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BMX riders have been doing backflips on their bicycles for years, but when BMX legend Dave Mirra pulled off the first-ever double backflip in competition during the 2000 X Games, he proved why he is one of the greatest freestyle riders of all time. The trick was not entirely original at that point, as others already had pulled it off away from the bright lights of a competitive setting, but Mirra’s having landed it at the sport’s premier event was startling to fans. Mat Hoffman’s no-handed 900 a couple of years later was equally impressive and staggering, but in 2000 it felt to some as if a new era of tougher tricks was on the horizon following Mirra’s double backflip. Hoffman’s impressive trick in 2002 proved that assumption was absolutely correct. Dave Mirra Lands a Double Backflip (2000)

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