A lot of hype has been made this week on the ol’ socialable medias about the supposedly first-ever front flip on a snowmobile at the recent Nitro Circus showin San Diego.
It’s NOT the first front flip. For starters, Heath Frisby did it at the X Games in 2012.
And I have personally done a snowmobile front flip at least 20 times in my career. A couple were even multiple-flips. Most of them occurred during various snowmobile races, usually in a whooped-out section of ditch. Granted, each one was unintentional; probably more of a somersault/cartwheel; and a complete surprise, but that shouldn’t matter when the history books are being written.
While there is no video documentation of my flips (too bad, because I guarantee they’re more entertaining than the recent Nitro Circus maneuver), I still have some shredded windshield plastic and twisted handlebars to prove it.
Gotta give the Nitro gang credit though, they’re smart enough to charge money for this stuff.
Should’ve been on a Rupp. After all it’s “Nitro Circus “.
I pulled off a 180° front flip once.
Landed it perfectly.
Unfortunately no video proof
The didn’t claim it to be the first ever front flip, they claimed it was first front flip onto a mobile landing ramp.