’s thoughts on Pastrana’s freestyle riding, it’s incredible that Reedy also did it while at Suzuki, and while in a title fight in the premier class. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when that conversation went down.

Dang, y’all might be right, can’t find any evidence that he actually landed one

Jarryd McNeil. Most probably forget he raced Washougal a few years ago.

Carey Hart was the first to do it in a comp. He didn't ride away from it so some don't count it as a backflip but he still did it.