This November 23, the UNIVERSAE Soloflow Freestyle in Barcelona will see motocross bikes take flight again after five years. Twelve pilots, led by the always surprising and super-charismatic Edgar Torronteras and also world champions David Rinaldo and Maikel Melero, will offer two hours of energetic show jumping to be enjoyed by adults and children and tickets are now available. purchased at www.rpmticket.com.
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The six ramps capable of catapulting motorcycles to the dome of the Palau Sant Jordi and the corresponding receptions for “landing” after a flight of 18 or 26 meters are the only thing these twelve specialists need to give free rein to their creativity and execute. their perfection, the few jumps where anything is possible: take the motorcycle completely out of the air with your feet and hands; place the handlebar grips on the insteps, stretch the body and arms up; that the pilot and the motorcycle draw a perfect 90 degree angle (an “L”) during flight; that they both work vertically in the air; with both hands moving to grab the rear fender and regain their place on the handlebars before landing or the front wheel replacing the rear wheel within seconds. The unthinkable about a motorcycle in flight, the FMX makes it a possibility.
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There will be no magicians, but there will be “tricks”
The extensive catalog of more than one hundred “tricks” (synonymous with “leap”, adapted from the Saxon term “deception” and only used when it comes to FMX) that the main characters will show includes the expected and always wonderful flashbacks, now performed backwards (the mythical backflip) and forward (the latest frontflip). And when it seemed that the latter would become the absolute and untouchable king of FMX, the incessant factory of ideas of riders was the first to manage the “doubling” of backflip (two complete turns of the motorcycle and the rider in the air, the “double backflip“) and, after a while, spins the pilot 360 degrees in the air with the motorcycle following its normal flight path. In these jumps, commonly called “body-variable“, the dictionary of freestyle motocross included new entries. such as “Volt”, “California roll” or “Special flip”.
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The public of Palau will be… judges too
In addition to the part purely devoted to the display of jumping and pure “out” -with an impressive display of visual effects of light and fire and music- the riders will also compete to win two trophies from the Palau Sant Jordi: those reserved for the pilot who performs the “best tuck” (a jump where the motorcycle is on its vertical and longitudinal axes) and the “best trick”, where both the degree of difficulty of the chosen jump and its technical execution are evaluated.
The public, with the intensity of their applause, will decide the winners of both contests.
Jump individually, in pairs (the fun “synchro-jam”) or on an amazing “carousel-train” where all the pilots jump backflip one after the other and separated by a few meters. Reasons that explain why the last minutes of a “show” freestyle always seen motocross… standing.
Source: La Verdad
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