As some of you may know from watching our film Global Addiction, Travis has spent some time jumping dirt bikes into the Grand Canyon. Apparently he didn’t get it out of his system because we recently went back to the canyon for more. This time, Travis convinced fellow Crew members Jim DeChamp, Jolene Van Vugt and veteran base jumper Eric “Rubberneck” Roner to join the fun. At one point there were three people (Travis, Jim and Jolene) jumping into the canyon at the same time from three different ramps. The last jump of the day was terrifying. Travis did a backflip-720, ditched the bike and proceeded to do a couple more front flips. When he came out of the last flip he realized that he had passed his dirt bike which was now directly above him. Pulling the shoot would have meant getting smashed by the bike. His only choice was to try to fly away from the bike as much as he could before hitting the ground. Things didn’t quite work out as planned. Travis got away from the bike but he hit the canyon wall before his shoot fully deployed. Lucky for Travis, he hit a very steep wall which made him tumble and slow down. Flat ground would have been serious injury if not death. His worst injuries came from rolling through a cactus field. he still has inch long cactus quills stuck in the flesh of his arms. One of the pictures shows Jolene picking quills out of his body. Other pictures include Crum getting into the Native culture and the pile of mangled bikes that we pulled up from the bottom of the canyon.
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OMFG!!! can you guys plz be a little careful!!! no one wants you to die ok…
thank GOD you did it travis! be safe and take care!
GOD BLESS…
Whenever this episode is on MTV I can’t watch it. It really bothers me. I hate seeing him so vulnerable like that. I’m so proud of him. :’)
Happy tears.
You rule, Travis!! (Be careful with those 175 lives. Some of us only have 1 or 2)
I am 36years old, One time my mom didn’t let me have seconds at dinner, that was like a near death also. lol
hey.iam a 10 year old boy from houston,texas.i live in houston,texas. i would like to be apart of nitro circus.you can rech me at bikeboy0429@comcast.net
after i seen the episode of travis juping into the grand canyon on a bike.. ive been talking to some of the guys i ride with and 3 of us including me want to do it!!! if thare is any way you can help us out on helping us do what we need to do to get to the “jumping point” or if you want to be apart of it and film please email me!!!! here is my email hotguys19@hotmail.com
i wish i could live a life like that dang , maybe i outa start making some money so i can live my life like that ha ha , FUN ! YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME , FUN FUN FUN , LATER GUYS
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WOW I never new about Travis’s near death and was shocked to hear it. I also have made a blog on motorbikes and BMX and You guys should check it out and even make a comment. Here is the URL http://www.stumitbps.globalstudent.org.au