A World First and Chance to Win with Nitro Circus’ Travis Pastrana

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!

The Stunt

Have you seen this yet?! Action Sport icon and Nitro Circus ringleader Travis Pastrana attempted a barge to barge, 75-foot wide gap, backflip on London’s River Thames—Believe It or Not!—making the jump!

This jaw-dropping stunt was attempted once before in 2006 by Mike Metzger in San Francisco, California, but unfortunately ended in a crash. It is no easy feat, and for that reason, Ripley’s will be including this world first in next year’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! annual—but you don’t have to wait an entire year to see Travis in the pages of Ripley’s!

Enter to Win

Want Travis’ autograph? Enter to win a copy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Shatter Your Senses!—this year’s annual on sale now—signed by daredevil Travis Pastrana himself!

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Pastrana battled high winds and rough waters as he flew between the two vessels floating on the legendary River Thames in London, UK, the iconic O2 rising in the background.

A Champ, Not a Chump

Ripley’s is ecstatic to be a part of history in the making and to help kick-off Nitro Circus’ 2018 European Tour, but athletic feats are also how we got our start…

On a slow news day in December 1918, an enterprising cartoonist pulled together a few notable feats of athletic endurance, sketching each. One man had stayed underwater for six minutes, another skipped rope 11,810 times, while another ran 623 miles in 142 hours. He submitted the cartoon to his editors with the title “Champs and Chumps” but also offered “Believe It or Not” as an alternative.

Prior to becoming famous for his travels and oddities from around the world, Robert Ripley presented unbelievable athletic feats—much like that of Nitro Circus’ Travis Pastrana’s world first today!

Stay tuned for his feature in next year’s Ripley’s annual!

Did you know Travis basically wrote the book on this stuff? In 1999, he won the first-ever MotoX Freestyle event at the X Games. That year he also scored the highest-ever Freestyle run—99.00 points! Believe It!


Nitro Circus’ 2018 European Tour Dates:


NOV 20

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – 2018

ARENA BIRMINGHAM
NOV 21

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – 2018

THE SSE HYDRO
NOV 22

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – 2018

MEN ARENA
NOV 23

LONDON, ENGLAND – 2018

THE O2
NOV 27

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – 2018

TELE2 ARENA




NOV 30

PARIS, FRANCE – 2018

ACCORHOTELS ARENA
DEC 04

MUNICH, GERMANY – 2018

OLYMPIAHALLE MÜNCHEN
DEC 07

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – 2018

HALLENSTADION ZÜRICH
DEC 08

MANNHEIM, GERMANY – 2018

SAP ARENA
DEC 09

ANTWERP, BELGIUM – 2018

ANTWERPS SPORTPALEIS

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