 Travis Pastrana has been one of the biggest names in Moto X since his first competition in 1998. He was fourteen years old at the time and he had been invited because of the skill he showed riding with the Crusty crew. Much to everyone's surprise, he won that comp, and he hasn't stopped winning since.
In fact, Travis had won every single Freestyle event he ever entered until the Gravity Games in September, 2003 where he finished second. He has three gold medals from X Games and four from Gravity. He is credited with inventing the Nothing and the One-Handed and No-Handed Catwalk, but his big trick is the flip. He is currently working on a double back flip - which he can do on a 100cc bike into his foam pit on his 20 acre property.
Pastrana's skills did not come without sacrifice.  His list of injuries reads like a medical exam. He has had seven surgeries on his left knee and four on his right. He suffered a series of respiratory illnesses in 2002 and has an injured hand from a car wreck in 2003. But he shows no sign of slowing down.
"My strengths and weaknesses are the same. I've got the willingness and stupidity to try anything. If I think it's remotely possible, I'll do it."
Although he is good looking and well-spoken, Travis says he has trouble getting a girlfriend. ABC asked him to star in their hit show, The Bachelor, but he turned it down. "I don't think they know how young I am," he said. "Maybe in ten years."
At twenty years old, Pastrana has the world in the palm of his hand.
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