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Brian Deegan Flips for FMX (2003)

A few years after the turn of the century, it seemed like an inevitability that somebody would eventually pull off a full front flip with a motocross bike as there were a number of athletes at that point pushing the limits of safety to prepare it for competition. Brian Deegan, however, was the man who actually did pull off the Mulisha Twist at the 2003 X Games, frustrating all those other FMX competitors who were holding the 360 in their pockets as a possible trick for their own routines. Deegan remains the most decorated freestyle motocross rider in history and has rebounded from horrifying injury, but back in 2003 his name was known best in the context of having been the first to achieve what was then the holy grail of FMX tricks.

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