§ CHECK THIS OUT.
WHAT'S GOING ON, SUPERMAN AIR!
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON THE FLAT BOTTOM.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ONE AND ONLY GABE WEED.
HE'S IS OUT OF -- YOU KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS.
HE WILL GO CRAZY FOR YOU TODAY.
§ THE BMX PRO TRICK TEAM HAS THREE
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN EACH OF THEIR PERFORMANCES HERE AT THE
IOWA STATE FAIR.
ONE OF THEM TAKES PLACE HERE ON THE LANDING, WHICH IS SORT OF
A TWO-WHEEL VERSION OF A FLOOR EXCERCISE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A SMALL AREA FOR GABE TO BE WORKING IN AND A
LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY.
USUALLY PRACTICES IN A BIG OLD TENNIS COURT AND BASKETBALL
COURTS, BUT HE'S HERE FOR YOU, JAMMING, SHOWING YOU BMX FLAT
LAND.
TRUST ME HE IS ONE OF THE BEST OUT THERE.
HE IS GONNA WORK IT FOR YA.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
LET'S HAVE A NICE WARM WELCOME FOR THE ONE AND ONLY GABE WEED.
SHREDDIN' IT RIGHT THERE.
THERE WERE NO RAMPS WHERE I REALLY GREW UP.
WHEN I STARTED RIDING, I JUST LIKED THE WHOLE CONCEPT
OF GOING OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND TO PRACTICE BY
YOURSELF AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO GO TRAVEL ANYWHERE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BUY A WHOLE LOT OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT
LIKE HUGE HELMETS AND PADS AND STUFF.
YOU WEREN'T GETTING HURT, YOU KNOW.
I DON'T LIKE GETTING HURT AND SITTING ON THE COUCH,
SO IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF DEFINITELY APPEALED TO
ME ANYWAY.
I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO RIDE EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHEN
RAMP RIDERS, LIKE, THEY GET HURT SOMETIMES SO THEY CAN'T REALLY
RIDE ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRICKS IN THE ENTIRE PLANET
RIGHT HERE.
CHECK THIS OUT 'CAUSE HE'S SPINNING THROUGH A FORWARD --
RIDERS TAKE TO TWO 12-FOOT RAMPS TO GENERATE BIG AIR.
AS I SAID, KEEP THOSE NOISE LEVELS UP AND HE WILL GO HIGHER
AND HIGHER AND THE TRICKS WILL GET CRAZY.
BIG OLD X UP ON THAT WALL.
JOHN WITH THE X UP ONE-HANDER.
CHECK THAT OUT, CAN-CAN WITH ONE HAND.
§ THIS LAID OUT PLYWOOD IS
ACTUALLY A MAKESHIFT RACEWAY SO RIDERS CAN GENERATE ENOUGH
SPEED TO PERFORM SOME OF THEIR MOST DRAMATIC ACTS.
YEAH, BIG OLD NO-HANDER.
HE'S WAVIN' AT ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SCREAMING YET.
THAT'S LANCE MOSLEY.
THE SETUP IS A LITTLE ROUGH NORMALLY WE'RE IN A PARKING LOT
AND, YA KNOW, I GOT ASPHALT TO PEDAL ON.
THIS IS WAY HARDER AND SMOOTHER, NOT UPHILL AND BUMPY PIECES OF
PLYWOOD AND HAVING TO STOP AS SOON AS I LAND.
§ SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT RACE
DIRT BIKES, THEY SAY THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE, LIKE, HOW CAN YOU LAND LIKE THAT WITH NO SHOCKS.
I'M LIKE, IT'S ALL IN YOUR KNEES AND BACK.
THAT'S WHY THIS STUFF GETS WORN OUT SO QUICK ON US.
LIKE, I WANT IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, A LITTLE BIT MORE STABLE
IN THE AIR AND STUFF.
BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE KIDS BIKE.
WE NEVER GREW UP.
BACK FLIP!
BACK FLIP, YEAH.
AS A KID RIDING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT RACE TRACKS OR DIRT JUMPS OR RAMPS.
I JUST HAPPENED TO RUN ACROSS A KID IN MY GRANDMA'S APARTMENT A
LITTLE OLDER THAN ME AND HE RACED.
HE INTRODUCED ME TO THE TRACK, AND I STARTED RACING.
THAT LED TO TRAILS AND THAT LED TO SKATE PARKS AND THAT'S KIND
OF HOW IT GOT STARTED FOR ME.
AND THE WHOLE DEAL WITH -- I DON'T KNOW, IT DEFINITELY
HELPED A LOT BECAUSE IT GOT ME MORE KNOW IN THE EXTREME SPORT
WORLD.
BMX HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE X GAMES
THAT IT GREW SO MUCH IN POPULARITY THAT THE OLYMPICS
TOOK NOTICE.
TONY HAWK, LIKE ONE TIME HE ALMOST HAD TO GET A REGULAR JOB.
IT'S LIKE WE JUST LOVE TO DO IT.
EVEN IF WE HAD TO GET REGULAR JOBS, WE STILL STUCK WITH IT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS KIND OF A NICE SURPRISE WHEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT'S ON TV AND THERE'S SPONSORS IN IT AND YOU CAN
ACTUALLY MAKE A LIVING OFF IT.
HERE COMES THIS ONE AND HE QUALIFIES GOING THE OPPOSITE
WAY.
BMX ROADS ARE HERE.
WHOOO!
WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!
HE'S OUT THERE SHOWING OFF.
PARKER GOING A GOOD 12 FEET RIGHT THERE.
CHECK THIS OUT.
WHOA!
UPSIDE DOWN WITH AN INVERT AND LOOKING AT THE CROWD.
HE SAID I'M JUST OUT HERE PLAYING.
THIS IS WHAT I DO, BIG OLD NO-HANDER.
NICE CAN-CAN RIGHT THERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE SWING LEG!
THE NATIONAL TOURING BMX PROS ARE HERE AT THE STATE FAIR
THREE TIMES A DAY AT 1,3, AND 6.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET HERE A LITTLE EARLY BECAUSE THE RIDERS
REPORT THAT HERE AT THE STATE FAIR ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
TURNOUTS THEY SEE ALL YEAR.
WHAT KIND OF CRAZINESS IS HE THINKING?
LET'S GET HIM GOING!
LANCE MOSELEY!
CHECK THAT OUT! §