Costa Rican babes dig dirt bikers…and photographers too!

Try backflipping a dirt bike with 30+ lbs.
of mud on it. Ox ‘tupid.

The two days before the final demo it rained non stop and turned the whole track to diarrhea. We thought there was no way to jump in those conditions, but some how on the day of the show it stopped raining and dried up the track a little bit. The track didn’t dry enough for it to be safe to jump, but it did dry enough for the promoter to think they should jump. So with some extra cash incentive, Ox and Garland decided to go for it and give the fans what they wanted - to see a backflip and maybe see someone crash. They got both! Garland bailed on his first attempt at the jump, some how rag-dolled out of it perfectly and continued riding. Ox test jumped the backflip ramp a few times and by the time he was felling comfortable to do a flip the bike had already accumulated a thick and heavy layer of mud. Anyone that has ridden a dirt bike in the mud knows it makes the bike a whole lot heavier and harder to maneuver, let alone do a backflip. Well Ox ain’t no pussy, he sacked up and hucked a few perfect flips and made about 10,000 new fans and the cover of the San Jose news paper.

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