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mx757
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on espn classic right now!!! GO!!!
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Little Dave 12/29/2012 2:13am
12/29/2012 2:13am
no doubt people have seen this but i've just watched it - good stuff.

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mojoman42 12/29/2012 8:14am
12/29/2012 8:14am
Holy shit, he's had 25 concussions? How on earth does he even manage to tie his shoes? I'm terrified for what's going to happen to his life in 10, 15 years...
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scooter5002 12/29/2012 10:05am
12/29/2012 10:05am
Exactly. He'll make Cassius Clay look coherent. Fun now, but he'll regret it in later life.

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Regis 12/29/2012 10:28am
12/29/2012 10:28am
Holy crap,

I have been there for nearly all those X games crashes and witnessing the double backflip was seriously, probably THE sporting highlight of my life and I have seen a few.

You could cut the air with the suspense that night.

I remember after the first round he was sitting in third the year he did the double back. Debbie Pastrana was sitting to the left of the judges table with sunglasses on and just a nervous wreck. She grabbed my arm, raised her glasses and looked me in the eye and said "you guys are forcing him into doing this trick" (because he was sitting third). At that moment, I had the most nervous feeling in my stomach that is was going to happen.

It was just the way it worked out that year, his first round trick was a legitimate third place trick for the comp. But the real feeling of his mother not wanting him to do it, still brings butterflies to my stomach. I had hoped so bad that he just stay safe. I think everyone there that night had the same feeling. when he dropped in, it was silent. just like the video.

What a freaking bad ass
cablecable 12/29/2012 12:40pm
12/29/2012 12:40pm
scooter5002 wrote:
Exactly. He'll make Cassius Clay look coherent. Fun now, but he'll regret it in later life.
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in "later life"?
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loftyair 12/29/2012 4:11pm
12/29/2012 4:11pm
Double-back? Biggest moment in sports history. Carey Hart's first attempt not far behind though.
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scooter5002 12/29/2012 5:06pm
12/29/2012 5:06pm
scooter5002 wrote:
Exactly. He'll make Cassius Clay look coherent. Fun now, but he'll regret it in later life.
cablecable wrote:
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in...
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in "later life"?
Well, at 50 years old, I can laugh at the stupidity of that comment.
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mxrider225 12/29/2012 6:34pm
12/29/2012 6:34pm
Travis brought something to the table that no one else ever has. No one gets crowds as excited as he does.
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TerryK 12/29/2012 7:46pm
12/29/2012 7:46pm
mojoman42 wrote:
Holy shit, he's had 25 concussions? How on earth does he even manage to tie his shoes? I'm terrified for what's going to happen to his...
Holy shit, he's had 25 concussions? How on earth does he even manage to tie his shoes? I'm terrified for what's going to happen to his life in 10, 15 years...
I'm scared for the guy. Just look at whats happening to boxers, hockey and fooball players years after they retire. Scary shit.
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TerryK 12/29/2012 7:53pm
12/29/2012 7:53pm
cablecable wrote:
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in...
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in "later life"?
Lmao, I just about shit my Depends and spewed milk out of my feeding tube, right into my oxygen mask which ran down and shorted out my electric wheelchair. If I could stand for more that 3 seconds I'd kick your ass.....well your foot.
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jhansen510 12/30/2012 11:07am
12/30/2012 11:07am
scooter5002 wrote:
Exactly. He'll make Cassius Clay look coherent. Fun now, but he'll regret it in later life.
cablecable wrote:
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in...
really? id have no regrets being a potatoe salad when he turns 50, the guys lived 10 lives already, what fun do you really have in "later life"?
The word is naive, look it up junior.

Just off the top of my head I would say, watch your family grow, and enjoy the fruits of all of your hard work. Life is what you make it..... Having had the privelage to spend time with TP on several occasions. The dude does everything he does full tilt. I dont care what it is, its a competition. You could show him a clip of what he will be like as an older man. He would still live the exact same way that he does.
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edgo897 12/31/2012 4:42am
12/31/2012 4:42am
Life gets better as you get older. You'll see. Better take care of yourself.
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jndmx 12/31/2012 6:55am
12/31/2012 6:55am
Travis is a one of a kind person, you can't really understand a guy like that.

Some folks live their whole lives and are happy....
You get to experience some great things if you live long and there are certainly many things that happen you would surely miss if the consequences of youth took away your ability to enjoy or even understand them,

But you have to have guys like Travis, guys who know the outcome could be horrible and they still suit up and go.
That's what makes a guy like that a legend.....the ability to make it happen and the steel to do it.

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