Mike Metzger
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Full name | Michael Metzger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Godfather | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. | November 19, 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mandi Metzger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle motocross (FMX), Freeride Mountain biking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | X Games, Gravity Games, Dew Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Metzger (born November 19, 1975) is an American freestyle motocross rider.
Career
In the 2002
Commonly known as "The Godfather of Freestyle Motocross", Metzger was one of the first riders to begin doing basic tricks such as heel clickers and can cans. His acrobatic accomplishments include being the first person to complete back-to-back-flips (two flips on two consecutive jumps) at the X Games.[1] As a result of his popularity, he also appeared in Freekstyle, a 2002 motocross racing game for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube, and his image is on the cover.[2] He invented the heel clicker (Frezno Smooth).
Metzger has appeared numerous times on the Discovery Channel's extreme sport show Stunt Junkies. In the last episode he appeared in, he was seriously injured; while attempting to execute a jump with a back-flip between two barges, he overshot the landing ramp and suffered a compression fracture of the L4 vertebra in his lower back.[3]
He invented the "McMetz", a trick in which the rider puts both feet over the handlebars in midair, then sweeps them backward towards his arms, takes his hands off the bars to allow the legs by, then remounts the bike after floating detached from it for a split second.[citation needed]
Personal life
Metzger lives in Big Bear, California.[4]
References
- ^ YouTube - First Back To Back Back Flip
- ^ GameSpot: Freekstyle Q&A
- ^ Mike Metzger Injured In “Stunt Junkies” Tv Jump | News | Motocross Action Archived February 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mike Metzger, Godfather of Freestyle motocross injured- Dirt Illustrated Retrieved November 27, 2016.