This is the contest that marks the very beginning of the pages era which came in full force around 2012. Never understood why he decided to exclude stock 75ft flips forever
If I remember correctly, it was because of the accident of his brother in Bercy Supercross. To reduce the danger of an injury and e.t.c. By the way, later he was doing double flips 360s and frontflips 😂
I feel like sharing it as I know a bit his career. Prepare yourself for a long read :) Thomas said it all started at the end of 2008. He did a lot of contests, Dew Tour, X Fighters, MXWC, X Games... He had one of the largest bag of tricks at that time and huge extensions like Hart Attack flip, Cliffhanger flip, Double Grab flip which he landed first and so on. But he did not have the experience for technical courses and high pressure in competitions. He was a top gun in the making for 2009 though and Red Bull signed him for the next season. Flipping had become so natural he did not have to think about it but he said that one day in training, as he approached the ramp he completely froze. He could not really figure out what happened, he later said that he did too many competitions, there were high expectations and he lost the pleasure of riding. That's why when he came back competing later he had a mental coach btw. He did not ride at all this winter, he got back on the bike only one week before the X Fighters in Mexico. He flipped for the first time in months during the practice sessions. Considering this the runs he did are pretty impressive. Unfornately as the season went on, he became really inconsistent and ended up not flipping at all at the last stop in London. Right after this he quit and sold his bike. He was out for few months and then he slowly got back on the bike. As he did not like flipping anymore, he focused on style and extensions on tricks he liked, such as his signature whipped-out Flatliner/9 O'clock Nac Indian air, Tsunami, Turn Down, Whips... He also started learning "unconventional" tricks, such as the Volt and later the Flair, the Special Flip... The rest is history, so sad he retired for good. P.S.: it is worth noting he did land some flips here and there, a 45ft Cliffhanger flip in Madrid in 2013 th-cam.com/video/7lG567epVVg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=P7CCzbqRj2DvQT7L&t=15 and a 75ft flip in Pretoria in 2015 during practice. He crashed several times though, I recall Sydney in 2012 th-cam.com/video/WfNuuB4Q22I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vRgi8ctERXdWNJCV&t=2118 and in Dubai in 2013 th-cam.com/video/87milwA1nWI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_fla6_0UHtMaDykb&t=100
This is the contest that marks the very beginning of the pages era which came in full force around 2012. Never understood why he decided to exclude stock 75ft flips forever
If I remember correctly, it was because of the accident of his brother in Bercy Supercross. To reduce the danger of an injury and e.t.c. By the way, later he was doing double flips 360s and frontflips 😂
@@MotoXpsycho911yes but never 75ft backflips
He definitely said that somewhere in an interview if I ever find it I will send you 😅
I feel like sharing it as I know a bit his career. Prepare yourself for a long read :)
Thomas said it all started at the end of 2008. He did a lot of contests, Dew Tour, X Fighters, MXWC, X Games... He had one of the largest bag of tricks at that time and huge extensions like Hart Attack flip, Cliffhanger flip, Double Grab flip which he landed first and so on.
But he did not have the experience for technical courses and high pressure in competitions. He was a top gun in the making for 2009 though and Red Bull signed him for the next season. Flipping had become so natural he did not have to think about it but he said that one day in training, as he approached the ramp he completely froze. He could not really figure out what happened, he later said that he did too many competitions, there were high expectations and he lost the pleasure of riding. That's why when he came back competing later he had a mental coach btw.
He did not ride at all this winter, he got back on the bike only one week before the X Fighters in Mexico. He flipped for the first time in months during the practice sessions. Considering this the runs he did are pretty impressive. Unfornately as the season went on, he became really inconsistent and ended up not flipping at all at the last stop in London. Right after this he quit and sold his bike.
He was out for few months and then he slowly got back on the bike. As he did not like flipping anymore, he focused on style and extensions on tricks he liked, such as his signature whipped-out Flatliner/9 O'clock Nac Indian air, Tsunami, Turn Down, Whips... He also started learning "unconventional" tricks, such as the Volt and later the Flair, the Special Flip...
The rest is history, so sad he retired for good.
P.S.: it is worth noting he did land some flips here and there, a 45ft Cliffhanger flip in Madrid in 2013 th-cam.com/video/7lG567epVVg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=P7CCzbqRj2DvQT7L&t=15
and a 75ft flip in Pretoria in 2015 during practice. He crashed several times though, I recall
Sydney in 2012 th-cam.com/video/WfNuuB4Q22I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vRgi8ctERXdWNJCV&t=2118 and in Dubai in 2013 th-cam.com/video/87milwA1nWI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_fla6_0UHtMaDykb&t=100