Nitro Circus Explained

Runtime:	22 minutes
Creator:	Archie Holden Jeremy Rawle Jeff Tremaine Travis Pastrana Johnny Knoxville Trip Taylor
Director:	Jeff Tremaine (3 episodes)
Producer:	Shanna Zablow Newton
Starring:	Travis Pastrana Andy Bell Jolene Van Vugt Greg Powell Jim DeChamp Erik Roner Tommy Passemante
Cinematography:	Donny Anderson Dimitry Elyashkevich
Editor:	Miles Barken Stephen Wein Seth Torok Matthew Kosinski Matthew Probst Brian Forbes Mark Hansen
Executive Producer:	Gregg Godfrey Jeremy Rawle Jeff Tremaine Travis Pastrana Johnny Knoxville Trip Taylor
Company:	Dickhouse Productions
Network:	MTV
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	21

Nitro Circus is an "action sport collective" led by Travis Pastrana, featuring his friends and him traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, BASE jumping, and performing stunts. Co-founded in 2003 by Pastrana, Nitro Circus has become a media company that produces television programming, documentaries and the Nitro Circus Live tour. In 2016, the company introduced the Nitro World Games, an action sports competition designed around pushing progression in core action sports disciplines like FMX, BMX, skate and scooter.

History

DVDs

The collective began by releasing 8 DVDs during the early 2000s. Good sales led to the creation of the television show.

Title
Travis & the Nitro Circus
Travis & the Nitro Circus 2
Nitro Circus 3
Nitro Circus 4: Lock N Load
Thrillbillies	Nitro Circus 5: Thrillbillies
Nitro Circus 6: Thrillbillies Doublewide
Nitro Circus 7: Country Fried
Nitro Circus: Greatest Hits

Television show

Originally run as a 2006 miniseries on Fuel TV, it began running as an episodic reality television show on MTV that featured people performing various dangerous stunts. Nitro Circus officially debuted on February 8, 2009; Season 2 premiered on August 27, 2009.

3D film

Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D was released August 8, 2012 in the United States and November 15, 2012 in Australia and New Zealand for one week.^[1]

Jim DeChamp suffered a serious back injury on June 29, 2011, while shooting for the 3D film. After undergoing surgery, his doctors indicated there was no spinal damage and that they expect him to make a full recovery.^[2]

Damien Starkey and Paul Phillips, both ex-Puddle of Mudd members, scored the movie and provided the majority of the music. This was done through Starkey's company Give 2 Get Music.

Nitro Circus Live

See main article: Nitro Circus Live. Nitro Circus Live is a reality television show. It follows Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew as they perform live all around the world.

Nitro World Games

See main article: Nitro World Games. The Nitro World Games is an action sports competition featuring rallycross, freestyle motocross, BMX, kick scooter and skateboard competitions. The 2016 and 2017 editions were held at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2018 edition had four venues in the United States, United Kingdom and France.

Cast

The Nitro Crew

Travis Pastrana

Titles: "Pro action sports athlete", "Actionsports Legend".

Pastrana is the Ringleader of the Nitro Circus Crew, is a pro FMX rider, rallycar driver, and former NASCAR driver, and is usually the first to attempt any stunt involving dirt bikes or BMX bikes.

Andy Bell

Title: "Washed-up motorcycle rider"

Former FMX rider. Bell holds a rivalry with Pastrana involving Big Wheel tricycles stemming from the first episode of the series.

Jolene Van Vugt

Title: "Pro motocross racer", "Nitro Circus".

Known by her nickname "Nitro Girl".

Canadian Female Motocross Champion. She joins Pastrana in many stunts involving dirt bikes. Van Vugt took on more of a cheerleading role in the second season after breaking her arm and can be seen wearing a pink cast throughout the season.

Jim DeChamp

Title: "Pro mountain biker"

Known by his nickname "T-Rex".

Pro mountain bike downhill racer and freestyle rider. He has been friends with Pastrana since childhood. They collaborate on many stunts together on the show. Became the first person to land a front-flip on a motorbike to dirt, as seen in the 7th episode of the first season.

Erik Roner

Title: "Pro skier/base jumper", "Nitro Circus"

Known by his nickname "Rubberneck".

Pro extreme skier and base jumper. Roner was usually the first to attempt any stunt involving snow. On September 28, 2015, Roner sustained fatal injuries while skydiving in Squaw Valley, CA.

Tommy Passemante

Title: "Construction Worker"

Known by his nickname "Street Bike Tommy", given for a failed stunt in which he attempted to jump his Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle into the foam pit but overshot, breaking both his legs. He functions as the comic relief member of the crew, and is commonly employed for stunts that are the most dangerous and require the least amount of talent, known as "zero-skill stunts".

Greg Powell

Title: "Travis' cousin"

Pastrana's cousin. Going by the nickname "Special Greg", Powell is the all-around member of the team, and generally attempts any stunt on the show. He was the first person to land a "Special Flip" on a BMX bike. He was a wide receiver on the University of Maryland football team from 2003–06 and is currently an over-the-wall crewman for Pastrana in NASCAR.^[3]

Gregg Godfrey

Known by his nickname "Muscle Hampster".

Jeremy Rawle

Title: "Nitro Circus Producer"

Known by his nickname "Tenacious J".

Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins

Title: "X Games Gold Medalist".

Known by her nickname "Baby Hawkins".

Dusty Wygle

Title: "Nitro Circus".

Aaron Sauvage

Title: "Nitro Circus".

Known by his nickname "Crum".

Hubert Rowland

Known by his nickname "Everyone's Favorite RedNek". Hubert not only serves as action sports legend Travis Pastrana's mechanic but is also a stunt man himself. Additionally, he is an engineering mastermind and renowned track builder for Nitro Circus, Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Monster Jam, X Games, Global Rally Cross and several other entities. In 2017, Hubert became the first person to travel coast-to-coast in a UTV, undertaking a 5000-mile journey through 11 states in 29 days, along with several celebrities.

Peter Rowinski

old members- Ronnie Renner, Kenny Bartram, Levi LaVallee, Cam McQueen.

Nitro Circus Live Athletes

BMX

Chad Kagy

Title: "X Games Gold Medalist".

Andy Buckworth

Known by his nickname "Andy Pandy".

Jaie Toohey

Title: "BMX Pro".

James Foster

Title: "BMX Pro".

Jed Mildon

Known by his nickname "Warrior".

Austin Hanson

Mountain Bike

Ethen Roberts

Title: "X Games Medalist"

Gavin Godfrey

Skate

Christopher 'Beaver' Fleming

Title: "Pro Skateboarder".

Bob Burnquist

Freestyle Motocross

Cam Sinclair

Blake Williams

Title: "X Games Gold Medalist".

Jarryd McNeil

Title: "FMX Pro".

Michael Norris

Title: "X Games FMX Medalist"

Mark Monea

Title: "FMX Pro".

Beau

Uses modified motorcycle due to paralysis of legs

Inline Skates

Chris Haffey

Title: "X Games Gold Medalist".

WCMX

Aaron Fotheringham

Title: "Wheelchair Athlete", "Extreme Wheelchair Athlete"

Known by his nickname: "Wheelz".

Mark Zupan

Title:"Wheelchair Athlete".

Scooters

Ryan Williams Corey Funk

Title: "Pro Scooter Rider".

Ski

Rory Bushfield

Title: "Pro Freestyle Skier".

Mountain Board

Matt Brind

Title: "Mountainboarding".

Contraptions

J Cole Edginton

Nitro Grommets

Meghan Godfrey

MC's

Bruce Robson

Title: "Nitro Circus MC".

Laurette Nicoll

Title: "Nitro Circus MC".

Busty Wolter

Title: "Nitro Circus MC".

JR: Member David Hammond".

External links

Notes and References

http://nitrocircusmovie.com.au/
Web site: DeChamp injured on 'Nitro Circus' set. Stewart. Ethan. July 2, 2011. ESPN. 2015-06-01.
Web site: Player Bio: Greg Powell. University of Maryland. January 14, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317003953/http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/powell_greg00.html. March 17, 2012.

Nitro Circus Explained

History

DVDs

Television show

3D film

Nitro Circus Live

Nitro World Games

Cast

The Nitro Crew

Nitro Circus Live Athletes

Inline Skates

Contraptions

Nitro Grommets

MC's

See also

External links

Notes and References