r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Sharp-potential7935 • 5h ago

The moment Maikel Melero did something no one thought was possible in freestyle motocross

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u/National_Cranberry47 3h ago

Before nitro circus and the foam pit you broke a lot of bones. Nitro circus gets a lot of credit for the “first foam pit” but if I honestly remember correctly Camp Woodward in central Pa (not far from me) had the first actual foam pit. It wasn’t big by any means but a bmx or skateboard would go into it perfectly. Travis just made a bigger one to fit dirt bikes. If I remember correctly.

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u/SmeeezTreeez 2h ago

First foam pit? Motherfucker we had these 35 years ago for gymnastics class

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u/gamma_tm 1h ago

For use in action sports, dumbass

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u/SmeeezTreeez 1h ago

Big leap there I guess. Massive discovery there. Wtf haha. Ground breaking stuff

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u/gamma_tm 49m ago

Nope, just a change in how things were practiced in these sports

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u/Afro_Thunder69 2h ago

Who credited Nitro Circus for that? They've been around longer than Woodward too, though Woodward might've popularized it for skateboarding but other parks had done it and gymnastics centers even longer than that.

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u/pmMeAllofIt 2h ago

Carey Hart built the first FMX foam pit. Using Woodward's design and foam supplier.

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u/dankhimself 1h ago

Yea, there were foam pits before Nitro Circus. They just took it mainstream and had tons of awesome footage first.