The first ever Nitro Circus Games was a resounding success. Travis Pastrana thought the X Games format wasn’t encouraging progression like it did back in the day and decided to create an event aimed at giving riders the best chance to go huge and do some world’s first tricks. Mission accomplished. Crazy that a professional razor scooter rider won BMX. Who’s laughing now?

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