this was such a great time for freestyle. before it turned into bmx. dont get me wrong the tricks they do now are sick as fuck but this era freestyle mx was its own entity.
I dunno man when the backflip was controversially "landed" first done by carey hart the sport pushed so hard for backflips. To the point where we lost Mad Mike Jones, Clifford adoptante, Dane Kinnard, Luke Urek And all those other guys who couldnt afford foam pits for backflip practice. If you went to a 2002 to 2005 x games all you saw was really sketchy backflips and it was less actual style and ingenuity. It stalemated the whole sport for a good 4 years
The godfather of freestyle!! Fucking lunatic!! No other riders have the skill and balls to have such a sketchy landing and just say fuck it and wip out another huge truck right after! Metzger is a mad man!!
Mike was the best to watch. You never knew how crazy he was going to get as you could tell he was doing a lot of it in the moment. It didn’t always work out but when it did it was brilliant. Nowadays they are so surgical with their tricks it’s just not as fun to watch. Nothing but respect for the new guys tho
Tbh I dont think I've ever seen another rider to this day pull off a MCMETZ,one of those classic old skool tricks that's prolly dosent exist in the score books anymore
thats kinda what made the sport so cool back then. its not the polished foam pit practice awesome tricks it is now. you didnt know if they would even make it through the run then...i miss it
this was such a great time for freestyle. before it turned into bmx. dont get me wrong the tricks they do now are sick as fuck but this era freestyle mx was its own entity.
I dunno man when the backflip was controversially "landed" first done by carey hart the sport pushed so hard for backflips. To the point where we lost Mad Mike Jones, Clifford adoptante, Dane Kinnard, Luke Urek And all those other guys who couldnt afford foam pits for backflip practice. If you went to a 2002 to 2005 x games all you saw was really sketchy backflips and it was less actual style and ingenuity. It stalemated the whole sport for a good 4 years
I agree, although as we know what an era and energy was back then is what inspires the likes of tom pages today! ⚡️🗿
The godfather of freestyle!! Fucking lunatic!! No other riders have the skill and balls to have such a sketchy landing and just say fuck it and wip out another huge truck right after! Metzger is a mad man!!
too funny Jonesey still talking shit!
I couldn't agree more man! I would have used the same words and expression about him too! He was a beast!
Legend ❤back to back 1st ever never forgotten .,,!! Sick you bossed it awesome 😊
The Godfather that bail was unreal lol
Mike Metzger, a great rider but he is a good with his moves in the game FREEKSTYLE
What a time for freestyle MX - and the music at time haha so amazing
*"Braaap Braaaaap"*
After that last crash he got up and walked on a screwed up leg and upstairs longer than some people do walk on a whole day.
Mike was the best to watch. You never knew how crazy he was going to get as you could tell he was doing a lot of it in the moment. It didn’t always work out but when it did it was brilliant. Nowadays they are so surgical with their tricks it’s just not as fun to watch. Nothing but respect for the new guys tho
Wow, I didn't know he did the whip flips! Great content, thanks
The Best 😮💨
The Greatest of all time .
Mike Metzger was insane 😳
amazing
The Godfather!!! Sick artist as well!!
Go big.nice pretty beutiful thanks metz
Mike: FUCKIN SLIPPED
can u post some more runs from this tape of yours?
i'm impressed how small where the ramps in those times
Crazy
does anyone know what happened to mad mike jones.
First song : The Offspring - Can't Repeat , song from his second run : House of pain - Jump Around
:)
Motoplex
Tbh I dont think I've ever seen another rider to this day pull off a MCMETZ,one of those classic old skool tricks that's prolly dosent exist in the score books anymore
It was f*cking SICK!!! 😭
@@ELITHECHOSEN1 he does it so smooth and flawless,prolly one of my favorite riders
Metz hanging it out
@7:10 FUCKING KILL IT!
He was so sketchy that whole time
thats kinda what made the sport so cool back then. its not the polished foam pit practice awesome tricks it is now. you didnt know if they would even make it through the run then...i miss it
@@reedjet there wss literally footage back then (and they’d show us during broadcasts) of then and specifically Metz hiting foam pits lol
What ?
Hes real? I thought it was just a made up character in freekstyle