Pics: Meghan McCabe
Nitro Circus Live wowed South African audiences last week with shows in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, drawing some of the biggest crowds Nitro Circus has ever seen.
They jumped rocking horses, bath tubs, barrels, bobsleighs, skateboards, bicycles and sometimes even the odd motorbike.
Herewith the gallery from the Jo’burg show – click to enlarge:
Elvis has left the building . . . backwards on rollerblades.
Doing the funnel while landing a bean bag jump
Going full Kurt Cobain with a guitar
Travis Pastrana being stylish as usual
Usually, a skateboard is meant to be under you. Not in Nitro Circus.
Upside-down air peddling
When your BMW gets away from you
More inverted skateboarding
Perpendicular cycling
At Nitro Circus, nothing is the right way up
A no-handed backflip
More weird upside-down poses
At the office, we called this one The Stripper
Feet first
Jumping an armchair – note the look on his face
Jumping a bathtub
Backflipping a snowboard without any snow
Flower power
Jumping a boogie board
Jumping a beer barrel
The big whip to a fire show
Bruck Cook was paralysed while attempting a front flip a few years ago. This didn’t stop him – he became the first paraplegic to backflip a motorcycle.
At Nitro Circus it’s all about the show
Part of the fun – team South Africa takes on team USA.
Jumping a bobsleigh two-up
Look at the crowd.
A moment to honour the late Erik Ronner who died in a freak skydiving accident.
Multiple backflips led by Travis Pastrana
This game is called the Hole In One where the crew have to hit the ramp and land in that little hole.
A brave member of the audience was called out to ride pillion for a BMW backflip.
Note the jump to the right disappearing towards the sky
More multiple backflips to the joy of the crowds
This is what is known as The Train where FMX riders jump on behind the other. We have to wonder what would happen if the front rider gets it wrong.
The famous number 199 of Travis Pastrana
Backflipping the famous “Big Wheel”.
This shot shows just how close they are during The Train
More glory with The Big Wheel
There was plenty of smoke but no mirrors
Insanity on a bicycle
At Nitro Circus they managed a record four bar spins
And another no-handed backflip
The FMX riders ready to go
Cheers from Pastrana and the crowd during the FMX stunts
More madness during The Train
The rollerblading ninja
Nitro Circus is all about weird upside-down shapes.
Fiery end of show celebrations
Fireworks during the celebrations
There’s a Nitro Circus tradition that at the end of the last show of a tour, everyone takes their shirts off.
