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BMX rider Ryan Williams recently became the talk of town when he landed the hardest BMX trick ever pulled off. At the time, the trick was dubbed the ‘Free Willy’ but it seems like that name might not stick based on his latest video.
Williams just shared a new video of him landing the hardest BMX trick ever and this time he pulled it off during the Nitro World Games in front of a live circus there for the Nitro Circus tour.
It took him TEN YEARS to land this trick. It is magnificently complicated. And to do this in front of a live audience is on a whole new level:
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If you’re wondering what you just watched, the trick is a ‘Backflip Nothing Front Bike Flip.’ Basically, the rider is doing a backflip while the bike is doing a frontflip. And they somehow manage to sync up perfectly and land safely back on the ramp.
What can you really even say about this? There are only maybe 50 people on planet earth right now who could see this BMX trick and think ‘I’m going to attempt that’ and actually go out and try it.
A huge aspect of that is the skill required but you also have to have a proverbial screw loose in order to attempt a trick this dangerous. Furthermore, attempting the hardest BMX trick ever conceived of requires a massive jump that lands in an enormous foam pit. This trick cannot be practiced on a regular ramp or the rider would break every bone in their body in the first few attempts.
Ryan Williams Explains The Hardest BMX Trick Ever Landed
Williams shared a video 3 weeks ago to his YouTube channel where he breaks down the ‘Free Willy’. He discussed why this trick took him 10 years to complete and what makes it so incredibly difficult to land.
The funniest comment I saw about that video was “Wait a year and watch some 12 year old do a double.” If that isn’t the cold hard truth of Extreme Sports then I don’t know what is. Young riders are fearless.